Sweet Daughter's Closet - Part 1

Ok, so I am trying to take my house back over.  Call it nesting (my husband does) or whatever.  BUT, something has got to give.  And it starts in the sweet girls closet.  I have always subscribed to "the little things" mentality.  It is the little things that make the difference.  Right?

Well, my daughter has a shoe problem.  Or rather there is an opportunity to come up with a better way to manage and store her shoes.

Here is what I walked into a few days ago:

I couldn't find anything.  Every time I pulled out a shoe I thought she would want to wear, 5 or 6 came crashing down on me.  It was miserable.  No wonder it takes her 10 minutes to pick out shoes every morning.  There HAD to be a better way.

I went off to Target and they had this shoe shelf on sale for $10.  So, I snatched it up.  There were also some small canvas bins on sale for $5.  So, those found their way in my basket as well.  Here is what the shoes look like now.

Oh, my!  So much more manageable!  It isn't a perfect solution.  Yet.  But it is heading in the right direction.  She is still left with 22 pairs of shoes.  Most of which are flip flops that have a new home in the two pink canvas bins off to the left.

So, now I can sleep just a little better at night.  Now to tackle the mess above the shoes hanging in her closet.  And then the mess lingering below the shoes.