DIY projects

I'm a project person. I like the idea behind having a vision for something, planning it out, spending time on it, and at some point, having a finished product. I loved the design aspect of creating Cade's room to be functional yet aesthetically pleasing, particularly her wall murals of butterflies, cherry blossoms and birds.

Prior to Cade's arrival, our spare bedroom in our condo was an office/junk room. Since babies have essentially small items, we kept the clutter to a minimum as best as we could for a while, still using her closet for our belongings, clothes that didn't fit in our closet, office gear, even a desktop computer that was not only obsolete, but hadn't been turned on in years.

Knowing that owning a house is a few years away, and having growing toddler who's toys are growing, in their size and quantity, we needed a better solution for storage space.

Enter DIY closet recon!

Prior to what I deemed to be an overly ambitious project, Cade's closet simply consisted of one hanging rack for clothes, with junk piled up above it, as well as junk on the floor. Matt assured me that closets were easy to design online and pieces were easy to put together. He was right. We took an evening trip to Home Depot to take a look at their closet selections and stocked up on necessities. We were able to find a simple yet user friendly design that can grow with Cadence to suit her clothing and storage needs.

I'm embarassed to say that I, the queen of pictures, didn't take a before picture, but here is Cade's new closet, in all its glory, begging to be filled! I don't anticipate any problems with that!