Walk-in Closet Dimensions archived

We just did one just about that size. My husband has a 6 foot wall of floor to ceiling shelving, with about 3 feet for hanging bulky sweatshirts and short jackets. I have the same 6 foot (opposite) shelving, except with 6 feet of the lower area for hanging. In addition, I have 2 towers on each side with additional shelving. The doorway and window complete the space. Our dressier clothes are in a reach-in closet, maybe 8 feet wide and we have another small closet for shoes.

I love our closet guy and have recommended him many times. His name is Don Glinsky. If you want the number I can post it for you.

figure it this way... for a hanging rod, you need 24" deep. so if you want rods on either side, you'll need 4' plus walking width. you can get away with as little as 24" walking width. so that means, if you want rods on either side, you'll need a 6' wide. depth totally depends on your needs and the space you're pulling from. when i designed our addition, i could only get a space 5' wide, so i have a rod on one side and the back, with belt/hat racks on the other side. then up, above door height (my closet door opens into the closet), i put some shelves where i put my out of season shoes.

If your master bedroom is large enough, and configured in a way that this would work, you may want to consider creating regular (non-walk-in) closets along the entire wall of your entry door instead (which would create a 24" long hallway as the entrance to your bedroom), since this wouldn't require needing an additional 24" of walking width in the closet (which is basically wasted space). Just mentioning this, since it could be a better use of your house's space than taking square footage from another room, and after measuring it off, you may find this would provide a similar amount of usable closet space as your proposed walk-in.

We just redid a closet, too. When we moved in we took the tiny room adjacent to our bedroom and closed off the door to the hallway, knocked through the existing closet and made it walk-in. First of all, it decreased our tax bill because we lost a bedroom. We also gave back 18" to the bathroom along the side wall and made our 1901 bathroom big enough to turn around in. Secondly, we increased the value of our home because 107 year old houses never have 2008 closets. We used Closets by Design. (We had Maria and she was terrific.) They were wonderful. I would call them and let them help you (free) lay out what you would need and figure the space that way instead of the other way around. You would need to have a contractor to gut your existing space and dry wall before the closets are installed. (That took 2 hours) Good luck.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Although we thought about it, the master bedroom unfortunately is too narrow to allow reach-in closets as sprout suggests :-( Even with the walk-in, we are considering built-ins with drawers, but closets would make the room too claustrophobic.

We are actually going to bump out the adjoining bedroom that is losing space to our walk-in, to make a nursery. We are adding-on space on the first floor, and the bedroom would bump out above. (We can't bump out in the master to add the closet.)

I'd appreciate contact information for Closet by Design and Don Glinsky to get their advice.

Posted By: Grauer14....e are adding-on space on the first floor, and the bedroom would bump out above. (We can't bump out in the master to add the closet.)

Grauer14 - glad to hear you're moving forward w/ the addition project. Since that work involves 1st & 2nd flr spaces, if your architect for the addition takes a harder look at your storage wishes (closets/built-ins/etc) it might yield some more options that aren't readily apparent to closet specialists. For ex., 'bumping' out a master bedroom might be possible by inserting cantilevered support joists into the bedrooms's exterior wall,.... so given you're affecting 1st & 2nd flr spaces anyway, it might not be THAT much more in the project's scope or cost to remedy the lacking storage in such an unorthodox approach. 'Course the exterior elevation would be altered, but........ anyway, just an idea/suggestion.......

Does anyone know of a carpenter/handyman who can just put two strong hanging rods in a closet? I know it's a small job, but...

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