I love the idea of having a wic with a door from the Master Bath. In fact as I was drawing the plans for our house (that is currently being built) this was a feature I considered a "must have". DH and I are rarely on the same schedule and I think it will be great! DH is a night owl and I am a morning person. So he can get completely ready for bed without having to disturb me going in and out of the room/bathroom. And in the morning I can get up go into the bathroom and not have to go back into the bedroom except to leave after I am completely ready. I'm really looking forward to this feature of our new house!!

I don't usually post on this forum but mustangs can vouche for me. We were flooded out of our home by H. Sandy back in October. We had to redo the entire house. We're also in a small 1,250 s.f. ranch that started its life as a hot dog stand in the 1940s and was converted into a residence in the 60s. Storage was almost non-existent. During the rebuilding after Sandy, we had a contractor who specializes in closet organizers build custom units for each closet in our house (5). He used solid wood shelving/rails/drawers. Each closet was customized to what we store in that area. He TRIPLED at minimum our useable storage without changing any walls. He was so good at configuring the space we had available and executing his plan that I sent him a dozen roses when he was finished! (no joke, I did) Anyway, you might want to consult with a company in your area that does the same type work. I started my search with Google and found Matt living just a few blocks away. I've referred 4 people to him, so far. You just would not believe how much storage he created and because it's so well built (not flimsy wire shelves & such) it will last forever, or at least as long as I last (lol). /tricia

I'd need to know: 1.) Depth of the sink 2.) Height, arm length, and 3.) Species of the reacher (bonobo, chimpanzee, etc...) A 48" peninsula that has a 20" deep sink with the faucet mounted behind it (another 3" perhaps) brings that faucet about 24" away from the reacher. Assuming the faucet rotates enough to reach my cup, I could probably do it, and I'm 5'3" with only a fraction of the reach of a chimpanzee. BUT if you have to perform primate acrobatics in the kitchen, there's an issue with your layout. Have you considered back-to-back sinks?

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!