Project Nursery { Creating a Closet }

Our sweet Lilly's nursery was once an ugly storage room of sorts, her amazing Daddy built the room completely and when it came time to discuss layouts we knew we wanted some sort of closet but the only space left was a small barely three feet wide and a little more than twelve inches deep corner of the room - we knew we wouldn't be able to get a door on it but we had seen smaller closets work beautifully and figured we would give it a chance. I mean worst case scenario it could easily work as built in shelves.

I painted the inside of the closet white to contrast her little pink room and we liked that the white inside would let our baby girl's beautiful little dresses and bright colored blankets become the stars of the closet instead of competing. Once the paint had dried our attention turned to transforming this little nook into a closet, the possibility of just adding a few hanging rods was nixed immediately because we knew we wanted to get as much storage as we could. We considered a closet kit like this one but after installing a similar one years ago at our old home we remembered that it wasn't quite as simple and we didn't see the point of spending that much money on a kit that we would have to significantly cut up and alter just to fit the tiny closet space we had. But with a little bit of planning you can create a similar effect without the cost that is custom to your needs and space, it was pretty easy.

We picked up a 4ft wire shelf, less than $10 and used our little hack saw to cut it down
After debating between the two common systems, either the one with tracks drilled into the back of the closet or little brackets and hooks drilled into the walls but after looking at other closets (and the pantry..) in our house we decided to go with these side brackets and these drywall clips (but in a MUCH smaller box). Installation was so easy, we hammered in two little clips on the back wall then stuck the shelf into those clips and with the help of a level lined up those two side brackets. We also picked up this little guy for $5 to fill with little things like burp cloths, blankets and towels and I am still surprised by how much it can hold.

Our total cost for the closet was around $20 which is awesome compared to the closet kits ranging from $50-$150 (and more..) we also love that there is still a lot of room left if we choose to install another shelf or even a rod across the middle or add a shelf on the floor for shoe storage.

xo, Anne.