Help with deep sides on closet?

6 years ago

The closet in our master bedroom is a reach in, rather than a walk in. It's a decent length, a little over 8 feet (100 inches) and has nice looking French doors.

The problem is, the closet opening is only 4 feet. There's just over 2 feet on each side blocked by a wall. Trying to get access anything in these corners is frustrating. It may not bother my husband, but it bugs me! Currently, we have a single rod across the width of the closet with a wire shelf above, plus another rod/shelf combo that is a little less than half of the width of the closet. It's not used much.

In an ideal world, I would just get rid of the wall all together and turn that space into a nice looking open closet. But I'm trying to go for something more budget friendly.

My thought was to install two rods across the depth of the closet, rather than a single rod across the width, in the dead space on each side of the closet (four total). Then install a column with drawers and shelves in the center. The downsides to this plan are that I would need to get creative with hanging the couple of maxi dresses I have, and I'm not sure about finding the drawers unit that's narrow enough to still give us easy access to the hanging clothes.

Would this work? Has anyone dealt with this kind of closet and come up with a creative solution? Any other storage configuration suggestions? I'd love to get some input!

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AnnKH

6 years ago

I have a rack on the back of my closet door for hanging long dresses. People often overlook this terrific storage opportunity!

On the back of my linen closet door, I have full length hanging pockets, perfect for all kinds of smaller items that can get lost on shelves. In a closet, it could be used for shoes, scarves, hats, slippers.

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graywings123
6 years ago
How many inches of hanging space would you would gain doing this? It seems to me that the center column is going to increase the difficulty of reaching things.

Have you thought about turning the blocked 2 feet of space into shelves? The one or two rods across the width could be wall mounted via a Rubbermaid fast track system.
Kayleigh Rogers Febus
Original Author
6 years ago
We would have about the same amount of hanging space as currently used. We currently use the 100 inch rod across the width for hanging space, its about 3/4 full. Having the four 25 inch rods across the depth would be the same. We technically have a second rod that's just under 50 inches, but currently it's only used to hang empty hangers. The center column was to have some additional storage space for things like pants/tshirts that could be folded and put in drawers or shelves rather than hung up. I had previously been trying to find a tall dresser to add outside of the closet, but I've had a hard time finding one to go with our bedroom furniture since IKEA discontinued the collection.
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Kayleigh Rogers Febus
Original Author
6 years ago
Definitely a good idea for the dresses if we go with the shorter rods, thank you! Currently the only thing we have on the doors is a mirror on the inside of one closet door left by the previous owner. So the other door is open for something like that.
Kayleigh Rogers Febus
Original Author
6 years ago
Finally found a visual for what I was picturing in my head!

https://megbiram.com/blog/before-after-small-reach-in-closet-renovation?format=amp

Basically, this but with the double rods on both sides, and ideally a drawer and shelf combo in the middle rather than just shelves.
Fun2BHere
6 years ago
It seems like your idea would work well. With 24" from the back wall to the door wall, your closet should work similar to your inspiration picture. I love the idea of a simple hook on one door to hold two or three long dresses.
Amy
3 years ago
I have this problem, long closet with smaller doors (sliding). I cant get to the shelves that are deeply hidden. The link you posted is now expired, did you end up changing yiur closet? Can you a before and after pic?
Laura Interiano
3 years ago
@Amy I think this was her inspo. https://www.cb2.com/blog/closet-organization-ideas/