Baby Girl's Closet Makeover {easy-1-day-project}

Happy Friday! It has been about a week since our last post... I tell ya, this blogging stuff is not for the faint of heart :) Update on the last 2 posts: 1. I didn't make it in the final 12 for Crafting With the Stars, but there are some pretty cool projects so you should definitely follow the competition. I can't wait to see what they do! 2. I DID win the Krylon Glitter contest with my DIY glitter crown (Whoo-hoo!!) and it made my entire week. Seriously, couldn't believe it when I read my name on the list with the other 4 winners. My first link party ever and I won something -- not too shabby :) I can't wait to try out my Glitter Blast... I am sure to have a few cool Glitter projects coming your way in the next month.

On to the subject at hand -- baby girl's closet. I was bloghopping this past weekend and saw that this week's topic for the CSI Project was closets and pantries. I've never done CSI, but I thought it looked fun PLUS when I saw that Emily was the guest judge, that sealed the deal for me. {Emily is one of my fav bloggers, and I love her design style!}

So I decided to give it a go. These were my ground rules: 1. Spend no more than one day on the project 2. Spend zilch money (haha, my 3 yr. old is going though a phase where he always says "zilch" for zero, zip, nada, etc.)

In my baby girl's room we have a big dresser that fits most of her clothes, blankets, etc. so her little closet wasn't even getting much use. Other than the bar for hanging clothes, it was mostly wasted space:

I wanted to utilize the bottom portion of the closet, but didn't really need more storage space for her. So, I thought, what a perfect spot for a little vanity area! A place where she can sit at her tiny table, see herself in the mirror, and just be a girly girl :)

But how can I cover up those clothes and make her new space more glam? And how can I do all of this without spending any money?

I remembered some fabric that had been sitting around in my craft room waiting to become curtains for her room... I also had a small tension rod that worked perfectly to create this:

Now all the hanging clothes are hidden from view, but still easliy accessible. It also gives the closet a finished look, since there is no closet door. {Update: I actually just slide the entire tension rod & curtain down every time I need to access her clothes, and then slide it right back into place. It is working out great!}

This curtain was super easy to make -- I cut my fabric, hemmed the edges and left space for the curtain rod to be inserted at the top. Then I added small pieces of velcro to the bottom corners, and about 18 inches up on each side. (You'll see why in a minute!)

I wanted the fabric to gather up in two sections of the curtain, to create a nice shape and frame out her vanity area. So I used some white ribbon to tie around each section of fabric where I wanted it gathered up. I just tied the ribbon at my desired height, and voila! I liked it, but the sides were still hanging down and looked kinda weird. Plus some of the hanging clothes were sticking out at the bottom. Enter velcro -- I attached the bottom tab to the backside of the curtain, about 9-10 inches higher and tucked the clothes inside. Problem solved :)

Now, I couldn't go any further in this makeover without doing something about the wood trim around the closet. It sticks out like a sore thumb in her room -- all the other trim is white. I have been meaning to paint it for a while now and I guess this gives me a good excuse. {3 hours and one baby nap later....}

I organized the needed items on the top shelf and added a few accessories, storage boxes and tags. I "shopped" her room, and my craft room for everything I used on this shelf.

I really love how the tags turned out:

The bottom part of the closet was the easiest to complete because I already had the table and chair, and I'd recently re-done this thiftstore mirror: {it used to be gold and ugly}

I used Krylon Watermelon spray paint for the mirror frame, and then added a glaze medium to bring out the detail. Super easy afternoon project. $10 mirror turned fabulous!

I added a gray rug I found on clearance at Target for $4, (nice and soft for my baby girl's toes!) and accessorized with the pink glitter teapot I made for her birthday party.

And finally, the last item, what no girl can do without -- shoe storage!!! This is the only thing I broke down and spent money on. I found these cute boxes at Target in the dollar spot. So, $4 for much needed shoe storage/display -- that is money well-spent :)

A successful makeover!

Finally, I tested it out on baby girl. I sat her down in her plush pink chair, and as soon as she saw herself in the mirror, she was loving it! She played with her brush, pulled all the roses out of her teapot, and made some really cute faces. It was worth all the work!

And one last look... Before and After :)

Have a great weekend!

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{YAY! I won the CSI project challenge with this project!}