When doing a bedroom renovation or building a new home, the standard spec type closets are just not a logical choice for most home owners. They either lack realistic clothing and storage space, and they are not laid out intuitively so that the owners can retrieve items with having to dig around or remove other items to retrieve one. Closet design ideas are left on the cutting room floor for several reasons, the main one is that it costs money the builders do not want to invest due to it cutting into their profits. The other reason is that not everyone is going to agree on a standard “smart design”, and will be turned off by the feature in a new home closet.
The best place to get walk in closet design ideas is to attend local open houses, when a realtor is showing a high end custom home. The walk in closets always have that personal touch the previous owner designed and had built. From built-ins like dressers, rotating shoe storage, jewelry and valuables vault, and even windows to let in natural light while making your daily clothing selection. Some new homes even have small media centers hidden away in their walk-ins. If the square footage is available, some lady’s of the house like to have their makeup application areas in their closet instead of taking up valuable bathroom counter real estate.
There are many online resources to get inspiration from and closet design ideas photos are available on great sites like flickr.com, and picasa.com. Just log on to the site and type in your search phrase like “closets design ideas”, and review the photos in slideshow format while taking notes with pen and paper. That is the great thing about the Internet, complete strangers sharing passive data about their lives and how they design their homes. You may not find exactly what you are looking for but you can grab ideas here and there to come up with your own custom closet creation.
Local and regional home improvement shows are a great resource for closet ideas, and with digital camera or camcorder in tow, you can capture the day’s event and bring home a treasure trove of ideas. The latest technology that is being applied to newly renovated closets is on display just waiting for you to go soak up the information. While at the show, talk to the representatives, and ask their opinions on how you should renovate your personal closet space. They are constantly coming up with solutions for clients, and may just give you the key to your entire design needs in just a few sentences.
Closet design ideas photo books are available at your local book retailer or of course online. They make great reference books while you are trying to optimize your bedroom closet or even kitchen pantry. A local professional closet organizer can be hired to do a total make over on your closets or, just simply hire them for an hour or two for consulting purposes. You can then take the data and do-it-yourself if you feel like you can handle the project yourself.
