Need help with Master Closet layout
Met with GC this morning to chat cabinets and trim. Had my stack of pictures and diagrams ready! Then he pounced closets on me, and I had NO idea what I want. We figured things out for the kids' and hall closets. I'm stuck on the master though. Would love some suggestions or ideas!
As you can see in the picture, the closet is 5' 8.5" deep by 8' 3"ish wide. My first thought was lower shoe racks on the left wall, a column of cubbies above it in the corner, single-hang rod next to the cubbies. On the back wall, I have a dresser that's about 2'w x 3'h (there's an outlet about 4' high, in the middle of that back wall, btw) that I thought could go in the center with shelving or cubbies above. But I don't have to use the dresser. And on the right wall, double hang rods. A shelf 80" from floor would run the perimeter of the closet.
After drawing it out on the wall, I realized it's not enough hanging space. Which brings me here, begging for help!
Needs: double-hang and single hang for husband and wife, storage for shoes (mostly flats, tennis shoes) and boots, storage for t-shirts, shorts, jeans, undies, and socks, storage for luggage and miscellaneous.
Anyone have a good idea or something to consider??
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chicagoans
8 years agoKeep in mind that hanging clothes take 2' of space, so the way the closet is drawn is a bit misleading with the spaces marked 'rod and shelf'. (The line is where the rod is, but the clothes will stick out about another foot.) Also, where perpendicular rods meet in the corner, there is dead space that can't be accessed if clothes are hung to the maximum width. So, as drawn with 'rod and shelf' on 3 sides, the space would be a bit like the top left mockup below, with purple being hanging space and orange lines being dead space.
With the door as drawn, I would be inclined to dedicate the whole back wall to hanging rod(s). Then the opposite wall could be for shallow shelves or shoe racks. Keep in mind that you can't anchor anything into the wall that houses the pocket door. (Also that wall will be thicker than typical.) (Top right pic.)
If you can reorient the door to the bottom wall, you'll have two long walls for hanging clothes and shallow storage (bottom pic.) Not sure if that's possible or desirable; some folks like walking through the bathroom to get to the closet and some don't.
In any case I'd use the top wall for a wall hung mirror. And sorry, I didn't include your dresser.
CAVEAT: These are noodlings from a non-expert! I'd take your drawing to someplace like the Container Store and see if they have some clever ideas.
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8 years agoI am in the process of hanging elfa system in the 2nd wall of my closet. I would highly recommend going with Elfa. One option is to leave the closet as blank space during build (if you cant decide now) and buy the Elfa system when you have the time to design it.
I do think that using the two long walls would be ideal. Assuming you cannot do that, here are couple of options. I had corner/dead space in my previous house and it was completely usable as hanging rods. Closets are not like kitchen cabinets - corners are not that hard to reach since you are leaning over clothes. I would suggest putting your single hung rods (long clothes) in the corner. I gave about 8" space in the corner...in my previous house it was more like 4" space which worked just fine.
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8 years agoThanks friends!
Chicagoans, great points. Unfortunately, can't move the door at this point (door framed and drywall finished). I never even considered installing anything on the door-side wall. That's the thinking-outside-the-box I needed help with!
loonlake, storage above the door! I could run that top shelf around the ENTIRE perimeter and not just the three sides like I had originally imagined.
lakeview, I definitely need a full size mirror, but hadn't thought of that until just now. Thank you!
I came across easyclosets.com and this caught my eye:
Helped me visualize that corners aren't entirely dead space, like you mentioned lookintomyeyes. I think it helps having shelving on the perpendicular wall rather than another rod butting into it.
The site has a design-your-own app, so I played around with it.
I have few long hang items, but more knee length dresses and maxi skirts. Figure a "medium-hang" rod would be ideal for those. Do you think 27" wide for shoes would adequately fit 3 pairs of shoes? I need to get out the measuring tape. I'll probably ditch the idea of using the dresser and go with a custom. See anything glaringly wrong with this mock up??
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