I Heart Organizing is having a shoe organization challenge, so I decided to straighten up my coat closet and see if there were any shoes to purge.
Lots of coats and shoes that were tossed in–not as bad as I’ve seen it–but still could use some tidying.
I found three pairs of kids shoes to donate or hand down. I optimistically moved the snow pants to the basement. Hung extra coats up in bedroom closets, and moved the vacuum attachments downstairs with all the other vacuum parts. I have no idea why my shower cleaning kit (unopened) was in the coat closet! I put the box of videos by the front door to return to their owner, and here is what the closet and shoes looked like afterwards:
It’s not glamorous but it’s tidy, and now everyone can easily find their shoes!
I converted my coat closet just for shoes too, but maybe a bit more selfishly (yes I’ve taken up the entire cupboard not even room for coats anymore!). Great job popping over from iheart organising
Hi Margo! Your coat closet is great…especially since I don’t have a coat closet. Yep we have one closet ONLY here at the Love Shack…so I have to make the best of it. I did a 21-day purge last fall and got rid a lot of my fall/winter shoes so this go around I purged my bags…oh boy! Found some great, affordable shoe organizers at IKEA and it was a lot of work…but so worth it. Good luck in the giveaway and have a great day. Fondly, Roberta
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