This is a beautiful corner of my world because now my kids have somewhere to put their coats! For our family of eight, we had one teeny tiny closet (about 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. deep) for all the coats, backpacks, boots, hats, etc. There was also no broom/vacuum/cleaning closet in this house. So everything was always spilling out of the closet and right into the entrance to our garage. We tried a temporary fix by taking out the hanger bar and installing hooks at kid height and adding shelves. But it didn’t help, to get in from the garage you always had to climb a mountain of coats.
We took out the hooks and turned the closet back into a space for our vacuum and brooms and bought these old school lockers for the kids to keep their stuff in. I LOVE this little corner of my house now. It’s right in my family room, next to our couch. The lockers are beat up an I love them like that. The outside is minty green and the insides are painted sunshine yellow! So fun!
When we first got them, the kids were always needing to “run and grab something from their lockers.” The younger kids thought they’d hit the big time. The novelty has worn off a little now and I’m finding piles of coats in front of the lockers but it’s still a much better solution to our coat and backpack problem. Besides, I like that it’s a little bit strange and an unexpected thing to have in a room.
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The Beautiful Corner Project is a little gratitude series to find things in my own real life that I find beautiful- a kids smile, a blooming flower, etc. How about you, any beautiful corners of your world you’d like to share? Add them to the Beautiful Corner Flickr Group so we can see them. Have a beautiful day!
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