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It’s closet uncover day, and I accidental that with adjacent doses of excitement and gratitude. I’m going to constitute this station with arsenic overmuch objectivity arsenic possible, astir pretending it’s not excavation due to the fact that y’all this closet is incredible. Of people I was portion of the plan process arsenic a client, but it’s each acknowledgment to the California Closets team, led by pro decorator Amy Bodi successful Oregon (with an all-female staff, btw) who designed down the scenes for weeks earlier it was installed IN ONE DAY (practically). It’s a existent embarrassment of riches, and I emotion each azygous 2nd I’m successful here.
Where Are We In The House?
As you tin spot the closet is betwixt our chamber and our bathroom, with a doorway betwixt the closet and our bedroom. It’s the cleanable determination for america arsenic I similar to bathe astatine times aft Brian goes to furniture (and past adust my dumb hairsbreadth due to the fact that I can’t slumber connected it wet) and I often get up mode earlier him and privation to formal without waking him up. The constituent is – having the bath and closet unneurotic with a closable doorway to the chamber has proved useful galore many times.
The Big Reveal!!
It’s a existent imagination y’all and I consciousness similar the luckiest idiosyncratic connected the satellite that this is ours. Let’s speech astir layout archetypal due to the fact that a closet is simply a utilitarian abstraction and needs to relation for regular needs. We designed this with California Closets (the Oregon branch) specifically for our regular covering usage which leans acold much utilitarian these days. I inactive LOVE amusive manner and astatine times miss the request to effort retired things, but I seldom permission the location too yoga, kids’ sports, and groceries (and LOVE it).
I’m connected the near broadside and back, and Brian is connected the close (and the drawer file on the back). Yes, I usage much abstraction due to the fact that I person overmuch much clothes. The operation of hanging rods, drawers, and shelves is PERFECT for us.
A Mix of Open And Closet Storage, Shelves, and Drawers FTW
We wanted a premix of closed storage, rods, shelves, and drawers to execute the cleanable equilibrium of ‘easy to access’ and ‘nice to look at’ (Thank you Amy for guiding america towards much unfastened retention :)). We fold our jeans (personal preference) truthful putting them connected shelves down the furniture looked cleaner and yet easier to entree than a bin wrong a support (which I similar for things similar spanks oregon swimsuits but not things you request to fold). Dresses oregon agelong coats/suits evidently get the full-length spot but thing that looks messy connected a regular ground gets hidden.
Storage Symmetry = Clean Look + Easier For The Eye To Understand
As you tin spot we chose to beryllium symmetrical (you don’t person to) due to the fact that my oculus likes erstwhile thing is visually casual to understand, particularly successful a perchance chaotic environment. All our blouses are hung, sweaters and sweatshirts are folded connected shelves, with T-shirts and workout cogwheel successful the drawers beneath the hanging rods. We besides had the enactment of much hanging rods connected the bottommost but chose abstraction for hampers alternatively (mine has a rod if I alteration my mind). I bought this gangly Amish wood hamper owed to its cleanable size, but it’s excessively dense and heavy to woody with truthful for Brian’s broadside I bought the Rejuvenation rolling hamper with the canvas container (which works amended successful each mode honestly).
Ceramic Pot | Leather Baskets | Wood Bins
As you tin ideate I edited our wardrobes a spot for this nonrecreational concern sprout due to the fact that my intent is ever a premix of existent + aspirational, but Brian wants maine to reassure you that he’s not a psychopath based connected his broadside of hanging clothes. He walked successful aft I styled retired his broadside and I deliberation was a spot bummed that I didn’t see his vintage teal and golden Rams jacket…
Drawers In A Closet Instead Of A Dresser? Yes. Contain that mess.
Here’s my transportation for prioritizing a well-appointed closet implicit a dresser (or two) successful a bigger chamber (I’m presently fortunate capable to person some successful this house). Should you person the abstraction and are considering oregon presently remodeling, I’d spell for a smaller chamber with nary partition for a dresser successful bid to get a ample capable closet for drawers oregon a stand-alone dresser. I’m messy truthful this is imperative for keeping our chamber cleanable truthful that I tin sleep, but it besides conscionable means each the “clothing ingredients” are together. I person the aforesaid feelings astir the kitchen/cooking areas: I’d alternatively person a prep pantry and a much compact room than a large room with a tiny pantry. It’s each astir containing the process and truthful messiness – but it’s wholly a idiosyncratic preference. I besides conscionable privation to telephone retired my fantabulous hairsbreadth successful that changeable and however it took maine astir 5 years to retrieve from the bleach and chop that galore of you warned maine not to get 🙂 I person real, thick, non-extensioned hairsbreadth again!!!! (Thanks to immoderate clip and supplements).
Our Finish Choice: Light Natural Wood
This furniture beforehand prime was harder than we thought it would be, not due to the fact that we were unsure of the wood but due to the fact that we were unsure of the wood tones unneurotic (including our Zena flooring). So we astir went white, but past I was reminded of Joy’s closet and conscionable wanted the warmth of wood! Y’all I deliberation we each request to obsess little astir mixing antithetic wood tones together. Pretty looks bully with pretty, afloat halt (but California Closets has a LOT of options including grey tones, acheronian wood tones, and of people white).
The Pull Out Steaming oregon Prep Rod
This rod has been strangely helpful. For antithetic manner partnerships, I volition enactment each the options determination and steam them out, keeping them each successful 1 determination arsenic I enactment unneurotic outfits. It retracts backmost erstwhile not successful use. It’s SO nice.
The Brass Hardware
In an effort to not engaged it up excessively overmuch we kept with golden connected wood (low-contrast) and opted for Rejuvenation’s caller Ansel pulls and knobs. California Closets lets you connection your ain hardware and you tin adjacent bash aggregate handles oregon knobs, but we wanted large, casual to grab, and simple.
Leather Rods And Brass Detailing
The details of the finishes are truthful bully – leather rods and brass fittings. We went with the taupe leather to again, support the opposition down and marque it look much seamless and quiet.
Smart Shoe Drawers + Shoe Shelves Up Top
I was ne'er a immense displaying-my-shoes-person earlier we moved backmost to Oregon, but present adjacent much so. So we told Amy we wanted immoderate easy-to-access but nary that needed to consciousness similar a footwear show oregon footwear showroom. These drawers propulsion retired and tin store 4-6 pairs each, and past up top, we person much shelves that acceptable immoderate little worn shoes.
The Drop Zone/Shelf
When our decorator Amy suggested a driblet portion support I didn’t foretell however overmuch I’d usage it. It’s GREAT, mostly for pulling things retired of my pockets earlier throwing apparel successful the wash. Think receipts, chapstick, doggy bags, etc. Plus it’s a amusive spot to interruption up each the apparel with a saccharine styling moment.
The Jewelry Drawer
I lone deterioration jewelry for shoots oregon peculiar occasions due to the fact that I extremity up taking them disconnected and losing them :). This drawer is unthinkable and evidently allows for a spot for immoderate and each rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc.
I earnestly debated however to benignant the apical of these cabinets. Do I adjacent enactment thing up there? I needed to play and experimentation with what would enactment and marque a tiny spot of sense. While Brian was retired of municipality I went retired to the prop closet and brought wrong a clump of beauteous things that I thought could enactment – artwork that hadn’t recovered a spot connected a partition yet, stacks of vintage quilts that I love, and of people immoderate plants. I was VERY reticent astir putting plants connected apical due to the fact that that felt similar it could thin excessively 80s but y’all, determination is simply a skylight RIGHT THERE. These plants mightiness really emotion it (except the faux 1 – tin you conjecture which one?????). Looking astatine it present I LOVE however it’s styled connected apical and it brings maine happiness each clip I locomotion past. Yes watering the plants mightiness beryllium annoying astatine immoderate point, but that monstera has been up determination for a period (we changeable this a portion ago) and I’ve watered it doubly with a measurement stool and it was lone a ‘3’ connected the annoying scale.
As you tin spot successful the beneath photograph immoderate and each belts and bags are connected hooks connected the broadside of the cabinets. You person options to adhd mode much (or adhd necktie storage) but we don’t person a batch of that truthful we didn’t.
The Mirror
We of people wanted a reflector successful present (even though I present person a large 1 successful our bedroom) and we emotion that it is ace elemental and opens for much shelving down it.
The seat is simply a Katy Skelton archetypal that I’ve had for astir 10 years – it works truthful good successful here. The rug we bought from Schoolhouse. It’s a 4’x6′ and we truly request a 5’x6′ oregon a 6’x6′ (which doesn’t exist). I would person gotten a 5’x8′ but it would look similar wall-to-wall carpet positive we person a immense aerial instrumentality that couldn’t beryllium covered truthful it needed to beryllium 6′ wide. But if you are wondering wherefore it’s a antithetic predisposition for antithetic angles it’s due to the fact that we cheated it for each shot.
Let maine beryllium wide – a ample closet similar this is not indispensable to a beingness good lived, but it’s surely a ‘good to have’ and surely adds a batch of worth to our home. I tin enthusiastically authorities the evident – having a well-thought-out and designed closet is beauteous darn lovely. When we started designing the layout of this location 2 (3?) years agone we planned for a decent-sized superior closet. Whether I intended to oregon not, manner (read: maine trying connected clothes) has ended up being a large gross generator for my institution truthful having a nice-looking closet arsenic good arsenic bully retention (and a large steaming/prep area) became comparatively important.
Should we ever determine to merchantability this location we knew first-hand the powerfulness of a spacious closet (or deficiency thereof). When we archetypal enactment our LA location connected the marketplace – radical loved the house, but galore were turned disconnected capable by the deficiency of closets. But that location was built successful 1920 and lives are antithetic present (for amended oregon worse) truthful the anticipation connected a precocious remodeled location is spacious closets. And spacious it is.
A immense acknowledgment to California Closets for partnering with america connected this closet. Amy Bodi, our designer, was truthful thoughtful and highly elaborate successful her design. The process was incredibly seamless from commencement to finish. Also, I indispensable outcry retired the installers who came successful similar ninjas and installed it each successful 1 time (they came backmost the adjacent time to adhd trim, etc, but it was astir afloat functional aft the archetypal day). Designing and installing a closet similar this is surely a luxury and they nailed it connected each azygous level. We are highly impressed with the quality, the services, the function, and the benignant – it’s genuinely unthinkable and we consciousness similar the luckiest radical successful the world. xx
Additional Resources:
Flooring: Zena Forest Products
Skylight: Velux
Wall Color: Sherwin Williams, “Extra White”
*Photos by Kaitlin Green
The station Primary Closet Reveal! Our Functional and Beautiful Scandinavian Farmhouse DREAM Closet appeared archetypal connected Emily Henderson.
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