ve gone from absolutely naught cupboard space inward our sleeping room
It feels like a miracle, simply nosotros’ve gone from absolutely naught cupboard space inward our sleeping room (when nosotros moved in nosotros simply had dressers) to having just every bit much space as our last menage’second large walk-in cupboard! We’ve previously covered how we installed Ikea Pax wardrobes in addition to how nosotros made them expect built-inward, then today nosotros’re throwing open every door & drawer to demo you how we’ve organized them. If you lot’re looking for tips to maximize your storage & specific products that can make it experience more customized, this is the postal service for y’all.
It should be said upfront that neither of us take what nosotros’d phone call a large amount of wearable (although I’ve e’er had a matter for shoes as well as jewelry, and then at that place’second nonetheless plenty of that going on). You can read all of my tips for curating a minimal cupboard hither – merely I’ve actually been able to expand mine a flake of late, thanks to all of the storage we’ve added to our bedchamber over the terminal 3 years.
Since our menage is inward a mostly-finished stage in addition to nosotros’re spending a lot less on home renos than we have for the terminal fifteen years, I’ve been having fun finding secondhand vesture/bags/shoes/jewelry alongside just about of the cash I’thousand non spending on article of furniture in addition to Home Depot runs – ha! So you lot’ll meet a picayune scrap of that besides (in that location’second a video tour inward hither for you lot likewise).
Why We Love Ikea Pax Wardrobes
The Ikea Pax cupboard system is pop for a argue. It’s highly customizable, offers tons of interior fittings too organizers, and tin likewise be “hacked” alongside paint, hardware, too more than to hand it a personalized look. This is the third family we’ve used it in (hither was the commencement, over xv years ago!) and then it was a no-brainer for us when we wanted to add together a wall of built-inwards closets to this room.
We were able to tally 3 39″ wardrobe boxes (double doors) in addition to ane 19″ box (unmarried door) along this wall (that’sec all the manner to the correct without a brass knob in the photo in a higher place). The iii larger wardrobes – seen open up below – act equally our twenty-four hours-to-mean solar day closets. The smaller closet on the cease contains our holiday decor together with is entirely accessed rattling infrequently (John’s nightstand easily moves out of the mode for the duad of times a twelvemonth we require to make it there).
We used a lot of Ikea’s interior fittings only also added another systems along alongside things we already had to make each section operate equally hard equally possible for us. Don’t worry, we’re rounding upwards everything at the stop of this mail service for yous.
Closet Organization Video Tour
You tin can see me open up every door too drawer in the video below, and so whether y’all desire to run across how things are organized or merely desire to poke about person else’second closets (sounds fun to me), hither you lot become:
Note: You tin too lookout this video hither on YouTube.
The Left Closet: Sherry’second Shoes, Everyday Accessories, & Long Hanging Storage
Now we’ll accept yous through each department i past one. The left wardrobe is the one nosotros added earlier this yr in addition to it has actually been a game changer, especially because it gives me room to store longer items like total-length dresses and boots a lot more easily.
Rather than lay inwards drawers like nosotros did inward the other 2 wide wardrobes, we added this Ikea divider to split up the bottom into 2 xix″ sections. You can customize it alongside drawers or slide-out trays, but their slide hardware takes upwardly more vertical infinite than these basic shelves.
With this configuration, I was able to agree 25 pairs of shoes in addition to boots inward here as well as, by lining each duo up toe-to-heel, I tin run across all of them from the front (the matching shoe is behind the front one). I however go along another pairs of oft-worn shoes in our kitchen porch cabinet, just this is a dandy spot for everything else.
The peak of the divider created a dainty piddling landing spot for more or less everyday accessories that I tend to attain for, similar belts, my fav sunglasses, purses/clutches, everyday jewelry I clothing nearly oftentimes, as well as that sort of thing.
Some of the storage pieces upwards here are things I’ve had for a while, similar this stacking jewelry organizer, only a more recent improver is this acrylic divider that I purpose for keeping my modest clutches organized. It makes it and so tardily to slide something out without everything toppling over. Highly recommend.
For my larger purses together with scarves, nosotros installed this draw-out hanger to a higher place the smaller items. You tin can run across inward the commencement photograph of this section that I also take just about bags hung over hangers likewise (live sure to lookout the video for more than information about why too where we set everything). It has been a slap-up organization for keeping all of my bags in ane place without taking upward a lot of infinite. Also… why yeah I did become a secondhand Fendi handbag similar the Jersey daughter that I am. I’thousand a big fan of The Real Real, Poshmark, as well as What Goes Around Comes Around (as well every bit any in addition to all in-mortal thrift stores). P.S. I similar animate being print, ok?
Oh and each of our iii large wardrobes accept a superlative shelf that’second harder to access – John tin can achieve it, only I take a stool – and so we generally go along miscellaneous material upwards at that place. For case, inward this section, I accept around unused art frames together with canvases.
You can too come across that at that place is a mirror nosotros hung on the left door (nosotros blurred material that’sec personal similar photos, drawings our kids made, etc), just that’sec really helpful for choosing sunglasses or throwing on a necklace or something. I as well accept some other i of that same mirror on the left door of my other cupboard for makeup/earrings – just a small addition similar that can brand things feel super functional & efficient.
The Middle Closet: My Shorter Hanging Clothes, Folded Clothes & A Pullout Storage Tray
The center section is too my stuff (John but needs a few drawers together with a hanging bar too is happy as a clam – nosotros’ll get to his closet in a infinitesimal). Well, this wardrobe is too where we store sleeping bags and other go material on that tiptop shelf – simply otherwise it’sec all my wearing apparel inwards here.
This wardrobe is set up like a pretty traditional closet. I’ve got my hanging bar upwards height and 6 drawers below. For our hanging bars, we’re huge fans of these slim velvet hangers because they’re so compact, they’re not-slip, too they come up inwards lots of colors (ours are rose aureate). Sorry wood hangers, we’ve moved on 😉
I also ordered about velvet hanging clips so I could role the same hangers for my skirts (shorter skirts are in this wardrobe, and longer maxi ones are inwards the other closet with my long pants as well as long skirts).
Under the hanging bar are the drawers alongside the residue of my apparel. Well, except for the summit 1 which is a shallow pullout drawer outfitted with felt organizers.
I’ve got random getting-make stuff inwards here similar makeup, deodorant, hair stuff, sunscreen, lesser-worn sunglasses in addition to jewelry, etc.
I peculiarly love this section for storing small-scale jewelry similar rings, earrings, bracelets, in addition to fifty-fifty stuff like spare buttons. And yeah, those are tinkles razors that I function on my mustache. Me-ow.
Below that shallow drawer are the balance of my clothes. You tin can meet me pull all of them out and depict how they’re organized a bit more than on the video tour, merely the peak is basically socks as well as underwear together with pjs and material similar that.
The drawer below that one is where I have all of my denim (the left two stacks are jeans and the correct stack is jean shorts).
The next drawer downwardly houses diverse tops, which are organized using just about of these soft Ikea bins that nosotros’ve had for ages. I bend my bodysuits longer in that slot on the correct side together with it helps me not pull out a meridian thinking it’sec a tank merely it’s a bodysuit (#AlmostEverythingIsBlackAndIGetConfused).
The drawer below that ane is colder weather condition material, like long-sleeved tops as well as sweaters. Judge not my lack of fancy folding – this is my rebellion subsequently years of working at Express inwards college.
And terminal, just not to the lowest degree, the bottom drawer has bathing suits together with comprehend-ups (the way these Ikea systems work, y’all tin’t have a normal drawer on the bottom because the closet door hinges accept to go at that place – then this pullout metallic basket is the best pick we accept establish). Yes, I live somewhere that enables me to accept an entire drawer full of this material. As a daughter who used to take i bathing adapt together with could entirely actually swim outside a few months of the year when I lived farther N, this thrills me to no stop.
And just every bit I mentioned, yous tin can run into that lightweight mirror stuck to the left door of this wardrobe too, which comes inwards handy while applying sunscreen, makeup, putting inward earrings, etc.
The Right Closet: John’second Clothes, Hats, And Something Weird In His Top Drawer
The terminal of the iii big wardrobes is all John’s. It’second more than enough infinite for him, for which I’k glad. Hashtag synergy.
Before we tour John’sec material, allow me bespeak out that fifty-fifty though it looks around the bed, he has no problem getting to his stuff (run across below). If it were likewise cramped, nosotros wouldn’t have upgraded to a male monarch-size bed earlier this yr. But nosotros did, too nosotros love it, as well as we’re never going dorsum.
John also uses those slim hangers for his clothes shirts on his hanging bar. He doesn’t wearable them that oft these days, which is why at that place aren’t as well many (although in that location are inexplicably three variations on the same blue bank check pattern). His lack of x meg collared shirts provides us approximately bonus space to store the family’sec wintertime coats inwards hither during the colder months. And nosotros have a sneaky manner of making them nearly disappear inward the summertime months when nosotros don’t postulate them…
Most of the year we all get by with no jackets or lighter ones that are kept in our laundry room past the front door (see below). But it does occasionally go common cold plenty here to warrant a heavier coat, thence keeping them inward John’s closet to be at arm’s reach during the winter months.
Where do they go the residue of the year? Well, nosotros shrink them downwards using these infinite bags that attach to whatsoever criterion vacuum hose. Look how these ii fluffy wintertime coats slim waaaay downward thanks to out picayune space bag method (summit movie is earlier, in addition to bottom is afterward)
Then our lilliputian flattened coats easily skid into ane of the suitcases that we shop wayyyy inwards the back of our son’s nether-bed area (he has baskets he uses as well as can easily accomplish all along the front end edge of the bed and our suitcases live behind those). The infinite bags non solely go along our coats compact, just it makes them slowly to unpack from the traveling bag whenever we go on a trip during the warmer months.
So, long level curt, almost of the year John’s cupboard looks like it does below, where his shirts take a flake more than room to spread out. But nosotros wanted to present you lot the “wintertime version” of his closet to exhibit how flexible as well as hard-working these spaces tin live for us. And what a departure approximately $17 infinite bags tin brand.
Another matter John did since he didn’t involve all of the hanging bar space was add together this cube organizer shelf on 1 side. This is non an Ikea product, only it was a swell size together with it only sits on the shelf in addition to fits nicely. We screwed it to the inside wall of the wardrobe to further secure it, too John uses these textile bins to corral stuff similar sweatshirts inwards the bottom 2 too the family’s wintertime gloves and hats up peak. Those wintertime accessories are rarely needed, which is why it’second no problem to be blocked past his hanging hats (if he takes them downward he tin can easily slide out that pinnacle handbasket).
John’second drawers are organized using a combination of fabric Ikea bins (similar these too these) too random other containers nosotros had around. His elevation drawer contains essentials similar t-shirts, socks, underwear, bathing suits, more than hats, and – yeah – a stash of candy that he keeps hidden from his married woman together with kids. He’s a sucker for those mail-Halloween candy discounts.
As you may have also noticed, both John as well as I keep about of our toiletries like deodorant as well as hair stuff inwards these closets. That’s because, equally nosotros mentioned inward this mail service well-nigh how nosotros live with only i bath, we don’t desire anyone unnecessarily monopolizing the bath alongside things that can easily be done in another room (our daughter has a vanity-type setup inwards her room for case). And John and I each have these mirrors on our cupboard doors then we make that assort of stuff inwards here instead.
Back to the drawers. His second drawer has pants and shirts (kinda like my denim drawer) too his third drawer is all do wearing apparel. He even has room in in that location for all of his race medals and a yoga mat.
His terminal standard drawer contains his “messy” dress for painting as well as thousand work as well as material. Plus, he randomly keeps just about more formal material inward hither besides, similar a duo of ties, undershirts, together with wearing apparel shoes. Since he doesn’t clothing that material very often, he doesn’t necessitate a ton and it doesn’t take up much space. His twenty-four hours-to-solar day shoes are stored in the outdoor shoe cabinet on our kitchen porch alongside the residual of the family’second shoes.
We somehow forgot to take a photograph of his bottom drawer, merely you can run into it inwards the video (it holds John’second laptop purse in addition to roughly spare sheets along alongside Burger’s beloved blanket that we’ll go along forever). And on the really tiptop shelf John keeps our locomote duffel purse too, at the instant, roughly puzzles we’re bringing to his mom & dad the next time nosotros visit.
We likewise both accept spare infinite under our hanging bars that’s assort of a “flex space” that comes inward handy if we’re having guests over as well as postulate to apace lay away around mail service or packages that get in. We also role it this fourth dimension of year to stash our vacation gifts earlier we wrap them. And speaking of the holidays…
The Bonus Closet: Seasonal Decor
Like we mentioned, at that place’second a xix″ Pax wardrobe tucked into the correct corner of this wall, as well as it’s blocked by John’second nightstand nearly of the time, just that doesn’t mean it’s wasted space. We’re able to correspond ALL of our Christmas decorations inwards in that location – ornaments too lights up summit, random decor inward the eye, and our ENTIRE 6’five″ Christmas tree on the bottom (thank you to it breaking down into smaller segments).
We basically solely act John’s nightstand in addition to open up this cabinet 2 times a year – one time in Nov to get material out in addition to then over again inwards January to lay stuff away. I’m so glad it’s not simply a dead corner that serves no function together with we really go to fill it amongst seasonal material. Smart storage = our love linguistic communication for existent.
Our Closet Organizing Essentials
I mentioned a lot of things inward this postal service that we function to keep our closets organized, so I wanted to twine things up past putting them all in i place for you:
- one. Slim No-Slip Hangers
- 2. Velvet Hanger Clips
- iii. Stacking Jewelry Box
- 4. Acrylic Purse Divider
- five. Gold Jewelry Dishes
- vi. Inlay Display Tray (hither’sec an alternate size)
- vii. Boot Shaper Inserts
- 8. Charcoal Odor Bags
- nine. Velvet Ring Display Organizer (similar to our Ikea version)
- ten. Pull-Out Hanger
- 11. Cube Organizer Shelf
- 12. Fabric Storage Bins (for #11)
- thirteen. Lightweight Mirror
- 14. Shrinking Storage Bags
- xv. Felt Drawer Organizers (nosotros too accept these)
- xvi. Expandable Drawer Dividers
So whether y’all accept a custom cupboard or simply a basic fiddling nook, hopefully around of these systems tin can help. Even thinking near how yous accept it organized too seeing if yous can make more sense of things. For example, I could shop my brusque skirts with my longer ones and dresses just it but made a lot more than feel to shop them in the other wardrobe amongst my shorter hanging material because my brain plant that style in addition to I’d live looking for them on my “shorter hanging bar” versus on an “all-skirts bar” if I had it organized that way.
Similarly adding a inexpensive piddling mirror as well helped amongst role and then much. Anytime y’all detect yourself walking to a second place to make something is a clue y’all mightiness notice it MUCH EASIER if y’all can make a topographic point to make that matter within the primary place.
And in conclusion, sometimes you lot only postulate candy in your superlative drawer. No judgment.
Other Closet & Organization Posts
If you lot’d like to encounter more than peeks within our closets, or go more system tips, you lot might savour or so of these posts:
- Our Big Walk-In Ikea Closet Makeover (alongside Video Tour)
- Sherry’sec Minimal Wardrobe – How I Save Money On Clothes
- How To Make Ikea Pax Wardrobes Look Built-In
- Adding More Closet Space To Our First House
- How We Organized Our Small Ikea Kitchen
- An Organization Tour Of Our Beach House Kitchen
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