I had organized it once before which worked for a while. But, it was again in disarray and needed some purging and cleaning up. When I had originally organized when I moved into the house, it was summer and so we needed access to all of our pool stuff. But now that it is winter, we didn't need access to it anymore. So the majority of our beach towels were moved into bins that during the summer store our winter stuff (boots, snow pants, hats, gloves, etc.) Love that the bins can switch between the two. I did leave a few towels just in case the kids went to an indoor pool sometime during the winter months. I also left the bin of sunscreen because I didn't want to store those in a bin. But, these items (as well as others that are rarely used) were moved from lower shelves to the top shelf. The shelf is so high I have to climb up and inside the closet to even get to it.
I also moved batteries, extention cords, and other often used items lower.
on an easy to reach shelf as they are one of my organizing staples, plus a basket of pillowcases, and a Misc. box that basically has our portable DVD player and cords, some playing cards we use often, and usually holds my camera.
I was left with an almost completely empty bottom shelf with just a blanket I keep upstairs for snuggling on the living room couch (The rest of our blankets are stored downstairs) and the bag I take to church (I am the secretary for our women's organization.) I keep my camera bag in this closet and used a Command hook to hang it up. And of course, to wrap up the newly organized closet, I had to make it all pretty with some cute labels.
Want to see what I got rid of in this closet? A lot of trash and some items to be moved down into our newly finished storage room (more to come on that later!) Boy do I love a good purge!
I'll be posting another challenge tomorrow.
