Having an organized closet is very important, at the very least for me. One thing for sure is that if you have an organized closet, it really saves you a lot of time and gets your things found in times of hurry or rushing for time. Another one step closer is that if the closet is designed according to your design needs, it is a perfect closet for both the current and the future. If you wish to DIY and design your own closet, read on and I will guide you along.

Step number 1:

To have a closet that exactly fits in the space that is available for the closet, you will need to take accurate measurement of the dimensions of the closet size, i.e the length, width and height.

Step number 2:

Next you will need to estimate how much items you are going to place in the closet. This part of the planning needs to be thorough in the sense you will need to also pre-plan the different sections of storing different items in the closet. Also estimate the number of different item by type or categories or colour.

Step number 3:

In order to sketch the closet on paper to scale, you only need to follow a simple rule which is to sketch the closet using a 1 inch is to 1 foot scale and you will get an exact ratio on paper and to the real closet.

Step number 4:

In your sketch during planning phase, you need to take note of the amount and type of items you want to place in your closet. Give you an example, if you are going to store shoes in your closet, you will need a shoe rack that is large enough for your shoes size or if you have long dress or oversized clothing, you will need to pre-plan room for those items for storage.

Step number 5:

To make a more robust planning, on the sketch you can also label each compartment with labels like “clothes”, “pants”, “shoes”, “jackets” or “belts” etc.  Also note down how many items you planned to store in each space. Overall this way, you can have a bird eye view of the design of the closet and how it will function once built.

Step number 6:

For the closet to be future proof, you will need abit imagination and imagine what kind of items you will be placing in your closet in the near future. You can choose to get rid of unwanted items and make space for new items or you can expand the dimension of your ideal customized DIY closet.

Step number 7:

Lastly, you will need to choose what type material will make up your closet, it can be made of woods or metal or plastic in general. When choosing the material, cost, value and weight of the items you are going to place will come into the picture. If you are planning to store more valuable stuffs, stronger material like woods or metals will be a better choice for sturdier closet.

Advice and Warnings

During the planning stage, do check whether will the closet doors interfere with the drawers and also do leave some rooms for an increase in number of items going to be place in the closet.