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Designing a closet system helps to reclaim lost space in closets and adds a neat and pristine appearance to any room. With all of the time, effort, and money going into their design, you want to ensure the closet systems are going to be convenient and easy to use while still holding what they need to. With a few tips and hints, you can create a storage system that works best for you.

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What Will Go In the Closet

What you will be storing in the space makes a significant difference in the way you design the organizational system. Will there be toys or games? Maybe it will hold your hats, coats, and umbrellas. All of these things will need a designated home in your organizational system.

One of the best ways to figure out what you have is to take an inventory of what will be going into your new closet. First, count how many pants, shirts, dresses, ties, belts, and other items will be stored in them. Next, decide how many of them will hang, how many of them will be folded, and how items such as belts will be stored. Lastly, you will need to know how much space each of these methods need.

Who Is Using The Space

When designing custom closets, you need to consider who will be using the organizational system. If children will be using the space, you want to keep items they use frequently within their reach so you do not have to help them constantly. You will want to give special consideration if more than one of you shares the closet storage space. In a married couple's closet, for example, it often works best to have the space divided in half rather than hanging everything on one side and setting the drawers in the other side.

The Design Itself

This is mostly a matter of personal taste in conjunction with space. Do you want a design that leaves it open to the room? These types of closet systems often work best in small areas. Another option is to put a door on each section. While this can look nice because it keeps everything hidden, keep in mind it does add to the final cost. Lastly, you can close the entire thing in with a set of large doors. It could be a couple sets of doors for wider closets or a pair on either side of a column of drawers.

This is also the debate between using shelving with baskets or drawers with dividers. Drawers work great particularly for 'unmentionables' and socks. Adding dividers to drawers keeps everything straight and neat even with repeated opening and closing. Baskets hold more, but can become unruly without the little extra care to keep them tidy.

It doesn't matter if you have a big house in Atlanta or a small apartment in Chicago, closet systems are the perfect opportunity to add a personal touch to your home and make it feel comfortable because the closet system matches your particular needs. Looking at what you have, who is using the organizational system, and choosing the most functional decorative options available is the best way to do that.

About the Author: Christine O'Kelly is an author for Closet Works, a supplier of Chicago closet systems. When ordering a custom closet system, Chicago's Closet Works uses its more than twenty years experience to design and install systems in virtually any sized space.