The Master of Closets

So, when watching those home buying shows on TV, a few things always strike me as odd when it comes to what prospective buyers freak out over. One of the biggest is: closet space. "Oh... what a small master closet!" "What no walk-in??" "Where am I going to put all my shoes?!?"

Ew.

Why do people have so much stuff? To each their own, I guess...

I was surprised by our closet when I finally saw the house! Wow! A walk-in?! How are we going to fill that?!

It had only two flaws, the walls were in sad shape and it was filled with cheapy metal shelves. The shelves were just... weird, flimsy and disjointed.

When we decided the metal shelves needed to go, we started ripping them out... what we didn't realize was, every single screw in the wall had an huge anchor behind it! I must've patched 100 holes!

Now that there was almost no natural wall left, we we painted it. Then, we spent the next couple weeks looking for something better... then another couple weeks installing the better... then another week looking for the little extra shelf that I could use as my dresser... and now Chad wants a shoe shelf for under his hanging clothes. We were originally going to put another bar for hanging clothes under his high up bar... but we found we didn't need more space! Yay us!

What we decided to go with was a solid wood closet system by allen+roth from Lowes... and I really, REALLY wouldn't recommend it. There is no data anywhere about how high you should hang things, where you should to start, what order would be most logical to install in... I looked at their website, I looked at Lowes, I tried to find info anywhere on the internet... nothing... Plus, though everything is solid wood, its solid like Balsa wood is solid - crazy lightweight and dents easy... though once all the brackets were in, it seems solid enough. And hey, it looks crazy nice.

Chad's side

My side, the shelf below is from World Market

At this point, I stood back, and had myself an "awwwww" moment. So, this is why people freak out about closets. They are a pain in the butt if they aren't perfect at move-in. This closet was expensive, a pain in the ass to install and now, its still just a room that we see maybe 6 minutes a day... Don't get me wrong its WAY better now... but... would I do it over again.... the jury is still out.

Maybe Chad's little shoe holder will be what makes it perfect and 100% worth it. Maybe.