POLL: Which walk-in closet system color would YOU pick?
We're getting ready to put in a small display for a closet system. Just curious what the general public would select. We really like them both. Photo is taken in front of a window so they look a bit lighter than normal in the photograph below.
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4 years ago
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Paint color for walk-in closet
Comments (7)White (a bright white) might be boring, but it's really the best color because it helps your eye gauge your clothes colors. Put 2 navy blues against white and you can quickly see which is "navier" (all navy blues are not the same, nor are all blacks). Plus, once your clothes and shoes and other stuff are in place, those will be colors you see, not the white walls. Once you paint it a non-white color, you will always return to this subject whenever you repaint the bedroom color. So save yourself some time and effort. (Also, how big is the walk-in? I've seen some not-movie-star-size walk-ins in which the owner hung art high on a wall)...See MorePoll: which do you prefer - large bedrooms or large living areas
Comments (19)Definitely larger living area. My house is 1168 sf. The bedrooms are small (the second one is Teeny!), but the living area is nice and roomy. It helps that the layout is very open - I could easily entertain 15 people in this little house. I live alone, so that does help since I only have one bathroom. To make the bedroom more spacious, I put my highboy dresser inside the closet. I still have a regular long/low dresser in the room. I am probably going to get rid of both and put a closet system in. They are really easy to DIY, did it in my last home, and they eliminate the need for dressers. My closet is 6' wide, so I have nice space to work with....See MoreWould u pick a bigger master bath or bigger closet?
Comments (31)Hehe, got a tidbit from someone looking over my shoulder while I was in this thread. She's a bit of a clothes horse.. She suggested a full closet gallery. Cut the bedroom down to 12x16 (you only sleep there anyway if all your closet is elsewhere), leaving the south wall open for a 4x16 shoes and shiney/jewlery section. Run the bathroom and closet long like I originally suggested with the even 8x18 division, closet also on the south end. Run the south end with lots of windows (frosted of course) for natural light with benches/storage under the windows for folded clothes, breaks/divisions between windows tall boys of storage for smalls like socks, ties, scarves, unmentionables, ect. The full run of the 18 feet along the bathroom wall being for hanging storage. With breaks for a couple dress dummies. All with bottom to top shades on the windows, with additional lighting worked in too. She wasn't sure how to work the bathroom.. I had to remind her it needed at least access from the bedroom to count as a master bath, lol. But I thought it an interesting off the wall addition to suggest here. I thought my own suggestion of two longs instead of two blocks a shake up. I do like the two blocks as is as well....See MoreCustom closets: what do you love in yours or what would you change?
Comments (18)It sounds like you made really good choices. I was in your position a year ago and we moved into our house 8 months ago. We also used California Closets and I was very happy with the experiences. Having your shoe shelves be non-angled is very practical in case you want to use that space for storing other things in the future (which you couldn't do easily with slanted shelves). I also upgraded to the soft-close dovetail drawers, which I love. The only thing I sort of regret is letting my designer talk me into a few frosted glass door fronts. She wanted it to feel more open and for me to be able to "display" beautiful handbags, etc. but the reality is that it's a closet and not a display space and I would rather have had totally concealed storage. I am happy with the accessories I chose: a jewelry drawer, safe, tilt-out hampers, ironing board that tucks into a drawer, full length mirror, pull-out rod and belt rod. For my kids' small walk-in closets, we got full-length mirrors (that fold away) and pull-out hampers. For my youngest daughter's (10 years old) closet, I did not pay close enough attention to the height of the hanging sections. One section is too high for her to reach so I ordered extra shelves to put in that area until she gets taller. Same thing for the drawer sections. She can reach the top 2 drawers to open them but she isn't tall enough to see what is in them. I also wish we would have been able to have pocket doors for the smaller walk-in closets but our room design did not allow for this. For the benefit of other readers looking at closet options, yes, CC is pricey but they really do handle EVERYTHING from the design to the installation and the clean-up. I wanted/needed help to design our spaces to maximize storage space and could not do that without the help of the designer. I did look at The Container Store's custom system (not elfa) but when I went to the store to open drawers, see the finishes, etc. to get a sense for the quality, they felt flimsy compared to CC. I did notice, however, that they have recently revised their custom closet offerings so maybe they have improved....See More- PRO
The Kitchen Place
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThis is for my showroom....so I'm not sure the colors of floor/walls matter to us. I want to know what people like and will sell the best. However, the Walls are very neutral medium taupe. Floors are LVT woodgrain with lots of differing color variations so it goes with a lot. Below is a photo of my showroom here in little ol' Xenia, Ohio. I asked my rep what the top two colors were and I was shocked that a white woodgrain and light gray woodgrain were the top sales colors. I don't care for either of them. Personally, I think a darker color looks nicer for a walk-in closet.....with good lighting! ;-)
darbuka
4 years agoUnless you have a closet the size of a bedroom, where you have room for an island of drawers in the center, and layers of lighting, any kind of wood is going to be too dark for the space. White is so much brighter, in a small enclosed area, with no window.
Just imagine this closet in wood, instead of white:
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4 years agoThanks for everyone's input. It really helped me think this through. I don't want to display white, because it's so easy for people to visualize..and all the box stores stock white. Plus, as you can imagine, our showroom is over flowing with white cabinet displays. :-) I've always loved darker walnut closet systems....but I realize that the general public typically want something a little lighter. Office consensus was all leaning towards the medium gray....I was only vote for the medium brown. After doing this poll, we all agreed on a lighter (less gray) woodgrain. It's exactly the color of this closet...see pic below.
But keep the votes coming....still interested in what people like! :-)Kelly
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