Closet Transformation

So this weekend I got a project done

by my hubby from my Honey-do list.

Our home is small and is short on

storage.  Since the kids 

are grown and out of the house 

I finally decided to take over my 

daughter's bedroom closet to help me 

with storage for my 

extra dishes and deco items.

This is a shot of the closet with one

of the old wire racks still in place.

It's 58' wide on the inside by just over

24" deep. (There is a set of by-pass doors

on so you are only seeing 1/2 of it open).

I came up with the idea of building in

shelves with a solid surface that would be 

well supported and allow me a lot of storage 

space for dishes and accessories.  

The project evolved over a few 

days after hitting up the stores

for supplies.  We ended up with 

white vinyl coated MDF boards

that are almost 24" deep.  I started

out thinking I would be fine with

the 15" ones they had but after

hashing it out with my hubby we

decided to get the deeper shelves.

 The bottom sections are 15" apart and the third one up is 18" leaving approx. 30" to the ceiling.  I can put tall items on the top like vases or candle holders.

He used 1" x 2" pine strips to go under

the edge of the shelves.  He used drywall

anchors when he couldn't find a stud to

drill into.  He also used a 2" round dowel

to add support for the front area 

of the shelves. Because I changed the

15" to 18" on the third shelf the dowel

we bought wasn't long enough so we

have to get another piece to finish the

third shelf.  

I put one set of dinner plates on a shelf to

show you how how much room I'm going

to have to work with!

That was my "metamorphosis"of the 

closet space!! 

I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday

and
Marty at A stroll Through Life
for 
Table Top Tuesday