I had to take this photo today to remind myself that our bedroom will hopefully look like this again by next week.
A month ago you couldn't have paid me vast sums of money to share a photo of our closet! But we did a huge clean up/purge last week when Sean transferred his clothes from the guest bedroom closet... and in the next hour or so we will be transferring them all to Wren's room.
Because do you see that little cubby under there?
Sean opened it up and found all this useable space just going to waste.
He will be insulating it, drywall and flooring it and adding pot lights and beadboard to the ceiling over the next 7 days. Someday down the line we would like to also add a sky light for some natural light as well... but the kitchen is still our priority therefore eatting up the budget.
Sean is just itching to rip something out, so with a budget of only $500 (or less!) we are super duper excited to nearly quadruple our closet!
Cross your fingers that we can stick to the budget and timeline... because I just don't have the ability to deal with multiple destruction zones with the kitchen as well.
OMG... that is going to be so awesome! Can't wait to see it!
ReplyDeleteWow, I wish I could suddenly discover 4x my closet space, but my neighbors would have to deed over their house to make it happen. good luck with the transformation!
ReplyDeleteAbigail @ Raising Camelot
That looks like a cool play space for Wren. Forget the closet. It could be a sewing room too...great space..
ReplyDeleteI am jealous!!! Great find Sean! Good luck with your closet and kitchen holly! Can't wait to see the after pics!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome and was such a waste, why didn't the builder think of that?! What girl doesn't suddenly want to quadruple her closet space!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! How exciting to englarge your closet space by so much!
ReplyDeletethat is going to be so amazing!
ReplyDeleteWOw Holly I am so jealous! I can't wait to see it!!
ReplyDeletei can't believe there was all that space back there! yay for sean for finding it. & i'm seriously excited to see the results on this one. swoon!
ReplyDeleteoh. my. word.
ReplyDeletetotal love.
yay! looking forward to the pics (and sooo trying not to envy you)!
Crap! That's ALOT of space being wasted!
ReplyDeleteYou're going to have the coolest closet! I wish I would discover a wasted space room behind my closet! :)
ReplyDeleteNicole
I am SOOO jealous!! I wish I could magically find a secret gigantic closet to call my own! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! I am so jealous.
ReplyDeleteWhoa...that's not a closet. That's a dressing room!!! You are one lucky gal. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
ReplyDeleteWOW. How lucky is that!!! I would give anything to find a secret closet hiding out in our house!
ReplyDeleteThat is one great find! Why oh why would any builder in their right mind not have taken advantage of that space.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That space is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteI can't even believe y'all had THAT MUCH unused space in your house. Lucky girl!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, every girls dream! May I make a comment though. A skylight leaks, no matter what, and over time that could become a costly project. I suggest not going for the skylight and a pretty chandelier instead!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh, you found the holy grail!! I'm going to go dig in my closet in the hopes of finding MORE closet!!! I can only dream ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck was that space meant for??
Score!!! Sooo jealous! What an awesome find-lucky duck!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! That's a LOT of room! Why wasn't that used in the first place? I mean, it's not like too much closet space is a bad thing (is there even such a thing as too much closet space?)!
ReplyDeleteWow I can't believe they hid that much space. It's like a small bedroom!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure this is not the case, but in the last picture it looks like a cat is sitting on top of the insulation! WATCH OUT! There may be cats living in the walls!!
ReplyDeleteWOW, you guys hit the jackpot!!! That new closet space is amazing. You will love having all that much space. It will be wonderful!!! Love & blessings from NC!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me? This is like a dream come true to discover your closet can be expanded! Good luck with the reno, it's going to be awesome when it's finished. Maybe a shopping trip is in order to help fill it up?
ReplyDeleteDon't we all DREAM of finding some hidden gem like that in our homes? Happy for you...it is going to be awesome!
ReplyDeleteMeg in Portland, OR
i think that's fabulous, wow!
ReplyDeleteTalk about luck! Man oh man that is frickin AWESOME!! Can't wait to see it afterwards.
ReplyDeleteThat's AMAZING! Lucky lucky lucky.
ReplyDelete*sigh* I am so jealous. I think our closet is smaller even than your current space. I would LOVE to be able to expand ours like you are able to do!
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing...congrats on the awesome find!!
ReplyDeleteHoly crow! I couldn't see anything but the polka-dot espadrilles. I die! I'm linking those babies up to SHOESday! LOVE.
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible find! I'm looking forward to seeing the reno.
ReplyDeletethat'll be awesome! can't wait to see pics1
ReplyDeleteholy smokes - what a "sweet find!" (as we say at our house :) I can totally picture the new and improved space! how lucky for the both of you. have fun with it and thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo exciting!
ReplyDeleteLucky girl! Our "master closet" is so small, I wish I had something like that hiding behind it! I already have a wish list for when we build our next one that includes DUAL CLOSETS so that my pretty things don't have to share space!
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder why it wasn't like this from the beginning it's so perfect!!!
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