In case you are like many householders, your closet is in severe want of group. An untamed mess of garments, footwear, and equipment could greet you every time you open your closet door. To arrange your closet, you want the correct instruments of group: stable wooden cabinets confronted in melamine or laminate, plus two generously lengthy closet rods.
Adapting a Wooden Closet System
For ease of set up and a really skilled look, a wooden closet system kinds the structural core of this newly organized closet.
To sidestep the problem of the closet’s two pocket doorways assembly within the center and blocking entry, one L-shaped closet tower occupies both the appropriate or left aspect and a straight tower subsequent to it. Each towers have open cabinets, although chances are you’ll want to spend a bit extra and buy towers with drawers.
Main from the central tower to the opposite finish of the closet are two closet rods, one above the opposite. The result’s a sturdy, professional-looking DIY closet shelving system that’s versatile sufficient to adapt to your wants sooner or later.
What You will Want
Gear / Instruments
- Ladder
- Bubble degree
- Cordless screwdriver, with bits
- Pencil
- Hacksaw
- Handbook screwdrivers
- Tape measure
- Rubber mallet
- Stud finder
- Flat pry bar
- Painter’s tape
Supplies
- 1 wooden closet system nook (72 inches by 30 1/2 inches broad by 30 1/2 inches deep)
- 1 wooden closet system tower (72 inches by 25 1/4 inches broad by 14 inches deep)
- 2 48-inch to 72-inch adjustable closet rods
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20 to 50
2-inch screws - 6 1 1/4-inch screws
- 2 12-inch by 72-inch melamine or laminate shelf
Directions
This DIY closet shelving system is positioned in an ordinary, sliding double-door closet discovered in lots of bedrooms starting from 150 to 250 sq. toes. At a minimal, the door opening ought to be 59 inches broad by 79 inches excessive. The inside accessible house, at minimal, can be 88 inches broad by 91 inches excessive, with a depth of 24 inches.
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Take away Baseboards within the Closet
If the closet has baseboards, take away them. Use the flat pry bar to softly pull the baseboards away from the wall. Lay the baseboards apart.
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Mark Studs within the Closet
With the stud finder, find all vertical studs throughout the closet, on all three partitions. Mark with small items of painter’s tape. Place the marks above 75 inches, in order to not intrude with the tall tower models.
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Construct the Towers
Construct the 2 closet towers in line with producer specs. Most wooden closet system items make use of a cam-lock system with dowels for becoming a member of sections in order that the fasteners should not seen. Cam posts are screwed in clockwise by hand and are left protruding. Adjoining cam locks are then screwed into place; normally only a quarter-turn is ample to safe the cam locks. At all times you’ll want to connect the gussets (skinny fiberboard panels) to the again to keep up sq..
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Set up the Nook Tower
Relying on the way you want to configure the closet system, the nook tower can both be on the appropriate or left aspect of the closet. Most nook towers will work in both path. Push the nook tower securely into the nook. Connect the unit with the 2-inch screws, driving the screws into the studs marked earlier.
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Set up the Central Tower
The subsequent tower will probably be hooked up subsequent to the nook tower. Connect it to the again wall of the closet with the 2-inch screws. Connect the 2 tower models to one another with the 1 1/4-inch screws.
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Reduce the Mounting Boards for the Closet Rods
Reduce one of many 72-inch melamine shelf boards twice at 24 inches, to supply two receiving boards for the far finish of the closet rods. Every board ought to be 24 inches by 12 inches.
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Set up the Mounting Boards
Mount the 2 boards on the far finish of the closet wall to behave as a assist board for the closet rods. Just remember to use 2-inch screws and that the screws totally sink into the studs.
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Mark the Closet Rods
Place two marks on the receiving board, one at 68 inches excessive and one other at 34 inches excessive. Repeat these marks on the aspect of the middle tower. With the bubble degree, examine that horizontally-adjacent marks are degree. Do that by holding the extent on prime of a closet rod and checking it in opposition to the 2 marks. Every rod ought to be 12 inches away from the again closet wall.
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Set up the Closet Rods
With the included {hardware}, mount the 2 closet rods, one above the opposite, on the marks.
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Optionally available: Mount a Shelf Above the Closet Towers
To maximise house, chances are you’ll want to mount an extra shelf above the tower models. Mount 4 dual-track shelf helps, every 18 inches lengthy, in that higher house. Every dual-track assist ought to be screwed right into a wall stud. Buy 4 shelf brackets and one extra 12-inch by 72-inch melamine or laminate shelf. Snap the brackets in place and screw the shelf securely onto the brackets from the underside.
