My New Storage Room

So those of you who know me, know that my husband and I are huge Dave Ramsey fans. This means as a stay at home mom it is my job to stretch every penny that my wonderful other half works so hard for. Because we pay for everything with cash my kids are very accustomed to second hand clothes.  I love the thrill of  finding a great deal by searching garage sales, consignment sales, clearance  racks, and occastional friend hand me downs. Over time my storage  bins have become filled with fantastic bargains. My oldest is three and yet I have her outfited for size 4s already at fraction of the cost. My clothing budget has greatly decreased with this method because I only have to fill in the gaps at local department stores.

These bargins have helped to shrink my budget as well as the storage space in my home. However, a year ago my husband and I embarked on a fantastic journey by putting an addition on our home. Again because we do things in cash this has been a crazy and sometimes stressful ride. We are doing much of the work ourselves and have become almost professional DIYers. When we began our expansion we  took alot of time to plan out our space and how it would best suit our family. The gentleman did our blueprints had drawn us in a "sitting room" and while it would have been beautiful it would not have been practical for a home full of kids. We decided to do some moving of walls and  building a storage room for all my clothing totes!


I LOVE this room and it really has my blood, sweat, and tears in it since I have  done everything since the walls were just  studs. Here are some pictures of it.

Though I still have some tweaking to do I could not be more happy of the way in turned out. Each tote is easy to find. When my daughter outgrows her current size I got get the tote for that size and empty her drawers. Then I retrieve the next size up and refill her drawers. There is no panic or stress that my child needs new clothes and that they are not in the budget. Also, works perfects since I have 2 girls. Hand me down storage is built in.

For anyone intersted the shelving was purchased at Home Depot.