your First design has no full or dress height hanging. Not sure if you need any? Might be nice to have for long coats even if no dresses. Just something to consider.

where will you put your laundty baskets? full height hanging can be nice for that too since you have space below.

Thanks, roccouple, for replying. Sorry about not showing the long hanging in the first pic. I'd changed that and upload wrong pic. It's on the far right side of the long wall and the same as the second pic. We have a small reach-in closet in the entry that's used for coats. Since we now live in Arizona, we don't even use those coats. :)

There are laundry hampers on the left wall.

Has anyone had their closets built with 24" deep cabinets/shelving so that clothing doesn't stick out beyond the shelves?

Yes I would definitely go full 24” deep drawers there for sure

Thanks, thinkdesignlive, Good point! Not sure the drawers are that deep. I'll have to make sure I request that.

What about the rest of the two designs? Anything glaring that I'll regret later?

So our closet has a similar layout. One thing you might want to consider is with top area just above you drawers starting the upper shelves at least 30’ high...this is a space I regularly use to lay stuff until it makes it into drawers and a great place to layout jewelry. The other thing to plan for is extension poles to hang daily outfit choice on as you pull your outfit together.

Why a barn door as that takes up wall space that you could use even just to put hooks on. I'd do a pocket door instead.

Great ideas, lisarobert, Thanks so much.

tedbixby, we considered doing a pocket door. It was going to be 48" x 96" and our contractor advised against it because of the weight. Maybe he just didn't want to tackle that. So the blue chevron barn door is in place and we love it.

We bought a built-in ironing center kit that we are planning to put in the wall behind the barn door. It will be almost flush with the wall so it (should) work well. The ironing center was going to be on the right sidewall and that would have wasted even more space. I'm hoping our plan works!

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One other thought...in our layout we had a pull out laundry hamper that we never used so we replaced that with 2 shelves. What I did was place a very small decorative looking laundry basket in the closet in a corner. Because it is so small I actually move the clothes to the laundry room sooner eliminating the dirty cloths smell and also getting my laundry cleaned sooner. The only other thing to think about is boots. Not sure if you are a boot lover like me but make sure to plan for that in either your shoe storage area or to be able to place them in plastic boxes and stack on shelves.

lisarobert, we are in Arizona, so wearing tall boots is now a distant memory. I still have a favorite pair that I kept, though. My main footwear selection is now from different sandals and hiking boots.

No cowboy boots? I don't know if you've experienced a winter in AZ but the locals where I lived in AZ liked to wear their high fashion boots during the winter even if it felt more like summer. Only tourist wore white and sandals in January-lol...

We've lived here for a decade and I've NEVER worn cowboy boots. lol. I'm not a fashionista, I'm a naturista.

Thanks for the laugh, Ted.

You must live in Sedona then-lol...

Fountain Hills. Only 15 minutes from Scottsdale & 30 minutes from Phoenix. My clients are construction companies, or high tech companies. None of them are fashionistas. :)

This is the view from my back yard. Even better than Sedona cuz we have a lake.

I know Fountain Hills. The lake you are referring to is that the one they turn green for St Pat's day and has the water fountain in it that goes off every hour? When I lived in Scottsdale (17 yrs) I helped artist friends at the big FH art show.

I thought you must have lived in Scottsdale when you mentioned the high fashion c'boy boots. Love the FH Art Show.

Fountain Hills is celebrating its 50th year anniversary. Yes, the fountain goes off for 15 minutes from 9:00am-9:00pm. Here's a pic of the St. Patrick's celebration when all three pumps were used. Water shoots up 550 feet.

That's a great picture though it looks photo shopped. I know it is real as I've seen it. Anyone looking on this thread and not familiar with this fountain will take pause and say "what the heck." LOL

I love my pax closets.

Thank you for your comment, Patricia Colwell Consulting. Using the Pax system was how we started and where the idea for the 24" deep cabinets came from. I was planning to put two units with the sliding doors along the back wall, and fill the rest of that wall with cubbies or filler. then I'd put two of the Bisa shoe cabinets on one of the side walls. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic and what's happened with supply chains, the wardrobe boxes are not available for either in-store purchases or for delivery. I've been checking for a month. And the cost for the Ikea was half of what we've been quoted.

We even figured out how to replace the wall backer board of the wardrobes with something more substantial (that doesn't fold) And put stiffeners on the shelves to prevent sagging.

Now, based on your comments, along with roarah's comment, maybe I need to rethink this, and wait until Ikea's stock is replenished.