It appears like a miracle, however we’ve gone from completely zero closet house in our bed room (after we moved in we simply had dressers) to having simply as a lot house as our final home’s massive walk-in closet! We’ve beforehand coated how we put in Ikea Pax wardrobes and how we made them look built-in, so at present we’re throwing open each door & drawer to point out you ways we’ve organized them. In the event you’re in search of tricks to maximize your storage & particular merchandise that may make it really feel extra custom-made, that is the publish for you.
It ought to be stated upfront that neither of us have what we’d name a considerable amount of clothes (though I’ve all the time had a factor for sneakers and jewellery, so there’s nonetheless loads of that occurring). You’ll be able to learn all of my suggestions for curating a minimal closet right here – however I’ve really been capable of develop mine a bit currently, because of the entire storage we’ve added to our bed room during the last 3 years.
Since our home is in a mostly-finished part and we’re spending rather a lot much less on dwelling renos than we’ve got for the final 15 years, I’ve been having enjoyable discovering secondhand clothes/luggage/sneakers/jewellery with a few of the money I’m not spending on furnishings and House Depot runs – ha! So that you’ll see somewhat little bit of that too (there’s a video tour in right here for you as effectively).
Why We Love Ikea Pax Wardrobes
The Ikea Pax closet system is common for a motive. It’s extremely customizable, gives tons of inside fittings and organizers, and can be “hacked” with paint, {hardware}, and extra to present it a personalised look. That is the third home we’ve used it in (right here was the primary, over 15 years in the past!) so it was a no brainer for us after we needed so as to add a wall of built-in closets to this room.
We have been capable of match three 39″ wardrobe packing containers (double doorways) and one 19″ field (single door) alongside this wall (that’s all the way in which to the suitable and not using a brass knob within the photograph above). The three bigger wardrobes – seen open beneath – act as our day-to-day closets. The smaller closet on the tip incorporates our vacation decor and is just accessed very sometimes (John’s nightstand simply strikes out of the way in which for the couple of instances a 12 months we have to get in there).
We used lots of Ikea’s inside fittings but in addition added another techniques together with issues we already needed to make every part work as exhausting as potential for us. Don’t fear, we’re rounding up the whole lot on the finish of this publish for you.
Closet Group Video Tour
You’ll be able to see me open each door and drawer within the video beneath, so whether or not you wish to see how issues are organized or simply wish to poke round another person’s closets (sounds enjoyable to me), right here you go:
Observe: You can even watch this video right here on YouTube.
The Left Closet: Sherry’s Sneakers, On a regular basis Equipment, & Lengthy Hanging Storage
Now we’ll take you thru every part one after the other. The left wardrobe is the one we added earlier this 12 months and it has actually been a recreation changer, particularly as a result of it provides me room to retailer longer objects like full-length attire and boots much more simply.
Reasonably than put in drawers like we did within the different two extensive wardrobes, we added this Ikea divider to separate the underside into two 19″ sections. You’ll be able to customise it with drawers or slide-out trays, however their slide {hardware} takes up extra vertical house than these primary cabinets.
With this configuration, I used to be capable of match 25 pairs of sneakers and boots in right here and, by lining every pair up toe-to-heel, I can see all of them from the entrance (the matching shoe is behind the entrance one). I nonetheless hold another pairs of often-worn sneakers in our kitchen porch cupboard, however this can be a good spot for the whole lot else.
The highest of the divider created a pleasant little touchdown spot for some on a regular basis equipment that I have a tendency to achieve for, like belts, my fav sun shades, purses/clutches, on a regular basis jewellery I put on most frequently, and that type of factor.
Among the storage items up listed below are issues I’ve had for some time, like this stacking jewellery organizer, however a newer addition is this acrylic divider that I take advantage of for holding my small clutches organized. It makes it really easy to slip one thing out with out the whole lot toppling over. Extremely advocate.
For my bigger purses and scarves, we put in this pull-out hanger above the smaller objects. You’ll be able to see within the first photograph of this part that I even have some luggage hung over hangers too (remember to watch the video for more information about why and the place we put the whole lot). It has been an amazing system for holding all of my luggage in a single spot with out taking over lots of house. Additionally… why sure I did get a secondhand Fendi bag just like the Jersey lady that I’m. I’m a giant fan of The Actual Actual, Poshmark, and What Goes Round Comes Round (in addition to any and all in-person thrift shops). P.S. I like animal print, okay?
Oh and every of our three massive wardrobes have a prime shelf that’s tougher to entry – John can attain it, however I would like a stool – so we largely hold miscellaneous stuff up there. For example, on this part, I’ve some unused artwork frames and canvases.
You can even see that there’s a mirror we held on the left door (we blurred stuff that’s private like pictures, drawings our children made, and many others), however that’s actually useful for selecting sun shades or throwing on a necklace or one thing. I even have one other certainly one of that very same mirror on the left door of my different closet for make-up/earrings – only a small addition like that may make issues really feel tremendous purposeful & environment friendly.
The Center Closet: My Shorter Hanging Garments, Folded Garments & A Pullout Storage Tray
The center part can be my stuff (John simply wants a couple of drawers and a dangling bar and is blissful as a clam – we’ll get to his closet in a minute). Effectively, this wardrobe can be the place we retailer sleeping luggage and different journey stuff on that prime shelf – however in any other case it’s all my garments in right here.
This wardrobe is about up like a fairly conventional closet. I’ve received my hanging bar up prime and 6 drawers beneath. For our hanging bars, we’re enormous followers of these slim velvet hangers as a result of they’re so compact, they’re non-slip, they usually are available a lot of colours (ours are rose gold). Sorry wooden hangers, we’ve moved on 😉
I additionally ordered some velvet hanging clips so I might use the identical hangers for my skirts (shorter skirts are on this wardrobe, and longer maxi ones are within the different closet with my lengthy pants and lengthy skirts).
Underneath the hanging bar are the drawers with the remainder of my garments. Effectively, apart from the highest one which is a shallow pullout drawer outfitted with felt organizers.
I’ve received random getting-ready stuff in right here like make-up, deodorant, hair stuff, sunscreen, lesser-worn sun shades and jewellery, and many others.
I particularly love this part for storing small jewellery like rings, earrings, bracelets, and even stuff like spare buttons. And sure, these are tinkles razors that I take advantage of on my mustache. Me-ow.
Beneath that shallow drawer are the remainder of my garments. You’ll be able to see me pull all of them out and describe how they’re organized a bit extra on the video tour, however the prime is principally socks and underwear and pjs and stuff like that.
The drawer beneath that one is the place I’ve all of my denim (the left two stacks are denims and the suitable stack is jean shorts).
The following drawer down homes numerous tops, that are organized utilizing a few of these tender Ikea bins that we’ve had for ages. I fold my bodysuits longer in that slot on the suitable aspect and it helps me not pull out a prime pondering it’s a tank however it’s a bodysuit (#AlmostEverythingIsBlackAndIGetConfused).
The drawer beneath that one is colder climate stuff, like long-sleeved tops and sweaters. Decide not my lack of fancy folding – that is my rise up after years of working at Categorical in school.
And final, however not least, the underside drawer has bathing fits and cover-ups (the way in which these Ikea techniques work, you’ll be able to’t have a traditional drawer on the underside as a result of the closet door hinges must go there – so this pullout metallic basket is the most suitable choice we’ve got discovered). Sure, I stay someplace that permits me to have a complete drawer full of these items. As a lady who used to have one bathing swimsuit and will solely actually swim exterior a couple of months of the 12 months once I lived additional north, this thrills me to no finish.
And simply as I discussed, you’ll be able to see that light-weight mirror caught to the left door of this wardrobe as effectively, which turns out to be useful whereas making use of sunscreen, make-up, placing in earrings, and many others.
The Proper Closet: John’s Garments, Hats, And One thing Bizarre In His Prime Drawer
The final of the three giant wardrobes is all John’s. It’s greater than sufficient house for him, for which I’m glad. Hashtag synergy.
Earlier than we tour John’s stuff, let me level out that though it seems near the mattress, he has no hassle attending to his stuff (see beneath). If it have been too cramped, we wouldn’t have upgraded to a king-size mattress earlier this 12 months. However we did, and we find it irresistible, and we’re by no means going again.
John additionally makes use of these slim hangers for his costume shirts on his hanging bar. He doesn’t put on them that usually nowadays, which is why there aren’t too many (though there are inexplicably 3 variations on the identical blue test sample). His lack of ten million collared shirts supplies us some bonus house to retailer the household’s winter coats in right here through the colder months. And we’ve got a sneaky manner of constructing them virtually disappear in the summertime months after we don’t want them…
A lot of the 12 months all of us get by with no jackets or lighter ones which might be stored in our laundry room by the entrance door (see beneath). However it does often get chilly sufficient right here to warrant a heavier coat, therefore holding them in John’s closet to be at arm’s attain through the winter months.
The place do they go the remainder of the 12 months? Effectively, we shrink them down utilizing these house luggage that connect to any commonplace vacuum hose. Look how these two fluffy winter coats slim waaaay down because of out little house bag technique (prime pic is earlier than, and backside is after)
Then our little flattened coats simply slip into one of many suitcases that we retailer wayyyy at the back of our son’s under-bed space (he has baskets he makes use of and may simply attain all alongside the entrance fringe of the mattress and our suitcases stay behind these). The house luggage not solely hold our coats compact, however it makes them straightforward to unpack from the suitcase each time we go on a visit through the hotter months.
So, lengthy story brief, many of the 12 months John’s closet seems prefer it does beneath, the place his shirts have a bit extra room to unfold out. However we needed to point out you the “winter model” of his closet to show how versatile and hard-working these areas may be for us. And what a distinction some $17 house luggage could make.
One other factor John did since he didn’t want the entire hanging bar house was add this dice organizer shelf on one aspect. This isn’t an Ikea product, however it was an amazing dimension and it simply sits on the shelf and suits properly. We screwed it to the within wall of the wardrobe to additional safe it, and John makes use of these cloth bins to corral stuff like sweatshirts within the backside two and the household’s winter gloves and hats up prime. These winter equipment are hardly ever wanted, which is why it’s no downside to be blocked by his hanging hats (if he takes them down he can simply slide out that prime basket).
John’s drawers are organized utilizing a mix of material Ikea bins (like these and these) and random different containers we had round. His prime drawer incorporates necessities like t-shirts, socks, underwear, bathing fits, extra hats, and – sure – a stash of sweet that he retains hidden from his spouse and children. He’s a sucker for these post-Halloween sweet reductions.
As you’ll have additionally seen, each John and I hold a few of our toiletries like deodorant and hair stuff in these closets. That’s as a result of, as we talked about on this publish about how we stay with just one rest room, we don’t need anybody unnecessarily monopolizing the lavatory with issues that may simply be accomplished in one other room (our daughter has a vanity-type setup in her room for instance). And John and I every have these mirrors on our closet doorways so we try this type of stuff in right here as an alternative.
Again to the drawers. His second drawer has pants and shirts (kinda like my denim drawer) and his third drawer is all train garments. He even has room in there for all of his race medals and a yoga mat.
His final commonplace drawer incorporates his “messy” garments for portray and yard work and stuff. Plus, he randomly retains some extra formal stuff in right here too, like a few ties, undershirts, and costume sneakers. Since he doesn’t put on that stuff fairly often, he doesn’t want a ton and it doesn’t take up a lot house. His day-to-day sneakers are saved in the outside shoe cupboard on our kitchen porch with the remainder of the household’s sneakers.
We in some way forgot to take a photograph of his backside drawer, however you’ll be able to see it within the video (it holds John’s laptop computer bag and a few spare sheets together with Burger’s beloved blanket that we’ll hold eternally). And on the very prime shelf John retains our journey duffel bag and, in the mean time, some puzzles we’re bringing to his mother & dad the subsequent time we go to.
We additionally each have spare house below our hanging bars that’s type of a “flex house” that turns out to be useful if we’re having company over and must rapidly put away some mail or packages that arrive. We additionally use it this time of 12 months to stash our vacation presents earlier than we wrap them. And talking of the vacations…
The Bonus Closet: Seasonal Decor
Like we talked about, there’s a 19″ Pax wardrobe tucked into the suitable nook of this wall, and it’s blocked by John’s nightstand more often than not, however that doesn’t imply it’s wasted house. We’re capable of match ALL of our Christmas decorations in there – ornaments and lights up prime, random decor within the center, and our ENTIRE 6’5″ Christmas tree on the underside (because of it breaking down into smaller segments).
We principally solely transfer John’s nightstand and open this cupboard two instances a 12 months – as soon as in November to get stuff out after which once more in January to place stuff away. I’m so glad it’s not only a useless nook that serves no function and we really get to fill it with seasonal stuff. Sensible storage = our love language for actual.
Our Closet Organizing Necessities
I discussed lots of issues on this publish that we use to maintain our closets organized, so I needed to wrap issues up by placing them multi function place for you:
So whether or not you might have a customized closet or only a primary little nook, hopefully a few of these techniques might help. Even serious about how you might have it organized and seeing if you may make extra sense of issues. For instance, I might retailer my brief skirts with my longer ones and attire however it simply made much more sense to retailer them within the different wardrobe with my shorter hanging stuff as a result of my mind works that manner and I’d be in search of them on my “shorter hanging bar” versus on an “all-skirts bar” if I had it organized that manner.
Equally including an inexpensive little mirror additionally helped with perform a lot. Anytime you end up strolling to a second location to do one thing is a clue you would possibly discover it MUCH EASIER when you can create a spot to try this factor throughout the main location.
And lastly, typically you simply want sweet in your prime drawer. No judgment.
Different Closet & Group Posts
In the event you’d prefer to see extra peeks inside our closets, or get extra group suggestions, you would possibly get pleasure from a few of these posts:
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