Extreme Makeover
Perversely, despite being plagued by my own clutter control issues, I am actually quite good at editing down other people's stuff. This skill has been put to the test a lot in the last couple of months, as I somehow ended up streamlining two friends' closets (one in L.A., one in New York) and also took a trip out to Vegas to help my father-in-law move, a Herculean endeavor composed of sifting through everything he'd amassed after 40 years of living in the same house. So now I'm turning to the totally dysfunctional, grossly overflowing state of my home closet. Of course, my fantasy purchase of 2008 is custom-designed California Closets. Ideally, I'd have lots of built-in cedar drawers, row upon row of shelving to stack all my sweaters, endless individual cubbies for all my shoes, and I've even started to imagine what accessories I'd add to trick things out even further.
Topping my list of obsessions are these ridiculously pretty verbena-scented drawer liners by the Soap & Paper Factory and a complete set of these handsome cherry wood hangers monogrammed with my initials from hangers.com—both of which, come to think of it, would make really excellent housewarming gifts.
The monogrammed hangers are genius! I have been searching for the perfect housewarming gift for a colleague and you have absolutely found it! Thank you.
I am just about to move into my boyfriend's place - and am a little bit worried about the closet space. I am excited to hear about California Closets - they may just be the solution for us!
Thank you!!!