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It really depends on your budget and what you need in the closet. Is this in a bedroom? What percent hanging do you need vs. shelving?

The least expensive option would be to build a shelf, dividing the 2 closets.

The closet appears to be very shallow. So, best use of space would be to replace the current doors with bifold doors that five access to the entire closet.

As mentioned above, this involves moving the switches.

Thanks! Yes. I had thought about removing that wall, but I couldn't figure out what type of doors would work. We are redoing the floors next week, so it would have to come out this week. As with all renovations, this one is turning out to be a little more than we planned. We can make this work as is, but if we need to take out that wall before refinishing the floors, I have to decide soon. We removed an extra closet in another room already, so I'm sure the demo is something we can do...but I think i need to make this work with a cheap for now solution and consider something built in next year.

I love something like this as an option, but that's probably a $5000 job for something similar in our space.

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You can use double doors, bifold doors or sliders. The problem with sliders is they take up depth and you have very little to spare.

I would take out the space between the 2 door and do a nice set of bifold doors - double. That way there is full access to the entire closet. You will have to patch the floor form where the wall is removed, so keep that in mind.

Good luck!

Think about Pax from Ikea for the space

A nice closet design doesn't have to cost a fortune, but it's best to do rods and shelves to keep the costs down -- drawers and baskets add up, and you can usually keep that stuff in a dresser.

Here's a closet I did for maybe $450? From EasyClosets online.

Mix of large and shoe shelves in the middle. If there is a woman in the bedroom, then probably some longer hanging will be needed for dresses (or for his dress pants on clamp hangers)...

@acm - Yes. That's what I need to do for now! I'm thinking maybe having shelves back to back in the center so that the space is more useable. And the current rod is much too high for me and makes the upper shelf space hard to use.

@Debbi Washburn - I wonder if bifold doors would work. The width of the opening would be about three regular door widths. Maybe they come in larger sizes than I have seen.

You can get them to cover 6 feet for sure, maybe 8.

Bifold doors come generally in 12, 15, 16, and 18" panels, with 2 panels being paired. So, for example, 2 12-inch panels make a 24" bifold door. To that, you will need to add the frame width. I feel sure one of these options would work. Creating one closet instead of 2, will give you slightly more space and be less costly. I'd put in 2 sets of bifold doors, but leave it as one closet inside.

As I mentioned above, this will be the most efficient use of your space.

You can certainly do a 72" opening with double bifolds. If you want wider , then do a triple set of bifolds.

@Debbi Washburn @CDR Design, LLC - I'm trying to imagine triple bi-folds...do they have some sort of frame separating them? The opening would be 86" if I removed the center section. Or would you frame in the sides more to create a 72" opening?

Here is one picture I found

I found a couple other that were similar. I didn't really see any framing but there would have to be something there .

How wide is the interior of the closet? Would reframing it to 72" leave too much on each side inaccessible? You may want to consider triple sliders...

Those would give alot of easy access as well...

Definitely decide on your door first before doing any work. Its great to have ideas and find all these pictures, it's a whole other story when you have to go and find these things in your area.

A good lumber yard/ millwork shop should be able to help you with this!

Because the closet is shallow, you don't want excess space on the sides. What is the interior width of the closet?

@CDR Design, LLC - Interior width is about 102"

Likely the best choice for you would be to use (2) 4 foot doors. So each door would have 4, 12" panels. In total, you'd have 8 panels. I would check with whoever is installing the door for final measurements.

You will actually be keeping a small portion of the center drywall to frame out the 2 sets of doors.

I wounder if you can do 2 double bifold doors at about 24" each - You can get doors with just 2 panels on them. Then you can open and see the whole closet space at one time and nothing hidden on the sides.

Definitely speak with your contractor first and get estimates..

We have the same problem in two of our secondary bedrooms. It's a home built by KB - and it's one of several very poor design elements they used.