Hi.
I’m Lorie Marrero, creator of the Clutter Diet book and on-line program, and today I
have for you a master closet makeover.
I’m going to share with you some tips that are particular to the master closet area of
the house.
But first I want to show you these amazing before and after pictures that we have.
The before you see here was a wire-based shelving system that was put in by the builder.
The homeowner had been living with this for many years and it was just kind of okay, but
the contents outgrew the space and certainly outgrew the system that they had.
So we ripped out, happily, all of those wire shelving pieces that were really kind of almost
falling apart and we patched the walls and we painted the walls a gray color that matched
the rest of the master suite, so it kind of made the closet feel more unified with the
area of the house, and then it even made this white closet system really pop against the
walls.
So we’ve been really happy to come in here and look at it.
It just makes us feel good.
So we’ve had a lot of fun with this installation.
I used the ClosetMaid Selective line for this closet, and I really like this for having
a custom closet look at a DIY price.
So you can get this at Home Depot.
You can go on closetmaid.com and have their designers help you put together a design with
your measurements and then you install it yourself.
So you’ve got this great built-in look.
You can have drawers here or you can leave this open with shelves instead, and you can
also put cabinet doors on these pieces.
Basically this is a floor-based system that you install by just pre-assembling the cabinet
units, like this piece here, and the corner unit we have.
And then you simply place those rested on the floor and they secure against the wall.
So it feels very sturdy, and again, [POP] looks very built in and nice.
So we really had fun with this.
I wanted to point out with, you know, master closet areas, they’re often connected to
the master bathroom.
And sometimes the master bathroom doesn’t have enough linen closet storage and we’re
finding ourselves frequently overflowing the linen closet storage into the master closet.
So here we just made it official.
Don’t be afraid to do that.
If you need linen closet storage, build that into your design.
So we did here.
We’ve got sheets and blankets that needed to be stored here.
And we left them here on open shelves, so that was easy to locate right off the bathroom.
Another thing I wanted to point out about master closets is that they’re typically
walk-in closets.
So when you walk into the closet, don’t forget to turn right back around and look
at the door for storage, because there’s an entire other wall there.
Not only the back of the door like we often talk about on my videos, but the wall around
the door.
So you can see in this picture we’ve got hats, we’ve got tote bags, and we really
maximized that space with just some simple hooks.
But don’t forget about that other wall that you can take advantage of.
Another thing about master closets is that since they are typically the largest closet
in the house they often will house a lot of keepsakes and memorabilia.
So we figured that into the design too.
Here you can see that we have some [POP] heirloom afghan blankets and quilts and baby blankets,
and they are stored up high out and away from the rest of the daily flow of getting dressed.
But that is appropriate for a master closet.
[POP] There are things that are family heirlooms that need to stay somewhere safe and they
don’t need to be in the garage or some space where they don’t have climate control.
So figure that into your design too.
Ask for exactly what you want and you just might get it.
I hope you’ve enjoyed these tips today and I hope you like our little “before and after.”
If you want to see a lot more closet tips, we have a whole play list about closets on
our YouTube channel.
You can see us at clutterdiet.tv.
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We’ll see you next time, and may you always be happy and grateful for having more than
enough.