Master Closets

Over the past month or so, Matthew and I have been working on the last two rooms in our house - the master closets!

 

I forgot to take a "before" shot of my closet, but here is what our room looked like once I cleared it out.

 

While re-organizing, I went through my Breyer model horse collection.  Good thing we put up lots of shelves in the closet to make room for all of them!

 

Here is a "before" shot of Matthew's closet.  Most of the shelves had already fallen down before we moved in.

 

It's hard to get a good photo, but here are the "after" shots.  I patched and repainted all of the walls, trim, and doors before Matthew put up twice as many shelves and clothes rods as before. It feels great to finally have everything organized and to finish the last rooms in the house!

 

Tack Room and Clothes Line

With the heat and rain of the past weeks we have not been working too hard around the house.  We did, however, start working on the tack room walls a little in the mornings.  First Matthew covered the outside of the tack room with drywall so that we could insulate the walls.

 

Then we measured out the sanded boards from the pallets to fit between the studs.

 

Not all of the pallet wood is usable but this is how far we got with three pallets. It may not be the quickest way to cover walls but it is inexpensive, helps reuse wood, and looks pretty nice (in a rustic way)!

 

We  also installed a small improvement around the house to help save some money and energy.  I bought a retractable clothesline and we put it up around the carport.

 

The line goes along the front and side of the truck and fits about one load of laundry.  The fact that it is in the shade should help keep the clothes from fading too much and the added cover might come in handy during a pop up rain shower!