Making a Customized Closet System

Kelly and Jennifer Foster love bettering their house, however their closet has them stumped — what’s good for him isn’t essentially good for her. So, we’re making a customized closet system to maximise cupboard space in a pair’s divided closet.

The Initiatives

Construct new shelving

Step one in making a customized closet system is to take away the previous wire shelving. These builder-grade wire cabinets are frequent in newer properties, however they’re not very user-friendly. The slats are the precise measurement for hangers, however it’s not possible to slip them to create more room. 

After the cabinets are out, we patch the holes left behind and arrange Kelly to color the closet partitions and Jennifer to pre-paint the shelf boards we’ll be utilizing for the brand new storage programs. 

The shelving unit on Jennifer’s aspect of the closet is simply too massive to assemble exterior, so we put it collectively contained in the closet. It contains house for purses, folded garments, and cubbies for bins.

To create house for shoe storage, we take away the hanging towel cupboard and use it as a base for extra cabinets.

For Kelly’s aspect of the closet, we set up double horizontal rods to get double the quantity of hanging house. 

For his shoe rack, we construct a smaller model of the shelf unit Chelsea constructed earlier. However due to its measurement, we are able to assemble this one solely within the storage.

Set up laundry chute

Each time Kelly and Jennifer stroll into their closet, their eyes are instantly drawn to their soiled garments hamper.

Since their laundry room is on the opposite aspect of the wall on Kelly’s aspect, we set up a laundry chute so the soiled garments can go straight to the place they should be. 

By reducing a gap within the wall, we are able to create a laundry chute and a linen cupboard that may be accessed from each rooms.  

To complete the opening, we construct a field that precisely suits the house and provides trim on one aspect so we are able to slip into place and add trim on the opposite aspect.

Then, we add cabinets to inventory clear towels. This one opening serves as each a linen cupboard and laundry chute. 

For extra particulars on learn how to construct this laundry shoot, watch the video in 2 Methods to Construct a Easy Laundry Chute.

We additionally:

• Moved the present cupboard to the ground
• Eliminated the door

Put up-Manufacturing Ideas

Kelly and Jennifer have a spacious closet however there was little or no about it that was environment friendly or handy. The wire cabinets solely provided the naked minimal to make the most of the house out there to not point out the truth that there was nothing “fairly” about them.

However now, the house feels even bigger due to a customized closet system that options shelving that organizes and shows the contents of the closet for each ease of use and visible attraction. And the addition of all these horizontal surfaces hasn’t diminished the hanging house in any respect as a result of the double rods we put in have made up the distinction. 

Plus, the brand new laundry chute/linen cupboard combo is the definition of effectivity. 

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