the "dressing room" unveiled.

Here are some before shots, and then the after. of my new family closet!
aka "the dressing room"

this is the view from the Kitchen doorway.


Before- we'd moved alot of the stuff, note brown doors. TV and purple carpet.

During , the shelves are on 3 walls. and the counter top.
Painted, tiled, floor molding, and moved in (Lance moved stuff in, before i got pictures) the ladder doesn't stay in here, he was hooking up the cable just before this.


this is the counter side during.


after, and here is a realistic view of it. 2 baskets fit in each slot under the counter, that adds up to 8 basket spaces available. just the right amount of sorting. Before shot of the left wall area

After shot- 2 rows of hanging space. i have the kids clothes sorted by kid in age order, little kids on top since i don't allow them to pick their own clothes , and big kids on the bottom,.
you can see the tile pretty well in this shot too. it will be on the whole main floor.

This is the IKEA shelf Before(i didn't take an after. i need to get the toys out of the baskets(you can see which ones in another shot) and I'm making labels for each kids stuff, each separate thing gets a bin per kid, underwear/socks,bottoms, Pj's , we hang shirts, and maybe jeans. depends on if i run out of room. I'm thinking maybe shoes in the bottom bin of each row. logistically this is harder than it used to be because there are 5 rows of 5, and now we have 6 kids,so it isn't just a whole row per kid anymore. i am also moving the hair stuff into this room, and getting a full length mirror. to make it a one stop shop.


Lance is hooking the cable up in here again, with a DVD player, and I'll get a comfy stool for doing hair or folding and hanging laundry. i keep craft supplies,gift wrap, gifts, and holiday stuff in the closet.

did you notice this thing? the top is for random socks, and the bottom is for paired socks until i put them in individual bins. there is underwear in the top too for now. but handy to have a spot for spare socks, while i sort.
Or i thought it would be good for hair bows too. we'll see how this works out for a while though, plus i have way too many bows for this thing.