This post is dedicated to AYL and fancy femmes everywhere. | April 20, 2009 | Comments (18)

Awhile ago, AYL requested photos of my closet. Spring hadn’t quite sprung yet, and my closet was a disaster. Full of lovely things, yes, but a disaster. I wanted to mine it, sift through it, tear the weeds out of it and let the sartorial soil begin anew.

Alright, alright – let’s just be honest and cut the bullshit. M made me get rid of things, basically. We are moving in June, after all. Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnneeee.

By then it was okay, because Spring HAD sprung and buoyed me along with it, and while they’re still in bags waiting to be sold or donated, I got rid of three very stuffed large paper bags worth of stuff (say that with a maximum amt. of disdain, like Miranda Priestley in The Devil Wears Prada). Which means y’all, at long ever-lovin’ last, get pics of my closet. A moment of silence, please, for what only has a few more months to live:

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God bless the walk-in.
God bless the square footage.
God bless the lighting, which was just repaired.

I WILL NOT FIND THIS IN SAN FRANCISCO, KITTENS. No sirree. I really have no bloody fucking idea what I am going to do, because M wants me to also get rid of The Beast (I am still fighting her on that – “We must wait!” I cry, “We must wait until we see where we will be living because what if we need it? What if it serves as a divider betwixt living and dining? Home office and living? Or maybe…in the room, for my shoes. By God, woman, let’s don’t argue – just WAIT!”).

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Before I go off to cry broken, heaving sobs of defeat, here’s a little bit more. We like it up close and personal here at FFAF.

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SBJ @ 10:00 PM

Comments (18)

  • grrlchef13

    Skinny -
    That is some mad action in the closet. The shoes: also quite beautiful. I fear for my shoes, and thus, I keep them stacked in their little boxes on the shelf. My cousin (full blown shoe slut) likes to by those container store boxes that are clear and then label them with her labeller….so dont ever let anyone call US compulsive. Hot, so very hot….nice closet girl.

  • M

    this is madness, the shoes look like a fancy mega abacus!

    no one is carrying that beast anywhere. built-ins FTW!

  • http://bubblegumculture.com dorothyzbornak

    OMG, I am dying over here! I have three teeny tiny closets that probably together add up to about half yours. The shoe storage! I’m dying! Mine are all over the place!

  • http://ahotchildinthecity.wordpress.com angiesyounglover

    THE BEAST UNIT IS PURE SEX. my heart is going fast! angie needs one of those NOW!! and M, don’t you dARE FUCK AROUND WITH IT. how can you deny the color codedness?

    and thank you so much! i just knew that this post would be colorful, magical, and other words that end in L !! so pretty. i’m a very satisfied young lover today!

  • kelly alice.

    this has made my day COMPLETELY. although we have a walk-in closet with wonderful organization (it’s called the butch/femme anthology), i have now demanded a beast of my own, and will pout and stomp until i get one!

    xo

  • http://hypoglycemiagirl.blogspot.com/ hgg

    zomg, I want a walk-in. love the shoe section.

  • Sher

    Why must you always get rid of the furniture that I love best?! SAVE THE BEAST!!!

  • cate3710

    The Beast is beautiful. I mean, the closet is lovely too, but I have shoe organization envy like you would not believe. Maybe in my new apartment I’ll be able to have a mini-Beast.

  • http://highfemme.wordpress.com highfemme

    Amazing! I’m seriously impressed with your rainbow of stilettos.

    My butch recently initiated a spring cleaning, too — luckily I got away with only tossing two pairs of shoes…

  • truculentandunreliable

    This reminds me that I need a couple of pairs of hot pink shoes in my life. I bow down to your closet-y greatness.

  • M

    @sher: it’s all yours! put it in your honda and take it!
    you femmes are ignoring basic physics here. this beast has the turning radius of a small glacier. it is not moving anywhere. it cannot fit in any elevator, forget about SF!

  • http://sublimefemme@wordpress.com sublimefemme

    Fit for a Fashionista! Do you make house calls? ;-)

    xo
    SF

  • cate3710

    @M: Doesn’t the Beast come apart? I’m pretty sure that’s why my mom has for all her fabric in the sewing room, and it moved at least once, if not more. Ikea things always come apart! Just make sure you have an allen wrench so you can put it back together.

  • cate3710

    Er, that’s WHAT my mom has, not that’s why. Duh.

  • Skinny Bone Jones

    I cannot do the shoe boxes, though I’ve seen and admired the tenacity of those who can. I am way too messy for that. It would only result in boxes, lids and shoes strewn all over the place, as opposed to only shoes.

    I also resolved to display my things as prettily as any boutique does (my closet used to be organized by color, but I found myself always reaching for black…the day dresses are in front to keep me from falling back on ye old jeans + top standby, esp. since I’m working from home now) – to help curb regretful impulse buys and lack of creativity in my own wardrobe. If I can manage to make my shoes, accessories and clothes look more enticing here at home, I figure everybody wins! I may not always hit the nail on the head, but I do try to have fun and reinvent things until they can be reinvented no more, and then shop to fill holes or enhance what’s already there.

    FUN FEMME FACT: The Beast can hold up to 100 pairs of pairs of my shoes – 4 per square – with the sizes of mine ranging from 5.5-7 (so weird, that sizing can vary so much). If you made a nifty, slim-fitting shelf for each square, you could double it! Imagine that!

    SF: I would totally make house calls. I think it would be so much fun!

    cate3710: So good to know! Thanks, kitten!

  • nadarine

    I love your display system. I envy the hell out of it, and you CANNOT PART WITH IT! do you hear that, M? It keeps her organized!
    I’ve been longing for a custom-built shoe rack along the lines of The Beast: 2 or 3x-tall cubbies bookended by tall cubbies for boots. When I get some $ (and some space), I promise myself that I’m going to get one custom-built so I can liberate my shoes from plastic bins stacked on my closet floor/under the bed.

    I also need more hot-pink shoes. One pair is CLEARLY not enough.

  • http://ahotchildinthecity.wordpress.com angiesyounglover

    the femmes have spoken, M.

  • coopergirl5