As children’s storage needs are different from that of adults, it necessarily follows that their closets are likewise different. Of course, the basic principles remain the same but they need tweaking and fine-tuning to make them more suitable, not to mention attractive, to children. Perhaps the most basic thing you can do is to scale [...]

Built-in closets are a recent development in clothes storage. In earlier periods, the only facilities for storing clothing were freestanding cabinets. These include armoires, which began life as a cabinet for weapons, hence the name; chests, which doubled as traveler’s luggage; and wardrobes, which were basically armoires but retooled for clothes storage. Although built-in versions [...]

Humidity and moisture can encourage the growth of mildew in your linen closet causing it to smell musty. Eventually, this smell is transferred to your towels and sheets, and when you use them, they are transferred to your bathroom and bedroom and to you as well. It is for this reason that it is important [...]

Mildew thrives in moist and damp environments. In order to rid your closet of mildew and its unpleasant musty smell, therefore, you need to reduce humidity and moisture in the air. If you have a walk-in closet, installing a large window that allows air to circulate would help reduce humidity. For smaller reach-in closets, on [...]

Closet clutter seems to be a universal affliction. Toys of all kinds fill up kids’ closets. Teenagers and young adults simply toss their clothes anywhere inside their room but hurriedly hurl them into the closet if they see Mom coming in. Moms and Dads who have to leave for work in a hurry sometimes have [...]

While there are closet doors that can look appealing because of their construction, most are plain and simple affairs. Often they sport a single color or stain with absolutely no frills. Owing to this, they can look boring. If your closet door is one of these, there are a few things you can do to [...]

After organizing your closet, putting off-season clothing in plastic boxes and pushing them into the rear sections, getting rid of items you haven’t worn or even seen in a year, and installing accessories intended to keep your apparel in order, making it look neat and tidy; it’s time you started thinking about how to make [...]

Interior decorators and professional organizers certainly have plenty of great ideas about closet design. Although their fees may be reasonable considering their expertise, most people trying to build a closet would undoubtedly choose the least expensive route, often relying on the many articles and guides on the Internet about closet design. Unless you are designing [...]

Among the more popular images of a kid’s closet is one that is in total disarray, looking like the aftermath of a devastating twister. Children do seem to like to simply throw their stuff on their closet floors and leave them piling up until the doors can no longer be closed without much effort. And [...]

Almost all clothes closets, whether walk-in or reach-in, have a rod for hanging dresses, shirts, coats, and pants. This is because rods are very helpful in keeping your clothes organized, and it does so without causing creases and crinkles on them. Installing a closet rod is easy. In the unlikely event that your closet lacks [...]