Sunday, January 2, 2011

Closet Clean-up Before and After

I'm working on getting a little more organized around here these days, like a lot of you.  Putting the Christmas stuff away is a big job these days, and takes quite a few days in a row to get it all done.  But here  was a quick and satisfying organization project that only took an hour or so.

Before:

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In the top shelf of our coat closet is where I store most of my candles.  I have fall candles, Christmas candles, spring candles, and summery candles.  I've got a big bin full of my mom's home-made, hand-crafted molded scented candles.  I've got tapers, and pillars, and enough votives and tea lights to line our entire street with luminaries if I wanted to (I've actually done that before!).  There are brand-new candles, and mostly-burned candles.  And everything is a jumbled mess.  The only bright side is that the closet, smells really good, and all the coats that are stored in there smell good too!

After:

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I shopped at Michael's (where else) with a big savings coupon (what else) and picked up a variety of these decorative storage boxes.  I got quite a few different sizes, and a few different patterns that all sort of blend together.  I sorted through all the candles, threw away a few, and then stored them all in these decorative boxes.  After about an hour of easy sorting, the top of the closet now looks great and still smells great!

Linking up to Between Naps on the Back Porch for Metamorphosis Monday.


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20 comments:

  1. Woo to the hoo, Jenny! You did great in hiding those clutter. I'm a follower now and I hope you choose to do the same for more mutual blog visits. Happy New Year :)

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  2. You got beautiful boxes for the closet. They remind me of those antique hat boxes. Lovely. Jane

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  3. Great job! Love the decorative storage boxes. Those are my colors! I hope I can find them at my local Michaels.

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  4. Looks great...love those 1 hour or so organization projects :) Good luck with the rest of the organizing. I'm doing the same thing!

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  5. Great transformation! January is a great time to push out the old clutter.

    I would be honored to have you add it to my blog party

    Amaze Me Monday Blog Party

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  6. Great transformation - I need to do that to my hall closet!

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  7. Love the new boxes... I have a few of those in my kitchen (from Michaels). I need to get a few more of those and do that to my closets.

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  8. Now THAT is smart! What a difference. I need to do some organizing like that...and very soon!
    Another shed out back would be a great start! And a few pick up loads to Goodwill. :)
    Looks lovely!
    Mona

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  9. That looks great, Jenny! I have a few closets and cabinets to organize myself. I love these storage boxes at Michaels ~ I always look at them when I'm in there, but haven't bought any recently.

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  10. Visiting from BNOP. Looks great! Keep up the good work! Happy New Year!

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  11. Ok...you must come and make my closet storage look that good!

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  12. I bet these boxes are alot cheaper at Michaels than I saw at Home Godds, but they were pretty good there too. I LOVE the idea of storing candles in the coat closet and having the coats smell GOOD!!! Thanks!!!!!

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  13. I love the boxes!! I'm on the hunt for some fo rmy daughters new closet.

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  14. The boxes look great and I'll bet it will be much easier to find what you need now, without having to move 50 candles to get to the one you want. I've joined as a follower...come by and visit when you have a chance.

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  15. You "AMAZE ME"! Thank you for linking up to the "Amaze Me Monday" blog party!!

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  16. What a great idea. My house is chaos - always. I have very few closets which means lots of piles everywhere. The boxes are beautiful. I'm wondering just how to tackle some of this mess and maybe that is a way forward.

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