Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Weekend Organization: PAX Wardrobes

For the past 6 weeks I've been living out of suitcases in my own home. As a Virgo, this has been driving me craaaazy!! The builder's "step in" closet organization system was comprised of a single wire shelf with hanging below - such an ineffective use of vertical space. Since the room is tight on space (10'5" x 11'11"), I needed to get everything into this one closet.

Exhibit A:  Before


When I found out that the Ikea bedroom event (15% back in Ikea gift cards) started last Monday, I printed my shopping list, jumped into the work van, grabbed a friend and headed straight to aisle 17 at Ikea's Vaughan location. Take heed people - do not attempt this alone, these boxes are H-eavy!!

Time to start my weekend project:  Closet Beautification. The first step was to remove the existing shelving which literally had to be torn out of the walls - that meant spending Friday night with a putty knife and a bucket of drywall compound. Saturday morning arrived, the patches were dry and after a touch of sanding it was time to paint. I used Para Paints* Dusk (SR39), another colour from Sarah Richardson's Designer Palette, and it covered really well in just ONE coat - bonus!! Next up, I assembled the wardrobes and managed to squeeze the boxes through the door frame and into position, although not without a lot of sweating, a touch of swearing, a moment of crying and finally a huge sigh of relief.


The rest was a breeze - assemble the drawers and insert them into the wardrobe boxes along with the shelves and bars. The most time consuming part was figuring out how to get all of my purses to fit. What a pleasure to be able to open the closet door and see this. It was a weekend of time well spent :-)




*A big "Thank You" to Para Paints for supplying the paint for this closet project. I was beyond happy that it went on so well in a single coat, it certainly made the job much easier and quicker!!

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    1. Thanks, Seema. It certainly was worth the time and effort. Being organized makes me happy :-)

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  2. Looks great! I also love how Para goes on so nicely... in one coat! I've been wanting to do something similar in my "walk in closet"... I never know how builders come to the conclusion that hanging one wire metal shelf is sufficient!

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    1. I know, right? Such a terribly inefficient use of space :-(
      Thx for commenting, Brit!

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  3. Nice! And what a great collection of purses, too. I'm jealous!

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    1. Thanks, Jen. They look so pretty all lined up in a row, don't they? And now I know what colours I'm missing at a glance - how do I not have an orange purse?!

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  4. This is exactly what I want to do with my husband's closet. It was on my "to do" list for last year and never got done. Thanks for the gentle nudge to make it a "must do" for this winter. Your closet looks great!!

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  5. You did such a great job, I went to IKEA too for my Pax last week-end :)

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  6. Whoa, your closets look huge now! Ikea is so great for organization.

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