An improvised closet

Jim and I live in a very old house. The original deed to the land dates from the 1880s (interestingly, verbage in the deed prohibits the sale of liquor on our property), and from the construction of the house, we assume it is from the same period.


While I love the history and charm of our nest, it is somewhat lacking in certain features. Closets, for example. Or, more accurately, closets in useful locations. We have a generous closet upstairs in our bedroom, as well as a decent-sized one for Evangeline. But with no hall closet for coats, gloves, hats, boots and the vacuum and other things we need daily, we're limited for space. 


Then we got creative. There are two doors leading into Evangeline's room and one of them is quite short. If Jim wears boots, he has to duck to clear the door. We don't use it that much, so we converted it into a closet.

First, we took a $4 suspension rod and adjusted it to fit the width of the doorway.

Then I took a $6 wire shelf from Goodwill and stacked it with canvas bins ($6 each) to store gloves, mittens, hats and scarves.

And there you have it, an improvised hall closet in 5 minutes for under $30.