The closet....

When we moved into our townhouse a year ago...we loved that we had so much more closet space than we ever had before.  There is a huge closet under the stairs that we decided would be Alison's closet.  We could keep her clothes, toys and even play in that closet since there was so much room....it could be her own little hide out.  The only downside to this....  The mess!!!

(disaster)

Clothes, clothes and more clothes everywhere!  And underneath all those clothes?  Random toys!!!  I was on a mission on Saturday to straighten this mess up!!  It was so easy to ignore the mess by just closing the door, but alas, I couldn't ignore it forever!   So the clean up began!

I started with all the clothes that we will donate.  I ended up removing three garbage bags full of clothes that she either didn't like to wear or that were too small.   I had one bag full of clothes that were either too stained or had holes and were not suitable for donating!  

Next came the toys!  That basket with the yellow trim is a laundry type basket that my mother-in-law gave me.  I put all her toys that were scattered about into it!  I also threw away a garbage bag full of random toys that were broken or just not worth donating.  

On the right hand side of the photo are the family coats that are hanging there but there were just too many, so I took the coats that we do not wear all that often and moved those to the hall closet.  

The final result...  

(wow, there is a floor)

Amazing!!   You can actually walk into the closet now.  She can find exactly what she is looking for. The top shelf is separated into two piles, short sleeve and long sleeve shirts.  The 2nd shelf is all her skirts and dresses.  The 3rd shelf is pants and shorts that she wears under the skirts and dresses and a bin with all her socks and underwear.  The bottom shelf is all pajamas and a basket with hats, swimming suits and gloves (so random stuff).  It took me over an hour to clean up the mess but the results are amazing and now we can open the closet without fear of getting lost in the disaster!!!