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How to build custom closet shelves

I’m sorry for taking so long to share the tutorial of how we built the custom shelves in my closet! The honest truth is that when we were building these, I thought intensive construction tutorials would just not be your thang, so I didn’t take awesome photos at the time. But I obviously have no […]

DIY Crystal Ball Chandelier

There was a time in his life when my husband would’ve balked at the idea of a crystal chandelier in a closet. He would’ve said that it doesn’t make any sense — chandeliers are for dining rooms! — and why don’t you just use one of those nice boob lights? (He wouldn’t have known the […]

“Put on Love” free printable + taking a controversial stand

I don’t advocate public nudity. I don’t like to get too political on the blog, but I’ll take this opportunity to clarify that I fall in the “opposed” column when it comes to going the grocery store in your birthday suit. Look how brave I am! Not afraid to take a stance! So if you […]

DIY slide-out scarf and belt organizers

Did you know that every single day in our country, millions of scarves and belts are thrown on floors in the dark corners of closets, marginalized by society? Even the lucky ones with a place to hang are often forced to share hangers with lots of other scarves… hangers made for CLOTHES. NOT SCARVES. There’s […]

The wallpaper situation: this is not normal.

Whoever said wallpaper is hard to install lied. BOOM! Yeah, I said it. Of course, this assumes you’re working under the following conditions: You’re installing on a tiny wall. With no corners. And no lightswitches. And your wall is PRECISELY two wallpaper widths wide, so you don’t even have to cut it. And your husband […]

*Girly-Glam Closet Makeover REVEAL!*

Y’ALL! I’m SO EXCITED about this day!! I have a new favorite place in the entire planet, and you are invited to come party with me there. It’s my newly updated closet, which suddenly feels like a sketchy and awkward place for a party, but it’s nothing you and I can’t overcome together. I promise […]

Big Fat DIY Chandelier FAIL.

Sometimes DIYs go swimmingly, your whole world is rocked and you develop a false confidence that if you can make lights like this… You can do ANYTHING! “Bring it on, world!,” you shout from rooftops! And sometimes, you think you have a brilliant idea and this happens. Yeahhhhhh. That was supposed to be the DIY […]

DIY Precious Stone Knobs — Anthropologie Knock-offs for (MUCH) less

Guys, life has been SO HARD lately. We built these jewelry drawers for my closet… And then I embarrassed myself in the last post when I made the velvet lining for the insides. But all this time, when I wanted to open the drawers, I had to reach under them because there were no knobs. […]

Velvet Drawer Liners & the Minnie Mouse Dress

You know a DIY project has spiraled out of control when you find yourself in your half-finished closet wearing an ’90s-style velvet Minnie Mouse dress and ankle socks. What happened?! How did my life come to this – shoulder pads and a Minnie Mouse applique?! Like all the important downward-spiral milestones of our lives, this […]

Building Drawers and Overcoming Crises

Sometimes, when you’re DIYing, things go wrong… like you realize you mis-measured or that you married a difficult woman. This was one of those times, for Andy. With the closet all painted and the popcorn ceilings removed… it was time to make some drawers for my little jewelry station. This is the plan for that […]

Repairing drywall like a BOSS, a little video and a touch of time travel

Um, pretend like the last post didn’t happen yet for a minute. Pretend like you didn’t already see the ceiling of my closet painted and finished: Because today we’re blogging backward and rewinding a bit. I seriously don’t know what kind of operation we’re running around here… blogging the middle of things before earlier things. […]

A million coats later…

Hey, guess what you guys did! You voted VATW into the final round of the Apartment Therapy Homie awards! I can’t even believe how silly it looks on that list with “legit” blogs. It’s definitely a one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other situation. I don’t care what happens in this last round of voting. I’m just so thankful to you […]

Closet Progress and Olympic Dreams

Are you watching the winter Olympics? I have a confession to make and it’s really embarrassing. Every time I watch the Olympics, I get this unrealistic confident feeling that I could totally be there, competing, if I just tried at any of these sports. Like, I’d probably need about two weeks of good, hard practice, […]

Giant Floral Wallpaper: Yes, Really.

We’re trying to get this closet project knocked out, but progress has been slowed by Snowmageddon 2014 in Atlanta. People have stormed the stores; our supplies of bread and milk are gone; hope is dwindling. At least three inches have fallen already today. I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is YES. Despite the […]

Plannin’ out my closet

After reading the comments on the last post, it sounds like you guys all have problems with closet disorganization. Seriously guys. You need to get it under control. You’re an adult now. Juuuuust kidding. This is a safe place to confess our pajama-pant-towers. Here again is *my* closet, if you missed it last time. YES! […]

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