Mark's Spring Break Project

We decided that one of the projects that was most needed in our home was a larger coat closet in the entry way. The closet that was built with the house was too small and the space where it was situated at had a foot or two to the right that was wasted, unusable space. Believe me, we tried to fit many things there and nothing really worked. Our entryway was too crowded and awkward no matter how we organized things.

So, my genius of a husband put together this idea to expand the closet by moving a wall and making it flush with the wall in the kitchen. He tore down the outside wall, moved it about two feet, put in new dry wall, installed new tile in the space where the old wall was, added grout, put shelving up and installed double sliding doors; thus making a completely new closet and a much less cluttered entry way. Now to figure out how to decorate it! Mark is simply amazing in his abilities to renovate. What a gem:-)

The new wall!

The old tile removed and cleaned up.

Putting down the new tile.

The sanding of the mud- yuck!

Putting the grout on.

The new shelving put up. Room for coats up above and a shelf half way down for Kaley's coats to go (and baby #2).

On the right side, room for more coats and the shoes underneath. What you can't see, is there is a carpet and a boot tray on the left so there is plenty of room for muddy and wet shoes. They no longer need to be in the hallway! Yeah!

The new sliding doors!

The finished product and a much bigger entry way. Nice job honey!