Master bedroom closet design. Cccp12_designguidelines.pdf. Closet Shelving Layout & Design. When I started out in the building business, interest rates were low, money was easy to borrow, and custom homes were the way to go. But six years later, in the early 1980s, that all changed. Interest rates went over 15%. No one could afford, let alone qualify, for a loan. Economics and demand dragged us into multi-family housing—we started installing finish work on apartment complexes, condominiums, and townhouses.
Five or six years later, I was glad when the custom home business came back with a roar. When it comes to installing closet shelving, if your crew isn’t following a manual of practice—a system that simplifies repetitive tasks, eliminates needless steps, and speeds installation time—then you’ll never enjoy the profits that can be made in closets. Closet Design Laying out and installing closet shelving used to be simple—you just installed a single shelf and pole in every closet, about 66 in. from the floor, so a dress wouldn’t drag on the carpet. Control Closet Design.
How to build custom closet shelves - * View Along the Way * I’m sorry for taking so long to share the tutorial of how we built the custom shelves in my closet! The honest truth is that when we were building these, I thought intensive construction tutorials would just not be your thang, so I didn’t take awesome photos at the time. But I obviously have no idea what I’m talking about, because you guys have been emailing me and asking for more details.
First it was like “I can’t wait to see the post about how you built the shelves!” Then it was, “You ARE going to post about the shelves… right? Did I miss that post?” And now hope has been waning and the emails have become hopeless and sad, like “I just… thought… there’d be a shelf post…” I can’t take another day of you not getting your dream closet, guys. Especially when you can do all those shelves for only about $120 or so. My closet is about 5 feet by 5.5 feet, and the ceilings are 8 feet tall. Materials you’ll need Step 1 (The Fun Part): Design your layout This is where we landed on the left wall: ACSP_DCT.pdf. Master Closet – Part 4 | The Hall Way. Well, the week after my last post ended up being mostly a bust. I quickly realized I wasn’t going to get the center shelves or the trim installed by myself unless I suddenly grew extra arms. To fix the issue with the 1/2″ plywood being warped and potentially not holding up, I screwed inexpensive 1×3 furring strips to the bottom of the middle divider shelves.
With the trim along the front, it is not noticeable unless you lay on the floor. For the adjustable shelves, I decided to go back to my original plans to use MDF. I had to cut them all down a bit to fit in the openings. Here they are installed. For the holes, I originally made a jig off a design I found online and used a standard drill bit. Meanwhile, David and I got the middle divider shelves installed and the trim applied to all the unfinished edges after my week of getting almost nothing done.
Last week, I installed the vertical dividers in the drawer cabinets and attached trim to the backer board around the breaker box openings. Master Closet – Part 3 | The Hall Way. Where did the weekend go? Oh yeah, it’s in our closet. Here are a couple piles of the cut boards after Dad and I finished last week. The next day, I organized them by cabinet and labeled them all. Once I figured out where all the pieces went and how they would go together, I started drilling pocket holes. Thanks to Ana White‘s website for introducing this awesome tool to me.
It makes assembly so much easier and sturdier. It took most of the garage floor and the patio to lay out all the pieces so I could paint them. Meanwhile, I had already cut the 2x6s for the bases and we finally got them screwed together. Getting the first cabinet together seemed to take forever. The first 2 cabinets took a little more time because we had to cut out holes for the breaker boxes and the coax box. Yesterday, we started assembling the top cabinets. While the closet does feel smaller (and it is), I am pleased that it’s not too tight or crowded in there. The picture below shows the right side of the closet. Master Closet – Part 2 | The Hall Way. I finished my last post with a glimpse of what we were working on. We ended up going with a tile that looks like wood from Lowe’s. It’s Style Selections Serso Wheat Tile. I need to take some pictures with my real camera to show the color better, but it has similar tones to what is in our bathroom, so they go well together.
The next picture is pre-grout. We were originally going to lay it in a standard wood pattern. I had secretly thought about a herringbone pattern, but wasn’t going to say anything. We knew it would be a lot of extra work for just a closet where half the floor is going to be covered with cabinets, but it turned out awesome. Meanwhile, Sunday, we ran back to Lowe’s to get lumber for the cabinets. I cut the boards done Monday night for the cabinet bases, but still need to screw them together. Master Closet – Part 1 | The Hall Way. I began demo on our master closet this week. With no dressers in our bedroom, the wire shelves alone weren’t going to cut it for long. Our room is full of boxes and bags of clothes since there was no good place to put them. (Now, it’s even worse since the closet’s been emptied.) After designing our dream closet for the new construction house, I was hoping to do something similar here. This closet was a bit more challenging since it is smaller and has several obstacles I had to work around.
The left wall has 2 large breaker boxes and an access panel for the coax wiring plus an outlet. Obviously, the breaker boxes need to remain accessible, but leaving that part of the wall empty wasn’t an option given the size of the closet. There are 5 – 48″ wide cabinets, a 28″ wide cabinet and a 30″ wide cabinet at the end. The first cabinet on the left wall will have 2 hanging sections. The right wall has a long hanging area, again, where the end cabinet would have blocked drawers. Untitled - download-a-pdf-.pdf.