natalme: Jewelry and sunglasses storage

I never got around to posting my master bedroom closet post from Mel {V}. I am getting ready to paint our dressers in our closet, so thought I would post an update so you can see how it looks now before I pull out the paint brush.

I also just finished re-staining my downstairs bathroom cabinets and OH MY it looks so good! I'm going to be posting that soon as well.

So here's how I organized my sunglasses and accessories in the MB closet:

First, I am a sucker for knock off sunglasses and they were sadly living in a ziplock bag.

The first thing I did was picked up a cheap 8x10 frame at a local thrift store and painted it black.

Then I grabbed my stable gun and some leftover picture hanging wire. If you don't have a heavy duty stapler a glue gun would also work.

I stapled two 10 inch pieces of wire to the frame. One at the top, and one at the middle. If you use got glue, use a generous amount.

It should look something like this. Pull the wire as tights as you can. If it's a little loose no worries.

Next hang up your sunglasses!

A larger frame will obviously hold more sunglasses.

Project #2: Getting my jewelery organized. Another thrift store frame painted black, and covered with thin batting and fabric. I then screwed in these little hooks I picked up at Target. These are sold just about everywhere and come in several different finishes. They have gold, sliver, white, and a really fun dark bronze color. All different sizes too.

Next hang jewelry!

I spread out my jewelry first to get and idea of how I wanted to stagger my hooks. Mine are about three inches apart.

For project #3 I purchased some cardboard photo boxes at Ikea and took pictures off all of my shoes I wanted in storage. Some boxes have multiple pairs so I photographed the shoes together.

And for my fourth project I organized all my clothes by color. I had them organized seasonally but I sometimes wear long sleeves on a summer evening, and summer t-shirts when I spend the day cleaning the house in the winter. This works for me- obviously everyone has to figure out what works for them.