Check out what Brittany from Superwoman did to take advantage of unused space in her bathroom. Genius and I’m so impressed! Here is her post:
Bathroom Closet- Demo Project
With all the remodeling projects I have undertaken, I have never done a demo job. Not once.
It was bothering me when I assessed the situation with my bathroom closet.
Remember when I remodeled it? If you weren’t around, check it out here.
Anyways, so this is what my closet looked like:
Oh how I hate this closet!
Senario:
I’m in the bathroom doing my makeup. The bifold door is open because, well, that’s where my makeup is! The hubby decides that he wants to get in the bathroom. See the door behind the bifold? Yeah, it would slam into the bifold.
Stupid….
Let’s look at the storage:
Don’t tell me that you don’t have at least one closet that looks like this. Aweful, just aweful.
More reasons to hate this closet: Wasted space!
Look at all that room!
Such a waste…
Sooo….it had to come down.
I took out all the shelves
Then the strips of wood came out.
I don’t have a picture of the wall being demoed (demo-ed?? demod…nope) but I’ll just tell you that it’s a pain to take down wall studs.
After everything was gutted, I put up the new framework.
Then the new supports were put in.
I decided to go with 1×4 boards instead of a sheet of plywood. One, because I already had quite a few 1×4 boards. Two, because I can’t cut straight on a tablesaw yet. Three, it would be cheaper in the long run.
So I primed and painted every….single….board.
Some boards had to be sent through the table saw to make a notch.
Then I started to assemble everything.
I found this on a trip to Hobby Lobby. I spray painted it, making sure not to do a full coverage coat. I like that look better. You’ll see how that turned out in a second.
I also found some cheap baskets at Walmart. They needed to be spray painted to go with the bathroom, though.
I also added bows.
I put up my metal scroll thing.
Like it? Me, too!
Then on to add the trim.
I already started to add the baskets to get a feel for what it was going to look like.
After repairing the walls, I was done!
There you can see the new tiling on the floor of the closet.
I hope everyone likes it!
Great job as usual Brittany! So functional, organized and it looks great too!
WOW you are good! Looks fantastic.
Great! I've got to remember this when I'm gonna remodel my bathroom one day.
Wow, that is just great! She really got a lot more space just by going up and over a few inches. Amazing!
I love this and am totally and completely stealing this idea!! My bathroom is EXACTLY the same and every time the closet door is open, the bathroom door slams into it!! I HATE the closet!!! Thank you for your pure genius!!
Stacy
Thanks so much for featuring me! What a nice surprise to wake up to in the morning!
i hate people like you who are useful around the house. you make me look so bad.
Great job! Love the colors.
Wow, that looks fantastic! I love how she used all that precious space and opted for open storage. Looks so nice and organized! At some point I'll end up tackling our linen-closet-thing in our bathroom, because the door poses a head-bumped problem, too. Anyways, great job – it looks great!! 🙂
Love it. I too hate wasted space!
Way cute and so much more functional! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
brilliant! great job….functional and nice to look at!
The ribbons are a really nice extra touch on those baskets! It's one of those simple "duh" ideas I never would have thought to do myself but I'm loving it.
Great job! I did the same thing with my linen closet in my bathroom!
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wow! i've been considering this option for my hall closet too. after seeing these pictures i think i will do it too!
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You and that closet are AWESOME!
Love it- i have many closets- drawers- cabinets that look like that- Great Idea- i think i might go take another look at some of my space and see if i can try that. LOVE it.. Great Blog as well -will be following you-ms. creative
Karryann
Great job, Roeshel! I love the baskets, I know you're so happy with all the extra space now!
This is a beautiful use of space! I wish I had a closet I could do this to!!!! I am featuring it at somedaycrafts.blogpsot.com. (with links here and to SUperwoman's blog.)
This is fabulous and much more functional! Great job girl!
So now you got me thinking about the closet in my sewing room, Thank You!