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paulaj51

Walk in wardrobe

paulaj51
hace 8 años
I have a small walk in wardrobe which I want to completely redo. I need space for sweaters and shoes too. It measures 5ft 5 deep and 8 ft across
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    Clever Closet Company
    hace 8 años
    Última modificación: hace 8 años

    Hi paulaj51, you have so much to work with and it looks like you like organisation .

    There are so many things to consider before working out the layout such as:

    Is this all the clothing to be accommodated?

    What style of fittings do you prefer?- ie luxury, practical, economical, DIY?

    Is your priority space maximisation or aesthetics?

    I'm going to make an educated guess and assume this is all that is going into the walk in other than sweaters and shoes. I'm going to assume you are aiming for organisation, space maximisation. The recommendations are easily applicable to off the shelf products you can DIY or high end hand crafted timber, so let's look at the layout...

    Note# it is possible to get some systems that provide adjustability in the height of the hanging sections, so to space maximise, given there are no dresses or long hanging show, I wouldn't put any long hanging in, but you would need to be sure if you do that, that you can either adjust it later if your needs change, or allow for some now so that you are not restricted.

    1 Drop all hanging to the floor- whatever length you need from the floor up.

    Why- because you will never have to bend again- the lowest you will have to reach is waist height- very beneficial especially as you age and also you don't bump into things as you bend!

    2 Decide if you need drawers at all- I believe sweaters are better on shelves than in drawers- you can see all of them if the shelves are designed properly they will stay tidy( see notes below on shelves) . If you want drawers, decide how many and probably where you have the baskets is best opposite the entry so you have maximum space to step back to open.

    Why? Again- no bending because drawers must be below waist height so unless you really need them for smalls like underwear, you'll save bending, save fossicking for items lost under the top sweater and save money. Also in a walk in no drawers mean no space required to step back.

    3 From your photo, you have all the lineal hanging you need so all you do is put all the shelving above the hanging space, unless you need drawers in which case I would add a section of double hanging on the left side where it will be less intrusive than anywhere else because the shelving is shallower than the hanging and so closes the space in less, you can see this in the photo below

    .

    4 Make sure you buy shelving that is adjustable so you can change it as you like. You'll probably hardly ever do it, but you'll get maximum benefit when you're first filling it how you like. You can afford to pack those shelves really tight if they're adjustable -say for shoes, knowing that if at a later date you have less shoes and more bags you can simply spread them apart. See how tightly packed the shoes are below-

    5 Now the trick about shelf design. Shelves get messy when they are hard to keep tidy.They're hard to keep tidy when..

    They are the wrong width

    The width of the shelf doesn't fit the items stored because we like to fill the gaps with haf jumpers, and half jumpers become a confusing pile of mess. in general go for width in 30cm(12") increments -60cm (24") is a great width for sweaters.

    If you want to do a section for shoes- make it the width that fits them which is usually 50cm for 3 pairs or 70 cm for 4 pairs or smaller if you need to but the wider the better rather than cubbies which are really restrictive and useless if you want to use them for other things

    And the wrong depth

    Shelves should only be 36 cm deep, that's the front to back measurement. This way , nothing will move around on you in between your closet cleanouts. Don't worry about the perceived loss of space, organisation is more valuable than what equates to a lost pile of treasures at the back of the shelf.

    The extra benefit of this is- your walk in will feel massively bigger because the deep stuff is low and your elbow room is increased because the shelves are recessed back-very noticeable improvement! Again visible below.

    The very top shelf can be deeper though.

    A layout as suggested here will give you an enormous increase in your storage and all of it will be where you can see it, reach it, and you'll never have to get to the floor again.

    If you'd like more info, you can sign up for my newsletter at http://www.cleverclosetcompany.com.au/

    Good Luck,

    Sally

    Comentarios (8)

    • karenleonn
      hace 8 años
      I think if you move the shelf up a bit higher then you could put in 2 rails so your shorter things like trousers etc could go on the bottom rail and shirts on the top. It should free up some space and get some clear shoe boxes for rarely worn shoes and put them up on the shelf.
    • PRO
      Aspire Kitchens
      hace 8 años

      Hi Paula,

      Utilising a combination of half height and full height hanging is an excellent way to maximise space to begin. We also suggest adding one small row of drawers - you would be surprised how much can actually be folded up into drawer space! Plenty of joinery places will be willing to give you a free design quote and discuss your design options.

    • PRO
      Leigh Holt
      hace 8 años

      Hi Paula , Just brainstorming .Its really a pretty good size that converts to 243cm wide x 152cm deep Most efficient use of space would be a galley style -drawers and hanging on one side and opposite if you have room next to the door way a whole row of shoe shelves as high as you like to the ceiling. Hanging T shirts takes up too much space, I have found drawers with folded jeans- so the fold sits to the top and or rolling T shirts is so much better and you can still see what you have

      Have a look at this sketch I did in 5 minutes for you- bit messy but you'll get the idea.

      Its drawn to scale so it all fits

      Video showing you press the link

      Images

      See what you think

      Leigh

    • jmm1837
      hace 8 años

      Drat - I wish I'd read Clever Closets tips before our builder put in the wardrobe fittings! I'd definitely have gone for fewer drawers and more wide, shallow shelves. And I can only dream of shoe storage like the picture above....

    • PRO
      Clever Closet Company
      hace 8 años

      jmm1837 sweet of you to say! Do you mind if I take your post and re-post to facebook- love comments like that :)


    • jmm1837
      hace 8 años

      Be my guest :)

    • PRO
      Clever Closet Company
      hace 8 años

      Thanks hmm1837!

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