Shared Closet Makeover

We moved to a new state during a pandemic and we are so happy we did! 

The girls share a room and unfortunately our old closet system (Ikea dressers as built ins which I loved) wasn't going to work.  So, to the drawing board.

 

Pretty standard closet, but it is small - not a walk in and on the small side.  The bypass doors mean the dressers would not work because of the width (their old closet had no doors) and if we were to get smaller dressers there would be lots of wasted space.

Big sister side on the left and little sister is on the right.  

Please note these sisters are not this clean, I had just cleaned their closet.  

I decided to try a simple tower system and used this tutorial from Shanty to Chic with a slight modification.  The plans call for one tower at 42" but you can only get one tower from a sheet of plywood and there would be so much left over, so we decided to shorten the tower to 40" and get 2 towers from one sheet.  I also wanted to add a shelf, but I messed up and only added one extra shelf instead of 2 - oops!

We do not have a table saw, nor do we have room (in the budget or the garage) for one, the Kreg Jig rip cut has been amazing so far!  We bought it from Lowes and a super friendly employee brought it right out to me! 

Added the face frame and painted white.  We removed the baseboards for a more built in look (and let's be real so the kids can't shove stuff in the gap and get it stuck).

Added a rod between the towers and their hanging space almost doubled!  

We've I've been folding shirts since we moved and the 3 year old likes to pull them all out while getting dressed and "Can't fold them." so that was getting old. Which now that I am typing it doesn't even make sense because she literally wears her swimsuit every. single. day.  

I love that they can reach the rods to look at what they want to wear and help put away their clothes!

Big sister on the left and little sister on the right!  Much better use of space!  I have a few more small changes but I'm calling it a makeover! 

We had the rod, brackets, paint, primer, finishing nails and a few random screws - so this makeover only cost $55 for a sheet of plywood (man, plywood is expensive!).  

Big sister is growing out of her clothes - I need to get her a few more things.  And ... yes, that is a batgirl costume in her closet ... she loves to dress up!  If you have a great place to get good quality costumes (they get lots of abuse) for a great price please let me know!  

 Little sister has 2 different sized clothes in here because she is growing ... going to take out the 3T right now!

What do you think?  Tips for keeping your kids organized?