Instead of the bypass doors, use bi-folds. We had the exact same thing in our old house, the bi-fold doors were great. As for the ends, we just had less-used hanging things. In one closet, we had upper/lower rods on one side. In the other room, I had craft storage in half the closet with shelving. Lovely closets, enjoy them.

As I am thinking I should be grateful that she doesn't necessarily have an excess of clothes, but she does have a lot of miscellaneous clothing items that don't fit well in her dresser or hang well. I could probably make space elsewear in her room but I like having everything in the closet because I find both of us are more likely to put clothes away if it's a matter of taking a basket of clean clothes into her room and sorting it directly into drawers. Otherwise I tend to live out of laundry baskets of clean clothes in the laundry room. It would be nice for her to have separate bins or drawers for leotards, swim, gloves/hats, etc. Our new house is better, don't get me wrong, but I did love having her dresser in her closet at our old house! Her dresser is low and wide so there was plenty of room for both hanging and shelves above. The only items we hang are dresses and a few "nicer" outfits that wrinkle more easily, but she does have dance costumes that need to hang and they are bulky. Maybe i could do shelves on the left, drawers in the middle, and rod on the right? Or double rod? It would probably be pretty short, what's the minimum amount of rod that isn't ridiculous? i was originally planning on using the door as hanging space for scarves, belts, jewelry (she has a lot for a 10 year old because she has awesome young aunts who give her hand me downs, and it's still a mix of "real" and dress up jewelry, but it's not unreasonable) but I have found that in doing that in my hall closet in the past I didn't love it because stuff was always falling off or swinging when the door opens and closes. Has anyone found good door/hanging organizers they like? Maybe mounting bins or baskets? i was also thinking there might be a way to use the dead space in one of the closet corners for a laundry basket, but would it be too hard to get in and out? Hmorton, were your shelves L shaped? That's something I've been considering. I also like the floor clear, unless it is something easy to vacuum around. It's also possible I'm going about the room backwards. Talkey_sue, I've been working on putting together ideas for a built-in because her dream bedroom is a daybed surrounded by bookshelves under the window. I was planning to incorporate drawers under the bed, but I was thinking they'd be more for blankets, pj's, and stuffed animals. She also has a million "collections," and I thought rather than fight her on them i would try and incorporate closed storage somewhere for her to keep some of her clutter. Maybe I should think about ways of including clothing storage as part of that. When I get home I'll take a picture and measure it. I can feel the brain block finally starting to unblock, so I appreciate the suggestions!

So you're saying that getting new doors, that are not mirrored, would be more than the wardrobe? Of course that example looks good, the doors are flush with the wall and look built-in. Based on your description of your proposed idea it would not have the same effect; to be frank, it would look like you stuffed a wardrobe in a closet. It's certainly not impossible but some effort will need to be made to make it look good. That will take $$. And once you consider the cost of paying someone to make it look correct, you might as well just have bought new doors and saved yourself the hassle. And what the above poster said about the floor is something to consider--the damage to the floor from track removal and whether there is even an acceptable surface under the track. I don't think anyone is necessarily "hating" on the idea but the aesthetics of the plan, as described, would likely be sub-par.

I just measured the inside dimensions of two of my reach in closets. Both measure 23" from front to the inside wall next to the door trim and 22" from the back wall to the inside of the door trim. The center of the rod is 11 1/2" from the back wall. My suit hangers (largest hangers I own) are 17" wide and when hung the closest measurement from the back wall to the widest part of the hanger is 2 1/2". This leaves enough space for sleeves that hang past the end of the hanger. If I were enclosing a 30" deep space I wouldn't worry too much about the extra 6". I would make the doors flush with the walls or possibly inset and inch.