Spring Cleaning?

I've been meaning to get to these closets for so long, it might be delayed Fall Cleaning...or maybe last year's Spring Cleaning!  Whatever it is it needs to be done, and it will definitely keep be busy away from the computer.                                                                                                                   
I have been motivated most recently to tend to these closets by 2 things:  
The closet cleaning and renovation blog posts I've seen on 
Beauty 4 Ashes' Spring Cleaning - Boys' Closet
Sugar & Spice in the Land of Balls & Sticks' Coat Closet Organizing
Domestiphobia's I’m Finally Out of the Closet
and, primarily...
my own need to find certain photos and home supplies buried deep in these messes.                                            





Exhibit 1, the Entry Closet.  
Where photos and other memorabilia were stashed, 'temporarily,' when we first moved in 3 years ago...So Spring Cleaning 2008.  A little embarrassing when a guest wants to hang up a coat.








Exhibit 2, the Closet Under the Stairs.
Supposed to be where we keep school books and supplies neatly along one wall, with toy bins, leftover cans of paint, and pieces of flooring tucked in the back in the wide spot under the landing.   When Prince CuddleBunny needs some non-video entertainment, it'd be nice if he could at least scoot sideways to reach his Lincoln Logs, Wooden Train Sets, or Wedgits.  Not in this mess!


Now that I've shown you, I should feel an obligation to make improvements and report back.  My own disciplinary plan.