While Anna's mid-century house has a fair share of closets, they weren't exactly outfitted to store much stuff. Faced with the predicament of storing two young boys' clothes and other belongings, Anna decided to build out the closet herself.
A lot of us have faced a similar problem with our own closets — one measly shelf and a long hanging clothes bar do not exactly make the base for an organized closet. And while there are closet building services that could customize the space, that would be an expensive investment. Instead, Anna was able to build out the closet for less than $100. As an added bonus, she was able to overcome her fear of the circular saw while working on this project.
By adding shelving to the middle of the closet, Anna has increased the storage space exponentially, making room for storage cubes and folded clothing. Plus, as she reports, the closet still has the same amount of hanging clothes storage space - it has simply been spaced out.
Check out the full project on Anna's blog — Take the Side Street: A Custom Closet on the Cheap.
(Images: Take the Side Street)
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Well done! This is very similar to what I did in my son's closet. I have been photographing his closet every few years to document how it changes as he grows: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisamfb/6852084201/in/photostream
Easy enough way to make this closet much more efficient! I will have to follow suit,
That's awesome! I love solid shelving. Not only is it nicer looking, it's more versatile. Anyone with heels knows how horrible wire shelving can be.
Awesome! This is super well done, and really improves the usability of the closet. My inner engineer is niggling a bit that the shelf on the right doesn't line up with the two cubbyholes in the middle, but that's purely a stupid aesthetic preference on my part.
This is fabulous!!!
Under $100?!? I have to do this!
There's a ready-made kit by ClosetMaid that gives you almost the exact same set-up. I got it at Home Depot for, I think $99. So, same price, but you don't have to cut/make everything yourself. It's called Closetmaid Selectives- different choices for different sized closets.
wow that's awesome!
We've used several of those ~$100 kits from Home Depot and they are not nearly as nice as this. Also, they are fairly limited unless you spend significantly more. This is really nice,