The Best Closet Design Tips I’ve Clocked Over the Final 8 Years

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Every time I tour somebody’s residence, there’s one room I stay up for seeing probably the most: the closet. Because it’s usually the case that individuals who have cool homes additionally have a spectacular wardrobe. I like to not solely see what they’re carrying today however how they manage their garments (by shade? by season?), how they make it a cushty place to spend time in, and the way they costume it up. With eight years as a Domino editor below my belt, I’ve seen a number of closets—together with the fabulous “cloffice” belonging to our September digital cowl star, Meredith Peck (see above). Here are the most effective design tips I’ve noticed on the job. 

Fake a Door with a Curtain

This is the only tip of all: in case you don’t have a closet door or occur to hate your present one, cover your garments behind a curtain. Basic white linen or velvet will do, as I realized from Sue Chan’s zen L.A. residence, or you’ll be able to create your personal fairytale second like Jordan Ferney with whimsical balloon-style draping. 

Elevate Boring Bifolds

They squeak. They break. They get in your manner. We all know bifold doorways, and all of us hate ‘em. But sometimes, in a room where the bed is just a few feet away, the compact panels are a necessity. In that case, I’d take a web page out of meals stylist and recipe developer Diana Yen’s guide and clad them in squiggly molding and chalk paint so as to add some curiosity. 

Carve Out Room for Rods

Previously, Object Limited cofounder Anna Z. Gray’s closet had just one unhappy rod for each her long- and short-hanging gadgets. Using the world’s unique footprint, she opened up the alcove with an arched threshold and stuffed within the gaps with floor-to-ceiling cabinets and 3 times as many rods. Psst: you’ll be able to pack in additional tops and jackets in case you stack.

Create an Island from Kitchen Cabinets

Leanne Ford turned a classic desk right into a closet island by filling within the area beneath with Semihandmade cupboards from her collaboration with the model. The result’s a cool-looking floor with uber-functional drawers for stashing jewellery, sun shades, and different equipment. 

Build Around an Old Armoire

Christina Valencia and Kele Dobrinski, who collectively run the agency Colossus Mfg, selected to not begin completely from scratch when constructing out a closet on this Sacramento bed room. Instead, they sawed the legs off an previous wardrobe and caught it within the core of the wall, including two tall cupboards on both aspect of the unit in addition to an open shoe rack beneath. 

Make It Disappear with Wallpaper

London-based designer Natalie Tredgett swathed her closet doorways in the identical Schumacher wallpaper that covers the bed room partitions so she wasn’t confronted with rows of cupboards each morning.  

Have Guests Crash Next to Your Cashmere

Thanks to some intelligent placement of casters, Jen Rothbury can shortly flip her walk-in closet right into a visitor bed room. Once the island is out of the way in which, the 2 cabinets of luggage speak in confidence to reveal a Murphy mattress. 

Get Everything at IKEA

When I consider an IKEA Pax closet hack, I’m going manner again to Chris and Julia Marcum’s closet renovation. It had all of the fixings: a lot of hanging area and a “denim bar” on her aspect; T-shirt drawers for him; and floor-to-ceiling cubbies that cover each their baggage, together with further hangers and a hamper. The most surprising a part of the transformation was that they have been quoted $30,000 for a customized area and pulled it off on their very own for $3,000.