Easy & Affordable Closet Solutions

As National Clean Your Closet Week concludes, I pulled together easy and affordable closet solutions to help get your closet organized — as recently seen on New Day Cleveland with Brass & Bubbles, my home organization company. This is also a great way to plan a phased approach to buffering and organizing your closet to feel like your own personal boutique.

From Chaotic to CONTROLLED

Mismatched plastic hangers, clothes falling off, long sleeve mixed with short sleeve and green next to red, this is the reality of a closet that has never been properly set up with a sustainable system — it also might take you 10x longer to find the piece you’re looking for in the morning, leaving the clothes that didn’t make the cut unfolded and piled up on the floor underneath. Here are a few affordable organization solutions that can help, although not every space is the same — adding in structure and these simple systems is a good start.

Of course, the benefit of hiring Brass & Bubbles to help, is that we will work through this for you, and then with you, set it up, buffer your wardrobe, and bringing in the missing pieces for a space you won’t want to mess up again!

Switching out your hangers can be a gradual progress, but these Costco Black Flocked Hangers at just $35 for 100 is a great deal (even on sale until 3/31/24). If you were to shop on Amazon or Target you would be spending double or triple that for the same amount of hangers. Adding Dividers is another way to keep you and your newly organized space accountable and on track.
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Empty Closet? If you just have a clothing hanger bar with empty space underneath, take some measurements to see if a cube solution could be integrated for additional zones and containment. We love these for jeans, sweaters, sweatshirts, and sweatpants. They’re also great to make a little boutique display with your favorite hand bags! Pictured are 11″ cubes for just $35. We also love 13″ cubes as they are a bit bigger and another great option, but a little bit more.

The grey bins are also great pieces to integrate into your closet to help store and rotate out seasonal pieces or more clothes. The open felt baskets ($20 ea.) could also sub out on the floor with sweatshirts or sweatpants, the goal is to create zones and contain! The fabric bins with lids ($8 ea.) are also great for seasonal pieces, I use them to store my shorts and golf gear. Both of these come in different sizes, so measure to see what is the best fit for your space!

The B&B Process

Brass & Bubbles starts with a free over-the-phone consultation, to learn your pain points and goals of your space — we will then take some time to quote your project and source any additional solutions (if needed) that we would recommend for your space and send over your customized plan! Depending on the size of the project, we can usually transform and organize a space within 1-3 days, and we can do this while you work so that you don’t even miss a beat in your day-to-day schedule.

We’ve helped a variety of families from couples to new parents, to families of five and seven! The main reasons our clients reach out for us to help is that they don’t have time, are overwhelmed, or have tried to organize their space themselves but it just isn’t working. The reason our clients hire us for a second and third project, is because the systems and spaces we’ve organized for them have been sustainable and changed the way they function in their daily lives, from primary suites to kitchen pantries, laundry rooms, and garages.

Being on live TV was definitely a new experience, it was very nerving leading up to the big day — and my setup was definitely a lot, clearing out most of my own personal closet! Thankfully I had my squad with me for helping load, set-up, grab content, unload, and then celebrate afterwards with. It was so quick, I wish I could go for round 2!

Watch our full segment on New Day Cleveland here!
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Before & After: Accessory Closet Makeover

One really amazing thing about our master bedroom, is the fact that we have not one, but two walk-in closets — the even better part? I had full intentions of sharing these with B, but he said “Nope! They’re all yours.” 😍 Since these are in our attic, they both are a bit oddly shaped and my accessories closet is definitely the smaller of the two, but works out perfectly for all my fun and special pieces to be on full display.

To get this closet, which quickly became a catch all, organized I focused on three areas to get this looking better and straightened up. (1) Purge! I went through all my jewelry and consolidated, donated or stored away, this also included scarfs and handbags. (2) Invest in jewelry specific organization pieces, and (3) paint old TV console that I use for storage. These three things combined helped make it more functional while also looking even more gorg, if I do say so myself.

By purging and consolidating, I was able to even get rid of a few different cube solutions and really consolidate and streamline everything for a clean and useful space, while also limiting myself to what I can store, so that I have to keep up with replacing or purging when new items come in.

Ok, so I think the things that really pushed this makeover to the next level were the acrylic jewelry organizers I grabbed – and might I add am pretty obsessed with. The two-pack acrylic mounted jewelry stands were an impulse purchase, that I wasn’t sure exactly how I would use them — but they came in clutch and I love how they free up counter space while displaying my necklaces tangled-free and easy to see! I then found these clear jewelry boxes, one with four-drawers in white, and another with six-drawers in white. The six-drawer case is shorter, so it fits perfectly on top of my updated shoe console. I also grabbed this stackable accessory container on a whim, and again I love how it contains pieces, stacks tall, while still showing off the pretty things.

Finally, I ordered a 4-pack of clear shelves to utilize in the space. I wasn’t 100% sure the configuration or what I would want to put on them — I was initially thinking smaller hand bags or displayed jewelry — but ended up putting some pictures and keepsakes I already had in the space to have my favorite people close. I ended up using the other two in my larger closet, which is still getting organized with it’s own update!

Two final key pieces that really helped spice up this space and make it functional was the addition of a make-shift counter on top of the vertical cubed storage. Because it’s an old attic, there was a decent gap between that and the wall — but getting this Blue Hawk white laminate board, we were able to cut in half and utilize for both of my closet spaces which had this same problem. This created a space where I could put my larger jewelry box, while still having some space for added decor or storage pieces.

Finally, painting our old brown TV console to white to match the space was a necessity! I almost didn’t do it, but I’m so glad I spent the time and 10-million coats of white paint to give this babe a face lift. I had left over speckled dot peel and stick wallpaper from Target from a previous project that was just enough to add as a backer and give this a bit more glam and flair. And by consolidating all my of heels to this space it really gave a clean separation between bags and shoes. I just kept my wedding shoes as a focal point in the tall cubed piece!

With a few extra hooks and nails I was able to add storage for more bags, wide brim hats, some satin and lace. The last thing I plan to do is spray paint the hooks from silver to gold and also do the same for the wall sconce to spray paint the silver hardware gold for a cost effective update! As I mentioned, my larger clothing closet is also getting a bit of an update, while also getting organized and cleaned out — a mini reveal and a few of my hacks for that coming soon. This space was transformed within a weekend, and I find myself just opening the closet door to peak inside at the perfection and pretty!

Here’s to creating more beauty and organization in our lives! xox

Latest Obsessions 01.20

This past weekend was a cold and snowy one, which meant it was perfect to plan a few upcoming house projects, work on some Valentine crafts and get extra snuggles in with the pups while binging the latest hot documentaries on Netflix! Which brings me to my latest obsessions, aka, all of the above.
LatestObsessions01.20-beelifeblogObsession: Getting Organized. I went to town last winter on a few projects including my kitchen pantry transformation, which I’m proud to report has maintained just as pretty  and organized as it was when I finished it up! I also worked on glamming up and organizing our linen closet on the second floor – not only have then both been more functional, they both look pretty while doing it!

Next up is my office closet; this just needs more shelves and is one of the most utilized storages spaces in the house, and houses my crafting, scrapbooking and some other office goodies. So it really needs to be functional and accessible – currently I have to unload everything to access certain containers. I think I figured out my game plan this weekend, so stay tuned for a fun before and after!

Obsession: Valentine’s Decor. I have so many fun DIYs to share to help celebrate this upcoming Valentine’s Day! I know a lot of other bloggers have been Valentine ready for the last two weeks, but I try to live a little more in the present and was still enjoying Christmas around our household until last weekend! So, from Galentine’s Day planning, to some fun fashion, to simple decor around the house.

If you’re planning and getting your house all Valentined-up, check out these fun and affordable banners at Target: Fun Heart Tassels Banner for $6 or Beaded Tassels Banner from Opalhouse for $9.99! The Opalhouse banner is a great subtle addition if you’re not overly X’s and O’s and hearts everywhere.

Are you decorating for Valentine’s Day or keeping it simple?

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P.S. If you’re looking for some good Netflix documentaries we’ve loved: Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and Don’t F**k With Cats Hunting An Internet Killer. We also just started The Outsider on HBO and just binged Seasons 1 and 2 of Good Girls thanks to Netflix (on NBC) — and can’t wait for season 3 to air this February!

 

Image Sources: Office Closet Inspiration | Valentine Decor Inspiration | Lolly Jane Blog