If you happen to have a walk-in closet, this is great! And if it’s big, it’s even better. But most of us have small and sometimes also narrow closets that are pretty hard to design and even harder to organize as the space is very limited. We’ve prepared some tips and tricks to make most of such a closet, take a look!
Arrange Your Closet Single-Sided
If you have a long narrow closet in a small size, avoid installing your closet around, and a space with single-sided closet will allow you to move around comfortably. It will also make reaching things convenient and storage spaces will be easy to access.
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Customize Fitted Closet Or Rack System
A fitted closet and hanging rack system are capable to increase the depth, expand the inside space of the closet and take full advantage of the dead corner on the upper ceiling. Leave the top of your custom fitted closet about 30mm apart from the ceiling to make your space look airier.
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Direct The Rack And Shelves On The Wall
Similar to the design of reduction on the inside closet doors, the back panel occupies at least 2cm in depth. If your chosen hanging rack system is the same or similar color scheme as your wall, to save space for moving around, it is possible to direct the timber or rack system on the wall.
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Make Use Of Awkward Corners
The corner is a place that is easily ignored in most long narrow closets. To make good use of the corner, it is highly recommended to turn the corner into a corner cabinet or shelving space.
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Increase The Number Of Open Cubbies, Drawers And Shelves
If you want to expand the usable space of a long narrow closet, or want more space to move around in depth, try open cubbies, which will perform a marvelous result. Replace your hanging space with drawers in your small and long narrow closet. It is tested that the storage space of drawers is 2 to 2.5 times more than that of the hanging area. That is to say, you can stock 2 to 2.5 more clothes into drawers than you can hang. Besides that, drawers can be a great asset to store your jewelry, eyeglasses, belts, ties, scarves and hats without damage.
Shelves can be stacked layer by layer to the ceiling, making full use of the vertical space. The orderly shelves create a clean and tidy effect, while also visually creating a sense of spaciousness.
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Arrange More Shoe Shelves
Arranging a shoe shelf in your long narrow closet is an urgent thing to do if you are in favor of collecting shoes. But you should reject cubbies as your shoe storage shelves. Before building the shoe shelves, you should know: for men, you should set the shelves at a minimum of 14 inches or 35.6 cm in depth. For women, at a minimum of 12 inches or 30.5 cm in depth. If you want more flexibility, it is suggested to change the fixed shelves with adjustable ones, so you are free of making your shelves move with your shoes and boots.
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Install Sliding Doors If Required
Imagine you have to unfold a hinged closest door in a narrow space. Where should you stand? Will the doors hit your shoulder or body? Is it convenient to take out the garments and close the cabinet door? In this case you need a horizontal sliding cabinet door which will spare much more space for the passway. These are all the tips about long and narrow closets, we hope they were useful for you!
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