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When I was younger, I would go shopping and buy things just because I liked them. Sometimes those items were great purchases and other times they weren't. My closet would end up bulging at the seams with clothing that I wore 25% of the time. As I have gotten older and wiser, I have gained more discretion over what makes the cut and comes to live in my small closet. I'm not like most of my friends whose closets have grown with their years. I still have a smallish walk in closet which is the same walk in closet I had 20 years ago. My sister on the other hand, has a closet that is so large she actually set up her last child's nursery in one side of the closet and still had an entire side for his and her clothing. I think her closet was a bedroom converted into a closet by the previous homeowners. I haven't had the luxury of a space like hers. I guess I have been guilty of closet envy on many levels, but recently I have come to terms with my envy. My house was built in the 80's before the birth of the huge master bedroom closet. It was a simpler time lacking dressing room glamour. Unfortunately, this house doesn't offer the option of knocking out walls and making my closet bigger. I could claim my daughter's room next to the master and make a closet out of her room, but where would she sleep when she came home? Somehow I don't think she would visit often if she had to sleep on the couch, do you? I don't want to take that chance.
