From Spare Room to Dream Closet: Hannah Godwin’s La Jolla Dressing Room

Some projects stay with you, and this is one of them. When Bachelor Nation’s Hannah Godwin and her fiancé Dylan moved into their new San Diego home, Hannah had one big dream: a closet that could also be her office and her beauty room. A place to get ready, film, work and actually find every lip gloss she owns.

Spoiler: it happened, it was featured on People.com, and it is still one of our all time favorite closets.

Hannah Godwin's finished celebrity closet and office in La Jolla with linen wardrobes, a vanity desk under the window and a patterned rug, built by California Closets and organized by Simply Luxe
The finished dressing room: wardrobes, vanity desk and a whole lot of light.

From Spare Bedroom to Clean Slate

It started as a spare bedroom with a sofa and not much else. California Closets San Diego took the room down to a clean slate and built it from scratch. Designer Katie Swinburne planned linen wardrobes with LED lighting behind the doors, a desk and vanity under the window, glass display shelves, a pull-out jewelry drawer and pull-out baskets. It was beautiful before a single item went in.

Empty spare bedroom with a white sofa in La Jolla before it became a custom dressing room closet
Before: an empty spare room.

Where Our Celebrity Closet Team Came In

Then it was our turn to tie the bow. We always start the same way: sorting, sorting, sorting. Clothes, shoes, bags, makeup, skincare and all of Hannah’s filming and promo gear came out and got grouped by category. Once we could see everything, we built zones around how Hannah actually uses the room.

  • Makeup: upright in clear dividers, so every shade is visible and nothing gets lost at the bottom of a drawer.
  • Skincare: grouped by routine on risers, so morning and night products are easy to grab.
  • Shoes and boots: displayed, not buried, with room for growth.
  • Work zone: vlogging and promo items with a home of their own, easy to grab and easy to put away.
Makeup drawer with clear dividers holding lipsticks, brushes and palettes upright in a La Jolla dressing room
Makeup drawer: clear dividers keep everything upright and easy to see.
Skincare products grouped on wood risers inside a dressing room wardrobe in La Jolla
Skincare grouped by routine inside the wardrobe.

The Reveal

Hannah called it her little oasis for fashion, beauty and filming, and the space was featured on People.com. You can see her full tour in her YouTube vlog at 4:56. Our favorite part? She jokes about praying to the organizing gods to keep it the way we left it.

Linen wardrobes and open hanging in a La Jolla dressing room closet organized by Simply Luxe
Linen wardrobes and open hanging, every hanger facing the same way.

A Few More Favorite Details

Celebrity closet in La Jolla with shoes on shelves and clothes hung by color, organized by Simply Luxe
Shoes on display and clothes hung by color.
Jackets hung by color above a row of boots in an organized La Jolla closet
Jackets above, boots lined up below.
Makeup palettes standing upright in a pull-out cabinet in a La Jolla dressing room
Palettes standing upright, so every shade is easy to grab.

Tips to Steal for Your Own Dressing Room

  • Plan zones before you buy a single bin. Know where each category lives first.
  • Store makeup upright. When you can see it, you use it.
  • Keep a landing spot for things that come and go, like promo packages or returns.
  • Leave room for growth. A closet that is 100 percent full on day one will not stay organized.

Dreaming of Your Own?

We partner with closet designers and builders like California Closets all the time, and we love coming in at the end to make the space work as good as it looks. Whether you are building a new closet in San Diego, Orange County or Los Angeles, or getting the most out of the one you have, we would love to help.

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Closet designed by Katie Swinburne and built by California Closets San Diego. Organized by Simply Luxe.

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