closet dreaming

I love the way good shops display their wares. Each piece looks like a treasure. There are color stories. There are hints toward origins + use. Intriguing lighting, transporting music, inviting scent, and charming people vibes draw us in + make us want to take a piece of it with us when we leave.

On the way home, my thoughts often turn toward my own treasures + the ability I have to display my own pieces in ways that call me to appreciate their beauty + inspire me to reach for them with eagerness.

I'd love for my closet to work this way. It's a small space with a big calling, so I did a little dreaming today with all of this in mind. I'd love some warm wood shelves with sweet little cubbies that let each stack shine.

A few ways we could move toward this dreamy set-up:

• DIY shelving. (but...skillz, toolz...blah, blah...)
• A Rugosa or two. (but hiding that splurge in the closet might feel odd...)
• An Ivar combination. We could have narrower shelves (more like the cubbies I envision) or longer shelves (which would allow us to have our laundry baskets in the closet)
• Baskets. Corral little bits + out of season items while bringing some warm tones in.

I can imagine a closet set up like this giving us a little extra incentive to:

• lean into "enough" + "less" (to keep it from looking overstuffed)
• lean into personal style (to keep the space somewhat visually cohesive)

Sounds good to me!  :)

All inspiring photos via links.

Love,
​Jane