You would think in a house with 5 bedrooms the coat closet would be big enough to hold more than a few coats. Our coat closet has never functioned the way I wanted it to, so when we built a mudroom off the garage it was the perfect time to turn it into something else.
We enjoy watching movies and since we don’t have cable TV we watch a lot of them. I like having them easy to see, retrieve, and return so everything looks neat and tidy. Our TV is right around the corner so it’s in a perfect location.
I measured the closet for the movies to fit perfectly so we could add as many shelves as possible. We measured for the shelves and added the strips for support.
Once the strips were in place we added the shelves. The depth of the shelves are just slightly larger than the DVDs.
Then it was time to fill the holes, caulk, and paint.
See how great they fit? We have the movies divided by what the kids can watch. The 2 top shelves are off limits unless we okay one of them.
Don’t be afraid to change something you don’t use into something you do.
I love the look of this! Such a smart way to use that space. I don’t know why coat closets are so miserably small now days? 😉
xoxo,
Amy
What a great change up–and making it so you can use all of it!
We definitely don’t have that many videos!! Haha. But I do love the idea of changing something that you rarely use into a great everyday use item!!
What a great idea! I need to do something like this but more for a pantry. I don’t have a pantry and it drives me nuts. No one hangs up their coats in our coat closet and they end up all over the floor or in their bedrooms. I think I should change my coat closet into a pantry – it is deep enough so it should be perfect. Thanks for the great idea!
Great use of every inch of space in there. Love how it works for your family. Thanks for sharing.
I love it! i like the “adult only” rows. The big question is… are they alphabetized? 😉
OOooh, what’s on the top two shelves? ha ha JK
Nice! I love organization…and posts like this gives me a little nudge to go organize something. Thanks for the motivation!