How to Install a Clothes Closet
A nice big closet will solve a lot of organizational problems. Your clothes and shoes will be a lot easier to find with a large closet. It will be a challenge to not only find space, but to construct your closet. It's more than possible if you're patient however.
- Find a spot in your house that will allow you to build a closet at least two feet deep. Also make sure this spot doesn't have any windows, heating ducts or electrical wires in the way.
- Draw a sketch of your design and take it to a local lumberyard. Talk with a representative at the lumberyard about buying the proper materials. Also talk with the representative about buying or renting all other supplies and tools you'll need. The list will probably be pretty long.
- Build the wall studs and door trim. Building the frame of the closet has to be done first for building a closet. Make sure to leave about a sixteenth of an inch extra space around the doorframe for the door trim.
- Attach drywall to the wall studs with drywall screws.
- Prep the drywall for painting with drywall compound and sanding it.
- Add a primer to the walls before painting them.
- Build shelves inside the closet. Make sure you follow the sketch you drew up so everything will fit properly.
- Install carpet if that is what you planned on. If you have a hardwood floor and plan on keeping it, just clean it thoroughly.
- Hire an electrician to supply power to your closet.
- Install closet door to finalize the project.