Everything we’d tell you across the counter.
Plain, specific guides from the shop that builds the closets: planning one, measuring for it, laying out the inside, getting it home and living with it.
How to measure a closet for a closet system
Width at three heights, the depth, the ceiling, the door and the baseboard: what to measure, where, and the one number people forget.
How to measure a closet for a closet system
Width at three heights, the depth, the ceiling, the door and the baseboard: what to measure, where, and the one number people forget.
How to lay out a closet: rods, shelves, drawers and shoes
Double hang or long hang, drawers or shelves, and where the shoes go: how to plan the inside of a closet around what you actually own.
How much does a custom closet cost?
What moves the price of a made-to-order closet, how to keep it down without building a worse closet, and where to see yours priced as you build it.
Reach-in or walk-in closet: what fits your space?
How much floor a walk-in really needs, what a reach-in does better than people think, and the third option: a wardrobe wall in the bedroom.
Reach-in closet modules or wardrobe cabinets?
The same interiors, two depths: open 16″ modules for a closet with a door, 22″ cabinets with doors for a room without one. How to choose.
Planning a walk-in closet: corners, walls and the aisle
Where two walls of cabinets meet, one has to give way. How the corners of a walk-in work, which way to do yours, and how much floor to leave.
How a closet system works, cabinet by cabinet
What a closet cabinet is made of, how cabinets join into a run, what holds it all to the wall, and what we do in the shop before it ships.
Melamine, TFL or painted wood: what a closet should be made of
Why our closets are thermally fused laminate over a particleboard core and never painted, and what to look for in any closet’s materials.
Closet kit or custom closet: which is right for you?
Wire shelving, a box-store kit, a designer’s visit, or a closet built to your numbers and shipped flat: what each does well, and what to compare.
How a closet system is fixed to the wall
Why every closet cabinet is screwed to the studs before anything goes in it, how it’s done, and what to do about metal studs, masonry, an uneven floor and the baseboard.
Curbside delivery or installation: which is right for you?
What comes on the pallet, what our crew does on an install day, what you do to get ready, and how to decide between the two.
Caring for a laminate closet: cleaning and adjusting
How to clean it, the two checks to do a week after it goes up, how to set a door straight, and what our warranty covers.
No guide covers that yet. Call us at (423) 373-5566 and ask; it may be the next one.
Ready to plan yours?
Lay out a whole closet in the Closet Builder and see it priced live, or order free color samples first.