Love My Ikea Closet
It's been a long time that I've been lusting after an Ikea closet to display my clothing/shoe collections. We bought this about a month ago and I am so happy that I can now see what I have as far as shoes go. I will need to save up some more $ so we can buy 2 more units so that I can move the rest of my dresses into our bedroom. Right now they occupy our guest room closet.
It has truly been liberating to clean up and organize all my treasures into one easily accessed area.
A couple of pointers I can give you about setting up a closet like this:
1. Bribe someone else to put it together for you. They aren't too difficult to put together, but I hate doing stuff like that with a passion. Thank you hubby! : )
2. Don't worry about buying doors. If you are able to keep everything very neat and well organized I think it looks great without doors.
3. Measure and count your shoes/boots prior to buying and setting up your shelves. You need to be sure that the shelves will be spaced wide enough apart to accommodate them and also that you will have enough shelves for the whole collection.
4. The drawers and box dividers within the drawers are a must. I had to go back to Ikea and get the drawers and dividers and then change the whole shelf configuration. It was worth it though. I can store tons in the drawers. I love how my accessories are organized now.
5. Consider rolling your t-shirts and or sweaters. I just rolled my t-shirts as they took up a whole drawer on their own. I need to go back and get another drawer for my sweaters. Doing this really helps me find what I'm looking for quickly and they don't wrinkle. When they are stacked I can't see what I have. This way I can see everything at a glance.
I organize everything according to colour and then style (the higher heels needed to be on the same shelf to fit).
Belts are rolled. Scarves are folded into squares. Watches are in one box, soft hats in another etc.
I love being organized! Now…if I could just get my office to look this good.
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Check Out My Buns
With the quick change in the weather I've gotten the urge to start doing a little baking. Seems as soon as the weather gets a bit chilly my body wants soup, apple pie and basically anything warm, spicy and chalked full of carbs. I saw this recipe on Pinterest for Pumpkin Pull Apart Muffins and my stomach started growling right away. YUM!
So yesterday I decided to make my own version. I'm calling them Pumpkin Pecan Spice Buns. It's a bit wordy…PPSB for short : )
Instead of layering and cutting up the dough once the filling is on I rolled them like a regular cinnamon bun and baked them in muffin tins. Also I added some chopped pecans to the filling. I skipped the extra layer of sugar and rum sauce at the end. They were plenty sweet enough without piling on yet more sugar. They turned out delish. The addition of pumpkin to the bread dough makes them extra moist.
I had to freeze most of them right away, otherwise one made it into my mouth…then 2…and the third was perilously close before I shoved it in a ziplock and threw it in the freezer. Now I remember why I try not to bake so much.
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