We have two seasons: hot and cold. During the “cold” season my children want
their umbrella by their side constantly.
And, while we do use umbrellas, we don’t really need a mud
room. This meant that four or five months out of
last year’s schedule I wasted time on saying things like, “go get your umbrella
out of the car,” “go put your umbrella in the car,” “get your umbrella out of
the living room,” and “go put your umbrella in the…” That’s it, “…” We had no place to put the umbrellas. This
meant that four or five months out of last year’s schedule I wasted mental
stress on the umbrellas being “out” or in the way or getting stepped on and
broken. Not this year!
You know that space in the hall closet where the door frame
has a few extra inches on the inside of the closet? No?
Either do I. Check out the photos
and see if it explains it better.
Here is a picture of our hall closet. At the bottom right of the picture you see the white door frame. Now, turn to the right and look inside the closet.
Inside the closet the door frame has about 8 inches of wall before it gets to the corner. I was actually cleaning the closet out one day and saw my husband had deposited my son's umbrella in the corner. It was conveniently out of the way and genius struck.
On my next trip to Office Depot I picked up some 3M hooks. You can find them almost anywhere. I use 3M for a TON of projects. Their sticky things are the best because they really do come off without harming the walls. Double check the packaging before you buy. They have varying weight limits for each product. The hooks I bought hold up to 5lbs.
The hooks are just peel and stick type things so "installing" them took mere minutes and "Ta Da," Umbrellas stored neatly and out of the way!
Best part is, now that I know this extra closet space exists I can hang other stuff there too.
What will you do with your newly found space?
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