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Walk-in Closets, Why are they so great?

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Walk-In Closets: Benefits, Costs and Ideas

Large Walk in closets are high priority items for many renters and home buyer because they provide some important benefits at a low cost. Depending on the size of the closet, walk in provide substantially more storage room than a standard, hangar-depth closet and, more importantly, allow residents more space to organize clothes, shoes and accessories. Additionally, cedar lined closets repel cloth eating insects. Cedar planks are easy to install yourself or can be part of your closet redesign implemented by your carpenter. Consider asking your carpenter to add organizing shelves and racks to your hall closet or kitchen pantry. Foyer closets or entry way closets are anther great way to utilize space into a storage area. Foyer walk in closets are great for organizing sports equipment, gloves, mittens, boots, bike helmets, and more.

Here are a few inexpensive ideas to maximize the benefits of a large closet:

Closet organizer units are available in inexpensive, do- These units are made of plastic coated wire or veneered particle board. If the budget allows, skilled carpenters can build custom cherry, cedar, oak, or pine closet organizing systems. Before you go shopping, take an inventory of the items you store in your closet. Make a note of how many shoes and boots you have. Do you have mostly short, hanging items like shirts, blouses and jackets or do you have longer items like pants, jeans and dresses? How many folded things, like sweaters, jeans and sweatshirts would you like to organize? Do you want to store smaller items like scarves, accessories, underwear and socks? Once you inventory your items, you will be able to meet with your carpenter and come up with a closet design plan to meet your needs. Using a piece of grid lined paper, draw a layout of your closet to scale.

Include the actual measurements of your closet including height.

Consider installing a hangar unit that includes a shelf above for storage. If your closet is on the small side, use this area to store off-season items in clear plastic tubs. The clear plastic will allow you to see what is inside. Be sure to store like-items together, such as shorts in one tub, shirts in another and sandals in yet another one. Shelving units have adjustable shelves that are perfect for folded items like sweaters. Colorful open top bins can be used to store underwear, socks and accessories. Organize the bins from top to bottom in the same way you wear the items. For example, hats and scarves on the top shelf, sweaters and body garments in the middle, underwear and socks on the bottom row. Shoes and boots can be stored vertically in hangars with pockets or on low horizontal shelves.

With careful planning and the help of a skilled carpenter, walk-in closets offer many storage benefits and can be customized to your particular needs.

Kitchen Cabinets-Tips For The Right Cabinets

With the number of home sales dropping, and the tighter restrictions in the mortgage industry, many homeowners are finding it harder than ever to sell their homes and upgrade to a larger home. Because of this trend, Kitchen Cabinet renovation projects are on the rise as homeowners are finding ways to make their current homes more livable, while adding value to their home at the same time. The easiest way to add value and create the feel of a new home, is to renovate your kitchen Click here to contact us to start your renovation today.

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Sunshine Alliance Cabinets & Millwork Inc
257 E Palmetto Pk Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Phone / Fax: (561) 367-3652
bruno@alliancewoodworking.com

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