I really like this photo! The closets are all built-ins we did after the fact. We don't really have a lot of stuff, ourselves, (although it feels like we've got more than enough...and so we do). The closet we built in once we decided to sell since we realized that the absence of closets might be okay with us but not so great for people with more than a few things! Once we framed in the closet (there are now two closets in the main bedroom) we had a little extra space to work with and so built in some shelves for our books. It came out nicely! Through the bedroom door you can see our personal favorite part of the house. We built a steep, old fashioned style stairwell to the attic, which shawn finished over the winter (drywall, paint and wide pine boards, unfinished, for flooring). The stairwell was our first attempt at cutting and hanging stair treads with no help at all. We got the measurements bang on. :-) (Roy helped us measure and cut the stringers for the main floor - the measurements are tricky to take and take a little getting used to. So we learned!). Anyway, long story short, we created a little closet space (CLOSET SPACE!!!) under the stairwell and it has a wonderful old new england house look to it. We were happy with how it came out, and delighted when two different people (Marillyn, Shawn's grandmother most importantly, who grew up in a 1600's farmhouse in Mass, but also our friend Paul, a builder locally who built in Martha's Vineyard and that other now chi-chi island place in Mass whose name currently eludes me...).

We both think the stairwell upstairs to the attic is one of the masterpieces of the house! :-) Have to figure out how to build that into our next house...