Footnote: But at the beginning of the post.  This post has been in the works for weeks until I found myself laptop-less for two weeks.  More on that headache later.   So, a few weeks ago I posted about the balls in our basement! Ping pong balls all over the carpet.

The balls had invaded my decor .  My baskets were filled with tennis balls and Nerf bullets.  Come on!  My hom3 is turning into a fraternity house.  I exaggerate.  Actually, there would be far worse things lurking in a fraternity house.

Here is the complete Before post of our bookshelves in the basement  HERE.  I cleared the shelves and just left them open for a week:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is something very freeing about having no pressure to decorate. I was in a Zen moment with my shelves. I highly recommend just clearing a space once in a while and just waiting to switch it up.  I don’t recommend doing this with your spouse!

And, that peaceful , Zen feeling in my inner core started to get worried (that’s what happens when you are Type- A, OCD personality) that my boys were going to  hijack the empty shelves for their treasures:

So I started slooowly adding back pieces for each shelf. I found these cute baskets at Joanne’s when I went there to purchase fabric.  I never really shop at Joanne’s, so it’s kind of a new find for me!

I snatched up all 3 on the clearance shelf (the factv that I found my new baskets on a shelf to put on my shelf is not lost on this girl)!  But, these are cute baskets.  

I knew exactly what I was going to store in these cute little guys! I love them!

And, now the boys know where to put the ping pong balls: 

Now that I had the ping pong paddles and balls stored away I wanted to add a few things on the shelves that had fairly good percentage of not breaking. I found this wire basket in the patio section of Target’s clearance section last fall. I added a little burlap and greenery and it looks great. And, it’s pretty much indestructible.

I didn’t want matchy matchy on the shelves, but I wanted a pop of green on the opposite side of the fireplace so I added this greenery on the right side of the fireplace: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, then I had a top shelf that was just too big for most of my stuff, so I guess you could say I found a seat holder like they have at the Oscars. Here’s my bulky basket holding onto this spot so the boys don’t steal if for their Nerf guns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the final photos of the after:

Loving the look.  FYI.. the Chicago Bulls trash can (which stores… you guessed it.. more balls) was a compromise with the boys!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One more view.  I found the Tic Tac Toe board on clearance at Target in February!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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