For YEARS I have wanted a beautifully organized entry... but with 6 kids my efforts to organize look nothing short of a locker room... I need an entire room to stow gear for 8 people. Still... a girl can dream right?
Pretty Organizers Pretty Budget Knock-Off
How about these tall dark and handsomely put together pieces? Ballard Design has them for a majillion dollars... no way in my budget. BUT- if you had a great wide bookcase... thrift store shopping... that you could tip on it's side and paint, and jack it up on a few cheap home depot paintable cabinets then finish the back with craft paper, paint, bead board etc, attach hooks and add baskets... a great look alike. (Major run on sentence)
This is the more petite version... Home Depot has pre-drilled closet organizing panels that would work to duplicate this lady. Add a top and bottom and some hardware you may not even choose a cabinet.. bins? ... not hard to build a frame and NOT the penny Ballard wants... (though if you got the money she's a beauty)
I actually HAVE this one. Can't live without one in a two story house. My kids empty it every night (well, almost every night). I'm too lazy to go upstairs to put things away.
Happy Organizing!
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6 comments:
I was really spoiled living in a rambler before. I need to do something about those stairs, good idea. As for the mud room, I am just trying to get hooks hanged and it has taken a majillion years ;)
We've got a little thing in our garage entry, but like you, I need more. I could use like double the space. Maybe I should make a run to home depot and see what I can't afford.
These are great ideas! I need something like this for each of our kids.
I love those storage units. I would love to have one, but I really don't even have a space that would work to put it in. :( I want to make our entry closet which is RIGHT by the front door into something similar though, just a single unit of course.
So fun to find your site! Love your ideas and your connectedness to reality!! So many "organizers" apparently live on a different planet than I do! Thanks for the great pics and the encouragement!
You have great ideas...Would love to create that in my junk space!
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