Pinterest Challenge: Easel Upgrade
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Craftiness
When I saw that Katie and Sherry had announced the Pinterest Challenge Spring Edition I knew just what I was going to do. I’ve been obsessed with all things First Birthday and I’ve had this idea pinned from Darci for months! Which, if you haven’t checked out her blog, go do it now. She is one awesome party planning, chalkboard making, creative mama!
I started off with a $15 Ikea easel. You may have seen a snippet of Hudson’s maiden voyage to Ikea on Instagram. We left with our easel, 5 down filled pillows (only $6!!), some sand toys and a dozen cinnamon rolls.
Hudson is obviously thrilled with his age-appropriate new toy. Ha!
Sorry for the bleak cell phone shots in the garage. I was working on nap time and didn’t grab the fancy camera.
I strayed from Darci’s tutorial in that I used regular paint instead of spray paint. I had almost an entire gallon of paint leftover from Hudson’s dressers so I thought I’d paint the easel to match. I would say if you’re looking to recreate this project, go with the spray paint. I had to sand down the original finish on the easel and then apply 4 coats of paint to get the best coverage.
It ended up turning out perfectly though!
I also followed Darci’s tip of repainting the chalkboard with chalkboard paint. The chalkboard the easel comes with is kind of cheap and I’m not sure it would hold up for the long haul.
Boom. One awesome chalkboard! For about $30 in supplies. I’m still waiting for the chalkboard paint to cure {it takes 3 days} so I don’t have a witty message to show you just yet.
We are using the easel at Hudson’s first birthday party to write the surf report and welcome our guests ala Finn’s birthday party {also found via Pinterest}.
I’ll make sure to post updated pictures after the party! I can’t wait to see what everyone else whipped up this time!
psst- All pictures courtesy of their respective pins {click the link or the pic for source}
Tags: easel makeover, ikea hack, painting, painting Ikea easel, wood easel
Sayonara San Diego
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Baby Ahrens, Happy Homemakers
This last weekend we headed down to San Diego for one last California visit with my Dad and his wife, Amy. They are relocating to Boston in a few weeks for work. They offered to babysit Hudson while we went out to dinner. We couldn’t get down there fast enough! We’ll be sad to see them go but we had a great time and even snuck in a super early birthday celebration for Hudson!
There was lounging by the pool.
Birthday party prep going on! Man, I miss having a backyard and garage to do my projects. Yes, I did use a big stick to stir the bucket of dye. #classy
Our homemade birthday banner. My dad said it looked like we were doing redneck laundry!
First taste of birthday cake in the Craig’s List highchair. We have big makeover plans for this chair!
Puppy dog cuddles!
The rest of this week I’ve been doing laundry, cleaning and packing for our upcoming trip. Hudson and I will be gone almost all of May! We have a wedding, 2 graduations, and lots of new babies to meet. See you soon Iowa!
Countdown to the One Big Wave Birthday Bash!
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Baby Ahrens
I can’t believe I’m already working on Hudson’s first birthday party! As cliché as it sounds, this has been the fastest year of my life. Although I can’t really remember those newborn days very well. My sister just had her baby girl last week and I had no words of wisdom for her. I was all, uh? I think they sleep through the night at 6 weeks? Clearly, I blacked out for 3 months. #nothelpful
It may seem a little early for the party planning but we’re going to be out of town all of May so I needed to get a head start. I think Matt is equally impressed and scared with the craftiness happening around these parts!
We are having his party on the beach since our apartment is too tiny to host more than 2 people and hey, who doesn’t want a party on the beach?! I worked with Debbie at Wants and Wishables to create THE cutest invitations.
I am so stinking excited about them. You may have caught a sneak peek on Instagram. Just wait until you see all of the printables – so.dang.cute. I went straight to Pinterest {obvs} for party inspiration. We’re using these two birthday parties as our jumping off point. I loved the blue ombre and the vintage surfer vibe so we’re going with the One Big Wave Birthday Bash theme!
I’m trying to keep my party-planning crazy in check. You won’t see any toddlers and tiaras size party up in here but we are trying to make it a special day to celebrate our favorite guy. Yes, I know he won’t remember a thing but we’re celebrating our family making it a whole year together {everyone is alive! and happy!}. I’m getting pretty DIY with the whole shebang to keep costs down and I can’t wait to show you all of the finished projects. Like I said, I’ll be using mostly blue ombre for the décor {I loved Jessica’s pink ombre party!} but throwing in pops of orange. I think it looks preppy and fun!
We’ve also been trying to decide what to get our little surfer dude for his big birthday. He has SO MANY toys! and clothes… and well, everything. He is so loved/spoiled! So we’re getting him a few “big things” that he can use for awhile. I already know that we’ve gone overboard on the presents but at least he’s still too little to know he’s got us wrapped around his finger! Here’s a rough idea of what we’re planning on getting him.
One last beach picture because I just can’t stand how cute he looks in a baby speedo. The boy loves the water. It is still WAAAAY too cold for me to dip my toes in but he loves it!
Have you planned a kid’s party in awhile? I’m a newbie but I remember the parties my Mom’s threw for us being off the hook <—- I’m sure I said that as a toddler. What made your party awesome? Décor, food, location?
Tags: beach party, blue ombre, first birthday, one big wave, surf party
Aloha Adventures–Part 2
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers, Our View From Here
Sorry to leave you all hanging on the lost tooth drama! Let’s finish up this travel tale. Matt and I went to Hawaii looking for relaxation and didn’t really have much of a plan in terms of sightseeing. This is pretty unusual for us (mostly me!) since I’m usually a gal with a plan. We left most of our excursions up to our friends and we basically brought a list of restaurants and bars we wanted to go to. Classy, right? I’m sure you all want to vacation with us now! Although, I can direct you to the finest Mai Tai on the island!
Anyway, here is what we tackled in 5 days:
- Drive the North Shoreline: We did this on the first full day we arrived. It was the perfect way to begin our trip. Lots of beautiful scenery {prepare yourself for the photo overload}! But first we were all hit with a monster case of jet lag and woke up at 5:00 am local time. We got the bright idea to walk down to the beach/Front Street and watch the sunrise. Turns out we were on the West side of the island! Oops!
I’m pretty sure this is Matt’s favorite photo from the trip!
- Hike the Haleakala Trail/crater: This is where things start to get dicey. We were not at ALL prepared for this hike. We thought we knew our friends well. We didn’t realize they were olympic style hikers. We showed up for our trip up the crater in gym short and a t-shirt {Matt} and yoga pants and a tank top {me}. Please note the picture below- actual prepared hikers with backpacks! and water! and supplies! Me with nothing but trying to look official.
Kurt and Marisa had actual gear! Turns out it is fricking freezing at the top of the mountain since it’s at 10,000 feet.
It felt like this scene out of Dumb and Dumber. Luckily, our pals hooked us up with some extra jackets and we were off.
This hike was no joke people. You walk down the crater first and the rule of thumb is however long it takes you to walk down, double that on the way up. Athletes we are not. We turned around before Kurt and Marisa and they still almost beat us back. We seriously thought we were going to die. My legs were burning for days. #outofshape
We made it back to the top! Huzzah!
- Road to Hana: After the hike we jumped back in the car and started our journey to Hana. It was an awesome drive and not quite as treacherous as all of the guide books tell you it is. Although, I wouldn’t want to drive that road at night! We stopped at a few overlooks and waterfalls along the way. The island is seriously beautiful!
These signs were the only way to let other cars know you were coming through the one lane road.
We stayed overnight in Hana. It is such a quiet little town. All of the restaurants close at 8:00 pm. We barely made it in time for dinner. On our way home we stopped at the black sand beach and cave.
AND THEN! We stopped for lunch at this little road side stand for pork tacos and Matt’s front tooth fell out. I freaked out. It was definitely the worst sound I’ve ever heard, I initially thought he had bit into glass. So gross. He had a veneer put on in High School after his tooth was knocked out in football {or something?} and it just gave out. Perfect timing huh? Thankfully it happened to him since he was so casual about the whole situation. I think I was more freaked out than him. If I would have lost a tooth we would have just gone home. I’m not a team player. Our dentist back home said it was cosmetic and not to waste time with a local dentist so he rocked the hillbilly look the rest of the trip. We still had 3 days on the island so he perfected his closed mouth smile!
After that debacle, we stopped for coconut ice cream and made a beeline back to the condo.
- Beach Day! It was nice to just lay on the sand and take in the awesome views. Kurt, Marisa and Matt went snorkeling at Black Rock {I held down the fort under the umbrella-obvs}.
We spent our last afternoon on the island at the condo pool and it was glorious. We drank beers in our own cabana and had a fabulous time. I have about 200 more pictures of this week long extravaganza. It was so fun! A big shout out to Matt’s parents for watching our little bambino while we were away!
Do you have any vacation drama you’d like to share?
Tags: hawaii, maui, travel, traveling
Aloha Adventures–Part I
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Our View From Here
Aloha friends! We spent an amazing week in Maui and have finally sobered up/gotten back into our normal schedule to regale you with all of our travel adventures. Get fired up for a boatload of internet stranger’s vacation pictures!
So, onward we go! We’ve been planning this trip for what seems like forever. We originally wanted to visit Hawaii to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary but somebody crashed that party. Rude. Thanks to a thrifty traveling tip from my gal pal Alexson, I had been perusing homeaway.com for condos to crash at since resorts on Maui can blow your vaca budget real quick. She is an authority on traveling on the cheap {and I mean that in the best possible way!}. We found an awesome resort/condo village for $165 a night for 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms. Then when we saw everyone’s favorite DIY bloggers stayed there and loved it, we were sold. We called up some of our best friends and asked if they wanted in on this fabulous vacation and it took them about 4 seconds to say yes, sign us up! So we only spent about $85 a night to stay on Maui. You can’t beat that deal with a stick! We loved our location and definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a great location on Maui {very family friendly too!}.
Our favorite part of the resort were the pool areas. The main pool was salt water and was surrounded by these fun cabanas. It was just what this sun-adverse lady needed! We also used the pool pavilion to watch the Iowa State tournament game at an ungodly hour of the morning {thank you jet lag!}.
We were also really close to the main street part of Lahaina called Front Street. It had the typical touristy shops and a few local haunts mixed in. We went down there almost every night for dinner. Our favorite restaurant hands down was the Lahaina Grill. It was definitely our splurge dinner as it was a little pricey but so worth it! I still have dreams about their lobster risotto. Delish. We also went to Cheeseburger in Paradise, Lahaina Pizza Company {best Mai Tai I had on the island!}, Sure Thing Burger and of course Ululani’s Hawaiian Shaved Ice. Our favorite breakfast place was the Gazebo. Our friend Emily recommended it to us and we agree, the macadamia nut pancakes can’t be beat!
On Sunday night we decided to mix it up and went on a sunset dinner cruise with the Pacific Whale Organization. I love that a portion of all sales goes back to their foundation to preserve the oceans and the organization takes school children out on the boats for hands on learning each month.
We were a little nervous boarding the boat as most of our fellow passengers definitely got the senior citizen discount. We were afraid it wasn’t going to be that much fun. We were {thankfully!} so wrong. We had a small group at around 20 people so our waiter had plenty of time to keep the drinks full. Proof of that below!
All of the staff on board are certified Marine Naturalists so they were super helpful in pointing out whales and telling us all about the island. Since we had such a small group they stopped the boat off shore and dropped a microphone into the water for about 15 minutes and we were able to hear the whales singing back and forth to each other. It was so incredible!
We were able to catch a grainy cell phone video of the whales singing. Sorry for the shaky hand but filming on a boat + 5 Mai Tais = crazy video. Just think of it as extra authentic!
So, I’ll be back tomorrow to finish up our travel tale. There is excitement ahead: a road trip to Hana, hiking the volcano, and someone lost a tooth! We kept the excitement going all week long!
Tags: condos in hawaii, hawaii, maui, travel
Hudson’s First Easter
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Baby Ahrens, Holidays
It looks like everyone had a great weekend based on my Facebook and Instagram feeds! We had a casual, low-key day since Hudson came down with his first cold and was pretty miserable. So no church and no brunching for us. The dream of matching Easter outfits was not to be this year. Not to worry, I soldiered on and documented our baby’s first Easter to share with all of the internet.
I will admit that I went a teeny tiny bit overboard with the basket this year. In my defense, I bought the PB basket for him and it looked deceivingly small in the store. Do not be fooled folks. I dropped in a few goodies after I got home and it looked pitiful. So I filled that sucker up with a ton of Easter grass and other odds and ends {thank you Target $1 spot!}.
basket/books/moracas/sippy/tree/sunglasses/ears{$1 spot at Target}
I also added in a boat for the bath, plastic eggs filled with cheerios and goldfish crackers, some bubbles and a weird blinking bouncy ball. What did the Easter bunny leave at your house?
Tags: babys first easter, easter basket, Favorite Stuff, toys
Our Lucky Charm
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Baby Ahrens
Hey-o! I hope everyone had a fun filled weekend of green beer and Guinness! We had a fun weekend. Adding a baby to the mix makes every holiday so much more fun {cue cheese!}. I had been waiting weeks to bust out Hudson’s handmade St. Patrick’s Day outfit. You may have caught the sneak peek on Instagram. I made the babyleggs from socks! World’s easiest tutorial here. Need a onesie for next year? Look here the instructions, they worked perfectly. Sorry for the grainy phone picture, I was laughing way too hard to grab my good camera. That face!
I made our annual St. Pat’s dinner of corned beef {hold the cabbage!}. I added Colleen’s Irish Soda bread to the mix this year and it was delish. I also whipped up some Lucky Charms candy crunch for our neighbors. I had to get that stuff out of the house. It is SO addictive! We also had a few drinks to celebrate! 
We were so sad to see that there isn’t much to do for St. Patrick’s Day in LA. They actually had the LA marathon on Sunday this year. Cray cray. I’m so used to parades and the locals decked out to the nines. My friend Laura told me her town practically shuts down to celebrate. Shoot, there are even videos about it on YouTube! So we just lived vicariously through our friends’ Facebook feeds.
Tell me how you celebrated this year! Are you all teed up for Easter? You know I already have Hudson’s Easter outfit ironed and his basket ready to go!
Tags: baby, diy babyleggs, holidays, shamrock onesie, St. Patrick's Day
Mama Must Haves {6-9 months}
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Baby Ahrens, Mama Must Haves
I can’t believe it but Hudson turned 9 months old a couple of weeks ago. This boy is on the MOVE! I could hardly keep him still to capture him wearing his cute monthly sticker. He’s a super fast crawler and is starting to pull up on furniture. I don’t think he’s ready to walk yet and I am fine with that! He still curls his fat little feet up when he’s standing. Cracks me up.
On our to-do list this weekend is to get this guy a haircut!
Since we’ve made it another 3 months on this crazy parenthood ride, I wanted to round up a few things that are making our lives a little easier.
1. Hudson loves music. When we saw this little drum and instrument set at Target we had to get it for him. He loves banging on the drum (of course) and the little egg shakers the most. The best part is that the drum actually holds all of the other instruments.
2. We love jammies over here! Hanna Andersson makes the cutest so we picked up 3 pairs. If you’re lucky, your Costco might carry some of the styles, that’s where we found ours for a steal! I put these on Hudson when we travel with a pair of shoes. Comfy for him and it almost passes for an outfit.
3. Hudson is old enough that we’ve started a bedtime routine with him to get him to sleep quickly. We tuck him in with the Binkie Bear, this little lovie blanket and turn on Big Tam his nighttime turtle/ladybug.
4. More music! I found Elizabeth Mitchell while listening to our baby station on Pandora. Her songs are so good! She also plays some the classics. I’ll warn you, her rendition of You Are My Sunshine will make you want to bawl your eyes out.
5. It’s sippy cup time around these parts! Hudson loves trying to drink out of these at meals and has been using cups with handles. I love that they don’t leak! The Easter Bunny is leaving a pair of these at our house this year.
That’s what’s been floating our boat lately! Is there anything I need as we dive into the baby is walking world?
Tags: 6-9 months, baby, baby gear, mama must haves
Pinterest Challenge: Storage Ottoman
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Oh, hey all you fine pinning fools! Are you ready for another Pinterest Challenge? Bower Power and Young House Love have thrown down the challenge gauntlet again for more doing, less pinning. Last time, I made over my $20 thrift store campaign dresser. This time, I had storage on the brain again. Hudson has become a crawling machine lately and my most favorite Craig’s List find ever, the glass coffee table, was becoming a huge hazard. So I sold it for $100 bucks with the intent to DIY a storage ottoman (you saw a sneak peek here!). Here’s my original pin-spiration:
I love the tufted look of the ottoman and that it has storage as well. I did not love the $527 price tag. Yeouch! So I trolled Pinterest for a DIY tutorial. Score, found a great one from This Old House.
I somehow roped my Dad into helping me with this project. Something about this is for your grandson convinced him. His help and garage space was what made this project a success. Before you take this on let me tell you, it is A Project. It wasn’t particularly difficult but we had the space, the right tools and 2 people working on this. So, if you’re still with me, let’s get to it!
I’m not going to do a step-by-step tutorial on the actual building since the linked tutorial above is very thorough! One tip: if you don’t want to do all of the measuring and cutting at home, you can take your cut list to Home Depot and they’ll do it for you! The wood and supplies cost me $48. I used plain plywood instead of the birch plywood recommended and I haven’t had any problems.
Okay, so now that we have the box built, let’s get to the tufting and upholstery!
We pre-drilled the 15 holes on the lid of the box to thread the upholstery needle through.
My button making supplies, upholstery thread and needles. This ran me $12-ish from Joann’s. You will definitely need the upholstery thread. Do not try to do tufting with regular thread. It is not strong enough.
I bought my foam, batting and linen from LA’s fabric district. I definitely got a deal on it! $30 for 3 inch foam and 6 yards of batting. I spent $18 on the linen (a little over 2 yards). If you’re not in LA, you can get foam from JoAnn’s or Hobby Lobby but remember to take your 50% off coupon since for some reason foam is super pricey!
Lay your lid onto the foam and trim around it. I used scissors but I’m assuming a serrated knife would be much easier!
Leave about an inch of foam around the entire board. It will make it nice and plush when you wrap it with the batting and fabric.
You’ll want to cut a hole in the foam where each button will go. Make sure you remove the foam from the hole completely. This is going to make your tufting look much deeper and professional.
Next, wrap that baby with batting. I did 2 layers since we are overprotective, first time parents. No way are we getting any head injuries on this bad boy!
Next you’ll want to use your button kit to make enough buttons for all of your tufts. This was super easy to do. I don’t have any pictures since I haven’t taught Hudson to use the camera yet and it was a two handed project. After you’re done with the buttons, lay your fabric out and thread your upholstery needle. I chose to double my thread twice (so I have 4 individual threads holding the button down). Hopefully the picture below makes that a little more clear.
Start on the top row, middle tuft and get threading!
This actually goes much faster than you think it would. Just be sure to smooth your fabric down and fold it into the diamonds as you go.
One tip that I have is to tie a plain old washer to the end of your embroidery thread so you have something to staple to the back of your lid. Otherwise you have to be super accurate with the staple gun to catch your thread and pull it taut. I’m sure I picked this tip up on some blog or tutorial but I cannot find it for the life of me (if it was you, let me know!).
It makes it so much easier to staple and pull the tuft down tightly. Once you’re done with the tufting, you’re ready to staple your fabric down. Just smooth the fabric, pull tight and staple away.
It should look like this once you’re done. Make sure to trim the excess fabric.
Done with the top portion! Now let’s tackle the base. I chose to sew my side pieces together to save on fabric cost. If you don’t have a sewing machine, you can definitely just buy the length of fabric you need and trim the excess.
I doubled my batting again, set the base on it and just wrapped it up!
All ready for fabric. I also painted the inside of the base with a test pot of paint from Home Depot and added some Chevron stripes for fun.
Just staple around the base on the top and bottom, making sure to pull the fabric tight as you go.
I installed a piano hinge next, which was almost the death of me. Seriously, this was the hardest part of the project. If you have someone who is willing to help you, this would be the part of the project to utilize them!
Now you have an official ottoman to kick your feet up on! The only thing I would do differently would be to make the box a little shallower. The tutorial I followed suggested a 10 inch base. With that, plus the lid and 3 inch foam made it the perfect ottoman/coffee table height, without legs. I really wanted to add legs like my inspiration photo though.
I decided to bite the bullet and splurge on these furniture legs. They were a splurge at $75 but I think it really made the end result! So here’s how we did that. I bought T-nuts for $1.98 for a pack of 4. I flipped the ottoman over, pre-drilled holes and hammered those suckers in all four corners.
After the t-nuts were secure, I just screwed the legs in place. It should look like this when you’re done. Tip- be sure to trim up your batting and excess material so it won’t hang down when you flip the ottoman right side up.
I was really hesitant to push the “buy” button on these legs but I am so glad I did. I think it makes the ottoman look less like a fabric covered box and more like a legit piece of furniture.
My favorite view…all of those brightly colored toys neatly corralled with space to spare!
Oh yeah, how about a details shot? Because if you can’t get excited about an ottoman on brass casters, than what can you get fired up about?
I am seriously in love with this thing! I’ll miss the fabulous glass coffee table but this is a pretty good replacement.
Ok, one last picture.
This project rang in at about $200. It’s more than I anticipated spending but I really wanted those legs. The budget breakdown is as follows:
$50: lumber, hinges, miscellaneous building stuff
$48: foam, batting and fabric
$12: upholstery thread, needles and button kit
$90: furniture legs (shipping included)
It definitely beats the $500 inspiration piece price tag. I also used my funds from my coffee table sale so I wasn’t out too much. Plus, I get to say, yeah, I made that. NBD.
I’m also linking this project up with AP for Hey! That’s Pintastic! Since I almost never have my act together to link up. Follow all of my Pinterest boards here!
Tags: DIY ottoman, pinterest challenge, storage, tufting
Storage Wars: 7 steps to living small
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Cleaning Party, Random Musings
I was getting ready to expand on my Storage Wars series and came to the realization I use the same practices for all of my rooms. So, hey why not wrap this up in one tidy post for you? Let’s do this.
1. Use it or Lose it: If you aren’t actively using this item/clothing/accessory get that thing out the door. Less stuff = more space. This sounds way easier than it is friends. I’m pretty ruthless about getting rid of extra stuff but I struggle with gifts we’ve received and sentimental stuff. Jules at Pancakes and French Fries has a whole series on clearing out the clutter. I highly recommend it!
2. Build up: Channel your inner Ikea maven and utilize all of your wall space. We added extra shelves in the bedroom closet, a shelf above our front door and extra storage along one wall in the kitchen. Ours is definitely not the most aesthetically pleasing solution but it works for now!
3. Baskets and Boxes: Corral that clutter. I use baskets to hide our crap store things in every single room in our house. We’ve really tried to keep the baby stuff in check and having a basket in the living room to dump all of his toys in at the end of the day really helps.
Keeping all of my makeup on a shelf in the bathroom clears precious under sink space for all of that other bathroom stuff that seems to gather!
4. Embrace the every day: I adore a clean countertop. It just looks so neat and tidy to me. I used to put all of our appliances neatly behind cabinet doors. Now that storage is a luxury I’ve started to leave our every day essentials out on the counter and I have to say it doesn’t look half bad. I also use this tactic in our bathroom, where towels are rolled and kept out in a basket for easy use. I also gave up the battle of hauling our shoes upstairs to the closet everyday. I just have a basket at the bottom of the stairs and when it’s full, it’s time to empty!
5. Double Duty: We really don’t have the extra space to dedicate to a home office anymore so we have a parson’s desk in our living room with all of our office-y stuff stored away in our blue campaign dresser. We also store Hudson’s big toys inside our ottoman/coffee table (more to come on that monster!). Really think about the furniture in your home. Could you use an underused dresser to store extra bedding? Find and utilize that extra space! You don’t have to run out to the store to buy specific organizing gear.
6. To the cloud we go: Matt and I cut down on our DVD storage with this little trick here. We’ve taken in a step further by vowing (dramatic much?) to only buy movies and music from iTunes going forward. It’s made a big difference in our storage! We also backup all of our photos in the cloud and print family yearbooks through My Publisher each year (another post to come on that!). We’ve also reined in our book purchases now that I have a kindle and Matt has an iPad. It might seem like such an insignificant change but it has helped us free up a ton of shelf space.
7. Sneaky storage: We use every single inch of storage we can find in our place. We store our air mattress and extra bedding in space bags under our couch. Out of season clothes get stored in plastic bins under the bed. We’ve hung up hooks behind the door and at the bottom of the stairs to step in for coat and bag storage.
Our coat and bag command center. No coat closet to be found here! We spent about $20 on the railing and basket from Target. Boom, no more stacks of coats and bags over chairs.
So there are my tips on how to live smaller without losing your mind. What tips can you share with me?
Tags: apartment, apartment living, small spaces, storage, Storage Wars
