Project Profile: Built-In Closet Cabinetry
Erik Leonard has been a proud Binghamton homeowner for a couple of years now, and in that time has substantially remodeled many different portions of his house. One recent project of his was reworking the closet in his bedroom, which was large but not easily accessible and had a lot of unusable space. Erik wanted to make better use of this space within a reasonable budget, and as a Maker decided that he would try to make his own built-in closet organizer based on his specific needs and preferences. Existing closet of messy sadness Erik started this project by drawing up some rough sketches of what he wanted in terms of clothing organizational concepts, then refined his initial ideas and sketches using the dimensions of the existing closet which the cabinet would be installed into. Specifically, he took the existing closet clothing rod as the highest dimension for any clothing inside the cabinet, then measured the length of his suit and added 3″ for clearance below the suit to get a vertical dimension for the portion of the cabinetry where clothing would be hung. He also d