DIY Shoe Display

Remember my closet project that I started a few months back?  And how my shoe organization consisted of a dusty old cabinet?

Looks horrible, doesn't it?  I couldn't even fit all my shoes in there so whenever I took a pair out to wear, it ended up on the floor instead of back inside this mess of a shoe cabinet.

But thanks to a little creativity and inspiration from my niece, Kiana, AND an old bed frame I had lying around, I was able to transform that hot wooden mess up there into a spectacular shoe-stravaganza!

 

 Welcome to my shoe corner!  A lovely little place in my closet where my shoes can hang out without the worry of being cramped and neglected.  And you want to know how I did it?  I took the metal frame from a futon bed and stood it up in the corner.  Easy?  Yes.  Genius?  HELL YES!

 The bottom is where I keep my boots, flats, and sneakers.  I even hung some of my boots on pants hangers to reduce the clutter on the floor and to keep the shape of the boots nice and straight.  And you see those brown boots in the bottom right?  I got those for $5.00 (yes, $5!!) on Poshmark from @kskloset.  She is absolutely amazing and she's got a whole bunch of brand new boots that I highly suggest you check out!

All my sandals were originally on the floor but I had another genius idea to use the extra pants hangers to hang them on an extra curtain rod.  Eventually I'll get some wire hangers to do this idea and make it look a little prettier, but for now I'm fine with it.

In between is where the heels and wedges are kept.  I love how I can just hang my heels up and not have to worry about them scuffing or getting lost under each other since they're spaced out and able to fit neatly.  What a difference it makes when trying to get ready!

Isn't it awesome what you can do with old furniture?  I'm sure you have (or know someone who has) an old bed frame you can use to do this yourself.  Go get it and make your cluttered, dusty, shoe pile transform into a super chic shoe display.  You know, because display sounds much more fancy.

I've Got This New Addiction...

It has been the reason for my blogging less these past few weeks.  Its not really a new thing, just kinda new to me.

I know most of you have already heard of Poshmark and/or already use it.  But for those of you who don't know what it is, it's basically an app for iPhone/iPad/iEtc where you buy and sell items you no longer have use for.  It's great for those of us who buy things and never use (like that dress that's been hanging in your closet for the past 3 years) or things that we can't fit anymore (hello pre-pregnancy jeans!).

I've just recently started my Poshmark account and within the first couple days of listing items, I made my very first sale!  After that I was HOOKED.  If you follow me on Instagram, you'd have seen the gigantic mess in my closet due to putting together outfits and listing them.

Here's a peek at my Poshmark closet listings:

 J.Crew Dress

Seafoam Green Blouse and F21 Gold Sequined Skirt

Coach Snow Boots

Fox Print Blouse

I'm literally open to selling EVERYTHING I have.  Seriously.  If there's an outfit I posted on the blog that you liked, I'll sell it to you.  I'm basically trying to sell anything just to make a little money to buy more stuff on Poshmark.

So, if you want, check out my closet (@frikkenduckie) by downloading the Poshmark app and use my code: HLVDF to get $5 credit to your Poshmark account!  For those with Android devices, you can still shop my closet at Poshmark.com/closet/frikkenduckie.

I've got a huge closet and a LOT of stuff so I'll be posting new items weekly!  And if you do have Poshmark, let me know and I'll follow you!!!

When you're "DIY"ing your own home...

sometimes small projects end up being BIG projects.

That's what we're dealing with right now.  Again.

My plan was simple:  move a closet 5 feet back.  I wanted to create a walk-in closet using the existing closet that was already built.  This is what the floor plan looked like before our project:

The master bedroom was originally set up as a studio apartment so it served as a living area/bedroom.  When we moved into the house I didn't like the fact that in order to get to my bed, I'd have to go around this huge wall/closet thing.  My other concern was that I didn't want the kids to have walk so far to get to me if they were to wake up in the middle of the night.

Because the closet was built separately into the room, I had figured it wouldn't be so much of a hassle to just move it back a couple feet and create a walk-in closet area in the back and move the bed in front of the closet wall.  This was my plan:

 This whole moving the closet project took us about 2 1/2 weeks.  It's still not completely finished yet either but we've made progress, so hopefully we can get it finished and move all our things in by the end of this week.  Here's what the room looks like as of this morning:

The infamous closet.

 Our Air Conditioning unit will be moved to that pink boarded up hole in the wall.

This part of the closet is still not finished.  We need to extend it to the wall.

This will be the "bedroom" area - where the bed, tv, etc. will go.

 I've already moved my clothes into the closet because I'm impatient.

 

I've even moved my cabinet in to use as a sort of vanity.

So much more space than before.  And my bags will go on the shelf up top for now.

 Oh, and the cabinet is filled with my shoes - which need to be organized later.

So, that's just ONE of the projects I've been doing lately.  Kind of the biggest project so far, I mean, at least for now.  I've got a couple other little projects that I'll be posting about soon (hint: DIY shorts) so stay tuned!

And if you've got any home improvement tips, I'd love to hear them!  I enjoy getting feedback and inspiration from you guys!!