Update: One more step closer!

I'm pleased to announce.....we have texture AND a working closet!!!! Yes, at this point I'm squeezing all of the excitement out of this long drawn out process!

In case you can't tell...that's the texture. Funny story here....so Merle says, "Babe, can you come hold the cardboard while I texture around the windows and doors?" Me: "Sure! Should I change my clothes?" (My enthusiasm is because up until this point he has flat out refused ANY help with the mudding. I really wanted to help. But amateurs are NOT welcome to help with mudding...til now.) He replied, 'No they'll wash.'

(Ladies, at this point always get more clarification of that....I realize now that I should have asked a question requiring a more specific answer...)

So I hold the cardboard just so to keep our window, closet, etc from becoming covered in a 'heavy orange peel' texture. I positioned it...and I should have looked at my husband because I'm POSITIVE he'd have had a Texas sized grin on his face as he BLASTED me with texture! No joke I felt a little like the girl in Jurassic Park who pets the big brachiosauraus who lets out a big dino-sized sneeze and covers her in snot! I mean I might as well have just used my body to block the window! But of course I'm thinking this is probably very enjoyable for him...so did I complain? ZERO! I just stood there as he sprampted me with dry wall mud! I keep trying to think if there was a better way to hold it...or if it's just like a initiation into the 'secret circle of mudding experts.' I'll never know if he saw that coming or not...and there are no pictures of this because that would have outed my feigned 'aloofness' at the opportunity to be helping with the mud job. I took my glasses off and it was just like the cartoons....a perfect outline!

I hauled the dresser into the closet today so I can actually start putting laundry away as I get it done...because, thanks to unforeseen circumstances (ahem sanding!), most of our clean laundry that was folded neatly thrown in a heap outside the bedroom door now has a nice layer of dust and dry wall mud on it (ahem texturing with no door....awesome) so I'm very anxious to be able to PUT CLOTHES AWAY!!! I am aware that I still need to paint but I'm 1000% sure that I can paint without affecting the cleanliness of our clothing! I'm so happy to see that pile outside of our bedroom door slowly shrinking! And shoes have a home! Yeah...it's the small things for sure!

We are scheduled to paint tomorrow! Aka laugh, giggle, and pee our pants....and by WE, I in no way mean Merle and I...he hasn't been inducted into the 'secret circle of painting experts.' (so there!) I have a dear friend who most definitely owes me a painting favor....(you know who you are, Mrs. Owner of DownHome Emporium!)  I'd be tackling the paint job tonight but I've got a baby shower to host....and no way am I going to that all hyped up on paint fumes and with paint in my hair! One shower in a day is good enough for me!

So hear are the latest closet photos:

(Probably should have painted the dresser...another YEAR another furniture upgrade!) 

Today I also sorted out our hangers. My husband and I have severely different opinions of hangers. I will only use the plastic ones with the notch in them for shirts....he however refuses to use them! I have finally gotten him to convert a tiny bit to plastic hangers without the notches. I'm married to Shrek...no joke. He is so strong without even realizing it. I have seen him break a hanger and rip a shirt taking it off the notchy hanger. So I sorted them out. Mine on the right (same side of the bed I sleep on); his on the left. And yes our drawers are labeled...it's not really necessary...I just had a hay day with the labeler one day.

  I'm also realizing that the Hubbs made the closet considerably bigger...so thanks dear!

Bag #1 of sheets and linens...not organized mind you...but up and out of the way! Yahoo!

This little guy was absolutely necessary for getting said bag into closet! It's gonna be handy!

Mama's shoe hanger hung...now to find all of my shoes! This makes me more excited that I can tell you!  Can I get a Ka-Chi-ga?!

So thanks for stopping by today! I'd love to hear about your closet wars...my husband and I can't be the only kooks out there!

Linen Closet Madness

So lately my GREATEST obsession is my soon to be linen closet! I have never lived in a house with a linen closet and thanks to my wonderful hubby....I'M GETTING ONE IN THE NEW BEDROOM!!!

This is a crazy little dream of mine. Even when I was a little girl (ok maybe at least a teenager) I loved linen closets! I remember Gramma's always smelling so so so good! I love it when you have clean linen in a closet, a box or trunk and then when you open it...ah clean laundry smell. Well actually in this house my linens are a little like this....a sheet here in this drawer, a pillowcase in the buffet in the dining room....etc. It's crazy!

The linen closet of my dreams is like this....Baskets to hold the sheets. Each sheet set tied with a ribbon and a size label. Here are some pictures of my inspiration....(Can't stand Martha Stewart in action...but adore her organizational mind and crafty ways!)

Photo found HERE

Photo Found HERE

Photo Found HERE

I'm really quite glad that I'm not the only nut job that can't wait to have my linens in order! I have a plethora of towels so I'm sure that some of those will find a home in the closet as well. I should have measured to see if my upholstery cleaner would fit in there...but then again...we're going for pretty here!!

So a friend of mine sells Thirty One and I'm IN LOVE with their goods! I can't even say that I have a favorite because it's all so good! I have this huge bag (false, I have TWO of these)....

...and I use it for EVERYTHING! Load it with the grocery bags & take less trips from the car to the house, going to the lake/river/camping, quilting outings, laundry basket, traveling toy box, the list literally goes on and on and on!

Anyways as I was doing laundry and folding sheets and putting them in my large utility tote, I asked my Darling Husband if he thought that 2 of these bags would fit sideways in the new linen closet....he said, "Uh babe, Four of those will fit in long ways."

At that point I almost hyperventilated!

(He responded, "It scares me a little at the way that your whole face just lit up!")

(You can find these totes and SO many more at Amanda's website HERE!!! Double bonus for the company is that they are a Christian company based on Proverbs 31....love that!)  

So the storage basket issue is solved! Since the closet is so high, it won't be overly convenient to get in and out of so having the ability to just grab a bag and then slide it back up there will be nice. I'm still trying to decide if I should get them monogrammed on the ends so they are labeled....hmmm....thoughts anyone?

Ready to see the 'plans'?...they're pretty rough since I made them in Microsoft Word...but you'll get the point!

Isn't it great!? So it's going to be above our regular closet since in an old house you just have to take what you can get. We raised our ceiling about 13 inches or so i think which gives us 28 inches about the closet. (i think, don't quote me!)....

(stay tuned I just found and AMAZING idea!!!! Another day; another remodel!)

Above the four bag shelf will be another shelf....what to put up there? Just blankets? Misc Storage? Hmm not sure.....

Anyways...Wednesday the ma-in-law had a meeting in town, so the sis in law and I hit Menard's for the closet supplies. (Is it necessary to point out that we were able to do all of this without the assistance of a worker bee and in only 50 minutes? I think yes!)

 So technically, the following pictures are the 'BEFORE' photos of the closet....

(She was so cute holding on to it! Look at her white knuckles! We had to borrow Cowboy Paxton's rope to tie the load together so it wouldn't shift on them...(Didn't get his picture! :( oops!) Once I got out the camera she got all cheesy but before she was serious as can be...like she was thinking, 'Good thing one of us is sane!')

This was before the Wal-Mart leg of the journey! By the time we headed home, this what the load included: 8- 2x4 precut studs, 8-1x4x10s, 6- 1x6x10s, 1-1x8x10, 4 drywall corners (3- 6' 9" & 1- 9 ft), 4 sticks quarter round (8 ft), 2 children, 3 adults, 5 tiki torch sticks, big bundle paper towels, 8 Wal-Mart sacks, three birthday presents, toys/games for the kids & our lunch! There was no changing the radio or the temperature...well I could turn it up or down....It was an adventure! :)

I totally can hardly wait for Merle to be able to put this bad boy in! I'm giddy about it!

I'm listing a few of my newly found favorite organization blogs....

Vanilla Joy

FLY Lady

Organized Home

Simple Organized Living

I hope you all enjoy my ramblings...my bestie just can't believe I could obsess so much over a linen closet...she doesn't get it...her house is modern and has lots of storage, like her laundry that has it's own room...isn't that right Jenn!?

And now for that AMAZING storage idea.....

Find that link HERE. There's some neat 'history' behind the idea.

Speaking of stairs, look where I found my son sleeping yesterday morning!!!

Ok I believe that's all for today! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by the Pinwheel Pioneer!