Planning My IKEA Pax Wardrobe Closet

I’ve made a few modifications to my plan for turning the present visitor bed room right into a closet. The general plan nonetheless stands, however once I put the proposed ground plan for that room into the IKEA Pax planner to rearrange my closet, I noticed that my unique plan wasn’t very environment friendly.

Right here was my unique plan. I used to be going to shut up the doorway from the present visitor bed room into the hallway, after which open up a doorway from the present dwelling fitness center (future main bedroom) into that room and create an enormous main bedroom closet with a exercise space. I wished the closet space on the hallway aspect, with the exercise space on the window aspect of the room.

However the issue with that plan was that I had deliberate to wrap the wardrobes round two corners. And I can’t even categorical how a lot I hate nook storage. I don’t suppose there’s any such factor as environment friendly nook storage. Most nook storage is the place issues to go to be forgotten. However when attempting to rearrange PAX wardrobes round two corners, these corners simply develop into wasted house. That’s 32 cubic toes of wasted house per nook. That’s plenty of cupboard space wasted!

Additionally, with closing one doorway and opening up one other, that created one other downside. The realm with the proposed new doorway is true the place our breaker field is, and transferring a breaker field prices about $3500 minimal. I don’t find it irresistible being there, particularly if that is going to be our main bedroom. It’s situated on the wall simply to the suitable of the dresser, TV, and “Sweat The Loopy Out” neon signal. I’ve had it hidden by hanging a mirror over it.

And when that is our bed room, I can nonetheless simply cowl it up with a mirror or one thing like that. And actually, the one place I’d wish to transfer it to is the pantry (i.e., future laundry room) which is evident throughout the home, so I’d think about that it may price much more than $3500 to maneuver it to the opposite aspect of the home. And that simply appears foolish when it’s completely effective proper the place it’s.

Additionally, if I maintain the breaker field there and don’t put a doorway there, that provides me an ideal nook for a snug chair, ground lamp, and perhaps even a bit of ottoman.

So in the long run, I made a decision to maintain the doorway proper the place it’s. Is it unconventional to should exit the bed room, stroll two steps right into a hallway, after which should enter a “closet” from the hallway? Yep! Do I care? Nope! I already stroll from the visitor bed room (i.e., our present bed room) two steps into the hallway, by way of the house fitness center, and into the grasp lavatory every day to prepare for the day. After which I stroll again by way of the house fitness center, two steps into the hallway, and again into the visitor bed room to dress. I’m actually strolling that path on daily basis proper now, and it has by no means felt inconvenient to me, or appeared like a trek from one room to the opposite. So the one distinction shall be that as a substitute of this room being our bed room, will probably be a devoted closet and exercise space.

So with that call made, that is how I made a decision to rearrange it. I’ll have one complete wall lined with PAX wardrobes. That’s 15 toes of storage. And by the best way, that’s the identical quantity of storage that I had deliberate in our unique ground plan of the massive addition once I had deliberate to make use of PAX wardrobes as a substitute of getting a walk-in closet. I’ve type of come full circle on the quantity of closet house I’ll have. So that is going to be the format, with the doorway stored in its present place main into the hallway.

So if I overlay that onto the ground plan, it seems like this…

I feel it’ll be excellent! And so far as how the storage will look, that is what I’ve provide you with…

This was very enjoyable to plan and mess around with on the PAX planner. I principally made a listing of all the pieces I wished to retailer in right here, after which beside every factor, I wrote down how I wished to retailer it — on a dangling bar, or on a shelf, or in a drawer, and so forth. After which I made certain I had that variety of drawers, cabinets, and hanging bars. I nonetheless want so as to add some particular storage objects inside a few of the drawers (separators and such), and I could rearrange the sections. However total, that is how the closet aspect of the room will look.

The great factor is that the amount of cash I saved by not transferring the breaker field and never opening a brand new doorway and shutting one other was virtually sufficient to cowl the price of the brand new flooring (which I’ve already ordered) and the PAX wardrobes. In order that’s a win!

I didn’t make this resolution for future homeowners. I made it for myself. BUT, simply consider how handy this shall be for a future proprietor now! They’ll have already got the 2 separate bedrooms, they usually’ll have 5 PAX wardrobes. They’ll simply must uninstall them and transfer them. They will depart two of them on this room, inserting them the place our present built-in closet are flanking the window within the visitor bed room…

The present closets are 40 inches large, and the PAX wardrobes are a fraction of an inch narrower. So that they’ll match there completely! After which they’ll transfer the opposite three into the master suite and line them up on the wall the place the unique closets had been. And viola! They’ve bought two bedrooms with closets. It’ll work out completely!

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