My Poor Closet

I love when I hear people say "you are the perfect housewife."

What they don't realize is that almost ALL people that I know that blog only blog things that happen good in their life, they leave out the ordinary, the dirty, the raw stuff.

It doesn't mean we are fake, it means we don't feel the need to share everything...

with that being said - for those of you who think my house is extra clean and tidy, just take a look at this BEFORE picture of my master closet -

That is NO LIE what it looked like when I started and has looked like that for months. I was so ashamed. I would love to say that I did this clean up all by myself, but my dear hubby was the one that said "no more!" and so it started... he did a little work and while he was at work the next day, I just HAD to finish the job and make him proud! So here's the after -
Can you believe this beautiful transformation? I took this picture pre-vacuuming so excuse
the nasty floor, but OMG you have no idea how great it feels. I have to mention that the brown
chair on the back wall was made by my grandfather and was something I didn't want my kids to ruin so I hid it in my closet - and I will be placing my stuffed animals there in the near future.

I love how everything has a place. I finally have a few shelves for my Coach collection and some of my favorite pairs of shoes. I also made room for some of the kids art supplies that I didn't want to end up at the bottom of their nasty closet - I guess that will be my next big job! ha!!

This is my husband's corner and I wanted to post this picture because of the little bear at the top.

When I had just had Ace, we bought this bear at a store for .20 that said "world's best dad." It was about all I could afford at the time and the fact that he held onto it just made me remember why he is my husband :)

I want to see some of YOUR transformations. I am really suprised that so many people say they read my blog but nobody ever leaves comments or jumps on the bandwagons like "five things I love" or "befores and afters". I would love to see some of you in the blogging world participate and make this a friend thing! So, I encourage all my readers to do a before and after post - just one - at some point this month and come here and leave a comment that you did so I can check it out! :)