Our New Closet!!

This past week, while all my birthday giveaways were stealing the show; Dave and I were busy working on our house renovations.

We crossed a TON of things off our to-do list and I can honestly say that we seem to be rounding the final corner and headed for home!!! I can not wait for these projects to be finished.

One of the main projects that I’m so excited to show you is our brand new master closet.

But before you get too excited, let me show you the “BEFORE” pictures::

VERY purple walls, bluish-grey carpet, horrible mirrored closet doors, and 2 really small closets with a wall in between.

We took those nasty doors off and ripped up the carpet within a week of moving.

We also disassembled the horribly broken and rickety closet systems that were already in place and knocked down the dividing wall to make one larger closet.

We’ve made a ton of progress in our master bedroom… but I don’t want to give too much away, so today I’m just focusing on the closet!

So… here are a few picture of the new closet::

This is exactly what it looks like now, after ORG West Michigan installed our new closet system. Obviously, we still need floors, baseboard… and clothes, but isn’t is pretty!!

Inside the closet we have short hang on the left {Dave gets the top, I get the bottom}. Large shelves down the middle and across the top. Long hang is on the right and we’ll both share that space.

I love that the closet system sits off the ground, leaving plenty of space for shoes {not that we have a lot of shoes or anything!}

As you notice, we have double French Doors on our closet — not bi-fold doors. Not only to the French Doors look amazing, but they also give us lots more room to access our closet, and since they are solid wood doors, we can install hooks for belts, ties, scarves, etc.

The light inside our closet will also be nice if one of us has to get up earlier than the other and find our clothes.

And here’s a closer look at the inside:

Even though our “Master Closet” is not a huge walk-in closet, it is still amazing how much more storage space we have with this quality closet system.

I actually measured all of our clothing to see how many inches of short hang, long hang, and shelves we would need and ORG West Michigan turned that into a custom closet that would accommodate all our needs in the limited space we had.

And now for some of my favorite “Custom Features”::

The pull-out valet rod was all Dave’s idea. He wanted to have a separate space to hang his ironed clothes for the next day.

The TV / cable hook up was also Dave’s idea since he has always wanted a TV in our bedroom — but I refuse to have one sitting out! So we compromised {as good married couple should do!} and opted for a “hidden” TV in the closet. This will be perfect since our bed will be directly across from the closet!

The pull-out mirror was my idea because I like to look in a full-length mirror — but I didn’t want to ruin our door by hanging a mirror on the back. So, ORG West Michigan installed a pull-out mirror that only takes up about 3″ of space when not in use. Pretty cool!

I’ll be showing LOTS more pictures once we actually move in to our new room and start using our new closet — but I just wanted to give you a quick closet update! Isn’t it such a VAST improvement on what used to be there??

Oh, and in case you’re looking for a little more closet inspiration, head on over to ORG West Michigan’s website and check out their amazing line of quality closet designs.

I think our next project might have to be the garage!!

Doesn’t this photo just make to drool?

Thanks to ORG West Michigan for our gorgeous master closet!!

What about you… what closet or space is most in need of a custom makeover?