![]() And your nice, “dressing room” style closet will look neat and orderly. These wall-hanging wardrobe shelving units, with smart features like extendable clothes rails, are just perfect for small spaces. These shelves will comfortably hold your sweaters and other things without resulting in everything drooping over the edge. Good news: you have more space for storage than you think With nifty wardrobe shelving, you can make the most of those tricky little nooks and reach-in closets. ![]() This will result in shelves that are sixteen inches deep. So part of the garment droops over the edge.Ī better way is to pay for the extra sheet of plywood and tell your builder or carpenter to only cut three shelves out of the plywood. Most folded clothing, like sweaters or sweatshirts do not fold up that small. But when they insist on cutting four shelves out of a sheet of four foot by eight foot plywood to make the closet shelves, they end up with shelves that are only twelve inches deep. However, this storage area is only one foot deep (by about 4 feet. I envision this being floor to nearly ceiling with closed storage on the bottom (drawers or cupboards) and open shelves on top (this is all up for discussion, of course, just what Im thinking right now). Carpenters and builders are always looking to make their materials go as far as possible. Right now there is a large linen storage area on the wall as you walk in. One big mistake in closet shelf construction I see, that could have been easily and inexpensively avoided, is making the shelving too shallow to actually use for holding the folded clothes. The stacks of shelves, often called sweater boxes, can divide up long runs of hanging rods and make your closet much more useful. ![]() More and more I’m seeing larger closets fitted out with shelving and possibly cabinetry that actually turn a simple closet into a “dressing room.” Instead of the closet being just a place to put the hanging clothes, they now can hold sweaters, folded shirts, and even your underwear. If you don’t have them, you might want to consider installing some. Have you ever noticed how shallow many closet shelves are? That’s providing you have any shelves in your closet, at all.
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