CLOSETS

A closet is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. Whether it’s a narrow cupboard or a proper walk-in, a well-placed closet is one of the most coveted features of any house. Closet doors can be removed entirely to integrate these spaces into a larger room. When you decide to have a closet in your house, you could consider the following points in the design…..

There are different types of Closets: Men’s closet, Women’s closet, Children’s closet, coat closet etc. A Man’s closet will require space for storage of shirts, pants, suits, ties, shoes, night clothes, underwear, socks and drawers  for lots of small items whereas a woman’s closet will require space for storing skirts, trousers, blouses, sarees, dresses, evening dresses, suits, coats, underwear, night clothes, shoes,  mirror, make-up things etc An Architect recommends the following minimum sizes for closets to be efficient…….

Storage space in a House is always not enough. Most families nowadays have so much clothing and need a lot of storage space. It is always better to have more storage space than not enough. So, at the planning stage itself, you can reserve some areas for storage. It is advisable to have a small space reserved exclusively for a Clothes Closet, within the Bedroom or adjacent to it next to the toilet. It can either be a Walk-in or a Walk-through. An Architect explains how to plan for a Closet….

Bedroom Closet organigning takes up a lot more time than you would expect because the amount of clothes and accessories possessed by each member of the family is so huge that, it seems unlikely that the area demarcated for storage purpose will be able to contain all of it. An Architect tells you that it is possible. Here are some tips and ideas to help you organise all your things within a bedroom closet in such a way that you can find everything…..