Yesterday, I shared that I had lastly taken the time to filter one of many closets within the bed room in order that I may use it to retailer my footwear. Beforehand, I had outgrown my one closet, and my footwear had been spilling out onto the ground in entrance of the closet. I had been residing with a pile of footwear in entrance of my closet for an embarrassing period of time.
However I lastly determined to do a fast and straightforward group challenge, and in a matter of two hours, I used to be capable of do away with the pile of footwear that I had been residing with for much too lengthy, and I had a neatly organized shoe closet.
Once more, I had been residing with a pile of footwear since I finished the room and we moved into the room in 2021. And once more, this group challenge solely took me two hours to complete. In solely two hours, this space of the room went from being an absolute headache, with me having to step over and thru a mound of footwear to hold up garments or select an outfit, to being an absolute delight. I can’t even let you know what number of instances I’ve walked into the bed room and opened the closet simply to stare and marvel on the group that I now have.
So why did it take me so lengthy to do that challenge? Why have I been stepping via a mound of footwear since 2021 to get to my closet?
I believe it’s as a result of I undergo from Pinterest and Instagram mind. I’ve turn into so used to the abnormal issues in life having to be extraordinary and terribly stunning as a result of that’s the content material that we see regularly on Pinterest and Instagram. I believe it’s as a result of I undergo from Pinterest and Instagram mind. I’ve turn into so used to the abnormal issues in life having to be extraordinary and terribly stunning as a result of that’s the continent that we see regularly on Pinterest and Instagram.
I keep in mind the times when a pantry was only a pantry. A pantry was a closet within the kitchen with a closed door, and once you opened up the door, there have been some utilitarian wire or wooden cabinets. On the cabinets sat numerous and varied objects like containers of Raisin Bran and Cheez-Its, packages of Oreos and Nutter Butters, some luggage of chips, a 12-pack of Coke, and on and on.
After which someplace alongside the best way, alongside got here Pinterest. Then the utilitarian pantry that was completely purposeful didn’t look all that fairly on Pinterest, so somebody got here alongside and determined to place wallpaper within the pantry. Folks on Pinterest actually appreciated the wallpaper within the pantry, however the meals containers and luggage actually distracted from the gorgeous wallpaper. So then any person thought it could be good to empty all of the cereal and the cookies and the chips out of their authentic packages and put these in fairly containers with fairly labels in order that they might look fairly up in opposition to the gorgeous wallpaper. After which the following individual got here alongside and thought that perhaps the gorgeous containers with the gorgeous labels didn’t look so fairly on wire or utilitarian wooden cabinets, so we needed to improve the cabinets in order that they appear like one thing made by an expert cupboard maker. And on and on that pattern went.
After which Instagram got here alongside, and it turned Pinterest on steroids. And now individuals have probably the most elaborate pantries which are larger than my kitchen.
And naturally, I’m properly conscious that I’m a part of that. When it got here time for me to do my very own pantry, I wished my pantry before everything to be stunning and have customized tile and open cabinets and teal cupboards and a tiny sparkly chandelier and all the different issues that make a pantry stunning, together with the canine treats in fairly glass canisters.
So when i wanted shoe storage, the concept of simply performing some utilitarian shelving someplace to serve a really fundamental goal appeared unreasonable to me. How may I do easy utilitarian shelving when Pinterest and Instagram inform me that my shoe storage needs to be stunning and provoking and Instagram worthy? How may I do one thing lower than this?
And if I can’t have that, then why trouble? I imply, the one two choices had been (1) a mound of footwear within the nook of the room in entrance of my closet prohibiting me from attending to my garments, or (2) cabinetry that appears fully custom-made with glass doorways, glass shelving, lighting, and a phenomenal rug. And since I don’t have time (or area) proper now to do Possibility 2, then clearly Possibility 1 was the one possibility I had, proper? That’s Pinterest mind. That’s Instagram mind. That’s my mind that has been conditioned since 2009 (the yr that Pinterest began) to consider that if one thing can’t be stunning and Instagram-worthy, then it’s probably not value doing.
However my new shoe closet actually has me motivated. It’s purely sensible. There’s nothing fairly about it. There’s no fancy shelving, no superior lighting. It’s simply a few metallic tracks, some metallic brackets, and unfinished pine stair treads used as cabinets.
And but, I’m extra enthusiastic about that shoe closet proper now than something happening in my studio. I actually need to maintain reminding myself that not all the things needs to be Pinterest and Instagram worthy. That mindset retains me from getting issues completed, particularly with regards to group. And generally getting issues completed and arranged, even on utilitarian shelving, is reward sufficient in itself.
I can all the time return at a later date and add customized shelving and lighting and all the flamboyant bells and whistles if I need to. Or perhaps stair treads are sufficient. However what I do know is that that feeling of getting issues organized and decluttered is without doubt one of the most rewarding emotions there may be, even when it’s not Instagram worthy.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
