In the Closet

This week's episode is brought to you from the closet. I know that sounds odd, but it's true! I went to my parent's house a few days before Christmas to help my dad get a new shelf and rod system installed in the closet in their home's new bedroom so it'd be ready for Christmas guests. Here's a shot of our "canvas":

The carpet's not really that weird mustard color—just looks that way because of the fluorescent lighting in the closet.

We decided that we would build a shelved tower in the center and have additional shelves above rods flanking the tower. To make sure everything was even on each side of the tower, we decided to start our project off with the tower shelving first. Dad measured our first board, cut it in half, and cut the halves in half leaving us with four small shelves.

Here Dad is measuring the board and prepping it for cutting.

After finding the center of the shelf, Dad measured the wall to find the halfway point. We'd line up the center of our shelf with this point on the wall.

We had to pry the baseboard moulding off of the wall so that we could cut the board down so that the vertical parts of the tower would be flush against the wall.

Now the tower's done! Here's dad installing the shelves.

You can see that the baseboard moulding has been trimmed down and replaced on the wall.

And... VOILA! Here's the closet with tower, shelves, and rod (a second rod was installed on the right side of the closet later).

Plenty of storage space for a future occupant!