Let’s face facts – most closet “systems” make your goal of a space efficient closet impossible. Many people have a feeble shelf at the top with a slightly bowed rod underneath – or worse yet, a flimsy wire system. These aren’t exactly designed to make your closet efficient and effective. The result – your clothes are cramped and wrinkled. Your shoes are a jumbled mess on the closet floor.

If your existing closet is an organizational nightmare, the team Closets Unlimited can help you design a walk in or reach in closet where you’ll actually be able to find your stuff! Like a piece of custom furniture, a well-designed wardrobe fits into any space to provide storage where none existed before:

AVAILABLE SPACE

Take advantage of all available space, up to the ceiling and down to the floor. Bins on high shelves, roll-out boxes that sit on the floor, even a third closet pole if your ceiling is over 9 feet high, are ideal for storing items you don’t use all the time. Less accessible places work well for off-season storage; if you have enough room that you don’t need to rotate clothes, use the space to get oddball shoes, hats, bags, or sentimental items out of damp basements and freezing/baking attics.

KNOW YOUR WARDROBE & HABITS

Closets, more than any other space in the house, work best if you know in advance precisely how you’re going to use them.

For example, if you bunch socks, they’ll need more space than if you roll them. Ditto for shirts: Do you stack them neatly or hang them up? Think about what you wear and how you like to get dressed, and design the space to serve you: most-used items up around eye level, less-used below, and least-used high above. Most closets have too much hanging storage and far too little shelf or drawer storage.

DESIGN IN VISIBILITY

Being able to actually see all your socks, ties, and underwear (versus only the top layer) gives you real choices when you get dressed. Take advantage of the many accessories available, such as see-through wire bins, acrylic- or glass-fronted drawers, drawers with dividers, and belt and tie racks, to keep items organized. Shelves should be adjustable and movable from place to place within the closet for maximum versatility.

DON’T IGNORE THE FLOOR

You may be the only one who sees it, but the floor of a closet matters, because you’ll be standing on it in your bare feet every day. For warmth underfoot, carpet is your best bet. But carpets in closets can be difficult to vacuum.

A space efficient custom closet is not a lofty goal which is out of your reach. It all begins with a thoughtful design. This design needs to use all your space, must adjust to your needs and may even test your storage habits to give you the most efficient result.

What’s nice is you don’t have to be an expert in closet design, to get an expert closet design. All you need to do is call Closets Unlimited and you’ll be off and running!