How to Maximise my closet space?

[StephRoss]

I have a closet in my bedroom that is 4.5 ft. by 5 ft. I have lots of dresses and shoes. How can I make the most out of this small closet?

[marksr]

Welcome to the forums!

Where is the door?

[mediumj]

Home Depot and Lowes both sell wire shelving specifically designed to address your question. It is very easy to install with only basic tools. I recently did this in the master closet. It made a huge improvement.

[StephRoss]

Sorry, I'm just now getting back to this forum. The door is in the middle of the 5 ft. side. Do you have any ideas?

[marksr]

If the door isn't too wide, you could have closet rod and shelf along each 4.5' wall with shelves and shoe rack in the middle of the 5' wall. Or you could run a 5' closet rod and shelf along the back wall, 2.5' along one side wall and the shoe rack and shelves on the other side.

[Capable_Wife]

I would put in a bar at the appropriate height for the dresses, and put the shoes either on a door rack (if it's a swinging door) or on a floor rack in the bottom of the closet. And example of the floor rack here. And an example of the over the door rack here.

You may have enough width on the short sides to run two bars along the long side where you can store the out of season dresses on the back bar and the ones you can wear in the front. It might be a pain to shift them back and forth, but less hassle than storing them elsewhere or sifting through them on a rushed morning.

Hope that helps!

[Capable_Wife]

Oh, and if you have the room, you could also designate a small section at one end of your front bar for your separates by putting in a divider and a lower bar (so that you have two bars on top of each other). I'm not sure I'm explaining this well....something like this, except maybe not quite so cheesy and "temporary" looking.

[StephRoss]

Thank you for the help everyone!!!

Capable_Wife

I would put in a bar at the appropriate height for the dresses, and put the shoes either on a door rack (if it's a swinging door) or on a floor rack in the bottom of the closet. And example of the floor rack here. And an example of the over the door rack here.

Thank you capable wife for the link to the shoe floor rack. This one looks much better then what I had pictured in my mind.

[Capable_Wife]

No problem! Glad to be helpful, I've gotten lots of great advice here, so it's nice to be able to help out someone else.

[zip2play]

Don't closets have 3 dimensions?

What is the third?

[chandler]

Height of 8' in most probability. But the higher area becomes less accessible the higher you reach.