My husband and I bought a house a year ago with very limited closets. In fact we only have three closets in the entire house. Right now one closet is for me and one is for my husband. The other closet is the largest and is our linen/pantry/coat closet. At the moment I don't even have room to put coats in that closet.
My daughter is two and a half and really needs a closet as her dresses and long sleeve shirts are getting longer. Could someone recommend a descent but not too expensive standing closet? I do realize a closet under $300 is probably not the best quality especially if we have to put it together. Money is tight right now and we can't afford to spend thousands on a custom-made closet. It is very difficult to get furniture upstairs to my daughter's room (narrow staircase and doorways.)
Someday we hope to dormer our house and add on closets but that is a long way away. I need a closet for the clothes I want to hang. Her hanging clothes right now are in her armoire in another room downstairs because the Armoire would not fit through the doorways. She does have another dresser with three drawers but that is for pants, t-shirts and pajamas. Thank you!
Do you have an Ikea near you?? They have great stand alone wardrobes. We have a couple ikea pieces (dresser, tv stand) and for the price they've held up extremely well...and look stylish.
We were always short of closet space in my kids rooms when they were little, too. What I did was get some strong hooks to put in the ceiling, run a heavy cord or chain thru a 2 or 3 foot piece of pipe and hang it on the hooks. It worked great and only costs a few dollars!
I even did this in the garage to hang winter coats during the summer and all my husband's hunting clothes on to make more room in the closets in the house.
Another place to put these make shift closet rods is in the closet. Hang one from the already existing closet rod to make a second rod to hang little children's clothes.
We bought cheap 'kitchen pantries' from Christmas Tree Shop and bolted it to the wall (important!). You'd have to put a rod or two in yourself bc it's meant for kitchen items, but it is long enoughto accommodate her things. It cost about $70. We got two and have them side by side.
We had the same problem in our previous house. I just purchased a couple of shelves with pegs below them (one from Pottery Barn kids and one from Target) and hung the clothes on those. The one with the prettiest stuff was front and center in the room (with cute things displayed on the shelf), the other one was behind the door so you didn't see it as much (with her shoes on the shelf). Adding a stand-up closet wasn't an option because the room was so small there wasn't any place to put it.
We did what Glo did... it was nice because you can adjust the chain to shorten it as the kids grow.
I like Armoire but they can be way too pricey. I did this in my daughters room when we lived in a crappy apartment for work purpose, it didnt have a closet at all. I hung a nice Wooden Rod from two very decorative plant hanger in the ceiling, strung LED lights around the strings and above the rod. Then I hung the clothes there very neatly. Yes it is in full view, but its a kids room, it was always clean and neat, and actually made a super cute night light for her room. My friends always commented they loved it cause it "Showcased" her many darn tootin cute dresses.
just be sure whatever you buy, you bolt to the wall. I had a terrible accident with my son at 3 yrs old with a dresses falling. So I am talking from experience. My son is fine that GOD. :)
Go on craigslist and check them out.. There are a ton of Armoirs and other things that can work.. Remember even if the armoir only has shelves, you can take some of them out and add a rod for hanging items. It is is sturdy it will last longer and you can always resale it. If is is light weight, consider anchoring it to the wall.
It's hit or miss but you just never know what you may find in a Thrift-Store.
what about just building something yourself. Then you can go solid wood and still spend less. This webpage, knockoffwood.com has some great plans with nothing but simple tools and materials.
