Maximize house and performance in a reach-in, step-in or walk-in closet with a Modular Closet System! Discover ways to measure, assess, configure, and assemble for minimal funding and energy.
Our bed room closets are modest in measurement and as our women develop, it was time for an overhaul! Small attain in closets, like our daughter Adalyn’s, can rapidly fill with muddle, particularly in the event that they’re fitted with a typical rod and shelf, squandering precious house!
As Adalyn has grown, so have her garments – and desires. She was prepared for a refresh and I used to be excited to create a closet to meet a teen woman’s desires.
A modular closet often known as a closet system is cheap, straightforward to put in, and provides beneficial storage to a bed room closet. There are a big selection of choices for minimal and maximalists. I’m diving into all the main points it’s good to know to decide on a closet system that works for you!
Tips on how to Select a Closet System
Measure
Measure top, width and depth of usable house with a tape measure. Chris and I lean into the saying “measure twice, minimize as soon as” for accuracy.
- Top – Measure flooring to ceiling, accounting for lighting, and molding.
- Width – Measure the again wall of usable house, factoring in baseboards and moulding for a seamless match.
- Depth – Measure the facet wall, factoring in trim.
Assess Wants
I all the time take a earlier than picture so I can reference as wanted. To seek out the perfect closet system and options, take time to evaluate how you utilize your closet, together with:
Hanging Storage
- What you grasp (or wish to)
- Size of things that grasp to find out kind of hanging storage
- How a lot hanging storage is required
Folded Storage
- What’s folded
- Storage choice – open cabinets, drawers or bins
Equipment
- Footwear, jewellery, baggage, purses, hats, and belts
- How a lot house or kind of storage is required for every
I additionally take a observe about what at the moment is just not working, like muddle that collects, any items that really feel misplaced, tough to see or accumulate mud to deal with.
Configure
There are an abundance of modular closet methods which may really feel overwhelming to sift by means of. Modular closet methods supply a whole lot of handy choices to customise.
There are 2 varieties of set up, wall-mounted and freestanding. We’ve got built-in each into our dwelling. Freestanding closet methods are constructed with rods and cabinets in a body. Like furnishings, they’re straightforward to maneuver and work each in and outdoors of closets.
Wall mounted closet methods require set up to safe it to the partitions in a closet. Wall mounted closets have extra choices to customise, together with drawers, slide out cabinets and extra.
I wish to configure our closets in Canva, Google Docs or any fundamental software program to design. Closet shops and IKEA supply free design software program to configure their methods. You should use it to type a design idea to slender your choice.
I’m obsessive about how Adalyn’s single unit modular closet system turned out. It has added a whole lot of operate.
Favourite Modular Closets
These are a few of my favourite closet methods to slender your choice.
I can’t wait to customise the remainder of our closets!
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