Closet Ideas

Closet ideas for creating more useable space, may be just the trick. Do you have a spare closet? If you have somewhere else you could store its contents, you can turn your closet into a more useful space. Some ideas include a compact home office, nursery or craft area.

You'll want to use every inch of the space when planning your closet ideas. Start by cleaning out the closet and remove the doors to make it easy to clear out the shelving. Remove door tracks, hinges, clothes racks and shelves, being careful not to damage the walls or shelves you wish to keep.

After removing the closet interior, fill any holes and dents - you can use a quick-dry spackle.

Once the spackle is dry, sand back to smooth the wall surface and clean up any debris and dust. Then you are ready to paint!

You will probably need to make a desk customised to the available space.

Closet ideas for using wall space aim to keep the limited desk or table surfaces uncluttered. This can be achieveed by installing open shelving and hooks. Track shelving will allow you to change shelf heights to suit your needs.

You can light your small space with low voltage lighting or track lighting. Hanging mirrors can help the light to bounce and give the illusion of more space.

Use light colors in your converted closet to open it up visually.

For power, you can run a power strip into the closet from a nearby outlet, or have an electrician install an outlet in the closet so you can plug in a computer or a lamp.

Hope this has gotten you started with some closet ideas.

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