Closet Case (Part 3)

We were finally able to resume our closet project! Everything had been primed and the ceiling was painted, so all that was left was to paint the walls, install the light, and put up the shelves.
Our last day of vacation just happened to be the perfect day because we were already stuck inside due to a winter storm. With over two feet of snow, we stayed in and painted away.

And DH (Dear Husband) shoveled the driveway with some help from Eva!

The next day, we were able to take down all the tape and tarps to reveal our blank canvas of a closet. Time to finally install the new light! The old one worked, but didn't have a cover. Don't worry, it will be donated so it can be used again. Why stick with florescent? It is harsher lighting, but it gives a lot of light with little to no heat. This is important in a small space like a closet.

The light said it can be installed in 30 minutes.... maybe only if you are a contractor and have already put in 20 of them. Between trying to find the right breaker to shut off, very confusing instructions, and the crooked way it mounts to the ceiling, it took us about 2 hours. Here is DH putting the cover over the wires he just hooked up. (Look how handy he is!)
Ta-Dah! A working light, whoo hoo!

The next part is to install all the shelving we bought 4+ months ago that has been sitting in our bedroom. (Sorry, honey!)
We celebrated by opening up the first box with the instructions in it... then I saw the gallon-size baggie full of just screws, and I got a little overwhelmed.

Once we actually got started, it really went pretty easily. We completed the back wall first so that we could use it as a learning curve for the other two! First the metal tracks get put up on the walls, then the vertical panels get hung on those. The horizontal shelves help to secure things together.

Thankfully we didn't screw anything up too bad on the back wall, so we were able to move on to the side walls!

Each of the sides are mirror images of each other, which turns out to be a lot of shelves. After 5 hours of assembly, we were finally able to celebrate! But then we had to move all our clothes back in...

THEN we could admire our hard work.
























Whew! It was tough work for Eva keeping an eye on us!