$100 Room Challenge: Master Closet Reveal

Welcome to REVEAL WEEK of the $100 Room Challenge! I am so so excited to share my new master closet with y'all!

If you are just tuning in you can catch up below. 

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Reveal

I am so excited to reveal my new master closet! I think I surprised even myself with how much this space needed a makeover.

Let's take a look at where we started.

Dark, dated and seriously lacking function.

                    

My muse for this space was the Ikea Billy Bookcase. When I first started researching closet makeovers I came across the idea to use this budget friendly alternative. My entire design hinged on this bookcase. At first I was determined to find it used via Marketplace but I grew impatient and decided to bite the bullet and spend 1/2 of my budget on a new one. The very same day I went to pick it up, a free one popped up on FB. Facepalm. Oh well. What's done is done.

In Week 1, I shared my vision for this space. I also gave this room a completely blank slate by painting everything white and installing my billy bookcase.

In Week 2, I shared how I upgraded my plain old light bulb using a lamp shade.

Last week I shared how I created this fun DIY Wallpaper effect using a foam paint brush and some leftover paint.

                    

Now let's get to the reveal of this space! I absolutely love how this space came together. It puts the 'fun' in functional!

The right side of the closet got the biggest change by raising one shelf/bar system to fit dresses and adding in the billy bookcase.

The view on this side of the closet didn't change much but paint did wonders for updating the shelves and so did some organizing.

Color sorting FTW!

Never underestimate the power of evenly spaced hangers!

In regards to organization I kept it simple by bunching my clothes in sections; sweaters, jeans, tank tops, t-shirts and long sleeve shirts. 

I really fooled myself into thinking I wasn't a shoe person until getting to have fun seeing my collection in front of me.

I even realized I am such a shoe person that I keep a fun studded pair just to look at (because who am I kidding... I have nowhere to wear these nowadays).

I kept the top of the dresser pretty simple. Originally, I thought about adding a mirror here but I felt it took away from the DIY Wallpaper that I worked so hard on.

Tip: Use a basket as a catch all for jewelry, change, etc. that you may take off at the end of the day.

Can I just get some sympathy for having to take pictures of a closet with zero natural light. Ugh.

Truth be told- I contemplated 'styling' this space more... as in taking half of my clothes out and only adding in neutrals to be more camera friendly but I really wanted this reveal to be real. I wanted to show you what it looks like as a real closet.

I was truly committed to the cause because I was gifted some new velvet hangers for this space for Christmas and I swapped everything out to be my original white plastic hangers in order to be honest and attempt to stay within budget.

Speaking of budget... now is the big question.... did I stay on budget? Well, technically.... no. Womp womp. 😞 BUT (and this is a big but)... I COULD have been way under budget. Let me plead my case; Exhibit A) I came across TWO free Billy bookcases on Marketplace during this challenge but it was during Christmas and I felt it was more important to spend time with family and Exhibit B) I chose to splurge on paint. I have buckets of white paint all over the place but I made the choice to color match so that every single thing was the same color. Looking back, this might have been unnecessary since this room has absolutely zero natural light. I could have gotten away with using what I had on hand.

Cost Breakdown:

New Dresser- $45

Ikea Billy Bookcase- $50

Lamp Shade- $8

Paint- $35

Grand Total- $138

I'm still calling this a win! Closets can cost THOUSANDS to re-do but with a little paint and elbow grease I was able to make mine feel custom and so fun for way less!

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