Master Closet

Since the house was recently flipped, a few of the "homey" touches were lacking. Most notably, any sort of window coverings and shelves in the master closet. The master suite is all new, a converted attic, so the closet was just an empty room.

We had lots of boxes of clothes to unpack and no where to put them so for awhile, it looked like this:

But by awhile I mean about 48 hours because apparently Glenn wanted to shower upstairs. Picky picky. Did I mention we didn't have any window coverings?

We on our first Sunday night in the house, we tackled the closet. Surprisingly, it only took us around 3 1/2 - 4 hours, not including the two trips to Home Depot for parts and a few more parts.

First we started with the support rails on top. We used all 6 screws even though it only says you need one every 8 inches, but that is because we have lathe and plaster walls and very few studs. In fact, of all the screws we Glenn installed, I think we hit a stud 3 times. We used huge anchors for every screw though. The laser level was also very helpful since our house was built in 1918, none of the walls are square or straight.

See what I mean? Glenn had to bend every upright to fit against the wall.

After the uprights, we added the brackets and then the shelves. We bought 2 8-foot pieces and one 6-foot piece and the same for the sliding pole and had to trim two of them down by just a bit with a hacksaw.

But now! Now we have over 20 feet of hanging and shelf space! It is glorious! We still want to install some shoe racks and long hanging space on the end walls and opposite wall, but now we don't have to use the shower to hang our clothes.!