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I am very happy to report that the coat closet makeover is DONE!!
Do you remember how it started?
I gave a little background on how my coat closet was my craft closet here and how it sadly had turned into the kids favorite place to shove everything! So it had to move.
A while back I saw a picture on pinterest. It was this beautiful and gorgeous coat closet that made me happy to look at. Sadly if you click on the picture pinterest doesn’t allow you to go to the page because it is either spam or some other inappropriate site so I won’t post it here (but if it is your closet PLEASE let me know! I’d love to give credit where it is due!).
Nate did a lot of the work but I did a lot too so I’m going to show you what we did.
Once I got everything out of the closet it looked like this:
This coat closet makeover was very pocketbook friendly. The hooks were the most expensive part and you can always cut back on that by using less expensive hooks or other things you have on hand (old knobs, hooks, etc…).
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It looks fantastic!
Thank you!
what does it look like with coats in it?
let me see if I can find the photo I shared before. If not it’ll be tomorrow because it’s too dark for a proper photo right now.
I was wondering the same thing!
I’d love to see a photo of the closet with “stuff” in it. 🙂
What a GREAT idea, looks awesome Jenn.
Thanks Aunt Donna. I’m so happy 🙂
That’s really nice! Looks great!
Thanks Amber!
How wonderful… I love it! I’d love to have you come and share at Super Saturday Show & Tell today 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie http://whatscookingwithruthie.com
Hello Ruthie! I’m late to the party but all linked up, thanks for the invite and the kind words. Hope you come back soon!!
~Jenn
I founds this post and your blog through another blog i follow. I’m so glad I clicked through. you had rough walls after removing the original wood and we currently have wire shelves that we hate, but when remove them there’s big holes left in the wall. Using a larger piece of wood to cover these holes is brilliant! thanks so much for providing me with this great idea!
I’m glad we could help you!! I love my closet and hope you have great success with yours!
Thanks.
~Jenn
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wonderful idea… since it’s so pretty, did you take the door off? we have a coat closet just like this and i can’t wait to make it over! i’m thinking of taking the door of the hinges and leaving it open and like a nook. i also might make a little bench seat in it so guest can sit to put their shoes back on. what do you think? door on or off?
Thank you. We left the door on because as much as I would LOVE to believe it will always look this beautiful (and it is still looking pretty good at the moment) I know there will be times when it has bags, shoes, etc… all over it. If you do the bench and stuff I would say door off would look lovely but our’s isn’t really big enough for a bench (it’s not quite a perfect square but close). I would LOVE to see your’s when you’re done! Thanks so much for your comment.
~Jenn
Did you use composite board or ply wood?
do you mean for what we hung the hooks on? The trim pieces are MDF. Hope that helps and thanks for stopping by!
~Jenn
Thank you! Also, what nails did you use to attach the hooks to the wood? Did everything except for that this weekend. Thanks for the great idea!!!! I LOVE the way it looks!
We used little screws. Nate just bought a bag of them at the store! Good luck and please share your finished project!! Thanks.
Love it! Can you post a picture with coats and things hanging? I would like to get that feel
Yes, I can do it! Let me get the kids back in school and I will do that 🙂
Did you post these pics? I’m interested to see how it looks with stuff …
Thanks!
Found you via Pinterest….I LOVE the idea of the storage shelf way up high!!! This is the makeover my coat closet has been dreaming of.
It’s one of my favorite things! Thank you and I hope if you do anything like it you’ll share the finished product 😀
Found you via Pinterest too… This is awesome! I’m making my hubby rip apart the old shelving/rod right now (while I continue to look at how beautiful a closet can be!). 🙂
you’re sweet! I hope you’ll share how yours turns out!
Another great find via Pinterest…I’m doing this tomorrow. So, the hooks are hung on MDF boards? How did you attach the boards to the wall? Just thinking all the coats on the hooks would be quite heavy…could you let me know your secret? Thanks!
It is heavy but we’ve had no problems with them pulling out. He used a nail gun (you can also use finishing nails and a hammer) and nailed it into the wall everywhere there are studs (on each end and at least once in the middle). Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you’ll share photos when you’re done!
Thank you for your reply. I’ll share photos when we’re done. 🙂
What types of boards did you use? I have a lot of 2×4’s that I’m trying to use up, and so I would like to use those if at all possible. What size board did you use for the way up high shelf? Thanks!
What size of hooks did you use?
thank you, just saw this on pinterest!
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We gave a front coat closet too shallow to shut the door with coats hanging. This looks like it might be the perfect solution to keep it functional and have a door we can shut! What are the dimensions of your closet?
Awesome! I’ll be referencing you in my post today, “What Greets Your Buyers When They Walk In the Front Door?” on http://www.homesandlivingblog.com Thanks for the awesome organization/de-clutter idea!
I love how your closet turned out! I would like to do something similar with mine, but need some ideas on what to do about the large space under the stairs. It always ends up being a big mess because of all the shoes and the fact that people just throw their stuff in. I love the hooks idea! At lest some coats might actually get hung up! Lol!
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Hi, love how the closet looks. My husband is going to do this to our coat closet but we are going to add 2 lower shelves at the bottom for shoes. I do have one question how many inches did you leave between hooks?
I’m so sorry we have moved since doing this project. I think they are about 6 inches apart however the best option is to decide how many you want (we had 3) and find your center point and then find the center point from the middle to each side and place the other one there. That will change depending on how many hooks you want to have.
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