I'm not sure, but that may depend on the age of the house. We stayed in an old Victorian over the summer and none of the bedrooms had closets. I think that was fairly common in home construction back in those days; most people had few clothes and what they did have, they hung on hooks. Or, wealthier families used wardrobes. I would think those older homes were grandfathered, but as I said, I'm not sure if that is the case or not.

Always, I've also seen covers similar to what Moni posted available online. Most have a ziper for easy access.

Always, you should organize your rack however you like; it's your private space. I do like the idea of a cover, however.

The term "bonus room" is often used. It may be my comment above isn't strictly correct but I know a condo near our second home that's for sale has an odd layout and an ambiguous room that's called an "office/bonus". I went to an open house and the listing agent said they used the term because there was no closet.

This was for a listing where the unit itself doesn't really have enough bedrooms for its size or location.

“ I think we live in the same state and I think under California real estate law or accepted practices, a room without a closet can't be called a bedroom. Interesting.”

If you are selling a house the term ‘bedroom’ may have a different legal description then a bedroom in a place where you are living. I’m from a large family, my brother’s bedroom was called an attic when the house was for sale. It was his bedroom while we lived there.

edited to add: If there is room, maybe a standing screen like the one in this photo would be a way to hide the rack.

Here in NYC, a bedroom must have a window.. Having a built-in closet is necessary for it to count as a bedroom when getting a mortgage.

Actually a closet is not required for a room to technically be a bedroom. It has to have two exits (like a door and usable window) and I think a minimum size or some such thing. Still people want a bedroom to have a closet. I like wardrobes in older houses.

That looks really nice. And well made. I have two of the Ikea type in my garage for things like wet rain gear, work coats, garden jackets....things too bad to be brought into the mud room ;0) Mine don't hold much weight, DH has even bent one putting things too heavy hanging from it.

How did you get it on sale? I tried putting one in a Costco cart and it comes up still as $90. Way too much to spend for the garage ;0) however nice it is in your room.

A window is required for a bedroom. A closet is not a requirement, but real estate agents think clients have expectations of a closet. I have a "work-out" room. It has a window, but no closet. I have a theatre room. It has a closet, but no window. I have a bonus room.

I agree with buying GREAT coat hangers that match. I purchased these stripey Lotus wood suit hangers 20/ $27.99 Pretty. And...square baskets to put on top. I have tons of baskets in my closet.

Never heard of a closet being a requirement for a bedroom. I live in an old house (schoolhouse that was converted to a house) and it has only one closet which is a walk-in off the livingroom, and my Uncle added that. It's what they used to call a "coat closet". I use an amoire in the large room I call my bedroom.

It does have window and door though. In fact, it has two doors -the one to the hallway and the other is the original tall schoolhouse door!

Here you cannot call a room without a closet a bedroom in real estate listings. So if 2 of your bedrooms do not have closets, they are offices or media rooms or whatever, but not bedrooms.

I have been looking for a garment rack for my bedroom. My house only has 3 single closets, one in each bedroom and one in the living room. When my brother moved in I had to move all my things out of the closet in the spare bedroom and since my closet was full I have clothes folded in laundry baskets, I prefer hanging my clothes except pjs and underwear instead of folding them. I also replaced all my plastic hangers with the slim no slip hangers and just by doing I gained lots more room to hang clothes.

So if they listed my house, it would say "no bedrooms". LOL (I put a wall down the middle of my Uncle's bedroom, which didn't have a closet anyway, and turned it into a pantry and a computer room.)

My stepfather had a garment rack in his basement at his house before he and Mom married like the one moni posted, only I think it had a zipper. He had so many clothes, esp. jackets and coats.

I was looking at a house the other day that had a bonus room. It was a large space at the top of the stairs that had a window, but simply an open entry instead of a door. They had a pool table and portable bar in the room.

I wouldn't consider a room with an open entryway instead of a door a bedroom, because of the privacy factor, but I could easily adapt a room with no closet into a bedroom. Real estate law and terms aside, that must be what a lot of people do once they actually live in the home.

My house is 100+ years old. 2 bedrooms have no closet. Both have armoires.

If you are mostly jeans and tees, what is hanging up?

For appearances, arrange by color. The color blocking looks better than the Skittles look lol.

I remember when my sister was first married and they didn't have bedroom furniture, so their clothing was folded in piled in neat stacks on the floor. Her hubby was in the Air Force and she called the neat piles of clothes their "stealth dresser". :-)

Morz8, I purchased mine at the store.

I hang up mostly shirts, I was just trying to convey I am very casual when I said I wear mostly jeans and t-shirts. Just curious Elmer, what is your point stating a room without a closet can't be called a bedroom...?? And yes, I am in CA. What does that comment have to do with me saying I don't have a closet in my room?

A point? None. It was odd timing because as I said before, it was something I had come across just yesterday at an open house for the first time. Between that and your comment, I encountered something I hadn't ever heard of before on each of two consecutive days. That was why I said "interesting".

Dawn, we bought a house in a development where all the 2 story houses had bonus rooms. People with teens really liked the bonus rooms, but we had a young family and so had the builder change our bonus room into a hallway and two large bedrooms. I never regretted the change.

My 180-year-old house has four bedrooms with minuscule closets. In my bedroom, I have a large armoire, two Sheraton chests and a blanket chest piled to the top with sweaters. That is the hugest drawback of this otherwise charming house. I salivate over huge walk-in closets with shelves.

Closets are not required by building code in California. Requirements are that rooms are at least 70 square feet, have a door, a natural light source and a minimum ceiling height. Homes built after 1980 have minimum window sizes that allow opening to be large enough for egress. If closets were required most Victorians or old farmhouses would not be able to be sold as homes.

Bonus rooms became popular so space over the attached garage could be used. I don't remember the year, but it was a reaction to code no longer allowing bedrooms over the garage. It allowed builders to add extra living space square footage to a home's footprint at minimal cost to build.

I am sorry that a parallel conversation has taken off on your post, Always1Step.

Is it possible to rearrange the room so you are not staring at the clothing rack? For example, if the room is large enough, and you have the right type of bed frame, maybe you could move the bed away from the wall and place the rack behind the bed. Another possibility is to hang a piece of fabric from the ceiling to the floor in front of the rack.

I have our out of season coats and rain coats hanging on a rack in the basement. I threw an old colorful sheet over the rack to keep the dust off. It looked slightly better. So if you are looking for a very temporary solution, try draping a bedsheet over your rack and see what you think. It might give you further ideas.

Closets/bedrooms: yes I've heard that here in Virginia as well. Our 1940's house has teeny tiny closets in the two smaller bedrooms. Barely high enough to hang a shirt without touching the floor, but the real estate agent said they were good enough to officially call them bedrooms. Honestly I don't know how much of that is building codes, how much is zoning laws, how much is real estate practices.

Always, you can also add vinyl clothes bags (not the travel ones, but the boxier-shaped ones) to store your clothes in. Solid ones will create the solid color that will be more cohesive. And of course coordinating baskets or boxes on the bottom and top.

That‘s a really nice rack. I think I will get one to store the winter-wear off-season.

My room is super small. It is actually the master bedroom of my condo with a dividing wall. NO it's not a legal bedroom but I needed a division to give DD her own space. Son is in 2nd bedroom. I'll post an old pic, doesn't show it all, but it gives you an idea of how small it is.

The only thing that is the same, is the headboard. Don't have that dress or old closet. That pocket door leads in the bathroom and the door in the above picture is just to the left where this picture is cut off. So the space is tight. I have a 4 drawer dress where that closet is the above picture and the rack I current have is on the wall parallel to the bed. Nothing in front of the window currently.

Remember me posting regarding downsizing in mattress size?? Now you can understand why. I'll definitely drop down to a full size but would even consider a twin...

I was going to suggest one of those folding screens, but now that I see the photos, I don't think the space is large enough. I like graywings suggestion of hanging a piece of fabric from the ceiling. Maybe a shower curtain or a regular curtain with a rod suspended from the ceiling would work? You could put a hook in the wall to tie back the curtain when you don't want it blocking the clothing rack.

I also like bpath Oh Sophie's idea of the boxy vinyl clothing bags hanging off of the rack except they might be kind of a pain to access.

My master bedroom is very small also. I've found I like being able to reach over to my dresser in the morning, pull out socks, underwear and tshirt, and get dressed while still in bed. :-)

If I used a hanging curtain of some sorta, I'd put the rack where that portable closet is but turned against long wall and put the dresser in front of the window or against the wall parallel to bed. I'll put the rack together tonight and play around.

Sure the pictures of open garment racks look cool, but of course they are staged on pinterest...or you have to be super organized.

You look pretty organized to me ;0) I only wish my own clothes were as tidy right now. Problem with closets....it's too easy to just shut the door. Nobody but me knows what a mess they are inside, but I know and its not a comfortable feeling.

You said your room is small, and its making me think of my mom's fond memory of growing up in one room with two sisters and a brother. Three girls in the bed and brother across the foot. When the weather allowed, he slept on a screened porch. And DH? Is one of 10. The largest house he had ever lived in was three bedrooms, one bath. How they all fit, and had room for all that goes with 10 children, is still beyond me but to this day he is convinced he had the best childhood ever and can think of nothing he would change.

shielajoyce, that sounds like it was a good decision. A house can never have too many bedrooms and those rooms can always be used for other purposes if one doesn't need them to be bedroom. A bonus room is nice, but they don't make a very good bedroom if an extra is needed.

morz, I think those types of arrangements worked because people had a lot less stuff in those days. Clothes were handed down, toys were shared, if there was a television in the household there was only one and it was in the living room and there were no electronics to find homes for nor were they distracting families from interacting with each other. Simpler times, even though people didn't enjoy many of the modern conveniences of today.

I am wondering if the bed could be turned to the wall that it is beside. You might want to measure before turning. It might provide room for the rack. The drawback is if it does provide room would be the doors may not be able to open fully.

Maifleur: I did have the bed turned on the other wall for awhile. The bed doesn't block anything if it's turned. I think the angles of pictures make the space look tighter than it is in real life. But either way the bed it turned, it's still hard to arrange. You just plain don't have much room. I see small rooms that look nice online, but don't have the knack for bringing spaces together.

New rack...its WAY sturdier than what I had.

Don’t know why that one turned on me...

The rack is big enough that you can adjust the shelf if I want to use baskets or containers. I really like it. boy do I need to figure out my bedding situation, that looks horrible.

That looks like a great item for the price

Great price.

You will de-emphasize the rack if you decorate the rest of the room. I don't know your style. Curtains and something nice on the wall would help

draw the eye away from it.

As far as the rack itself, Some sort of furniture scarf that runs over the top and down the side might look nice. Matching baskets on the top and bottom would also improve functionality and look nice.

A caution on putting anything heavy on the top. From experience it will make it top heavy and can land on top of you when it topples over.

nicole_ what kind of baskets do u use in your closet?? i am trying to organize and finding it very frustrating to figure out solutions for clothes on higher shelves.

i "marie kondoed" my drawers, love by the way, and now need to organize the closet.... w/o using "california closets" or the like....

OP: i feel your pain!!

That really does look good, and sturdy, too. Try hanging your clothes by color: the blacks, the blues, the creams, the whites. I did that in my closet and really like the way it looks.

That looks really nice. I have a guest room that doesn't have a closet. In there right now is a big, heavy wardrobe type thingy that takes up too much space. You've got me thinking about getting rid of that and replacing it with the rack.

I like how you rearranged the room. Everything fits nicely without looking over crowded. Now that I've seen the rack, I'm not sure that you need to hide it. Some nice rectangular baskets on top for storage of light things like scarves/gloves, etc., might be all it needs. Then a nice piece of artwork on the wall as suggested by someone else and you'd be all set.

I'm thinking of going back and getting one for sons room. He has a closet niche, no doors, just a closet rod poorly installed by me..LOL