I finally finished the hallway closet. Before organizing, I very rarely ever used this closet. It didn't have a purpose in our home other than to store clutter or forgotten items. Once I tackled what was inside I was amazed at all we had in there we never used and never will.
The total inventory after the purge was as followed;
Pillows- 9
Blankets- 13
1 Quilt Full/Queen size
2 Bed skirts
4 Boxes/Tubs of Dave's Childhood
1 Shoe box of CD's most just cases with the actual C.D. missing.
4 Suitcases
Bed Sheets- 15
Pillow Cases- 12
1 Set of Curtains
Who knew my closet had shelves!
After I emptied the closet completely I began to sort. My husband and I sorted through making a pile of "keeps" and "give away". Remember the amount of bed sheets we had in the closet? We had 15 full/queen size bed sheets and we own 1 bed and it's a king! Why do we still have 15 wrong size bed sheets!? We donated over half of what occupied the closet.
What we kept I organized back into the closet and had a shelf left over! I also added my sewing machine from the floor of our bedroom with my sewing basket.
I added labels to the tubs!
I stored items we rarely use on the top shelf and, to help maximize space, stored some of what we kept but knew we wouldn't use right now in one of our luggage pieces. We donated majority of the blankets and kept only ones that were hand made by family and two that were store bought.
What ideas do you have for our empty shelf?
