Because we all know what cleanliness is next to
On Sunday, Clint and I commenced with the mass organization of our entire house beginning with our master closet. After having lived in a one bedroom apartment, our finely tuned skills of space maximization are precisely developed, however they have gone largely unused since moving into the house. I think the delay is one part needing to live in the space to get a feel for how we will use it, one part not knowing where to start, one part delayed by working on the house itself, and one part having far more space which creates less immediate need. (Our garage alone is about the same square footage as our entire apartment, storage space included.)
We realized early on that our old system of having a place for everything kept us from having everything everywhere. We dread any sort of cleaning or putting of things away because we frankly just don’t know where it all goes yet. The ringmaster of this circus of mass confusion is quite certainly our clothes. Although it took us awhile, we had a rather functional system in the old place; a montage of dressers, the use of a closet, and the creative use of space by a garment rack and closet shelving in a space enclosed by curtains. So while technically we currently have more space, we frankly have no idea how to maximize it. Thus we are left with the same number of dressers, the taking over of the office closet by Clint, and the shoving of my clothes in our bedroom closet, (which on a side note is very inefficient use of space, and oddly laid out). Oh wait, I almost forgot- we also have my sweater collection which has migrated from the bedroom floor, to a clothes basket, to the tops of dressers, and finally they are resting squarely in front of Clint’s sweaters and jeans, which means any effort to get the latter out leaves a nice pile of sweaters on the closet floor.
We have long drooled at Elfa’s customized closet solutions, however we knew that we would never invest the money in the apartment. So on Sunday, while out tooling around Easton with Clint’s Uncle Theo, we stopped in the Container Store to gaze lovingly at the shelves, and to possibly begin thinking about what we could actually do with our space. While standing there dumbfounded by a gorgeous display of organization which was unfortunately achieved in a space about five times the size of our closet, we were approached and told that they have experts that would enter our sketch into the computer and design a customized solution just for us- for free! They didn’t entirely know what they were getting themselves into because by the time they were done there were three of them standing around making comments like “what a strange closet” and “I’ve never had to do it like this before”, but nevertheless they clicked a few buttons and the computer spat out a rendering which includes clothes rods, shelves, drawers, and even a place to hang my wedding dress where it doesn’t pool on the closet floor. Genius! And the best part- the 30% off sale which starts Christmas Eve and goes into early spring. Granted we may not be able to afford it by then, but at least there is a plan; a sketch that I can file away, and hold up for Clint when steam starts coming out his ears after picking my sweaters for the umpteenth time this week.
We realized early on that our old system of having a place for everything kept us from having everything everywhere. We dread any sort of cleaning or putting of things away because we frankly just don’t know where it all goes yet. The ringmaster of this circus of mass confusion is quite certainly our clothes. Although it took us awhile, we had a rather functional system in the old place; a montage of dressers, the use of a closet, and the creative use of space by a garment rack and closet shelving in a space enclosed by curtains. So while technically we currently have more space, we frankly have no idea how to maximize it. Thus we are left with the same number of dressers, the taking over of the office closet by Clint, and the shoving of my clothes in our bedroom closet, (which on a side note is very inefficient use of space, and oddly laid out). Oh wait, I almost forgot- we also have my sweater collection which has migrated from the bedroom floor, to a clothes basket, to the tops of dressers, and finally they are resting squarely in front of Clint’s sweaters and jeans, which means any effort to get the latter out leaves a nice pile of sweaters on the closet floor.
We have long drooled at Elfa’s customized closet solutions, however we knew that we would never invest the money in the apartment. So on Sunday, while out tooling around Easton with Clint’s Uncle Theo, we stopped in the Container Store to gaze lovingly at the shelves, and to possibly begin thinking about what we could actually do with our space. While standing there dumbfounded by a gorgeous display of organization which was unfortunately achieved in a space about five times the size of our closet, we were approached and told that they have experts that would enter our sketch into the computer and design a customized solution just for us- for free! They didn’t entirely know what they were getting themselves into because by the time they were done there were three of them standing around making comments like “what a strange closet” and “I’ve never had to do it like this before”, but nevertheless they clicked a few buttons and the computer spat out a rendering which includes clothes rods, shelves, drawers, and even a place to hang my wedding dress where it doesn’t pool on the closet floor. Genius! And the best part- the 30% off sale which starts Christmas Eve and goes into early spring. Granted we may not be able to afford it by then, but at least there is a plan; a sketch that I can file away, and hold up for Clint when steam starts coming out his ears after picking my sweaters for the umpteenth time this week.
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