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Marc Jacobs

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So when I arrived home from work Friday afternoon I discovered my closet imploded. There was a shoebox avalance, a handbag waterfall, and the total collapse of all my hanging items. In short I have a beautiful mess.

It is a small closet and was a white coated wire shelf with the rod hanging underneath. After DH and I patch the drywall and touch up the paint we'll need to give my closet a makeover (Yay!).

In the meantime, I need to design myself a new closet (on the cheap. DH is out of a job in 32 days), and I will need to eliminate a good portion of my wardrobe unless I come up with some great storage solutions. I weed out my closet fairly regularly, so getting rid of a lot is going to be hard for me.

Does anyone have a great storage solution, closet recommendations, or a horror story to tell?

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Marc Jacobs

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Oh no! That's horrid!
I'd look into rolling racks, storage boxes and cube shelving for cheap alternatives.

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 I recently made over my shoe collection using this kit from Container Store:
http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=154&PRODID=61479

I love that I'm able to use "vertical" space - by stacking you get a lot of mileage.  Also the way they stack, its easier to grab boxes in the middle and you can see everything at a glance.  

Here's my "after":



(notice the curving of the bar.. I'm probably going to have an avalanche soon)

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Aww, that sucks. I'd try to think of alternative storage solutions. I only keep my seasonal clothing in my closet and store the rest in large tubs in the basement. I wrap my shoes in towels to prevent scuffs. I also put dryer sheets in with my clothes in the tubs (but I don't store items that are cashmere or silk this way.)

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This happened to me in high school and it tore part of the ceiling out too which dropped black soot crap all over everything. Most of it was ruined:(

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