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 ladies develop, it was time for an overhaul! Small attain in closets, like our daughter Adalyn’s, can rapidly fill with litter, particularly in the event that they’re fitted with an ordinary rod and shelf, wasting your 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 also referred to as a closet system is cheap, straightforward to put in, and provides helpful storage to a bed room closet. There are a wide selection of choices for minimal and maximalists. I’m diving into all the small print you want 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, lower as soon as” for accuracy.
- Peak – Measure ground 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 aspect wall, factoring in trim.
Assess Wants
I at all times take a earlier than picture so I can reference as wanted. To search out the perfect closet system and options, take time to evaluate how you employ your closet, together with:
Hanging Storage
- What you hold (or wish to)
- Size of things that hold to find out sort of hanging storage
- How a lot hanging storage is required
Folded Storage
- What’s folded
- Storage desire – open cabinets, drawers or bins
Equipment
- Footwear, jewellery, baggage, purses, hats, and belts
- How a lot house or sort of storage is required for every
I additionally take a be aware about what at present is just not working, like litter that collects, any items that really feel misplaced, troublesome to see or accumulate mud to deal with.
Configure
There are an abundance of modular closet methods which might really feel overwhelming to sift by way of. Modular closet methods supply numerous handy choices to customise.
There are 2 sorts of set up, wall-mounted and freestanding. We’ve built-in each into our residence. Freestanding closet methods are constructed with rods and cabinets in a body. Like furnishings, they’re straightforward to maneuver and work each in and out of doors 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 need to use it to kind a design idea to slim your choice.
I’m obsessive about how Adalyn’s single unit modular closet system turned out. It has added numerous perform.
Favourite Modular Closets
These are a few of my favourite closet methods to slim your choice.
I can’t wait to customise the remainder of our closets!
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