Then after we added baby boys to our family faster than a {insert any ‘yo mamma’ joke here}, we were out of space and decided to renovate these 2 rooms to become our master suite. I showed you our bathroom reno and the hardwood floors installation last spring but our bedroom has been a work in progress. One such work in progress area was our dilemma of having no closets in this room. Because we combined 2 rooms into one and the once connecting walls were the walls that held the individual rooms’ closets it meant that the new combined bigger space had no closets. What we lacked in closets we made up for in random doors. We removed 7 in the process including a door connecting the master bedroom into our 4 year old's bedroom. We dry walled over that door and were left with a blank wall that we decided to use for closets. We hemmed and hawed for a while on this one. What to do, what to do… I love me some IKEA. We really liked the PAX wardrobe system and wanted something similar but also knew we wanted something to stand the test of time.
Enter our latest Ikea hack. We started with 2 wide units and 2 narrow units. Our ceilings are not even 80” but our height options at IKEA were 96” or 75.” We rolled the dice, bought 96” units, cut them down to size and assembled. 6 units aren’t cheap so it was a gamble but it worked out just fine. We added in the accessories that went with the unit and then our super talented brother-in-law built a custom hardwood frame around the units and a custom hamper drawer and display shelving to break up the run of doors. This way we had the closet guts with a high quality frame and doors that will hold up to wear without spending a fortune. We lived with closets like this (no doors) for about 6 months but it gives you a good idea of the organization options. I somehow got my paint cans swapped while working on 2 different projects at the same time and accidentally pained this entire unit in exterior white instead of the Benjamin Moore Decorators White in Semi-Gloss like I intended.
Nothing like wasting a day painting something that will only need to be repainted. I guess the upside is that my closet will now withstand zero degree temperatures and snow if it ever needs to. This is hands down my favorite part. A drawer hiding our hampers. Nothing looks worse than spending a ton of time and money on a room to make it look good only to have dirty laundry sitting in the corner. And just to keep it real my hamper is never empty…I actually dumped the laundry on the floor just outside of this shot. The next step in this process is to build drawer fronts to put on the face of the drawer to match the doors. Then my electrical engineer husband added lighting into the closet that automatically turns on and off when the door opens. A Villanova engineering degree at work. Last but definitely not least we built tongue and groove shaker style doors. The flu tore through our house over the holidays and we were going stir crazy being quarantined in the house so we built them one day at a time while at the same time giving doses of Tylenol, Vicks and doing insane amounts of laundry.
*Update: By popular demand I've given a brief "How To" on building doors like these here. We’ve been using the closets for close to a year now and the Ikea interior units have held up perfectly so I’m really happy we went this route. Like everything we do it is 95% complete and will stay that way for a while. It was a. lot. work but we ended up with exactly what we wanted and are super happy with the result.Your current region is . If this is incorrect, please modify your region. 1-48 of 730 results (1065 matching products) Rustic Sliding Door Set For Suspended Wooden Door With Visible Steel Hardware The Ferris Wheel Kit Soft-Close Mechanism for Sliding Door Adjustable Lower Guide for Wood Door, Stainless Steel Flat Rail, Stainless Steel CX AL Aluminum Flush-Mount Carrier Track Industrial Sliding Door Set For Suspended Wooden Door AL 1535 WD. By-Pass Sliding System for 2 Small Doors Wall mount bracket for bypass door
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Video Playback Not Supported How to Hang Bifold Closet Doors Sliding closet doors are a common feature in some older homes. They are not always the best choice, however, since they limit access to only half the closet at a time and have a tendency to come off the track at the most inopportune moment. Replacing them with easy to open bifold doors allows full access to the closet space. Here’s how it’s done: Remove the old doors. Cut a board to cover the recessed track at the top and nail it in place. Measure the height and width of the opening. Purchase a set of doors to fit the opening. If the exact size isn’t available, buy the next larger size and plane or cut the doors to fit the opening. Install the track along the top of the doorway. Mark the location for the pivot points at the bottom of the door frame with a plumb bob. Align the floor brackets with the marks and attach them to the door frame. Insert the bottom pins in the floor brackets and the top pins in the track.