The last time we visited Greta’s closet, it was just after we painted it a bold pink–Benjamin Moore’s Peony. While it certainly looked good, Greta’s clothes have been hanging out in our closet and we were ready to get some function back in place.
It certainly didn’t take 3 minutes like our time-lapse video portrays. We set aside three hours on Saturday morning and got the closet installed, all of the boxes it arrived in taken to the recycling center and took 2 breaks due to our camera needing recharged. So–we’re giving this project our easy and diy-friendly stamp.
We still need to move all of Greta’s clothes back in, but we’re already dreaming of getting all of her things organized. And also suddenly none of her clothes will have stains and they will always be ironed–while we’re dreaming. ;)
We’re excited to finish this project up with a few special finishing touches (EEee!!) and share all of the before and afters later this week. Stay tuned, friends.
Psst. This project is sponsored by EasyClosets.com. All opinions are my own. Finding their site was like striking gold and we’re thrilled they wanted to team up with us, too.
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I want that closet system where can I buy it at?
where can I buy that closet system at
Where can I buy it at.
what happened to the video?
When we recently moved to a new blogging platform, some of our videos got lost and we’re still working on re-adding them. Thanks for the head’s up! All restored now. :)
Looks awesome!! I’ll definitely be keeping them in mind!
Love how this is turning out. It’s so cute yet classy for a little girl. Completely random, what ever happened to her cool ikea swing?
It went on the online classifieds and someone snatched it up within minutes. Greta doesn’t miss it–but that thing was cool! If she ever has a larger room, with enough room–we’d love to add a swing again.
It looks terrific. Love the time-lapse video. So fun!
I love the speed up videos you guys do.
Looks ah-mazing! Totally makes me want a hot pink closet, too!
Where was G through all this?? I laughed a few times during the video! The drawers are perfect! I need to remember this company!!
If you pause that movie at anytime, you are guaranteed to get a hilarious face. As for Greta, our awesome neighbors watched her for a couple hours.
It looks amazing!!! I love the finished product! :)
I LOVE IT!! And I love the fact that you were videotaping from the roof. Wonder what your neighbors must think!
Greta is a very lucky girl!
Pretty sure our neighbors think we’re a little nutty. ;)
The closet looks so adorable, I love how the room is coming along. so cute.
Is Greta liking it?
She is loving it. She always brings her friends up to her room first thing!
I love time lapse videos – and so funny that you set the tripod on the roof. The wonders of DIY blogging, right?!
I really like the closet system, it looks very practical. Love that you painted the track to match the background, but I kind of wish the rods & the wire drawer below were white to match the rest of the system (personal preference, of course).
Totally! I think white is the standard, we just have so many dark accents (the butterflies, the frames and the black stitching in the curtains) we thought it would be fun to add that to the closet too.
You should make them gold ahah!!!