Maximize area and performance in a reach-in, step-in or walk-in closet with a Modular Closet System! Learn to measure, assess, configure, and assemble for minimal funding and energy.
Our bed room closets are modest in dimension and as our ladies 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 an ordinary rod and shelf, squandering precious area!
As Adalyn has grown, so have her garments – and wishes. She was prepared for a refresh and I used to be excited to create a closet to satisfy a teen lady’s desires.
A modular closet also called a closet system is cheap, simple to put in, and provides worthwhile storage to a bed room closet. There are a big selection of choices for minimal and maximalists. I’m diving into all the small print you might want to know to decide on a closet system that works for you!
The way to Select a Closet System
Measure
Measure top, width and depth of usable area with a tape measure. Chris and I lean into the saying “measure twice, reduce as soon as” for accuracy.
- Peak – Measure flooring to ceiling, accounting for lighting, and molding.
- Width – Measure the again wall of usable area, factoring in baseboards and moulding for a seamless match.
- Depth – Measure the aspect 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 dangle (or wish to)
- Size of things that dangle 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, luggage, purses, hats, and belts
- How a lot area or kind of storage is required for every
I additionally take a notice about what presently isn’t working, like muddle that collects, any items that really feel misplaced, tough to see or gather mud to deal with.
Configure
There are an abundance of modular closet techniques which might really feel overwhelming to sift by means of. Modular closet techniques supply loads of handy choices to customise.
There are 2 kinds of set up, wall-mounted and freestanding. Now we have built-in each into our dwelling. Freestanding closet techniques are constructed with rods and cabinets in a body. Like furnishings, they’re simple to maneuver and work each in and out of doors of closets.
Wall mounted closet techniques 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 techniques. 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 loads of perform.
Favourite Modular Closets
These are a few of my favourite closet techniques to slim your choice.
I can’t wait to customise the remainder of our closets!
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