On my list of things to do this year is organize and improve the closet situation. Really, I want to completely revamp my master bedroom closet and design it for better storage and organization.
But before I get there, I decided a first step for the closets in the other bedrooms could be a quick update with paint. Wouldn’t it be fun to see a bright color when you open a typical, lackluster closet door? I wasn’t quite sure which direction to go in, until I saw this clearance shelf in Lowe’s one day.
Look at all that pink! I picked up a few quarts to paint the closet in our guest room, which happens to feature fuschia curtains. The closet in this room is where we store our luggage, but it’s also where guests can hang their items during their stay.
After emptying the closet, I patched holes (left from removing old wire shelving) and taped off the carpet. I wanted to see what kind of coverage Pantone paint has so I just started painting. That was a mistake because I should’ve primed the walls first. 1. This closet has not been painted in over 20 years and 2. Pink is like red, it takes a lot of coats to get the right coverage. [I painted 4 coats of red in the dining room!]
I got so uninspired after the 2nd coat went on and you could barely tell a difference between it and the first coat. I kind of gave up on the project and just quickly finished the 3rd coat using up all the paint I had . It could use another coat but I gave up and called it done.
I took the opportunity to sort through all of the stuff we were storing in there and I was able to throw away and donate items so that there’s actually less in there now than there was before – which is a good thing!
-J
Love that color……