Anonymous wrote:Has anyone redone a very oddly shaped closet? We have a 1940 colonial in which one room has two closets on either side of the window. One is just a small narrow reach-in, easy to put some low shelves and a higher clothes rod; but the other is narrow but deep with a sloped ceiling -- like a walk-in if the walk-in was only slightly wider than the width of a doorway. It is a bizarre space and it currently has two high shelves - one along the short side, one along the long side -- and one high clothes rod along the short side. The two goals are to make at least one closet usable for clothing and for both to have usable shelving. Kids' room, so we need shelves for toy storage, but eventually they will need clothing in there too. I appreciate the link someone posted to Closet Stretchers and will see if they have thoughts (they claim to do a free in-home consultation) but wondering if anyone has ideas.

All of them will give you a free quote/design! We got 4, 2 around $5k, amd 2 around $1500, for the same thing. Elfa on sale and closet Stretchers were lower cost, I went with closet Stretchers because the elfa lower cost was wire, not solid shelving.

I am not handy and neither is my husband, but through intelligent planning we were able to customize two large closets with retail DIY products.

Downstairs wide folding door closet:
-Ikea light birch closet column with real wood drawers
-faux light wood shelf boards my husband cut to fit with a borrowed circular saw (one line, one cut per shelf)
-Home Depot shelf holding brackets I shortened with a hacksaw and filed smooth (they were longer than the shelf boards because they were from different companies)
-Hole drilling and wood screw use to mount brackets
-Pried up the baseboard molding, cut pieces to fit, and nailed back in place

Square walk-in closet
-Tore out wire shelving
-Home Depot deep corner closet organizer
-Bottom half of tower closet organizer
-clothes rod brackets and rod
-pipe cutter to cut rods to fit
-Built and attached organizers to wall
-Attached rod brackets to walls and organizers

This was easier than it sounds. The toughest issue might be using the circular saw. You might be able to ask a friend or colleague to cut the boards to length at their house. But even though I mentioned some tools, they aren't expensive.

With supplies included, we probably spent less than $400 on each closet and they are perfect for what we want.

Has anyone redone a very oddly shaped closet? We have a 1940 colonial in which one room has two closets on either side of the window. One is just a small narrow reach-in, easy to put some low shelves and a higher clothes rod; but the other is narrow but deep with a sloped ceiling -- like a walk-in if the walk-in was only slightly wider than the width of a doorway. It is a bizarre space and it currently has two high shelves - one along the short side, one along the long side -- and one high clothes rod along the short side. The two goals are to make at least one closet usable for clothing and for both to have usable shelving. Kids' room, so we need shelves for toy storage, but eventually they will need clothing in there too. I appreciate the link someone posted to Closet Stretchers and will see if they have thoughts (they claim to do a free in-home consultation) but wondering if anyone has ideas.

Closet Stretchers beat Elfa's sale price, and designs were similar. I also go 4 quotes/designs. I LOVE my closet, and can't believe I waited so many years in our home before getting it done.

And unless your closet is the size of a large room with an island, that is way too much to spend. Mine is 10x8 and was around $2k (rods, shelves, drawers), and no wire mesh like elfa

Anonymous wrote:If you’re doing Elfa wait for the Container Store’s big sale.

Container Store usually has a large Elfa sale in early January. It would be fine to plan/decide now, but also wise to wait for the sale before ordering.

If you are cost conscious, Elfa will likely be your best bet. The Container Store has all Elfa closet solutions and professional installation for 30-35% off around 4-5 times a year (including December-January).

Econize pricing is comparable to the regular pricing for high-end Elfa closet solutions, or about triple the pricing of the lower-end Elfa solutions on sale.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used Econize - they were excellent and reasonably priced. High quality work. https://www.econizeclosets.com/

Second them.

What's the ballpark price for a closet through Econize?

Anonymous wrote:We used Econize - they were excellent and reasonably priced. High quality work. https://www.econizeclosets.com/

Second them.

I spent 1k installing ikea Aurdal in a 7x11 closet.
Less than a full weekend project.

We used Econize - they were excellent and reasonably priced. High quality work. https://www.econizeclosets.com/

If you have a good handyman, you can get the design on easy closets dot com and they will cut and ship to you; then you just need someone to install. Pricewise it was much cheaper than California closets or container store’s mid to higher range options.

If you don’t want drawers, the Everbilt wire system with the top track from Home Depot is just like Elfa. You cut the shelves to size with bolt cutters. But no drawers.

The ikea version has drawers.

Elfa is great and is 20% off in Jan/Feb.

I got quotes for three closets from Closet America, Closet Stretchers, and California Closets. California’s quote was the highest and the others were within a few hundred bucks of each other. I went with Closet America after I negotiated the price down a bit.

If you’re doing Elfa wait for the Container Store’s big sale.

Is it really $6-8K to have a closet designed and installed for a master walk-in closet It’s particle board. How can I get it done more reasonably? Hire a carpenter, ikea, Closet Maid, Elfa? Anyone use California Closets or Closet Stretchers? Send me your recommendations.