Teeny Tiny Idea #2

So, it's not a full craft idea, but it's just a little idea to make your crafting life a little easier. It's a Teeny Tiny Idea. I am going to feature these every once and a while, but most of all, I am interested in your comments and suggestions. Please share with me what is working for you!

It should be fairly obvious at this point that I really love storage ideas. Much of crafting is about accumulating old and reclaimed items for project ideas, as well as organizing tools and supplies. My house is far from perfectly organized, but I find that I am way more efficient and have more time for creative stuff when I have easy solutions for organizing and storing. Plus, I am still in awe of good design and storage products... ;)

Being that our house is nearly 100 years old, there are few closets and the rooms are rather small. I have been running back and forth from the bathroom to the spare bedroom each morning to style my hair and put on makeup and frankly, it was becoming a real pain in the behind. I wanted to go back to old days in our old spacious apartment where everything was right there in the bedroom ready to go.

There isn't much room to spare in our bedroom, but there was a four-foot-wide wall behind the closet door that wasn't spoken for. There was really no room for another piece of furniture and I still needed to be able to open and close the closet door. So, this is what we came up with...

On the wall, I mounted a decorative mirror, then a glass shelf from the bathroom department at Ikea. The glass shelf sticks out no more than four inches from the wall so that it doesn't interfere with the opening of the door. I repurposed a pewter-look toothbrush holder into a stand for makeup brushes.

As far as storage, I mounted a pair of bars, also from Ikea and hung baskets and buckets from them. I also purchased a few extra S-hooks in case I want to change the arrangement later on.

Admittedly, I had been a little lazy with makeup lately. Now that all of my colors and products are easily accessible, I have been putting more thought (and much less time) into putting on makeup and feeling more confident and put together each day. I had been rummaging through makeup bags and running back and forth between rooms and, let me tell you, this is much easier!

Materials

mirror / ekne by ikea - $14.99

glass shelf / baren by ikea - $12.99

rails / bygel by ikea - $2.99 ea.

wire baskets / bygel by ikea - $2.99 ea.

toothbrush holder / lillhomen by ikea - $8.99

buckets / fintorp by ikea - $6.99 ea.