Spruce Up Your Walk-In Closet. Get Organized!
I was out looking at new houses again recently (no surprise there). As I was walking around to check it out, I opened a door to a walk-in closet. What I discovered inside was a pleasant surprise that I don't see very often these days in moderately priced homes. A solid wood closet organizer with a red mahogany stain. (A definite improvement over those ugly wire shelving systems!)
It's a kit sold by John Louis Home. As it turns out, they have some really nice looking shelving and organizing systems.
Their website states that it sells for $250 (at time of this being published) which includes delivery. It fits in a 10' space and provides up to 24 ft. of shelf space. Anyway, you can read more about it at the link I provided earlier.
I decided to write about it because this type of wood shelving system deserves more attention. It's affordable and makes a huge difference in the look and feel of a closet...not to mention the added storage it provides for the homeowner.
Now I have to admit that the system I show in the photos here is fairly bare bones when compared to some of the custom shelving systems that are out there waiting to be installed (and installed in homes already). But...my point is that this is a big improvement over wire shelving...which should be strictly limited to sheds, basements and garages. What I'm trying to say is that I'd like to pretend they never existed and that solid wood (or slat wood) shelving systems were the norm used throughout the home building industry.
Luxurious Custom Closet Organization Systems
Check out these links to some really cool custom luxury walk-in closets:
- Closet Solutions
- A simple Google search of luxury walk-in closet images.
- Closet Organizing Systems
- Celebrity Walk-In Closets : Eva Longoria, Nicky Hilton, Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey...and more...OMG!!! Too many shoes for one person!!! (Thanks Fashion-O-Lic)
Build Your Own Wood Shelving and SAVE $$$
If you're handy with the compound miter saw and want to save a little money, you might want to tackle a DIY project for fun and pride!
- eHow shows you how to build wood closet shelves.
- Extreme How-To gives their very detailed DIY version of a installing wooden closet shelves.
- Here are a few great tips from DoItYourself on building custom made closet shelving.
- Bob Vila has a great video on How To Install a Closet Organizing System. Warning: Wire shelving being installed (but it's good basic stuff if you're going the cheap route!).
- Ron Hazelton shows how to build your own child's closet organizing system.
So there you have a few links to get you started. The main thing is to keep in mind what you will be using it for and any special specifications you need to include in your closet organizing plan.
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