Closet Evaluation

Do you have a closet like this?  I do and its not working for me anymore. Folks, this is a crazy mess that needs some help. The plan is to make it into an amazing, super-duper, organized, sophisticated... craft closet. Our closet is between the kitchen and dining room at the bottom of the stairs. My girls and I love to do crafts and I need a place to house some fabric, wrapping paper, ribbons- you know all that kind of stuff. Here are some ideas that are helping inspire my design decisions.

                                        Beneath My Heart


                                                                     Ikea

                                                                 via


                                                                       via
Every one of these images shows some real beauty and organization that I'm hoping to achieve in our closet. I'm still in the beginning phases of this project, but I'm excited for it to be a place where we can find things easily.

As you can see we started the very beginning phases. More to come on this project. I hope you have a great Friday! Thanks for stopping by.

Progress in our Twin's Room

Since we moved into our house this past winter we have been trying to get paint on the walls, curtains and art up. Our five year old twins share this room. I don't have any good before pictures so just imagine this space with the walls in builder's flat creamy white paint (which gets dirty fast). So far we've painted their room in Benjamin Moore's Love and Happiness. It's a great shade of pink since it's so light and creamy- just what I was looking for. There are many other things I want to do with their space, but I know projects and rooms sometimes take time to get it the way you want. Note: These are progress images:

One of my favorite pieces in their room is the blue french-y dresser. I wish I could say I painted it, however, this beauty was my first piece I ever bought at Lucketts Store. The shape and color are what got me. After I bought this dresser it helped me think about how I could paint some of our furniture that needed updating. Really, it was an inspirational piece for me!

The world map is a great etsy find by Judy Kaufmann. I really like the idea of maps in children's bedrooms so they might learn a bit of geography when they have some downtime. This wall will be fun to work on! Since we have identical twins, I think this picture (below) would be perfect in their room too.

                                                         Judy Kaufmann

                                               And this one (they love bugs).

                                                         Rifle Paper Co.

Some of the art we have put up are Jessie Willcox prints. Have you seen her art before? She was an American painter who captured tender moments of childhood. Sometimes my girls will look at these prints and say things like, "I'm like the girl reading her book in the window." Here are some other darling images.

These two are such hams! They helped me make the watercolor banner for their fifth birthday. Their room needed a bit more color so up goes the banner for the time being. We got the idea here.

                                               More updates with this room down the road.