Build Closet Shelving

Build Closet Shelving – How to make your design

Arranging things in an organized manner inside the home is considered by many as complex. One or the other day, we all might have probably helped our moms or wives in household cleaning. The most common approach is to stuff all the clutter lying around the house into the closet. In this way, the house gets clean, but the closet space gets piled up, thereby providing a clumsy appearance to the entire home. Nobody argues with that fact that closets are meant to store household items. Depending on the available space, one can fill the closets with as much stuff as possible. However, one needs to remember that the closet space will look more clean, neat and tidy in case the stuff in the closet is arranged in a more organized manner. For this, one needs to have a proper planning, a bit of imagination and slightly innovative. An appropriate solution for this problem is to build effective closet shelving.

There are certain basic steps that one must follow while building a closet shelving that is aptly suitable for one’s needs and requirements. First step begins with creating a design. Based on this design, one can then prepare a list of materials required for the construction. This must be followed by making an approximate estimate about the total expenditure one needs to spend. Finally, one must head out to buy the required supplies and materials. Once all the materials are purchased, one can go ahead with the task of building closet shelving.

Step 1: Design

Before going ahead with the design, one must compile a list of things one wants to keep in a closet space. Depending on this list, one can then proceed for designing. In case there are lot many numbers of shoes, it is better to have a shoe rack that is 2-3ft high and runs through the entire length of the floor. If one has more number of long clothes that must be hanged, better to provide space for hanging clothes by placing two bars one above the other. In the same manner, shelves are required for storing folded clothes. In case the entire objective is to utilize the space for keeping records or books, the closet shelving can be designed in such a way that it has racks of variable sizes and dimensions.

Next part is to measure the dimensions of the available closet space. One must measure length of each wall and the space between the walls. All these dimensions must be noted on a piece of paper and the must be taken into consideration at the time of creating a design. By making some rough sketches, one can get a fair estimate about the arrangement of racks, about the numbers of shelves that can fitted on each wall and also decide how much space should be provided to each shelf or rack.

Next part is to determine the type of material to be used in the construction of closet shelving system. Closet organizers can be made using a variety of materials such as wire, metal, laminate, wood, paper board and canvas. While canvas, wire and paper board are inexpensive options, wood and metal are costly. Ironically, costlier materials such as wood and metal look more elegant and can match well with any type of interior home décor. Depending on the available budget and preference, one can go for any of the above materials.

Primarily, there are two different ways of building an organizational closet structure. One method is to use prefabricated accessories that are available in the market and assemble them together. These prefabricated hangers and brackets are made of lightweight materials such as wire and coated with rubber. These parts are available in a variety of sizes, dimensions and depths. Also, they can be arranged in any possible manner so as to suit one’s requirements. The negative side of this method is that prefabricated wire shelving is not ideal for holding heavy materials. Another method is to build the shelving unit all by self. In this case, all the decisions including the material to be used and the design is customized and under your control. Depending on the convenience, available budget, time, space and requirements, one can adopt any of these methods.

Designing closet shelving as per one’s requirements is not that difficult. All that is required is proper planning, a bit of imagination and slightly innovative.