It would be helpful to give us some context a floor plan of the space to scale and maybe the answer is not a tiny closet that obviously is too small. If I can see the bedroom maybe I can help but this is just not helpful at all.

Thank you. Yes they makes sense. I have Included a photo of the bedroom

Take a better pic but it looks like you have awall of closet there on the right so I need a to scale floor plan and please get rid of that horrible light fixture open the drapes and take another pic and a to scale floor plan use graph paper it makes to scale easier to do please show the whole space in the pics.

Is this a one bedroom place you have? That is a really small closet - they give college students more room than that. :-) Not sure there's any kind of magic that could make that work for two people. Do you have room for a dresser and is everything that can be folded in a dresser?

Separate the his from the hers...

This is just a tiny help but try rolling T-shirts rather than folding—- this will allow you to fit more in each cubby.

Use a frameless cabinet construction with no face frame, add more adjustable shelves, and buy the thin, space saving hangers. Most closet space planners offer a complimentary consultation that could squeeze every inch out of the space.

Reinforce the top clothes rod and get multi layer hangers and then remove the bottom clothes rod. Put a shoe rack on the floor. Get baskets/cube boxes for the shelving so that clothes don’t have to be disheveled to find what is needed. Remove all extra clutter (such as shoe boxes or toys/games) that doesn’t belong in closet ;)

Do you have room for an armoire that could function as an extra closet?

Wherever you have your laundry room, can you put a clothes rack for hanging clothes?

If you can't move the desk and put in a wall of closets, and move the desk to this closet area, look on IKEA for closet ideas, and replace the existing closets with one that has better spatial design. I also second the idea of drawers under a bed.

You can go to the Container Store website and use the Elfa online design tool to create a custom closet with hanging racks, shoe pulls, drawers, etc. (You have to be on a computer though.)

We have some closets done completely in Elfa and some are a blend of Elfa and ClosetMaid. I prefer Elfa because it’s really nice and I like the framework, but it’s an investment. So, for spaces where the shelves don’t need to hold a lot of weight we subbed in the ClosetMaid brackets and shelves from Home Depot and Menards. They fit fine on the Elfa standards.

We own our home, but we thought the idea of Elfa works well for renters too because the track only takes a few screws at the top of the wall. Once you install everything else it holds the system in place. When a renter moves out they could take the system with them and just put the original closet back in.

Add an armoire (antique/vintage) in the bedroom.

You may want to look into an armoire and under the bed storage as others have recommended.. This is the smallest closet I have ever seen. Good luck.

The closet is already holding about as much as it can.

Please add photos of all four walls in the bedroom. Turn on all the lights and open the curtains in broad daylight.

Ae you open to using a rolling clothes rack?

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Hi Melissa, I would go to my local dollar general or dollar store and look for semi ridgid boxes, similar to this (except without partitions) and fold your shirts in a more compact way. The third picture is a comparison of the standard folded shirt vs a “mari kondo” style of folding. You can check on YouTube how to fold that more compact way. With the compact method, the shirts almost ‘stand up’ on their own, more shirts fit in an organizer box, and you can see all that you have at first glance. The boxes will also give a more clean cut look to the space when you first open the right closet door. Last pic is a quick snap of my shirt drawer at home. The folding method has helped me make more space and keep it tidy

Your bedroom closet is not the place for coats. If you don't have a coat closet, then put up hooks somewhere to hang them on.

Second and third the others that have asked for dimensioned drawings and pics of all 4 walls. An idea of your budget would also be helpful.

If its I-have-to-live-with-this minimal, then:

--Can you do underbed boxes? The Ikea STUK series offers several options that are semi-rigid (can add dividers, too) and zip shut in a 7" tall size. Handles and smooth fabric make them easy to pull out. Great for things that don't need folding, or tees if you're patient enough to roll, or out of season clothes.

--Can you steal space under or on top of the existing desk? A set of stackable boxes on top or Elfa/Elfa-like wire drawers underneath could provide additional storage there.

--Can you move the rails in the existing closet? If so I'd remove the long shelf on the top, push that rail up, and then move bottom rail up too --a full depth space at the bottom is much more useful; will accomodate a STUK box or two rows of shoes. I have a Victorian with very small closets, so I have my clothes stratified by length, and the rail heights set accordingly. If you have room, put the shelf back in at the bottom to separate your hanging clothes from your shoes or whatever else you put there.

--If you can get bins/baskets/boxes close in size to the shelves on the narrow side, do that. Otherwise, consider putting at least one hanging rail in there, too (can be regular height for full length garments, or short to hold pants folded over bar hangers like those from the Container Store).

--Use thin hangers and get one or two more garments on each rail.

If you have just a little money to spend, do some or all of the above and:

--Measure the space along the wall between the edge of the single closet door when its open and the end of that wall. Depending on how much room you have, a bookcase with storage (the narrow Ikea Billy --16" wide-- will accomodate Bullig baskets or Drona fabric boxes, or put a door on it and use it for shoes) or the Kallax cube and boxes to go with. Great for underwear/socks and rolled tees.

--Consider a door-casing height shelf along the full length of the wall at the foot of the bed and maybe wrapping over the door corner as well. If you can get a 10-12" of space on top of that shelf you can line it with tidy storage boxes with lids for everything you don't need on a daily basis.

If you have enough money to upgrade your furniture and are willing to do so:

--Underbed drawers can be great! Especially for things that are washed often like underwear socks and tees. For stuff you don't need to access daily, I prefer lift beds; then things can be put in appropriately dust-excluding bags/boxes.

--Consider an L-shaped wardrobe; PAX options at Ikea range from about $600 to $1400 although I see some parts are currently hard to get.

I personally would upgrade to a semi-custom wardrobe before changing out the bed (especially if the bed accomodates boxes underneath) because it lookes like you are box-spring adapted and most drawer and lift beds don't take box springs.

The Marie Kondo folding method made an amazing difference for me. I don't get into her ritual approach, but the folding works!

All you need is vacuum and some storage vacuum bags from target or any other store. Separate the clothes by usage. For example, if you have winter clothes put them together and vacuum them inside a bag. You can put the bags under your mattress. Until winter comes and then reverse the action storing summer clothes. If weather is not an issue, then you can separate clothes by frequency of use. Once a week to every six months for example. Then take all the shoes out and get an overhang shoe holder. Those two actions can reduce the space significantly. without much expense. Off course you can do many other things like buying a premade closet and installing it. Or buy functional hangers that extend down and can hold about 5 tops in one. Underbed storage bags are great. The shoes will do well there as you can see them all. The best way to start is buy taking everything out and separating things in a manner that makes sense to you. If this is a long term home, then investing in a closet system will be a good idea.

You seem to have a lot of wasted space on the shelves, as well as stuff that doesn't appear to be clothing-related. I would find somewhere else to stash games, puzzles, office supplies, photos, or whatever is not clothing. Once you've eliminated the non-clothing, try optimizing your shelf storage. If you and your partner are good about keeping your clothes folded, I'd suggest finding a video of how Marie Kondo folds clothes. Rather than creating stacks that you need to dig through, she recommends folding items so that they stand upright in a box or bin and you can see what you're looking for immediately. That's a huge advantage in a small closet and takes up a lot less space. I switched our family's tee shirts to this type of folding and it made things much neater. We also find we actually wear all of our shirts instead of just grabbing the same couple of shirts from the top of a pile. If you don't think you can commit to folding, then using baskets and designating them to specfic items (tee shirts, scarves, etc.) allows you to toss stuff into the basket but still know where to find it again. You can buy or make shelf risers that will allow you to store your new organized bins and baskets more efficiently... that's helpful if you have non-adjustable shelves. You don't have a lot of hanging space, so I definitely agree with Jody Hall that you should hang outerwear somewhere else. Coats and jackets can get really bulky! You could probably hang three pair of jeans in the space one winter coat takes. Finally, if you have small items that need somewhere to hang, you can add hooks to the inside of the closet doors. Just be careful not to screw all the way through the door!

plenty of room! Navy roll shirts and jeans make use of hanging space, add more shelves, we use the same closets all over our home, we have 5 to store just our kitchen things. Some in garage and some in the storage unit off site. They fit so much and u can easily add bins pull out shelves and more shelves as you need. U say it is shared, use pull put trays and the kids can pick their shirt, I usually use a shelf for each person. You can long roll shorts and jeans to the right vertically and navy roll shirts horizontally, and the socks can be half ball to the back or in seperate container where each child can choose from a bin or plain paper box or basket underneat, we also put in tap lights to help with sight. Good luck and everyone make the best uses of your space, it has taken me YEARs to get it right, I just finished my 5th purge in a home we bought 7 years ago and everything is just now RIGHTY!

If you have to work with the structures you have and assuming the two rods cannot be moved:

1- Remove the shoe rack and boxes on the floor.

2- Hang his shirts on the bottom rod- they are longer than her shirts and can hit the clean floor rather than the not-so-clean metal rod.

3- Hang her shirts on the top rod. They are shorter than his shirts.

4- Then look for specialized pant hangers. There are some that fit an inch or two closer to the rod than a regular plastic hanger. See, for example, the four dozen styles at

https://www.hangers.com/style/men-s/pants.html There's a dazzling array of hangers available online.

5- Put the shoe rack somewhere else. Try another style that may slide under the bed or mount on the wall. You may need to use bed risers to make enough space for a slide-in tray (large plastic cafeteria trays work fine).

6. Add an LED strip light in the big closet like the one in the small closet.

If ideas 2 and 3 aren't workable, try hanging all the tops on the top rod and all the pants on the bottom rod. Use a sliding cardboard marker or cut a hole in a paper plate to separate his and hers (shaped like this: https://www.amazon.com/ERA-Accents-Closet-Dividers-Clothing/dp/B07RYXLY42 ) .

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This is a pretty big room. Add armoire or two.