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Doll Clothes Storage Idea

Doll Clothes Storage Idea

Brittany Payne
Kids, Crafts, Randomness

A big problem area in our playroom is the amount of toys Melody has and her inability to really find all the things. One of those things would be all of her American Girl doll clothes. She has a bitty baby, all of the WellieWishers, and a TrulyMe doll. With all those dolls comes a lot of clothes. And she rarely change their clothes because she has trouble finding all their outfits. And when she did find the outfit she was looking for, all the others were left in the floor. So I started researching ways to better store the clothes. Here is what I came up with!

Attic conversion to a Closet

Attic conversion to a Closet

Brittany Payne
Household

Something we have struggled with in both of our homes is our lack of attic space. More specifically our lack of storage space. And while we actually have tons of attic space in our current house, it is not super or easily accessible. One space that was extremely accessible was a space off of Brad’s office. There was a lot of space, but it just wasn’t utilized very well. There were no floors, and it would get really, really hot in there. So after some talk with my dad, we decided to convert that space into a storage closet that has heating and cooling. It took us almost four months, but we now have a great space to store those things we do not want to get too cold or too hot.

Backstock Closet

Backstock Closet

Brittany Payne
Household

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I go to Publix weekly to check out their BOGOs. My back stock has been hard to store over the years. I usually just make it fit in the pantry and utilize the space at the top of my pantry for what won’t fit. But this makes finding stuff really hard. For sometime now, I have wanted to utilize our coat closet for some storage shelving. My original idea was to only use this for paper products, but I was able to get shelving tall enough to accommodate our food back stock too. I also blame The Home Edit for me finally doing this, ha.

Princess Dress-Up Storage

Princess Dress-Up Storage

Brittany Payne
Household

One of the things we added to our playroom when we did a makeover to it last month was a dress-up storage solution. Melody just recently started getting into dressing up, but that is even still not super often. But she does have a few dresses from Halloween, last year’s dance recital, and a few gifts. So I wanted a better place to store them than on the back of a door. She also has lots of accessories like jewelry, wands, tutus, etc. So we needed room for that too. My best friend, Emily, recently came up with storage for her daughters dress up, and I decided to copy it! All you need a 9 cube storage system, a tension rod, and storage bins to fit the cubes if you want. Follow along below for the changes I made to the instructions.

So to start, I have used a purple crayon to show you what you do NOT want to install. Follow all the steps in the instruction manual unless noted below.

Door Hanger Storage Solution

Door Hanger Storage Solution

Brittany Payne
Household

I have a LOT of door hangers.  I am most positive I have one for every holiday and season.  I have so many, they have literally just been shoved wherever I can find a space for them.  This creates two problems.  One, I sometimes forget I even have a door hanger for a specific holiday or season.  In that case, I either buy a new one or I never get use out of the one I have.  Two, closets become super cluttered.  I have even started putting outdoor door hangers on inside doors!  Brad had a great idea.  He thought we could just hang them on the wall of our garage.  We bought nails a few months ago, and we finally implemented the door hanger storage solution a few weeks ago.  See the before and after below.  Oh, and those aren't even CLOSE to all of the door hangers I have.  Those were just the ones outside in the garage.  I have quite a few in the closets in our house I need to get!