This is my bedroom closet:
Frightening, isn't it. For any of you who have ever lived in a 50's era split level, you know that closet space was not a high priority when building these houses. This is my ONE AND ONLY bedroom closet. Once upon a time it was an actual closet, with real clothes hanging in it. Then one day, about three years ago, we decided to spend lots of cash to have central air installed in the house. Before I go on, I do have to say that it was truly the BEST thing we have ever done to this house. Every summer when the weather gets hot and I turn it on, I fall in love again.
Anyway, the large metal vent in the back of the closet had to be put there so we could pipe the central air down to our family room. So we moved all the clothes out and in went the vent. We have since added a few decorating touches to the closet to make it extra beautiful: Leah's old crib mattress, old baby toys, even some of my maternity clothes in the plastic bins. And the chair, piled high with clothes, is the rocking chair my grandmother bought for us when Leah was born. I suppose we will have to move that back into the bedroom for the new baby.
Probably the only thing I do like about this photo are the curtains on my window and the yellow walls, which is the same color as the walls in my family room.
When will we re-sheetrock the inside of the closet and actually use it for clothing storage? I have no idea.
There, I now feel liberated. I guess maybe next week I should show you the multi-colored wallpaper in my bathroom. Now THAT would be scary.
9 comments:
Trust me! This is NOTHING compared to the two bedroom apartment we rent!! I don't even want to show the good corners!!! It's truly that bad!!
That's some closet!
I like the fabric on your valance! My bedroom is done with Vintage Rose, too!
Oh yes! Please do post the pictures of the multi-colored wallpaper. Don't feel bad about the closet. We have a whole extra room full of stuff we need to get rid of before we can even think about putting a baby in there!
It wasn't a contest necessarily to see who had the messiest spaces..I was just trying to create my own "spin" on the the "Corners" thingy. But now, I want to see the wallpaper...
Thanks for showing us the "skelton's in your closet". Keep thos corners coming. Oh I like the dinning room set.
I remember spending time with my grandparents in the home my dad and uncle grew up in, and I also remember the lack of closet space Still, those old houses do have a certain charm, don't they?
I can so relate to your lack of closet space. Our house was built in 1951 and had NO closets until we renovated it 3 years ago. Before the renovation, we had to take one of the bedrooms and line the walls with closet shelves just to hang our clothes. My next house WILL have storage space out the wazoo.
We all have one of those corners...in our house it is always the master bathroom that suffers. It's the one place that I know no one but us sees and so it rarely make my list. Goodness knows I will NEVER be posting a photo of it! Heck no. Our last house was a 1929 cottage. Talk about no closets! Literaly, there were none. What a nightmare.
Our house was built in 1933 as a vacation getaway, so I can certainly understand lack of storage space... thank goodness for CA CLosets coming to my rescue!
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