Best thing since sliced bread. We don't actually share a closet. I use the one in the master br and DH keeps his clothes in the guest room closet. We could share without a problem though.

Linda

Judy...My friend had a walk in closet that was as big as my kitchen...They even had a bench in the middle so they could sit down and put on shoes. It had built in drawers for clothes..and one drawer was divided and velvet lined for jewelry. You would like that one...Their bathroom was on the other side of the closet from their bedroom. The bedroom was huge and had a fireplace in it.

Back in the 60s it had a price tag of 300 thousand.

I'd like to go back and see what it looks like now. They built it in a wooded area in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Wonder if it is surrounded by other houses now.

patti

It pretty much works just like you said, only I'm the one dressing in there. We don't have very big walk-in.

My house was built in 1926 and ALL our closets are walk-ins. One bedroom has TWO of them, in fact.

Sorry, but I'm not sure your '2 getting ready at once' theory holds water. I've lived in a house with sliding closet doors, you can ONLY open half the closet at a time, unless you've got pocket doors that slide all the way back into the wall. You still have to take turns, opening your side.

Our walk-ins are great. Yes, only one person can really comfortably fit in ours at a time, but it's a place you only spend a few seconds, so that's not really an issue for us. Our closets are just gorgeous--they've got stained glass casement windows in them, DH put built-in shelves in most of them to increase the usable space. When dd was little, she considred her closet a 'play house' and had it all set up as a little play space (worked fine, since her clothes were short at that point, and were hung up high). She had her toybox in there, her closet was on the south side of the house, so it got lots of light, and since our closet doors don't latch, it was perfectly save for her to play there.

Our WIC's are one of the things I'm really going to miss when we sell this place to move to the retirement home.

I love mine and only wish it were a bit wider. DH put built-ins for us with extra drawers and shelving. His side has higher hanging bars so he can hang shirts on top and pants on the bottom. Mine are lower to accommodate my short stature. I use it as a dressing room most of the time and even put my make-up on it using the wall mirror on the door.

DH prefers to take his clothes outside of it but he's a large guy.

Our spare room has a tiny walk-in thats L shaped. It can be awkward because if you put much on the floor you have to empty it to get to things that are behind one another. We shelved the right wall and left the back side for hanging space. I just use that one for storage.

We can't afford anything like Patti is talking about, so it would be one of those smaller ones. It looks to me, that once all the clothes were in there it could be clostrophobic!

I saw one place that had a big regular closet with double by-fold doors AND a WIC. In my mind I was thinking that would make a nice little sewing room and the other closet was more than what we have now.

I had forgotten that the older homes use to have WICs. I guess they aren't a new idea!

We haven't sold our house yet and have only one more month on the market and if it doesn't sell, we're staying where we are. :o(
I keep on looking because I like houses!

I think it would depend on the size of your walk in closet...and also I can't even imagine getting dressed in my closet...I could easily fit 6 people in mine but I wouln't want to dress in there...I get my clothes and dress in the bath area or in the bedroom...I wouldn't want to do without my walkin..

We have one walk in closet and one sliding door closet in our bedroom. Guess which one is mine? But I only go in to get my clothes and then I get dressed in either the bedroom or the bathroom.

I'm amazed at your WIC azzalea - complete with stained glass windows no less! Were they original to the house? I thought they were a recent feature.

DH and I have seperate walk in closets. Mine is bigger than his, but I'm really spoiled to it. In our old house we shared a walk in, so this is really nice. The only problem is it's so big I tend to accumulate too much stuff.

I lived in old houses growing up and I loved the WICs. Then we moved to a more modern house in my early teens and had the sliding door type. I hated them because I shared a room and closet with my sister. Ever since then I have had the usual wall closets, but have always dreamed of having a WIC again.
Clare

Our bedroom has 2 walk in closets, and of course, mine is bigger. It's so big I have tons of stuff in there.

We each have our own walk in closets and we love them. I only dress in there if one of the kids is in my room.
My daughter's room had those sliding type doors. I didn't like them, so I had them removed, and had bi-folds installed.

I would only want one if it was in my sewing room.LOL

DH and i don't share a closet.I have the one in the bedroom,he has the one in the hall.Works for us and has for over 20 years.
Kathi

I have one small bedroom with a tiny window. I'd love to just make that into a walk in closet.

I have all slider closets. Hate them. Give me walk in anytime.

Gayle

I love my walk in closet. I don't get dressed in there, but there is much more room than just a regular closet.

We have 2 walk in closets and I don't think I'd want a house without them. Wish I had one in every room!

What's a closet? ;-)

The major advantage to the walk-in closet is that you don't have a whole wall taken up with either sliding or bi-fold doors. That makes furniture arranging so much easier.

I love mine too. Plenty of room in it to dress in if I wanted to, but I don't. I get my clothes, and dress in the bathroom (which my closet is connected within, but closed off with a door). Sometimes I do put my night gown on in there, before coming out, but I don't dress in there.
Leslie

How could anyone NOT like a walk in closet?

Judy, Jerry and I had a closet each, since 1977. First with sliding doors, and then walk in.

It's great to have your own closet.

We love the walk ins more.

Guess, we have to hope to find a house with WIC. :)

Moni

Can't imagine life without one since we've had one. There isn't anything NOT to love about one. The space, the ability to see what is stored there. Everything!

Our closet is 12X12 with built in shelves, drawers, jewelry drawers and a sky light so it is nice and light in there. No need for a light in the day time, ever. There is plenty of room for both of us to get dressed in there at the same time. It also has a built into the wall fold down ironing board. Our laundry area is also on the second floor so no toting laundry up and down the stairs. I love it!

I'll take one anytime!! Some are too small to be functional, and those may be the ones you've heard about. What you want are the room-sized ones, or better yet, two WICs!!

Wow! Some of those closets are the same size as our Bedroom! That would be NICE!

I'm glad to know most of you prefer the WIC. I hope to have at least one some day.

Thanks!

Hubby and I share a WIC. We can both be in there picking our clothes or shoes out, but we get what we want and dress in the bedroom. Wouldn't want to be without one again.

I can't imagine anyone not liking walk-in closets! Our first 3 homes did not have WI closets and it was a pain. Our current home has a WI closet right off the master bath. I either get changed in the closet or in the bathroom, where there is a full-length mirror.

I remember when I was dating DH and he said his mom dressed in her closet. I thought that sounded horrible! Now I understand.

Wow Betty, my BR is 12x12. Bet your closet is really nice.

Our master walk-in closet is larger than most bedrooms. We can easily both be in there, moving around, putting on clothes, etc. And, you enter the closet through the master bathroom. Wouldn't have it any other way.

I've got a 4 bedroom house and 3 of those BRs have walk-in closets. My walk-ins are not large, but afford enough of storage space and easy access to everything. We have no trouble with both using the same one because we do not dally in the closet - we step in, take a set of clothes, and then exit. We have enjoyed ours - been living in this house for 30 yrs. Our first house had slider door closets. Those were ok, but the walk-in is nicer.

Whichever closet you have, consider installing an enclosed light for safety. When we first moved in, the master bedroom closet was the only one with a light fixture; the others were bare bulbs. I changed the bare bulb to fixtures that enclosed the bulb for fire safety. If a bulb shatters, it can start a fire. Also, it should not happen, but if a cloth is left in contact with a bare bulb, it may burn. Having the bulb contained in a glass globe is better. These globe fixtures are relatively inexpensive.

My first apartment had a walk in closet. I've wished I had one ever since. I agree with what's there not to like. I didn't really use it too much though when I had it. Didn't have that many clothes at the time. I set up a darkroom in there. Worked great!

Our BR has 2 walk-in closets and we love 'em. One has a regular door and the other a small bi-fold. All of our other closets have wood bi-fold doors, so you can see from end to end when both doors are open. I prefer the walk-ins for clothing, but like the bi-fold ones for stuff, like in the office and guest room.