My Bangin' Closet Light!!!!

I know I keep saying I'm going to continue with my friend Connie's house.....

but....

things keep on happening....

exciting things.....

mind blowing things!!!!!!!

I got  a new light for my guest room closet!!!!!!!!!

Now......

SOME of you may feel that I have no life.....

SOME of you may feel I need to get out more.....

but.....

you don't know what you're talkin' about!!!!!

This closet used to be for my guest's clothes and linens.

but.....

since I discourage having company.....

and felt assigning such a lot of space 

to such an insignificant amount of time

didn't make no sense!!!!!

Sooooo.....

I changed the purpose of this little walk in closet to my housing my sewing stuff....

my fabrics....

my threads.....

my stuff...................

Only problem was....

the light wasn't working so good....

actually, most of the time it wasn't working at all.....

It was fluorescent, 

and if it went on at all, it only flickered in a feeble attempt at lighting.

This is my Flerida guest room, for those of you new to my blog.....

(I still need to cover the little footstool)

Off the guest room is its companion bath....

Soooooo.......

I wanted to find a hanging light that would give off enough illumination, 

have a vintage feel,

and work with the design elements in both rooms.

Sooooooo......

of course I went shopping at my favorite international high class boutique!!!!!

ebay!!!!!

I started looking last year.....

I am running out of things to do on this house, so was not in too big a rush to solve this problem.

BUTTTTT.......

I did need light in this closet.

Last winter, I had gotten tired of my cutting table always being in the way in the guest room.

(I kept it at the end of the bed)

(not a great look)

(no it wasn't)

Soooooo.....

I rearranged the guestroom closet, and was able to store it there.

I had 

no idea....

that it would fit in this closet.

I never thought to measure it.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out where to stick the damn thing.

It's embarrassing to think that I'm a professional space planner.

Luckily, no one knows I had this problem.....

Just you guys........

No one sees anything posted on the internet anyway.....

right??????? 

I eliminated hanging space in this closet and added lots more shelves!!!!

I went to home depot and had the nice guy there cut me several more.

Making sure that they were not too tight!!!!!

WHAT IS IT WITH THE SHELVES ALWAYS BEING SO CLOSE TO THE WIDTH THAT YOU CAN'T GET THEM IN OR OUT WITHOUT BANGING ON THEM WITH A HAMMER?????

AND THEN YOU END UP CHIPPING THE DAMN THINGS!!!!!

Soooooo.....

I was the one to measure....

and I was the one to install them.....

and I am very smart and good at this kind of stuff!!!!!!

Since I got rid of the hanging space for my guests.....

I added some hooks on the back of the door that can hold a couple of hangers.

My guests shouldn't need any more storage space than this 

because.....

they can't stay more than two nights!!!!!

Since I was organizing the closet.....

I went to Walmart to look for storage stuff.....

AND FOUND THIS GREAT THREAD CADDY!!!!!

So I sat it on a shelf next to some little drawers that hold my needles and button and other goodies....

I have a weakness for fabric covered boxes.

Home Goods sells these on occasion, and I have more than I know what to do with.

the striped one is my sewing box that I bought from Joannes.

The fabrics clash.....

but only you guys will see this.......................

On the other side of the closet, I created a space for my bolts of fabric.

This is where I keep my lining fabric and left over runs from my projects.

I ALWAYS over estimate what I need.

always!!!!!

 Look at how organized I am!!!!!

But this is not what I set out to show you guys!!!!!

I wanted to show the new light I just installed!!!!!

Soooooo.....

this is what I had......

and this is what I replaced it with......

Ok, Ok, 

that doesn't look like much....

Here's a close up.....

A little 1940's flavor with a tropical feel!!!!!

It took me a year to find this!!!!!

I really milked this for it's entertainment value.

I found one in pink, 

loved the shape and leaves,

but the color didn't work in my scheme....

So kept looking, knowing that these were mass produced,

and there had to be 

one

out there that was clear!!!!!

So now we have to spackle the holes in the ceiling.

I need to figure out what I want to do to the walls.

I would like to wallpaper them like I did in my master bedroom closets,

remember????

I'm running out of rooms to play with, 

HELP!!!!!

Later, Gator