Day 8 of the 21 Day Challenge!

Wow, we are over 1/3 done!

Could hardly sleep last night, you know, the brain wouldn't shut down....thinking about all I had accomplished this weekend, wondering when I am going to get over this cold, dwelling on the Chiefs loss, speculating about what the Day 8 Challenge was going to be.  Woke up (well, got up--I wasn't really asleep much last night) at 5:30 am with my husband to a bunch more snow.  I think we had about 1 or two inches on the ground yesterday and I would guess there is about 5-6 inches now.  Hopped on abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com and saw the Challenge for today....the Coat Closet!  Perfect for a wintery day like this and definitely something I'd been thinking about tackling!  Again, the top isn't too bad, but the stuff tends to accumulate in the bottom.  I have a rubber broom/squeegie that I love and I keep it in the coat closet, but it was always a tangle getting it in and out of there, now it has a designated spot and is easily accessible.

BEFORE--Coat/Broom Closet

I checked out the 5 Coat Closet posters before me, for some ideas.  I bought some new hangers last night (another reason I can't do laundry, no hangers ; )  Matching hangers seemed to be a trend among the posters, so I picked out the black hangers and started shifting my coats over to them.  I really wanted to get the slim-line hangers, because I need more space in my closets.  But just couldn't justify the $18 for 20 hangers, when I could get 46 for $5.17 and they are made in the USA!  (We only buy Chinese crap as a LAST resort.)  While I was changing over coats, look what I found!

FOUND--Cute red jacket I didn't know I had and a kids hanger?

Where does this stuff come from?  I saw one lady that hung her scarves on a hanger, so I copied that idea and used the kids hanger.

So Now My Scarves Look Like This!  YAY!

  

Then I pulled everything out of the bottom and found a bunch of junk and dirt and dust bunnies and pheasant feathers!  I bet I am the only person who finds pheasant feathers in her coat closet!  I got married 2 years ago in October and decorated with pheasant feathers in the flowers, as my dearly beloved is a pheasant hunter.  It looked really pretty and different, which I love.

BEFORE/DURING--See the feathers and filth?

That all came out of the coat closet. Where does this stuff come from?  Please don't answer that.  Yuck!

 So, I got with it and now my coat closet looks like this:

AFTER--Coat Closet

AFTER--Sparkling Clean!

Well, this composing has done me in, having a little bit 'o technical difficulties this morning with my post /: [  Probably due to that dang Clear Wireless.  I'm not gonna get started on THAT rant today, though.  Happy Organizing everybody!