Monday Musings (And a Hall Closet)

Ah, the summer is flying by...

C is off to camp this year with one of her BFF's.  It's her first year to go and it's only for 3 nights.  Here's a pic of C and her friend in their room after they've unpacked their suitcases.

In other, not so exciting news, I got some work done on Thursday.  The kids were gone.  N was at sailing camp and C went sailing with K.

I needed a project to do, so I decided to tackle the "hidden" closet in the hallway.  It doesn't look like much, but I got it done. (Mostly.)

This closet is at the front end of the hall.  Here's a picture from the kitchen with the door open.

And here it is with the door closed.

Here's the inside space before.

It's hard to photograph, as it's only 2 feet wide by 3 feet deep.

I had to frame in the left hand wall, part of the back wall and the ceiling.  I put some leftover paneling from the old living room,

  (The paneling is in the above pic below the light blue wall)

on the ceiling and the back wall. 

Here's a view from the side of the closet taken from the front room.  The side wall will eventually be drywalled in the front room.

Now, tada!  Shelves to hold my totes full of Christmas Decor (3 totes) and Easter/Valentine's Day Decor (1 tote). 

Plus there's room in the front for the vacuum to fit right in. 

And some wrapping paper!

This closet is what I call the Linen Closet, because I always had in my mind that this is where the linens should go.  Before, they were neatly packed into one of the baskets under the bench in the kitchen.

Which was a fine place, although a little out of the way to get to (you had to move the table) especially when the kids were little and needed their sheets changed in the middle of the night or if someone gets sick and needs fresh sheets. I also had sheets in a suitcase above the washer/dryer.

So, this new arrangement is handy.  Here are the sheets- mostly pillowcases! And not that neatly folded - on the top shelf. That black thing below is the suitcase with more sheets.

So, I still have to paint the closet.  Maybe do something fun with the back of the plywood door... And finish the wall on the left, but I'm happy to have made a little progress on one of my projects! 

Have a great week! :-)