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No Closet, No Problem: 10 Fixes for Apartments with a Lack of Closets

Nancy Mitchell
Nancy Mitchell
As a former Senior Writer at Apartment Therapy, Nancy split her time among looking at beautiful pictures, writing about design, and photographing stylish apartments in and around NYC.
updated Jul 16, 2020
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So you’ve found your perfect apartment. The only problem is – there’s no closet. Or maybe there’s a tiny 2×4 closet that couldn’t even begin to hold all your clothes. What to do? You could keep looking…or you could avail yourself of one of these clever solutions.

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6. Shelves and a hanging rod tuck neatly behind the ladder to a loft. Sporting equipment hangs on the wall beside.
7. A picture ledge with a hanging rod beneath puts clothes front and center — and doesn’t protrude too far into the room.
8. Missy from Lookie What I Did made this wall-hung organizer for her hubby’s various accessories.
9. This beautiful modern apartment in Malmö makes a freestanding clothes rack look so good.
10. The rack above is from Ikea, but you can make your own from inexpensive PVC pipe.

MORE CLOSET SOLUTIONS FROM APARTMENT THERAPY:
• 5 Alternative Methods to Storing Clothes Without a Closet
• Open Book: Exposed Closets

(Images: 1. Petra Svensson for Elle Interior, via )

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