10 Ways to Improve your Closets in 2010
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Many people want to start the New Year off with a less cluttered, more well-designed home. The best place to kick off the accomplishment of that resolution is the closets of the home.
Closets are a terrific place to start decluttering your life. Make them more organized, pare them down and you'll find things getting simpler all throughout your home. Cleaning and organizing closets at the start of a New Year can really make you feel like you're beginning things anew.
You also might want to take the opportunity to invigorate the home with new design ideas. Take over an unused room and make it into a cool walk-in closet that gives you more freedom to enjoy your fashion fun. Add wallpaper or art or lights or fans to make the inside of a closet more interesting. Re-paint or replace the closet doors so that even guests can see how cool your closets have become.
Here are ten ways to improve your closets in 2010 to start the year off fresh:
Closets are a terrific place to start decluttering your life. Make them more organized, pare them down and you'll find things getting simpler all throughout your home. Cleaning and organizing closets at the start of a New Year can really make you feel like you're beginning things anew.
You also might want to take the opportunity to invigorate the home with new design ideas. Take over an unused room and make it into a cool walk-in closet that gives you more freedom to enjoy your fashion fun. Add wallpaper or art or lights or fans to make the inside of a closet more interesting. Re-paint or replace the closet doors so that even guests can see how cool your closets have become.
Here are ten ways to improve your closets in 2010 to start the year off fresh:
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| 1. Make them bigger. The easiest way to make a closet easier to keep organized is to make it bigger. Turn a small storage room or pantry area into a walk-in closet for your home. You could even close in a porch and make it your family's big walk-in closet. |
2. Wallpaper the closet. If you already have a closet that has a lot of space for you to see inside of it then you should make that space prettier for 2010. Wallpapering the closet to make it more interesting to look into is a great project for the New Year.
3. Add art or photos to your closet space. Instead of wallpaper you can put up a few pieces of artwork or favorite photos to make your closets a more cohesive part of your home.
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4. Change the doors on your closet. Make the closet a more interesting part of your decor by adding interesting new doors to it.
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5. Paint the closet doors. You don't have to change out the closet doors to make them more interesting. Paint them to match paint throughout the rest of the room and you'll have a great new look for your home.
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| 7. Find an organizational system that works for you. This closet is color-coordinated. That wouldn't work for me but I find ways of organizing the closet that suit me. That's a great way to make your life simpler in 2010. |
8. Add a shelving system. You should always have shelves in your closet. Find a way to add more shelves to best store all of your things.
9. Hang up accessories. You can hang jewelry, belts, scarves and other items on the closet walls to make the closet prettier as well as to make it easier to find what you want to wear.
10. Add some heat. If you have a large closet that you get dressed in then it wouldn't hurt to add a radiator or space heater to the closet area. A fan is another option for changing up your closets.
Comments
mom2boys I like #8: add a shelving system. I never thought to use the IKEA Expedit for shoes storage but it looks great in this photo.
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daniel green I was surprised to see walkin closets liike the above still being install. most UK designers have moved over to the italian look of a walkin wardrobe closet. see http://www.walkinwardrobestore.com for examples. 
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Pat Lukes I agree that the Ikea shelving units are an inexpensive way to go for storage...never thought of it before now.
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pwalter Great ideas! I love the hooks for hanging items; they add style as well as functionality.
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kate skouros i seriously doubt anyone would want to add a radiator. it was probably there to begin with. a small space heater is fine, as long as it's turned off after use. still, sounds risky.
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patscats2 Nice closets. I wan to know why anyone needs 50+ pair of shoes. When I see this I think what a waste. You can only wear one pair at a time and most times you wear the same 4 favorite pair. Women need to curb their shoe buying and use that money for something more productive. Just my opinion.
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Ideabook updated on Dec. 28, 2009.
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