Friday 29 August 2008

A Practical Closet Design

There are many ways to utilize the space within a closet. Some ways are simple while others are extravagant. In the end, the desired outcome is always to be able to use as much closet space as possible and be able to find anything inside in an instant. This is where practical closet design is a must.

One way to beef up your closet space utilization is by adding closet organizers. These accessories are designed to assist in maintaining a tidy and organized closet. Closet organizers come in a wide variety of choices designed to fulfill your storage needs. Design types range from simple add-on shelves to specialized hangers to portable drawers. A well-sorted closet will be a big time saver on days where you need to find things quickly or risk missing the bus.

Lighting is one aspect of a closet that is quite often overlooked. Most people are contented to have either a filament light bulb or a florescent light bulb lighting the inside of the closet. What you don’t realize is that these types of light bulbs only operate on limited wavelengths of natural light. This means that there is a very good chance that picking out clothes that look nice hanging in the closet would have a different effect when worn out in natural sunlight. One way to get a better impression of your clothes in the closet is to install full spectrum light bulbs. These light bulbs operate to almost the full spectrum range of natural light. Another way is to build a skylight that opens up directly into your closet.

If you are lucky enough to own a walk-in closet then there are more options available to you. If your walk-in closet offers a lot of space in the middle, then you could install a little island in the extra space. This island can be made to act as an ironing area; a place to hang favorite clothes or an accessory booth so that picking out clothes and accessories could be done at the same time.

In the end, having simple or extravagant designs for your closet should be accompanied by a lot of practicality so that the closet will function as an optimized storage unit.