Challenge: describe your closet situation in 4 lines or less! Author of the best poem will get a special treat from me!
An Ode To My Closet
To paint one’s house pink and blue
Might seem a bit extreme to you.
But inspiration struck me hard
When I saw this in my neighbor’s yard:
One man says garbage; I say: ‘Scooore!’
Try not to puke at the Before:
My attic of ungodly hues
Was finally gonna get some use!
I want a dollhouse, not a den!
I might as well convert it then.
A perfect shape, don’t you agree?
Let’s go and spread some effin’ GLEE!
I got some rolls, I got some paint.
I got my floors a little stained.
(Don’t worry, I cleaned up the mess -
It’s just amusing to confess!)
By night, my closet looked like this.
The horrid white I shall not miss.
I like my yellows and my blues
and stay away from pallid hues!
Out of hot pinks, I get a kick -
My landlord’s gonna get a tick!
My walk-in closet, my abode!
With shoes you’re always overflowed!
You keep my treasures nice and neat
and my accounts quite deplete.
This is the place where I get dressed -
It’s only fair it looks its best. :)
Your turn, Deerlings! :D
UPDATE: I loved everybody’s poems, all were hysterical! But the creative IKEA/diarrhea rhyme floored me – congratulations, Elyse! :)
That is the best thing I have ever seen! I love it!! More pictures please!!!!
OMG! I want to live there!
Thanks for letting me shoot there I feel special :-)
My Closet
It’s decorating diarrhea
The cheapest cupboard from IKEA
It puts my clothes in mortal danger
Because it’s stuffed with WIRE HANGERS!
My closet is just for storage you see..
It’s also where my cat poops and pees.
The carpet in there is an awful green!
Something from the 70′s, it must stay unseen!
Haha.. if only my closet looked like yours! It looks awesome.. I think I would make mine purple and pink though. I was obsessed with purple and pink as a child and I think it’s coming back…
<3
OH MY GOD! I am dying of jealousy.
I can’t rhyme like you so we shall just say I’ll be showing your closet to my cupboard in the corner and suggest it take a long look and suggest it take some inspiration!
My closet
I hate my closet, its too small
My are shoes stacked up to the wall
It looks like a jumble sale
Please send me a new closet in the mail
haha
My closet is from the 1950′s,
I’d like to think it’s pretty nifty.
It’s big enough for clothes, shoes and jackets,
but when I slide open the doors it makes a loud racket!
Our friend Doe Deere has started a sensation.
Now poems about closets are sweeping the nation!
Ok, I need to stop LOL…You officially have the cutest closet EVER!
Thanks for sharing!
I don’t have a closet. I don’t have a wardrobe. I live in a cellar, I hang my ballgowns on an overhead pipe.
/jealousy
my closet does not even compare
to one that has a purple chair
it’s small and dark and kind of gloomy
oh how i wish for one that’s roomy!
(great closet, chica! it’s so, YOU!)
Wow, I really, really love this!
Thanks for all the awesome mini-poems! Keep ‘em coming! :D
♣ Teiva
Oh, there will be more pictures. A whole photoshoot! ;)
♣ Nik
I had a great time shooting with you, Nik! I’m actually considering using some of the images we’ve shot for my upcoming book. I’ll be in touch about that!
♣ Aether
Purple and pink is a beautiful combination, I agree! And my closet used to be ugly, too. I can’t tell you how gleeful I am to have finally fixed it up!
♣ Clara
Hahaha! Your sense of humor rocks. You should comment more often! :D
♣ Stephanie
Somehow your situation sounds… almost romantic!
My closet is fabulous, albeit a mess
But it’s bright and colorful, I think it’s the best
It’s totally unorganized, there’s no doubt about it
For my closet exploded when I came out of it.
..XDDD
It’s so biiiiig *jealous*
I love the idea of a dressing room type closet.
My closet is in rainbow order,
with OCD I’m quite a sorter.
Shoes, scarves, hats abound,
but everything can still be found!
Absolutely fabulous. Thank you for sharing that.
That. Was awesome. :D
wow that is amazing! i especially love the purple and white chair. i am currently doing a makeover for my craftroom. it’s dark purple with black trim but has a horrid dirty blue carpet… any suggestions?
SO. CUTE. I would love to have a room like that! I love the blue scalloped “roof” thingy design.
Okay, let’s see…I’ll try a haiku!
grandpa’s handmade rack
could not handle my shopping
avalanche of clothes
Very true story. XD
At that back of my little rectangular bedroom
Is the place where my little closet looms
It small and crowded, no room for it all
If I’m lucky, it’ll be cleaned before the fall
That’s kinda crazy, and I Love it!
oh ADORABLE! i looove the color scheme.
Okay, i’ll give it a try. after what i’ve put my closet through, i suppose it deserves an a little something. =]
An Ode to my Closet:
Cramped and condensed,
altruistically shared among the rest.
Masses of frocks, classes of shoe boxes
ancient fairy tales of nosey little foxes.
Overstuffed and under-buffed,
one wrong move and dust escapes in a huff!
Missing doors, old wood floors,
the Queen herself assumed was room for the boars.
It’s these words we say, that are used to portray,
the use and abuse we put you through day to day.
But to be exact i’d like to state a fact,
a classless act is my closet, and will always have my back.
ta-dah! your new adorable closet makes me want to makeover my whole room! xoxo
Lol.. I thought of another silly poem.. thought I’d post it.
Small room of wonders, small room of dreams.
I love to fill you, with things fit for a Queen!
You help me look awesome from head to toe.
Oh, how I wish my closet, could be my abode!
My bed room has been sky blue and bubble gum pink since I was like 10! wwwooo! your closet looks super neat-a-rific!
Nautical Skirts and Floral Shirts
Dresses, Tees and jeans, please.
All these items help me be
The one and only awesome me!
This post is possibly the most,
adorable I’ve ever seen.
It makes me want to jump and scream,
and paint my bedroom green with glee!
Okay that was a bit rubbish but I love it!!
wow!
Good on you girl!
I always said Life is too short to live in a beige house!
I also adore your use of poetry in delivering this post, just like a childrens book :)
yay!
I just moved out to Cambridge, Mass
To join MIT’s freshman class.
For living space, East Campus’ dorm
Where painting walls is the accepted norm.
My closet is empty, my room is bare,
So Deerlings, please, why won’t you share?
I’ll build a loft and paint the walls,
(or fill it up with playpen balls?*)
I need ideas! I like to paint,
Don’t bother practising restraint.
The wilder the better, so let yourselves go.
What should I do to make my room glow?
<3 morwen
*oops, already done in Simmons
And because that was a poem of anticipation (and too long, in any case), here is a poem of the now:
Pipes above, warped boards below,
Nothing in for me to show.
But overlay layers of coloured light,
Soon my little closet will be a sight!
A box with three walls and a door,
Some crappy kind of carpet on the floor.
Barely enough room for my things at least,
My husband’s make it a total feast.
Four lines isn’t enough to tell the tale,
Of how my closet is old and stale.
There’s only one rod for clothes to hang,
I’d like to send it to the moon with a BANG!
Painted jeans, colorful shoes
Hangers of the deepest blue
Hold all of my favorite things
All I’m missing- a set of wings!
Geez, I haven’t written a poem in awhile. I love your new abode!
Colorful chaos of frill and of lace
Ever growing with each shopping spree
The smell of roses, a delightful place
A chamber of rose colored girly glee
:p
I love, love, love what you have done with this space! You’re so creative. Its absolutely wonderful!
OH DEAR, i didn’t realize it had to be four lines or less! i was too wrapped up in all the adorable pink and blue cuteness, i totally missed it. =/
i’ll have to think of something.
=]
wow. and im moving soon so this gives me so many new ideas for my new apartment!! beautiful job love it :)
I share my closet with a boy and a cat.
One hangs up his chains, the other sleeps in a hat.
I don’t have much room for my own fancy things.
But I don’t mind sharing with the joy they both bring.
haha i didn’t know if it was too late for this but i figured i would try ^_^
All of these made me laugh so hard! But Elysse’s ikea/diarrhea rhyme floored me haha.
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Oh Lordy,
Awsome closet! :)
SO jelous. Don’t even have the words to describe how insanly jelous I am.
I don’t realyl have a closet, just a hole where ym closet used to be in my room, which is filled with my wardrobe :)
Can’t wait to move out on my own and go wild with every room!
WHO WON?!
I actually own a dollhouse like that- it’s in my room right now, ha ha. I can’t bare to give it up.
LOVE the optical illusion of the scallops. It appears to come toward me, like an awning.
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But where did you find those amazing yellow lace-up heels?? They are FIERCE!
Love the blog.
xx M.
I love your closet, it’s so bright & girly!
My closet is very small,
With hardly any space at all,
It’s crammed to the gills,
With junk & frills,
Climbing up on the wall.
Lol, I really need to declutter my closet for yard sale.
okay, I have quite a few black shoes, the pumps that Victoria Beckham wears, but I want the underneath to be red, just like almost all the celebrities wear now a days. what type of brush exactly did u use to paint your heels? what type of paint? permanent of course, i want to paint the bottom of my black shoes instead of buying an expensive shoes, i don’t have the money. thank you so much! i love your website!
Sincerely, Mrs. M