At the end of June, Doug came by and put the new stained closet door on. Mike's parents came down and helped us get the hardware and shelving installed. The design of all the hardware, shelving, etc was thought up ourselves. We knew we wanted A LOT of hanging space but also a decent amount of shelving. I thought it would be nice to have some small shelving as well.
Here are a few photos of the installation process:
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| Starting the shelves on the back wall |
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| I'm slightly excited to see the start of shelves! I think Ruth agrees with me too! |
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| The shelving on the back wall all completed! |
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| Hanging the brackets for the hanging rods and shelving. |
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| Shelving installed!! |
At this point we were still waiting for Doug to come in and finish the baseboards and trimwork around the door. It's coming together!
A week or two later, Doug came by and added the baseboards and the trimwork around the door! We were thrilled to have a finished closet to put to use!
Here are a few shots before we started loading it up!
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| New trimwork around door and fresh coat of paint all around edges. |
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| Finished closet - with added baseboard and trimwork! |
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| Closer look inside at hardware |
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| Small, short shelving on the left |
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| A view from inside looking out |
Finally it's time to start filling that baby up! How exciting! The process actually took longer than I imagine because we both wanted to have some sort of order to our clothes and where we put it. We weren't sure how much space we would each use up and what should go where. We just started hauling things in from the spare bedroom closet and organized as we went.
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| Just the start of it... |
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| Bella checking out the new place! |
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| It's full! |
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| Mike has the left side and I have the right side - the back is split. |
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| Another view inside |
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| Space for my cart with drawers (can be removed for additional hanging space) |
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| Extra smaller shelving for smaller items and accessories. And Mike's favorite, his rotating tie rack! |
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| And now, an empty spare bedroom closet! |
We are so excited to have all of our clothes back in our bedroom. It makes it a lot easier! Everything feels so organized and has it's own spot. It's great! Plus, we have an empty spare bedroom closet that can be put to great use down the road. I'm sure I'll find things to fill it up sooner than later though. Eek!
I still find myself going into the spare bedroom to get my clothes or shoes - it's just habit! I'm slowly getting better at it! Mike also forgets too since he's ALWAYS had his clothes in the spare bedroom closet, even before that one got re-done. With the new closet it seems like the bedroom is keeping cleaner, longer. Bonus!
While I was in Pella for the Central Color Guard camp, Mike spent his nights painting the outside of the house where the closet was added on. He did a great job and finished it in no time. Thankfully the previous house owners left a 5 gallon bucket of the exterior paint so that was easy. Of course the house color has changed over the past years with sun damage, dirt/wind, etc so the new paint looks slightly brighter if looking very closely. Other than that, it's a job well done!
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| Deck (south) side all painted! |
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| West side all painted, including the new downspout! |
That's the end of this process! I remember just last spring (2011) we were talking about how we could use that extra deck space and then thinking up this idea. Now, here we are and it's done, finished, completed, final...and we have a new walk-in closet off the main bedroom and a new larger closet in the spare bedroom! We're very happy with the outcome and hope to get a lot of good use out of it. Hope you enjoyed seeing the process!
