I’ve made a few modifications to my plan for turning the present visitor bed room right into a closet. The general plan nonetheless stands, however after I put the proposed flooring plan for that room into the IKEA Pax planner to rearrange my closet, I noticed that my authentic plan wasn’t very environment friendly.
Right here was my authentic plan. I used to be going to shut up the doorway from the present visitor bed room into the hallway, after which open up a doorway from the present house health club (future master suite) into that room and create an enormous master suite closet with a exercise space. I needed the closet space on the hallway aspect, with the exercise space on the window aspect of the room.
However the issue with that plan was that I had deliberate to wrap the wardrobes round two corners. And I can’t even specific how a lot I hate nook storage. I don’t assume there’s any such factor as environment friendly nook storage. Most nook storage is the place issues to go to be forgotten. However when attempting to rearrange PAX wardrobes round two corners, these corners simply grow to be wasted area. That’s 32 cubic ft of wasted area per nook. That’s loads of cupboard space wasted!
Additionally, with closing one doorway and opening up one other, that created one other drawback. The world with the proposed new doorway is correct the place our breaker field is, and shifting a breaker field prices about $3500. I don’t adore it being there, particularly if that is going to be our master suite, however I can simply cowl it up with a mirror or one thing like that. And actually, the one place I’d wish to transfer it to is the pantry (i.e., future laundry room) which is evident throughout the home, so I’d think about that it might value much more than $3500 to maneuver it to the opposite aspect of the home. And that simply appears foolish when it’s completely fantastic proper the place it’s.
Additionally, if I hold the breaker field there and don’t put a doorway there, that provides me an ideal nook for a comfortable chair, flooring lamp, and possibly even a bit ottoman.
So in the long run, I made a decision to maintain the doorway proper the place it’s. Is it unconventional to must exit the bed room, stroll two steps right into a hallway, after which must enter a “closet” from the hallway? Yep! Do I care? Nope! I already stroll from the visitor bed room (i.e., our present bed room) two steps into the hallway, via the house health club, and into the grasp rest room every day to prepare for the day. After which I stroll again via the house health club, two steps into the hallway, and again into the visitor bed room to dress. I’m actually strolling that path each day proper now, and it has by no means felt inconvenient to me, or appeared like a trek from one room to the opposite. So the one distinction might be that as a substitute of this room being our bed room, it will likely be a devoted closet and exercise space.
So with that call made, that is how I made a decision to rearrange it. I’ll have one complete wall preferred with PAX wardrobes. That’s 15 ft of storage. And by the best way, that’s the identical quantity of storage that I had deliberate in our authentic flooring plan of the massive addition after I had deliberate to make use of PAX wardrobes as a substitute of getting a walk-in closet. So that is going to be the structure, with the doorway going into the hallway.
So if I overlay that onto the ground plan, it appears to be like like this…
I believe it’ll be excellent! And so far as how the storage will look, that is what I’ve give you…
This was very enjoyable to plan and mess around with on the PAX planner. I mainly made a listing of every part I needed to retailer in right here, after which beside every factor, I wrote down how I needed to retailer it — hanging, or a shelf, or a drawer, and many others. After which I made positive i had that variety of drawers, cabinets, and hanging bars. I nonetheless want so as to add some particular storage objects inside a number of the drawers (separators and such), and I could rearrange the sections. However total, that is how the closet aspect of the room will look.
The great factor is that the sum of money I saved by not shifting the breaker field and never opening a doorway and shutting one other was virtually sufficient to cowl the price of the brand new flooring (which I’ve already ordered) and the PAX wardrobes. In order that’s a win!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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