Then, I got back in the pax planner and started over completely. We measured around the door trim and I played with options if we kept the trim and if we took the trim down. We measured each wall and where the doors are on each wall. If you weren’t aware, we’re renovating this section of our house so that we have a new, bigger bathroom, and since we were removing the walls anyway, we stole a little bit of square footage for the bathroom from the closet. Once we got home from our trip, we took exact measurements with the newly framed closet wall. It just made the most sense to plan flexible storage options. I thought about using shoe shelves, but normal shelves allow you to store shoes or purses or baskets with scarves, etc. While that might sound limited given all of the options that Ikea has, it’s going to make it easier to customize so it looks like a custom closet. The way the Ikea Pax closets work, you have the cabinet boxes which are available in fixed sizes, and then you can fill them up with internal storage options like drawers, hanging rods, pull out pants hangers, drawer dividers, etc.ĭuring this process I decided that we’re only going to use drawers, shelves, and normal hanging rods. This was actually such a crucial part of the process because it allowed me to play around with the different sizes and organization options. (If you want to learn more about the Ikea Pax planner, Chris Loves Julia coincidentally posted a blog post today that gets more into the details of how the planning software works.) To begin with, we took rough measurements just so I could start playing around in the Pax planning software. Finally, we wanted to move our LG styler into the closet to free up some space in our laundry room, if possible.Dustin wanted enough drawers and shelves that we wouldn’t need to have a big dresser in our bedroom.I have some jewelry, accessories, and purses that I’d like to fit in the closet if we can.Ideally, we’d have a place to sit to put shoes on, but I didn’t think we’d have enough room for that (spoiler: I’m probably right).I also really wanted a nice size mirror to be able to see what I’m mixing and matching-we had a small full length mirror in our last closet, but I always had to kinda squish in the closet to see a full outfit.We don’t really have a coat closet or great shoe storage spot in our house, so ideally I wanted to be able to store shoes and coats in our closet at least seasonally.For instance, here are some of our requirements for the new closet: Today, I’m sharing what that planning process has looked like so far, and what the next steps for our Pax closet hack are going to be: Our Closet Needsīefore you start planning out your Pax closet, you really should understand what you (and your partner, if applicable) are looking for out of your closet. Sources: Chris Loves Julia | Three Birds Renovations | Money Can Buy Lipstick | Erin Kestenbaum | Crazy Wonderful Just look at all the beautiful things people are doing with the Ikea pax system: Now that I’ve played around in the planner and seen what the cost will be, it seems like a no-brainer-plus, we’re so excited to “hack” it a little bit so that they’re completely custom and unique to our home. I love the way she made these somewhat basic closet options feel luxurious and custom, so we decided to start building in the Pax planner and see if it was the route we wanted to go. But, the more I looked (and learned about the cost of custom closets), the more I started getting interested in DIY custom closets.Īnd then I found Erin Kestenbaum’s Pax Hack, and decided to start looking at Ikea options. We had California Closets in the City House and they were great. In our excitement, we decided to start envisioning our new master closet.Īt first, we were planning to have a company come in to create an upscale custom closet for us. We’re in the process of slowly getting there, but all of the demo is done and we’re actually starting to get new things in (like the new walls, which are framed now!). Ever since we first walked through our new house, we’ve had a vision of a beautiful master suite, with a true master bath and big walk-in closet.
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