Whew, this closet project has been A PROCESS and I’m so thrilled that it is finally done.
Here are all the catch-up posts:
- Walk-In Closet in Progress: The Before & My Plans
- Walk-In Closet in Progress: The After
- Walk-In Closet in Progress: A $68 Update
If you don’t feel like clicking through, here is a quick recap: We had a spare bedroom and decided to turn it into a master bathroom and walk-in closet. However, I was impatient and decided to start on the walk-in closet first. I figured that way I can pay for some of the components and start using it early, rather than having to do everything and pay everything at the same time as our master bathroom project.
So we went from here:
To here:
Okay, all caught up!
I lived with my partial closet from December 2021 to May 2022, so about 6 months. Then, we covered the closet area with a sheet and demoed the rest of the room.
Over the next few weeks, walls slowly went back up:
I painted the first weekend in June and then the following weekend I was able to build the rest of the closet. And it is MY DREAM CLOSET!
I did a walk-through video here:
But you prefer photos, here is a look:
Whenever I read these posts online I just want to know… how MUCH did this actually cost? I mean, I’m not a famous influencer so none of this was gifted to me. For someone who wanted to recreate this in their home… let’s break it down.
From Ikea:
- 1 Pax wardrobe frame 29 ½ x 79 ¼, $115
- 6 Pax wardrobe frames 19 5/8 x 79 ¼, $110 each x 6 = $660
- 1 Komplement clothes rail, long, $9
- 8 Komplement clothes rails, short, $6 each x 8 = $48
- 3 Komplement shelves, $15 each x 3 = $45
- 4 Komplement drawers, $40 each x 4 = $160
- 3 Komplement mesh baskets, $15 each x 3 = $45
From The Container Store:
- 4 shoe organizers, $60 each, 60 x 4 = $240
From Amazon:
- 2 sets of floating wall shelves (2 per set), $36 each, 36 x 2 = $72
If I would have purchased everything all at once, the cost would have been: $1,394.
As it was, I had 2 of the shoe organizers from 2014 (back when they were just $40 each), I spent about $600 on the one side of the closet back in December and then bought the remaining pieces in May. So, it was nice to spread the costs out a bit.
I was still able to get the results I wanted at a lower price by using Ikea rather than doing a full closet with The Container Store, or any of those closet companies that charge you your firstborn. I did a quick mock-up of the Elfa on The Container Store webpage and it was more than double the price for something similar.
I am very, very happy with how it all turned out. Just being able to see all my winter stuff and summer stuff at the same time feels pretty magical. Not to mention that I no longer have items stored under my bed, in my office closet, or packed away in boxes. Everything is accessible and organized, just the way I hoped it would be!
And since we are talking about money, let’s be clear with the items in the closet too. I estimate 80 – 90% of everything in that closet is secondhand (I’m actually thinking it would be fun to count up exactly how many items are secondhand vs store bought… so let me know if that’s a blog post you’d be interested in reading). While some of the items are obviously new to me (as you can see in my monthly thrifting posts), many have been in my wardrobe for 10+ years. As for the shoes, back when Rothy’s were a new thing I was lucky enough to be one of the bloggers who had a lot of readers use my special referral code. So my entire Rothy’s collection was free to me.
Next up, the master bathroom…
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