No Mudroom? No Problem!

We have no mudroom because we live in a very tiny townhouse (real estate is very expensive in the DC area...) Then, I was cruising around blogland and came across the most wicked awesome idea ever at The Shabby Nest! She had a closet-turned-mini-mudroom! Even we had a closet by the front door. I decided instead of wishing, I would be inspired, and we had our own closet-turned-mini-mudroom the same afternoon!!!

As you can see by this picture,
we were putting this closet to great use...
It was very organized, and we used it on a daily basis.

Yep. That's some closet...

Now it's a Mini Mudroom!

Did you brace yourself for these after shots?

I put up some hooks across the back (yes, I used power tools!)
And I put up a handy dandy shoe organizer to hold miscellaneous stuff like
mittens, sunglasses, and just whatever!

In a rental place, I couldn't build in a bench. So I just took down the door and put an extra end table in for a "bench". Then I laid an old curtain over the bench as a "skirt" and the "cushion" is made from a beautiful pillow sham that I picked up at a rummage sale. The throw pillow came off of my daughter's bed. The shoe basket was just relocated from that mess under my phone cords. Even the hooks and shoe organizer I already had around here. Funny how I spend more time preparing to organizing than actually doing it... ;-)

The curtain that's hanging is just from the same extra set I used as the table skirt. I hung it with the help of some nails and tape. Seriously.

I still have a lot of ideas for improving my "mudroom", but this is what I managed to hack off in one afternoon (with no help from The Masked Husband!) and I'm really happy with it!

Ok, so this was some closet makeover inspiration for y'all! Remember that my closet powwow is starting March 1st, so be ready with your links! Have you reorganized any closets recently? How 'bout in the past? Dig into those archives and come here to show off your work!

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