Quick DIY: Canvas Bag to Pillow

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DIY: Simple Closet Makeover on a Budget

Hello! I have been dreaming about my very own beautiful "His & Hers" closet since I started this blog 3 years ago, and it has finally happened! Stay tuned for the details below.

I do not know why it took me so long to make this amazing closet happen, but I am glad I did and it was not has horrible as I thought! My husband was ecstatic to move back into our closet, I had kicked his clothes out to the laundry room and he hated it, but I need the extra room. I'm sorry honey, but welcome back!

Supplies:

• 12x1 utility shelving (8 ft.) - 1 on hand, purchased 2 for $12
• 4x1 pine boards -  on hand
• 2 storage cubicles - on hand, purchased a couple of years ago for storage in my laundry room
• 1 dowel rod (1 1/8 in.) - 1 on hand, purchased 1 for $10
• 4 dowel rod end support - purchased 2 packs for $6
• white paint - on hand

TOTAL- $28!

The first thing we did was remove everything from our closet. That was the worst part, the things that accumulate over the years is insane. I did some major decluttering and got rid of (donated and threw away) a lot of clothes. I do not have a picture of the "true" before picture because once I start a project, getting my camera to capture it is just not possible when I'm on a cleaning mood.

Next, my husband removed the old hardware and boards holding the shelf. Be very careful while doing this, it will take some patience. Do not make a hole in your wall.

My four year old son helped by dissembling both 4x2 storage cubicles, we had to take them apart to cut them and make 3x2 storage cubicles to have the right length. 

I painted the areas where my husband removed the boards and assembled the storage cubicles.

This is where I decorated with scrapbooking paper (optional). Place the shelf over the two side boards.

Next, screw boards to hold the top shelf and paint the boards.

Install the dowel rod support hardware to each end.

One side is done, next side is next.

After finishing the other side, it should look like this.

Next, move to the top boards and install the rod support to each end.

It should look like this.

And you are done, lastly is organizing the mountain of clothes I'm sure you have. We added more shelves to wrap around for more storage.

This is the top of my closet!

On the top left shelf I have baskets containing hats, gloves, swimwear, and extra jeans.

On the top right shelf I have my husband work clothes.

On the left side I have my pajamas, workout clothes, and my frame necklace holder.

On the right side I have a holder to keep our belts and his ties, and his t-shirts.

I'm so obsessed with this rose gold necklace holder I made; it is so beautiful! I created this with a 8x10 picture frame, a thin piece of plywood, cup hooks, and spray paint.

On each storage cube I keep:

Top cubicles

• sweaters
• sunglasses
• jewelry
• basic t-shirts
• t-shirts
• over the shoulder bags

Bottom cubicles

• pretty heels
• colorful jeans
• shorts
• bras
• "Her" socks/underwear
• "His" socks

My jewelry cube contains bracelets, ear rings, and rings. I made the bracelet holder with a paper towel tube, newspaper stuffing, fabric, piece of wood as a base, and a stick.

I love this frame, my rose gold wedding ring set holder. I made this with just some fabric and polyester stuffing.

This is the bottom of my closet!

On the left bottom, I keep my "most used" shoes here, some aren't visible underneath my clothes.

On the right bottom, I keep my husbands "most used" shoes here, next to the chevron laundry basket.

I keep the rest of the shoes that does not fit in our closet under our bed.

I hope you found some inspiration to tackle your own closet.

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How I Organize My Fridge

Just wanted to do a quick post on how I organize my fridge. There is always many ways to organize a fridge depending on each household and this is the way I organize mine. All the items used for my organization are from the Dollar Tree, one of my favorite places to shop when on a budget.

Lets start in the freezer.

On the top rack I use 4 clear plastic containers to store frozen fruit, snacks, and veggies. On the bottom I store the frozen meat I'm using for the week.

Next to the meat, I have one bin where I store our popsicles/ice-cream snacks and in the other bin I store any miscellaneous items.

On the door of the freezer I store any bread on the top rack and for breakfast foods on the bottom. 

If you notice, I removed our food from the boxes to create more space. I put the instructions on how to heat up on the Ziploc bags with a sharpie marker. (I seriously hate boxes, they take up so much space!)

Next is the fridge part.

On the top rack I use three bins: the first blue bin is for cheese only, the second red bin is for cooking sauces, and the last green bin is to make sandwich ingredients (mayo, sliced cheese, mustard, ect.).

This perfect height drawer is great to store snacks for my toddler.

The second green bin is for easy to grab fruit.

I store in the blue bin miscellaneous items like tortillas and salad, in the red bin I store leftovers, and in the middle white container I store water bottles and juice bottles. Lastly, the last bottom drawers is where I keep all my veggies.

This is where I keep my butter, pre-made crust, and eggs.

I use my chalk labels to not only know where everything goes but to put a reminder to use my eggs by a certain date.

On the second rack I store any condiments.

Lastly, on the last rack is store wine and soda.

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DIY: My Toddler's Arts and Crafts Corner Space

This space has had a long time (a year of procrastination) coming! I am finally finished with it and I love the way it looks, but best thing of ALL... so does my son.

HERE IT GOES

I started this space for my two year toddler, at the time, he is now three. There was this empty corner in my office that had nothing in it, and I thought... this would be a perfect space for my son to have a place in my office. And that's how that journey started! I started to look for DIY's on my go-to website Ana-White.com, she has the best tutorials! Of course, I found a couple. The first one I used was Easy Ruler Clip Art Holder.

The second one was Arts And Craft Play Table. I followed the measurements exactly, except for the table dividers, I used my own.

Things I put in my son's arts and crafts table (just to give you some ideas):

• Crayola finger paint
• Crayola water paint & paint brushes
• Foam picture frames
• Crayons and pencil colors
• Glue and scissors
• Tracing rulers and stickers

The third tutorial I used was Flip Down Wall Art Desk (I ended up not doing this exactly how the tutorial intended, I had other plans).

All I used from the tutorial is the measurements for the shelves and the roll holder! It worked great for us because my son can just roll down the paper (like the pictures shown below) onto his table and color. He LOVES it! He also has easy access to his coloring books.

I'm so happy with finally finishing this project and that my son now gets to enjoy it!

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