I have a little bit of a shoe and bag problem. As a result of this problem, when I open the doors of my regretfully tiny bedroom closet, shoes and bags tend to come cascading down from the shelves where I’ve shoved them, stacked way too high to fit. One oregon dad of soon-to-be three daughters, Mason Smith, had a similar problem when he opened the closet in his girls’ bedroom, which he’s designed top-to-bottom with bunk beds, floral wallpaper, and other custom touches. The one area he hadn’t yet DIYed, though, was the closet. So in a now-viral TikTok video, Smith, who posts as @dadsocial, documented the process of taking that overflowing closet and redesigning it into a dream space for his girls.
“POV: You’re a dad and this is how you built your daughters’ dream closet,” he wrote over the top of the video that showed him designing custom shelves with baskets for storage and a vanity area with a mirror where the girls can get dressed.
@dadsocial I couldn’t do the whole room and leave the closet like that. Plus I had extra wallpaper, paint, and wood, so it didn’t cost much more just to finish out the room. It’s been so fun to see my daughters enjoying their bunkers, excited to go to bed to get to turn on their own little lights and tell stories. Can’t wait to see them use this little mini vanity set up on their closet. 💕 #closet #remodel #girldad #renovation ♬ original sound – 𝕃𝕪𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕤
“I couldn’t do the whole room and leave the closet like that. Plus I had extra wallpaper, paint, and wood, so it didn’t cost much more just to finish out the room,” he wrote in the caption. “It’s been so fun to see my daughters enjoying their bunkers, excited to go to bed to get to turn on their own little lights and tell stories. Can’t wait to see them use this little mini vanity set up on their closet.”
Smith told Newsweek that with the arrival of a third daughter, the closet makeover became a priority project for him for a few reasons.
“First, I knew that there were going to be at least 7 more years of little girls sleeping in the bunk beds, so it was worth the build,” he said. “And second, and more importantly, I wanted to do something special for my older two daughters as we embark on this journey as a family of 5 together. I want them to always know, though our attention is split, they are always our whole worlds. I can’t wait for all the memories that this room will bring our little girls in the years to come!”
In the video’s comments, other parents gushed over the project, and how much Smith clearly caters to his little girls.
“do you want to be my father too?” one wrote.
Another commenter added, “Your family is lucky to have you! It looks great! 👍🏼😊”
Couldn’t agree more.
