Wardrobe Progress Update

Last weekend Matt worked super-duper hard and we slaved away in the apartment, so now he's super-duper PlayStation3, and I'm happy for him. Design note:  That column is the biggest dick in our apartment.


Matt got himself this big, white TV as his gift to himself for graduating from med-school a few years ago. Amen! He knew we would be moving to a large city and he would probably be spending his precious free time (He has more free time than he could have dreamed of) at home glued to it. A spread in Domino mag got be bent on white ones. So then I cared that our bedroom TV looked just like this one, because I love the look of the white tv's. So yes, we have 2 different white TV's.

So this is our smaller one in the bedroom that got thrown into my wardrobe. I kind of love how it's worked out, because I naturally put my jewelry in this spot when I'm about to fall asleep at night. I also love this Bows Mirrored Tray and am happy he has a great new home. And I'm going to try my very best to put my earrings back on the Pink Poodle earring tree.


Yeah, there are clothes hanging over it a little bit, but I look at it late at night from a low angle laying in the bed so seeing through the clothes isn't a problem at all.


So... I'm still conducting some business while standing on the bed. I stand on the bed to work out which belt I'm going to wear and I've got bags/purses hanging on hooks up and down this pole behind the belts.

I don't mind. I also run across the bed to flip the lights on b/c the switch is on the opposite end of the room.






I'm using this little kids' school chair as my step-stool to reach the things on the very top shelf.

I tried to move bonnie's Denim L.L. Bean (she's lesbian - j/k) dog bed to a different spot, but she would come over here looking for it and lay down right here anyway, so I got her a new fur chunk at Ikea and put it back where she likes it. The air conditioner blows her hair. It's cute.

Just a little progress...

Tonight I worked on the big, built-in cabinet in the entrance. I worked pretty quickly, so this could get better, but I see the books all together in one place and I already feel more calm.

(Background info: This is the reorganization of our 375sf NYC apartment. I was pretty organized, but last weekend a professional organizer came over and now things are getting serious.)

Here's a photo of this cabinet living it up in one of these units in 1909-ish when this building originally opened as a Tuberculosis Tenement:


Here is is today:


AFTER Some Pretty Fast Rearranging:


I actually just followed LC's advice and made each area DEDICATED TO ONE CATEGORY OF STUFF. Very helpful.
So, now all the BOOKS & Photo Albums & Loose Photos are up in here. The cookbooks are on the lower left corner for easy access. Sure, there's an Original Nintendo and it's wires, cords and games, but they're in pretty white IKEA storage boxes.

The 2 Lower Shelves got some lovin' tonight too:
Lowers BEFORE - It's not heinous.

AFTER each shelf became dedicated to one category of stuff.
All of my Beauty Appliances are on the top shelf and all of the Tools & Apartment Parts on the lower.