Our coat closet drives me crazy. It’s full of coats (of courses) and it’s also the place we store our vacuums, mops, etc. so every time I go to pull out a vacuum it gets stuck on a coat, or every time I put away a coat, it knocks over a vacuum (AHHHH!). Well after about knocking the vacuums and mops over about 900 times I decided something needed to change. There isn’t anywhere else to put any of the stuff so I had to figure out a way they could live peacefully together.
I started by pulling everything out of the closet, including the stuff on the shelves. Then I looked through everything to see if there was anything we could get rid of – I love purging, it feels so good! I also made a pile of a few things that could be relocated.
Next I grouped all the coats together in “sections”. The left side of the coat closet is for my husband’s coats, I put mine on the right and then I put Malea’s in the middle because hers are much shorter and won’t hinder my ability to get the vacuum in and out (WHY didn’t I think of that months ago!?).
After doing all that I still didn’t like the fact that my mops and the broom were just leaning against the wall so I ordered a mop and broom organizer to attach to the back of the door. Getting those out of the way made everything better!
Then I scoured the house to find some baskets that I could store stuff in on the shelves and found these black ones that I used to have in my laundry room at the other house.
I think they look nice on the shelves and they keep the clutter contained. 🙂
Overall I’d say it’s a huge improvement from what it was. My cleaning tools are more accessible, the coats won’t knock over the vacuum anymore and the shelves look nice and decluttered. Woo-hoo! I love it when I can give a closet a good clean up, and get it organized, it’s such a good feeling!
How is your coat closet lookin’ these days?
Looks great! I really need to organize my home’s coat closet – I’d like to add room for our vacuum, etc., but currently, there is no room!
Your closet looks great! And is that an empty shelf I see on top?
Yep! I’m not really sure what to put up there and it’s pretty high too. 🙂
Thanks for the post! I’m looking at a remodel on my coat closet. I have the same issues as you always dropping my vacuum. Going to tackle the closet this weekend! Thanks for some inspiration.
We are buying a new house. There is no coat closet in that house. It was almost a deal breaker. But all the other things were what we wanted. Unfortunately, the front door opens right into the living room. What options do I have for a coat closet?
That’s a bummer! Is there a closet anywhere nearby that could be used? Our current house doesn’t have a coat closet in the entryway so I purchased (from IKEA) a bench that has a shelf under it for storing baskets (which we use for shoes) and then it also has hooks above the bench that we use for hanging purses, coats, etc. It’s about 3′ wide so if there’s a place for something like that, that might be a good alternative too.