On What Baskets Can Do # 2

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We have a pretty tight budget in this house.  We're on one income and we have school loans, so Jeff was pretty surprised when I asked if we could incorporate a "basket" line in our budget.  Meaning, I wanted to set aside some money each month just for baskets.  His response was to post it on Facebook and tease me with his friends.  I never did get the basket line in our budget.

Instead I bought baskets with my birthday money.  Michael's was having a sale so I got these babies at 50% off. 

Baskets make me happy and make my home easier to use.

Here's what I did:

Before

After

I don't have much to put in these baskets yet, but I will find stuff.  I'm contemplating putting some of my "dedicates"  or scarves because I have limited drawer space. 

Rhea found her way into this one.  (She's a cat after my own heart, still sleeping at noon.)

At lest one corner of my bedroom is a little more organized. 

Oh What Baskets Can Do!

My hubby and I moved into our house this past August.  There was a lot of work that had to be done, but one thing that was on the top of my list was to organize the linen closet. 

To make the linen closet I had the contractors who renovated the house cut into an ajacent closet through the bathroom.  What we got was five large open shelves in our bathroom.  They are nice, but not when they are full of junk and badly folded linen.  I don't have any before pictures because I did these changes before I started the blog this January.

So I set out to fix it.  I measured the closets and looked everywhere for the right baskets.  Finding five identical baskets that fit our measurments was difficult, and in the meantime my linen looked terrible.  Finally, I found these baskets at Pier One, and they were on sale.  I decided to go with baskets that were smaller than the space because I did not want the closet to look too crowded.  I also had a hard time fitting all my towels in.  I think the rolled up towels on the side are a great way to use that space.

Here is a couple more shots of the closet.  It is in a tight spot so I had trouble getting good shots.  I think you can get the picture though. 

The bottom shelf holds all my stuff that I don't know what to do with.  It is kind of hidden away down there.

It's always good to have  little extra TP on hand.

There you have my little linen closet makeover.  I might add some chalkboard labels in the future.  We will have to see.