Garment rack, closet alternative
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Comments (13)Well I don't often dress up or wear casual dressy, generally its cotton capri or cotton slacks and a cute tunic type top for grocery shopping. At home its always stretchy cotton/poly active wear capris and a hospital scrub top. My at home clothes get worn once as does my nighty/PJ's..my going out grocery shopping clothes usually can be worn a second time. Than there's funeral clothing and church clothes..they get the lint roller and hung up to air awhile and worn again. I suppose I have my in between clothes also LOL.. like tomorrow I have a meeting at the school...I will wear capris..white with huge pink, red, yellow, blue flowers..so I'll wear a yellow silky sleeveless pull over shirt with a very light weight 3/4 length sleeves, white open in the front sweater. Red flats, a gold necklace and a pair of super cute earrings, with a bunch of different colored gems. (I'm laughing as I describe tomorrows outfit complete with accessories) I will probably wash the yellow top as it will be hot tomorrow and I'm sure to sweat. The rest will get aired out and worn again.... Practigal the OP of this thread used to be a active member in the laundry forum. ..boy do I miss her....See MoreCloset design for reach-in closet "dead" areas.
Comments (8)I have that closet. My condolences. I put shelves in the dead ends and have it restricted to (in your example) 62" of hanging space. About a third is full height and the other is half height so approx 22" of full height hanging and 80" of half height hanging. I use the shelves for suitcases, rubbermaid totes, other large things like that. It's not ideal, but it's better than what I had....See MoreAlternative to peg board for wall storage?
Comments (6)Hooks. Put strips of 1x3 or so across the wall, well-anchored to the studs, and start adding hooks. Plan for the heavy things down low - backpacks with short sturdy hooks just high enough to get them off the floor, and so children can reach them. Leave a space for long things like umbrellas. Hats on hat hooks higher up....See Morehis and hers shared closet … not working
Comments (25)Second and third the others that have asked for dimensioned drawings and pics of all 4 walls. An idea of your budget would also be helpful. If its I-have-to-live-with-this minimal, then: --Can you do underbed boxes? The Ikea STUK series offers several options that are semi-rigid (can add dividers, too) and zip shut in a 7" tall size. Handles and smooth fabric make them easy to pull out. Great for things that don't need folding, or tees if you're patient enough to roll, or out of season clothes. --Can you steal space under or on top of the existing desk? A set of stackable boxes on top or Elfa/Elfa-like wire drawers underneath could provide additional storage there. --Can you move the rails in the existing closet? If so I'd remove the long shelf on the top, push that rail up, and then move bottom rail up too --a full depth space at the bottom is much more useful; will accomodate a STUK box or two rows of shoes. I have a Victorian with very small closets, so I have my clothes stratified by length, and the rail heights set accordingly. If you have room, put the shelf back in at the bottom to separate your hanging clothes from your shoes or whatever else you put there. --If you can get bins/baskets/boxes close in size to the shelves on the narrow side, do that. Otherwise, consider putting at least one hanging rail in there, too (can be regular height for full length garments, or short to hold pants folded over bar hangers like those from the Container Store). --Use thin hangers and get one or two more garments on each rail. If you have just a little money to spend, do some or all of the above and: --Measure the space along the wall between the edge of the single closet door when its open and the end of that wall. Depending on how much room you have, a bookcase with storage (the narrow Ikea Billy --16" wide-- will accomodate Bullig baskets or Drona fabric boxes, or put a door on it and use it for shoes) or the Kallax cube and boxes to go with. Great for underwear/socks and rolled tees. --Consider a door-casing height shelf along the full length of the wall at the foot of the bed and maybe wrapping over the door corner as well. If you can get a 10-12" of space on top of that shelf you can line it with tidy storage boxes with lids for everything you don't need on a daily basis. If you have enough money to upgrade your furniture and are willing to do so: --Underbed drawers can be great! Especially for things that are washed often like underwear socks and tees. For stuff you don't need to access daily, I prefer lift beds; then things can be put in appropriately dust-excluding bags/boxes. --Consider an L-shaped wardrobe; PAX options at Ikea range from about $600 to $1400 although I see some parts are currently hard to get. I personally would upgrade to a semi-custom wardrobe before changing out the bed (especially if the bed accomodates boxes underneath) because it lookes like you are box-spring adapted and most drawer and lift beds don't take box springs....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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