Well, here's my closet's before.

I can't look at it!! It's so disorganized, between the things thrown into the bins on the shelf to the miscellaneous things just dropped on the ground!

So, I took the 4 day weekend that I had off from school to cross off the first item on my list and completely transform my whole closet.

And here it is now! (notice my superior editing skills...not)

My main goal was to really get rid of everything that didn't belong in my closet and free up space to make it feel soothing. By looking at the before photo, you can tell I had a lot on my hands. There was a lot I had to clear out, including the bin in the bottom left corner, those shelves, and a lot of those bins on the top closet shelf. The first day I started, I pulled everything I wanted out and brought them all into our storage room. Then, I had to go through each of the boxes and see what I can eliminate to clear up space for other items.

However, a lot of the things I had shoved into my closet were things that have to stay. For instance, we have my hot pink suitcase; this is the only place where I can put it since my bed is too short to ft it. Then we have my shoes, accessories, crafts, electrical cords, bags, etc. And most importantly, my CLOTHES! I was originally thinking about clearing out clothes that I don't wear, but in all reality, I mean, come on! I'm too...shall we say "attached" to all of my clothes that I might regret ever getting rid of them. Try searching in the closet for that certain piece of clothing only to find that I don't have it any more! Too scary for me... But luckily I keep my shirts color coordinated so that everything is easy to find.

Before organizing, I originally had all of my accessories and beauty products stored on the little white shelves in the purple drawers. But I realized I need those drawers to organize my papers, so I decided to buy this little organizer to store these items, which has been really working so far!

And here we have these lovely closet organizers to store my shoes and sweatshirts. The sweatshirts were originally sitting in a pile next to my bed, waiting for a space to be put away. And I finally have one for them! There were also a few shelves left so I decided to put my hair ribbons, bandannas, hair towels, and sunglasses in these little boxes so that they're easier to get to when I want to wear them.

Ahh, the infamous blue bins. I don't know if you can tell from the before picture (I can!), but these bins were a disaster area. Soo...I emptied them all out and reorganized them with everything I really needed in my room.

The first one is used for all of my cables and chargers for my old and new electronics. What I did was go through all of them and sort them into Ziploc baggies depending on what device they're for and how often I use them. Thus, I have no stress when it comes to finding my chargers and USB cords for my phone and camera! The second bin is being used for decor items that I have had before in my room, but have outgrown them. Now, I have a place to actually put them, rather than just setting them on the closet floor. And the third bin is that one bin that is for all of the items that I have no clue where to put- I have to have at least one of them!

And lastly, I bought these baskets to organize the bags, scarves, belts, and whatnot...aka that huge pile of crap on the floor of my closet. I originally had some of those blue bins to sort them out, but honestly, they just weren't big enough. Now with the baskets, I'm able to get to them quicker and keep them from overflowing. Plus, they tie my room together really well!


I also have those picture boxes on the top shelves that I've used to store my crafts, old cards, pictures, and swim team ribbons. I originally had 6 picture boxes in colors that matched my old room (the ones on the small white shelves). But now, after buying two more black boxes and two eggplant, I have 6 boxes that go together and tie together with my color scheme. I also decided to put in labels in the front of them so that I know what box I'm getting since there are multiples of the same color.

And there you have it. My new and improved closet. I obviously had to buy new storage items to really maximize the space in my closet...ooh that phrase makes me feel so fancy. Hah. So here are the prices for everything:

~Baskets- Michael's : $6.99 (x2)

~10 shoe shelves- Target : $5.99

~6 linen shelves- Target : $5.99

~Photo Box- Target : $4.99 (x4)

~Accessory Organizer- HomeGoods : $7.99 ... but FREE with a gift card!

Grand Total: $45.92 (not including tax)

I must say, this took me a while to finally complete, but it was totally worth it. No more messy closet for me!

-Rachel :)