organizing my hall closet

i said that it was coming and it happened. i organized my hall closet, finally!

here is the before picture.

and here is the after.

i know it probably doesn't look that much different, but boy of boy it sure does feel a ton different in there.

first i pulled everything out of there.  sorted everything into a couple of different piles.
1. definitely going back in the closet
2. needs to be put somewhere else
3. get rid of - donate to thrift store
4. garbage pile

then i went to work organizing the items that i wanted to stay in the closet.  i reused some organizers and added a couple more.  i mostly wanted to use this closet for bed linens, paper, batteries, kids coloring and kid's craft stuff. to make everything more accessible to everyone, i labeled all the drawers with my label maker.

i also put anything the kids would need to get into down low and kept the stuff that i wanted them to stay out of on a higher shelf.

sorry, this pic ended up a little blury.

my drawers/bins included:
1. coloring books
2. notebooks
3. worksheets
4. cords and scale
5. magnetic dolls
6. construction paper
7. kid's craft items
8. AA batteries
9. AAA & 9V batteries
10. D & C Batteries
11. tape
12. rechargeable batteries
13. sewing stuff
14. markers
15. color wonder markers
16. color wonder paper
17. crayons

yes, a couple of those bins in there are old wipe containers.  use whatever you have i say.

now the only problem is that a bunch of the items that didn't make it back into the closet are sitting on my craft table in the basement waiting for a new home.  oh well, one space at a time, right?