Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Dream Space - My New Closet Tour


Welcome to one of my favorite 
rooms in our new home.  
My closet!  

I had inspiration photos from 
a closet I had seen years 
ago, and the builder and 
cabinet maker did a great 
job updating the design and 
creating a dream space. 


One of my goals was to have all 
of my clothes behind doors.  
You will notice when 
influencers show their 
closets, they have minimal clothes 
showing and all color coordinated.  
Well, we all know they have more 
clothes than they pictured and 
we all know closets, real closets, 
get messy looking, so I wanted it 
all hidden. 


I also wanted lots of 
drawers, so this island has 
drawers on each side.


More drawers over here 
too, so lots and lots of 
storage.

The cabinets are divided into 
some high/low and some for 
long dresses, and the upper 
cabinets leave great space 
for long term storage.  

I found these fabulous and 
beautiful, yet light weight 
ladders and bought several 
to have around the house. 
I got a three step, four step, 
and five step in gold and keep them 
in separate rooms around the 
house.  They are super slim 
and I tuck one right at the 
end of one of these cabinets 
in my closet.  You can't even 
see it.
Click here. 


You can see a peek into hubby's 
closet in the back of this 
photo - not as grand as mine, 
but lots of space and he chose 
black and white for his shelves and 
a more modern look.  The large 
doors conceal a washer and 
dryer - not stacked.  We love 
this.


I also wanted display cases 
for fancy shoes and purses.  
I had them add the corner 
shelving with glass and lights 
to highlight these.  

Of course, the granddaughters 
love to come and play with the 
shoes and purses.  Oh, don't grow up!


The inspiration photo also 
had a stair going up to 
the upper level in the house.  
Our railing guy copied the 
design of the rail, which is 
beautiful and feminine.  

I love the oval window and 
it has a motorized blind that 
comes out of the valance.  

I found this gorgeous vanity desk 
and popped it in the space by 
the stairs.  It fits perfectly. 

You can see a peek of the 
fairy dress I created for my 
fantasy photo displayed up 
on the shelf.


We got a bid for tufting the back wall 
and they wanted to charge us $30K, 
so we opted out of that and laid this 
beautiful diamond studded tile. 
I ended up liking it better because it 
is a more updated look than tufting. 

The stairs leads up to more closet 
space, but as we were building 
I had a sleepover with some of 
the granddaughters and I decided 
I didn't need that much closet space 
up there, so we turned it into a 
closet and a nursery.  I placed 
three French canopy beds 
up there and eliminated one 
large closet.  I will feature 
that on another post.


There is a hidden door leading to 
a closet under the stairs where 
I have more shoes and hanging 
hooks.  It is also a great stash area.


The chandeliers are show-
stoppers and everyone 
comments on them.  This 
triple one going up the 
stairs weighed 150 lb. and 
they had to add more support. 
I was amazing to watch the 
workers hang all of the 
crystals on all my chandeliers.


I also wanted my jewelry 
easily accessible and so we 
made the top drawers of the 
island velvet-lined and added 
lighting.  


When I was out of town, my daughter, 
who lives next door, found my 
Fancy Nancy 
book and placed it in the 
display shelves.  I thought that 
was so appropriate.

I think my mother would have loved 
these display shelves.  She taught 
me to love high heels. 

More home tours to come - 
just so busy living life to 
the fullest with 10 grandkids 
and my niece all next door neighbors!

Thanks for stopping by.




Jacqueline
Jacqueline

Chocolat - French for Chocolate. I adored chocolate from a young age when I had to sneak in the cupboard to find where my mother had hidden the Nestle's Chocolate Chips. Having read about the famous chocolat shoppes in Paris, when I finally got there I was determined to try a chocolate from every Paris shoppe. I invite you to share my adventures in creating, in travel, and in life.

2 comments:

  1. This is stunning - what a fabulous room (hardly a closet lol) but the chandelier is what really caught my eye! Enjoy your new home!

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  2. Wow, this takes closet space to a whole new level. What a wonderful way to enjoy getting dressed for the day or special events. I think you thought of everything. Love the addition of Fancy Nancy!!!

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