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Abbot Lane, before and after, diy, my home, organizing · February 9, 2017

Organize Your Closet with Fabric!

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Organize your Closet with Fabric. I am having such a great time organizing my closets and making them over with fabric. I have partnered up with one of my favorite online sites – fabric.com to get organized with fabric!

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

I organized my upstairs closets a couple of weeks ago with fabric wallpaper – which is panels of foam core, covered in fabric.

Closet Makeover with Fabric. Create "faux" wallpaper for the fraction of the price iwth panels that can be changed out. All the no-sew details.

I just popped them in the back of my closet shelves and VOILA – instant wallpaper! I love that they can be switched out easily too. So much easier than traditional wallpaper!!

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

One area of my home that has been in DESPERATE need of a makeover is my closet. From the beginning when we moved into the home last summer I knew I needed to find a way to make the closet more functional. It’s an open space without a door so it is a space that I pass by several times a day and I can’t just shut the door and forget about it. Here is the closet before. It’s pretty bad!

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Here are three ways that I used fabric in my closet makeover! 

 

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

I used the same fabric for this project —  Anderson Check Snowy Fabric.

fabric.com snowy check fabric

and this  coordinating fabric Anderson Canopy Snowy Fabric

 

canopy snowy stripe fabric fabric.com

 

fabric.com is a great resource for on-trend fabrics at affordable prices

 

1. I took some thrifted fabric boxes that were worn and torn and recovered them.

  • I started with the bottom part of the fabric box. I put the box on top of my fabric and brought the fabric up the sides to see how big the panel should be. I added three inches to each of the side to be safe. You don’t want to measure too small.
  • Then I put the box on top of the fabric with the inside of the fabric facing up. Then I pulled the fabric up on the front of the box and over the front of the box, hot glueing the fabric into the inside of the box. Then I pulled the fabric on both side of the front so that the fabric was pulled evenly on the front of the box.
  • I folded the fabric on the sides of the box like you would if you were wrapping a package. I folded the fabric flat and then brought the next fold evenly with the edge of box and ran a length of hot glue where the seam would be.
  • I did this on the bottom of the box. If you want to finish the edges so it looks pretty inside of the box, you can run a length of ribbon where the unfinished edges of the fabric are, this will hide the edges of the fabric and give the inside of the box a pretty look
  • Then I finished the top of the box. I laid a panel of the fabric over the top of the box and measured the top of the box and the sides and then added three inches to the measurements.
  • I finished the top of the box the same way I did with the bottom. I finished the edges of the top of the box the same as you would when you wrap a present. I used hot glue to adhere the fabric to the box.

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

2. I lined some very inexpensive wire baskets with fabric panels.

Closet Makeover with Fabric. Create "faux" wallpaper for the fraction of the price iwth panels that can be changed out. All the no-sew details.

I had a little space on top of the shelves I installed in the back of my closet. It was perfect for shallow wire baskets to organize items like hats, scarves and purses. This is how I made these panels.

  • I made panels the same way I did when I made the panels at the back of my cleaning closet and my linen closet.
  • You can use foam core or cardboard for the inside of the panels. Measure the bottom of your bin or basket so you can make panels that fit exactly in the bottom.
  • I laid the foam core on top of the fabric and added three inches to each of the sides of the panel.
  • Then I used hot glue to adhere the fabric to the foam core. I started with one side of the panel, attached the fabric to that side and then did the same thing to the opposite side of the panel.
  • I then finished the corners of the panel, gluing the corners as I would if I was wrapping a present.
  • The last thing I did was I finished the other two sides of the panel.
  • Then I flipped it over and put it in the bottom of the bin.

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

3. I reupholstered a stool to match the boxes and fabric liners in my closet.

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

Stanley TR110 Heavy Duty Steel Stapler

I love reupholstering furniture. This project was so easy and makes such a transformation. My favorite tool for this type of project is a staple gun. They are very inexpensive at your hardware store.

  • Take off the top of the stool if possible. Mine just unscrewed from the bottom.
  • If your stool has a top that can’t be taken off, you can still reupholster it.
  • Lay your stool on top of your fabric and measure how big your panel should be and cut it out.
  • Start at the front of your stool. Pull the fabric up at the center of the front of the stool. If you are using fabric that has a pattern or stripe be sure the fabric is centered and straight. Then staple the fabric to the underside of the stool. You can fold the fabric under at the edge to make a edge that won’t fray.
  • Then continue pulling the fabric taut and stapling the fabric to the underside of the stool until you get to the edge of the stool.
  • Do the same thing on the other side of the center of the front of the stool until you come to the other edge.
  • Then finish the edges by folding the fabric and holding it taut the same way you do when you wrap a present.
  • Then start on the back side of the stool.
  • Finish the stool by stapling each of the sides of the stool.
  • Then screw the legs back onto the stool.

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

I also think I will add fabric panels behind the mirror in the back of my closet, the same way I did with the backs of my linen and cleaning closets.

I just smile every time I walk past my closet now!!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

I will have a separate post with more details on how I made over my closet for less than $200.

Fabric Closet Organization. Make over your closet with fabric. Make fabric boxes, fabric lined bins and reupholster a bench for a beautiful closet!

Organize your Closet with Fabric

 

Thanks fabric.com for partnering with me and getting me motivated to make my closet my happy place!!!

 

fabric.com is a great resource for on-trend fabrics at affordable prices

Be sure to check out fabric.com for thousands of beautiful fabrics.

They have beautiful fabrics — and they come right to YOUR home!

xoxo

This project was sponsored by fabric.com. I only partner with brands I love. All opinions are mine

 

Posted By: Jen · In: Abbot Lane, before and after, diy, my home, organizing

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Comments

  1. Linda Gross says

    November 11, 2017 at 5:00 PM

    We just moved into a new house with lots of yummy space. I *love* this idea for our closets, and wallpaper fabric for a couple of other projects. Your blog is so beautifully organized Jen, with such great pictures and clear instructions – thank you for so much inspiration!

  2. Lindsey says

    March 5, 2017 at 8:14 AM

    Where did you get the drawer system? Thx!

    • Jen says

      March 5, 2017 at 10:35 PM

      Hi Lindsey!

      I got the drawers from Ikea and they were under $100 for all of them!

      xoxoxo

  3. Becky says

    February 21, 2017 at 4:00 PM

    You’ve given me the organization bug! I love that fabric and think it makes the space look so much better.

  4. Barcelona says

    February 16, 2017 at 9:47 PM

    Awesome! Useful. I’ll definitely try this.

  5. Kimber says

    February 13, 2017 at 3:52 PM

    I absolutely love how clean and fresh those fabric colors make the closet look! I definitely need an organizational intervention in a few rooms!

  6. Mandy Beyeler says

    February 13, 2017 at 8:09 AM

    love that fabric!! it’s so fresh and perfect. the AFTER of the closet looks great!

  7. Lindi Haws says

    February 12, 2017 at 3:16 PM

    Love that cute stool!

    • Jen says

      February 12, 2017 at 10:00 PM

      Thanks Lindi!!!

  8. Amber Price says

    February 11, 2017 at 2:02 PM

    What a smart idea!! Never thought of that.

  9. Amy says

    February 10, 2017 at 2:28 PM

    this is a such a great way to spice things up in your closet! thanks for sharing!! (:

  10. HB says

    February 9, 2017 at 1:22 PM

    That looks so great! I’m going to try this on my own closet!!!

    • Jen says

      February 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM

      Thanks!! It feels so good to have a pretty, organized closet. Thanks for stopping by!

      xoxox

Hi! I'm Jen Hadfield. I'm a mom of 5 restoring an 1891 home in the heart of Salt Lake City. I love being creative and sharing simple ideas to make your life easier and more beautiful!

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