my EXTREME small closet makeover

A funky print on the empty wall inside the closet would make it perfectttt

A full length mirror at the end of the closet would make dressing up very easy❤

We need a runner to tie in the outside and inside parts of this beautiful closet!! Colour and texture would be a great bonus ❤

I love how you made it work with the awkward space you already had rather than tearing it down & building a new closet. This is a realistic DIY & shows how to get creative without doing a complete gut

I was hoping you would make and attach open shelving along the new teak cabinet to the ceiling, to create a divide/hallway! That would have been so cute! (Not that it’s not cute without it!)

I was so hoping you’d extend the closet into the space and move the bedroom door in, I feel like you could have got so much more storage that way and you wouldn’t have had to cover the opening in the wall. Looked like the stopper for the small door you made could have been placed inside the wall facing the clothes then you wouldn’t have had anything jutting out from the wall. Seems like you like it though so I’m happy for you! Making closet changes has always made clothes feel like new for me! :)

My family/parents lived in Japan for 8 years and bought most of our furniture there. Any furniture pieces with a paper element has always been Washi paper rather than rice paper and we’ve replaced it over the years as it got ripped. It’s made of fibers, is more transparent, and normally has some more texture to it than rice paper but is still very strong! Sometimes it can be inlaid with leaves or flowers etc but we have always used a plain creamy roll. Not sure where it is sold in Canada but I think that is probably more what you were going for with the panel!

I would trade out the sliding door with a sliding piece of art!!!

It is definitely an improvement, but here's what I would have done differently: I would have taken the whole space down to the studs and extended the closet out into the bedroom (including the area where you have the dresser and the weird wall hole). In that way, there would be a short hallway into your bedroom (that is the back of the new longer closet). The walls in the short hallway could have been gallery walls or covered in a cool wallpaper. With the new, much longer walk-in closet, I would have installed a pocket door that matches the door on your ensuite bathroom. Unfortunately, I think the faux shoji door that you made looks a bit DIY when seen in the same frame as the bathroom door, which is similar. I also would have paneled the new walk-in closet with cedar panels so that it always smells fresh, and it protects any woolens you might have. Into the weird square hole in the wall, I would have created built-in wooden shelving, but just make them not so deep. They would have been great to hold hats or purses on display.

I saw a hack that I think would be very useful here - to use the shorter, kid sized clothes hangers for pants instead of the standard size. It helps a ton with tight spaces like this closet - the pants fit snugly on the smaller sized hanger giving you extra inches of space and looks nicer too. Lovely job on the makeover! It looks great!

I think an art print instead of the rice paper window would be even cooler! But love the makeover 👏 stellar job, as always

The wood panelling and track lights are so cool! I think a midcentury room divider above that cabinet would be a cool way to define the space even more. Amazing makeover as always!

the dresser as a partition feels so boutique hotel! the whole makeover is gorgeous

Some room divider shelves above the dresser would look so cute! Probably attach to the ceiling or the wall if you don’t want to alter the dresser. 👌🏼

I love how you can see the space go back in time when they show the before and after. The new look literally takes you BACK😍😍😍

The paneling looks so great in the main closet that you might want to glam up the little one, too. If you ever want to make the closet bigger, you could just extend the whole thing out into your room. It would look great.

When Becky began staining: “Oh, no! It’ll be so dark!” When she finished staining: “ Oh, wow! It looks so warm!” Well done! I was there for the 70s; this feels so real. A lot of childhood feels rushing back right now. . .

I think there are ways to make this space more effective - but I LOVE how you decided to makeover the space. It's much more unique and has so much character and intrigue. You're so creative and I love your style, but mostly I have a deep admiration for how you commit to the vibes and use your ingenuity to bring your vision to life. You are seriously one of my favorite artists out there - and that's what you are! You make beautiful art ❤️

You should frame the white swan in a shadow box and put it in the office that would be so sentimental

Have you considered making a grid pattern with extra pieces of wood on the 'back' of the cabinet? So it matches the wall door? I think it would add a lot of cohesiveness to everything 😊