One Things Leads to Another…
It all started with this…
A pile of beautiful quilts and blankets handmade with love by friends and family for the Bean. I had somehow managed to find a place in the nursery for everything except these beautiful things. It just didn’t seem right to pack them up in a box or cram them in some dark corner of a closet. I needed somewhere to store them where I could easily get to them.
I mentioned my dilemma to Chris this past weekend. My solution was to go to Target (all part of my plan…MMmmwuahahaha…) and pick up a simple closet organizer – a sweater hanger. You know the kind. The cheap canvas ones that hang from the clothes bar in your closet and provide storage for your sweaters? Yeah. One of those. I thought I could just fill it with my blankets and quilts instead of sweaters.
I might as well have told Chris I was going to stand in the front yard in a cropped t-shirt, bare feet, and chew on tobacco while picking my toes.
“You can’t do that!” he insisted. “That’s so trashy! If you want a better closet, we should get a closet organizing system.”
The phrase “organizing system” sent my nesting impulse into overdrive. He was right. How could I have been so short sighted? We needed an ORGANIZING SYSTEM. What kind of mother was I that I didn’t see this? Man, I’m glad Chris is in my life. I almost made a horrible mistake.
So, Sunday morning after church, I dragged Chris up to Home Depot to pick out our ORGANIZING SYSTEM.
Oh. Holy. Goodness. Did you know there is an entire aisle in Home Depot for ORGANIZING? Its like a nester’s paradise. I was surprised that I didn’t find scores of pregnant women standing in awe next to me, staring at the hundreds of choices of shelving, boxing, and storing. But, alas, it was just me drooling in the organizing aisle that morning.
Armed with our new ORGANIZING SYSTEM, we headed home so that I could oversee the installation of the perfect closet for the nursery.
Before you can restructure a closet, you have to empty it first. Which means that this one little project to find a place to store my beautiful blankets was now seeping out into the rest of the house.
Then, Chris started cutting and customizing my dream closet. It wasn’t easy. He wasn’t happy. And I tried to stay out of the way.
Mostly, I stayed out of the way because of my enormous feet. One wrong step and I could crush an entire ORGANIZING SYSTEM like King Kong in New York. These feet are lethal weapons, I tell you. Better if they just cheer from the sidelines.
Thankfully, Chris is pretty capable and doesn’t really listen to me much anyway. He was able to finish it all by himself. And it was perfect. More room. More storage. And more important than all of that – a perfect place for my blankets.
It might have cost more. It might have taken more time. But it sure does beat a sweater hanger.
24 Comments
Donna
That is one organized closet.
I think I need to go investigat this aisle.
Jenn
Wow, ready this post, I could not wait to get to the bottom to see the finished product. I am such an organization junkie.
Catherine
That is the most beautiful closet. You really are ready. Do you think we could rent Chris for a weekend to set up the closets in our new apartment?? ;o)
jcristg
I have no husband or child, and yet I WANT THAT CLOSET ORGANIZER.
Liz
That closet is AMAZING!
Sarah
Nice work Chris Brown. And Katie…. the feet. Omigoodness.
Jenn
That is my dream closet! Amazing. Chris give yourself a pat on the back. So so close.
Nancy
That closet is beautiful! I just found your blog the other day and haven’t read the archives . . . but I’m guessing that a boy is expected?
Liesel
Uh oh. I am no where near pregnant and that closet sets my nesting instincts in to overdrive.
Lori
Our son’s closet currently is filled with our luggage, a tv we aren’t using and boxes of books. Cleaning the closet was on the To Do list of week 37 of my pregnancy. Since Porter came at week 35, we just haven’t had the time to get to organizin’!
Erin
OMG I LOVE THE CLOSET!!
Jes the Bes
The closet looks good! Great work Chris. Another plus you have enough clothes to clothe that baby for the first 3 months without doing the wash.
andrea
great closet. but i’m actually writing to commend you on the amount of courage you possess. i won’t even let my husband look at pictures of my swollen feet from 2 years ago and here you are posting yours for the world to see! pure guts, maybe i’ll be more sure of myself this time.
Ashley
Bless your heart with those feet! Chris did a GREAT JOB!! Love the closet 🙂
Kate
This pregnant lady is envying your closet! That looks fabulous. I showed my husband and he made the same “happy” face as Chris when I said I wanted one. Haha. Here’s to hoping the swelling feet go away soon. You may have given me the courage to post mine.
Betty
Oh my freakin’ gosh. I WANT that closet. Lucky lucky Bean.
Toni Schneidt
I love those organizers! I wish we had one more closet so I can organize my quilting supplies with those!! we do have one for our closet, and I love it. Plan on adding one to each of our girls’ closets when we redo thier rooms.
Rachel
Well done Chris, your closet looks amazing! Also love the new bits on the website – looking good!
Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com
It does look very nice, and I’m sure it’s worth it in the long run! Closet organization is the sort of thing I daydream about =)
Ginny
HOLY FEEEEEEEEET!!! And the closet looks amazing!
Adrienne
Ouch…your poor feet:( Awesome job on the closet!
faemom
I’m so impressed. Hopefully Chris has learned his lesson about what ideas you give nesting woman.
kay
I don’t think bean has enough clothes!
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DeAnna
Sweet!! That is one organized closet!!