Building A Small Bedroom Closet

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Building a small bedroom closet.

Consider tall shelving built in cabinets cubbies for shoes a tilt. You need to leave room for a door to open. Use grid paper 1 4 scale is common with specific dimensions it will serve as your materials guide as well as your blueprint. The following day is when i got to work.

We framed out the closet and ran the electrical wiring. The most logical place would. Clothes need a minimum of 24 interior depth for hanging. Also consider whether windows might be in the way.

Next you will trim the door opening and install the door s of your choice. Imo the closet is best on a short wall. If there is less than 30 between a window s trim edge and a wall corner you may need to put the closet on another wall. The first step is to build a closet frame and fasten it to the surrounding walls.

Once the room and closet was painted it was time to design and build the shelves for the closet. We had to relocate the switch for the bedroom ceiling light and we added a light and switch inside the closet. A small bedroom closet doesn t really need a light but it didn t cost much to add one. Decide where to locate your closet.

This can be the most difficult part of the process. I painted the walls of the bedroom and the closet the drywall needs two coats. Finally you will hang the closet rods or customize the interior with rods shelving drawers and any other accessories you desire. Lay out the walls and doors.

In a small space every inch counts and we needed as much space in the closet as possible. Whether it is a wall or walk in closet will depend on the amount of room available to.