My OWN space!!

Let me just say before I even begin that I have never had my own closet.  Well, except those few semesters in college but I wouldn't really call that a closet, more of a small nook with doors.  Plus, friends were in and out of it all the time so it was hardly my own.  Not that I minded, it was part of the fun of college!  But a big closet of my own has alluded me since my beautiful sister was born when I was two years old.  UNTIL we moved into our current house.  I have my very own closet with shelves and space and oh my goodness did I mention it's all mine?!?  As you can tell this was one of the things that sold me on the house. 

I was so excited to unpack and decorate when we moved in I didn't take a lot of time organizing my closet.  I put stuff on hangers and shelves and called it good.  But since I began the P/O of 2011 I realized I needed to make better use of my space.  Of course I browsed some blogs and saw a few great ideas including the one mentioned in my previous post and got to work.  Here are a few before shots....I will say I was purging at the time it didn't always look this bad, hehe

Um ya, so those are all purses and bags on that coat rack....did I mention I might have a slight obsession with them?

That big basket was full of Christmas gifts so that could go and my jewelry was scattered all around!

Okay so I might have an obsession with wallets as well!  I had just dumped all my shoes and jeans to go through, yikes!

But I rearranged and got rid of stuff and rearranged and got rid of stuff and this is the result!!

Okay so I realize you can't see it all and it's very hard to get good angles in a closet but I tried my best!  One thing I did realize while taking the pics is that I want to paint my closet...the white is so blah!!

Here are my most of my jeans, basket of belts, sweaters and my scarves and hats.  I also have my Bible Study bag which I can just grab in the morning and go to my spot to read, pray and be with the Lord.  I even have a candle and matches in there, I love candlelight.  The stuffed bear is mine from childhood, he makes me smile!

Love these shelves I found at Ross, they are adjustable!

Not the most amazing way to hang necklaces but it works!

My nightstand I found at a garage sale for $2.  Now I have a specific place for all my jewelry.

Yes those are candlesticks with my bracelets on them.  I like it when I can see them all at once, otherwise I forget what I have....hey, I'm getting old!!

Well. there you have it!  My new space and since my kids don't go back to school until Wednesday I think it might be my new hiding place as well!  ;)