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Mission: Organization, it's the only useful one. Apartment Therapy Chicago \| AT Survey: Best of the Home Makeover Shows? Flag this comment	1/12/09 2:44 PM
I have the same problem. A lot of the recommendations are really good (especially having at least one section of double bars...easy to to, give you lots more space) and uniform sweater bozes/hat boxes, and painting the dresser to match. I also recommend you weed your closet frequently and put out of season clothing away (perhaps in large containers on the shelf...there's a lot of unused space between the shelf and the ceiling). Having less volume lets everything hang neater. Anything I don't wear frequently goes to the good will. I do hang clothes by type. I wish I were motivated enough to do the color thing too, but just by type helps a lot. If you have shoes on the floor, consider putting the ones you don't wear often (special occasion shoes, foul-weather boots, etc) in a basket or box on the floor. I put a little inexpensive rug in my closet also...draws attention away from the clothes and makes it seem like more of a through-way. Apartment Therapy DC \| Good Questions: Sprucing Up a Walk-Thru Closet? Flag this comment	1/6/09 3:41 PM
-Easyenough, Actually, yeah, $1600 is pretty mid-range for a large piece of solid wood furniture, which are often $5-6K in funiture stores. Note I suggested "if you can swing it". Spending that much on a piece of furniture is a big investment for me, too, but if you do it once and get a quality piece you can enjoy it for the rest of your life and pass it down to someone else. Often we run to Ikea for somethign cheap, which we then throw away 2 years later (so it ends up in a landfill) rather than slowly filling our homes with pieces, as we can afford them, that are worth holding onto. No reason to get hostile with someone because you disagree with their opinion, by the way. Incidently, I probably have more books than anything else in my home, but this is a blog about home design, not litteracy. Apartment Therapy DC \| Good Questions: Creating a Miniature Victorian Library? Flag this comment	12/19/08 2:23 PM
Spend on the bookcases...they make the library! I'd go for a solid wall of bookshelves rather than a corner unit, I've never seen one that I liked unless they were built in (which, $$$). However, since you like the English/Victorian style, I'd shy away from Ikea. You want dark wood with details, and not mod Skandinavian lines. One of the Ballard Furniture 3-piece bookshelves would be great, it's at a mid-range price (about $1600) so if you can swing that it would make a great impact in the room, and you can get the comfy chair and ottoman and maybe some side tables on the cheap from Craig's list or an auction (Quinn's Auction House in Vienna is good). Another fantastic resource in Virginia is Greenfront Furniture http://www.greenfront.com. If you can take a day trip (they're in Farmville VA, about 3.5 hours from Washington) they have 9 warehouses chock-full of quality woodfurniture, upholstered furniture, rugs. I got a lot of my furniture there at a fraction of what it would cost in a store. Dress for the weather, this is a no-frills operation and it can be very hot and very cold, and be prepared to dig and wander. Apartment Therapy DC \| Good Questions: Creating a Miniature Victorian Library? Flag this comment	12/18/08 3:53 PM