This is the linen closet before we attacked:
A closeup of the shelving arrangement after we removed our stuff:
In their effort to maximize storage, the previous owners hung a set of 24-inch shelves on two of the walls - creating an L-shaped shelf. The problem, though, is that the L is lopsided - the shelves ended up about an inch apart and they couldn't be adjusted up or down to make them even steven.
You can see in this picture how awkward things look. Two short (and too short) uneven shelves. They had to go - pronto!
Jeff measured the back wall. It was 37". Perfect! We ran off to Container Store and picked up shelves that measure 36". Grabbed the ladder, removed the existing shelves, and here's what we were left with. We decided to leave the track on the left just in case we ever want to re-reconfigure the closet - and because, really, who wants to repair walls? Not us!
Then, we started adding our new shelves.
Beautiful!
We chose this closet as our first project (other than some necessary home repair things by professionals, but more on that later) for a couple of reasons:
1) I'm an organizational freak. And the other configuration may have worked for the previous owners, but it was messin' with my organizational mojo.
2) It was easy and with all of our everythings going on right now - we needed something easy.
When we were done, high-fived, did our secret handshake thing, and stood back admiring our handy work with a major sense of accomplishment. It's the little things, people, it's the little things.
In their effort to maximize storage, the previous owners hung a set of 24-inch shelves on two of the walls - creating an L-shaped shelf. The problem, though, is that the L is lopsided - the shelves ended up about an inch apart and they couldn't be adjusted up or down to make them even steven.
You can see in this picture how awkward things look. Two short (and too short) uneven shelves. They had to go - pronto!
Jeff measured the back wall. It was 37". Perfect! We ran off to Container Store and picked up shelves that measure 36". Grabbed the ladder, removed the existing shelves, and here's what we were left with. We decided to leave the track on the left just in case we ever want to re-reconfigure the closet - and because, really, who wants to repair walls? Not us!
Then, we started adding our new shelves.
And here she is - reconfigured, reorganized, restocked . .
We chose this closet as our first project (other than some necessary home repair things by professionals, but more on that later) for a couple of reasons:
1) I'm an organizational freak. And the other configuration may have worked for the previous owners, but it was messin' with my organizational mojo.
2) It was easy and with all of our everythings going on right now - we needed something easy.
When we were done, high-fived, did our secret handshake thing, and stood back admiring our handy work with a major sense of accomplishment. It's the little things, people, it's the little things.
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