Closet before and after

Now that we are on summer holiday for two weeks, we have time to finalize at least some parts of our renovation which we started already in December before moving in. We have a long list of tasks to do by the end of next week and we are nicely underway.

We’ve had an empty closet in the upstairs hallway while we have had unpacked boxes in the basement. We haven’t used the closet because it has required fixing, for example it had an old built-in ironing board taking up space. During the last few days, in addition to painting the floor and door mouldings in the hallway, we fixed the closet. It was an inexpensive project because we used left-over shelf boards and paint and had to buy only two rolls of shelf paper. In the top picture on the left you can see the closet after we took the ironing board out. On the right is the fixed version with freshly painted walls and floor and papered shelves. We are going to use the closet to store decorating items (Christmas ornaments, extra frames, flower pots).

Old new closet in use

As we went through the boxed in the basement, we sorted things to three piles: throw away, give to charity and sell at the thrift store. We have a spot at local thrift store for a week starting tomorrow. We have at least three boxes of items to sell and one box and a bag to donate to the Red Cross. It’s nice to get rid of extra stuff and get things finally organized.

To thrift store and charity shop