What's in the closet?

I didn't think that I would get it done but I did.  I cleaned out the entry closet and painted it.  I have never liked a white closet.  I don't know why when people repaint a house they leave the closets white.  When we bought this house they repainted the upstairs but not the basement (all white).

I decided to paint the closet a yellow.  I didn't have enough paint leftover from the laundry room so I mixed it with two other yellows and an off white.  So what do you do when you run out of paint for the ceiling ( I don't like white ceilings either) and you can have more mixed because you combined colors?  You improvise.

Here is the before picture.

After

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Now here is where I improvised.  I decided to water down the paint and rag it on.

 I think that it blends in well and of course it is only the coat closet.  I was also able to get the cabinet done that I wanted to put in here under the window.  I love the oval window that is in the closet not sure why they put it there but I still love it.  Here is what the cabinet looked like before.

Here it is in the closet.  I am going to get some bins for the shelves so I can put hats and gloves in there.

The cabinet fits perfectly and it clears the air vent on the floor under the window.  I know that it is the top of a hutch but it was at Goodwill for $12.99 and it was the right size.  I wish they had the bottom piece also.  One more area done about seven or eight more to go.  Now I just have to get new closet rods so I can hang everything back up. The old ones don't fit right and the previous owner used cardboard to make them fit.

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