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Walk in closet within Rs.10000? Here’s how I built mine!

Yes, you heard me right and I’m going to give you a detailed breakup, tour and plan of the entire closet!

It’s been 2 years since I’m away from my baby, FoP. The last time I wrote how quarantining was doing me good, and oh boy, it turned out to be so good, I got married More on that later, but for now, I have a new place to call mine.

Must confess, our master bedroom is decent for the typical matchbox-sized houses in Mumbai. So when we were renovating, I knew I had to fix the gigantic washroom. We thought of adding a bathtub, but arrr some suggested its high maintenance! So what do we do with the extra but wasted space? Voila, a walkin closet!

So a few DIYs thrown in, some nights of online browsing, and loads of brains racked, we created our own little walk-in closet within a tight budget of Rs.10,000.

We began with the layout of the closet.

Once our dimensions were fixed (totally depends on how much space you can dedicate), we had to decide the number of shelves and hangers that were needed. This is one important step that can directly help you optimize your space, so take a wise and practical call. Here also give long thought to the kind of clothes you own. For instance, I have a lot of dresses and gowns while he has a lot of suits, so an equal blend of both shelves and hangers was required. Another factor that we had to consider while finalizing our layout, was the direction in which the door would open and that it didn’t touch the clothes.

Layout of our walk in closet

Once the layout was done, we moved to the intricacies – Dimensions of the shelves.

This is again a very crucial step and you cannot afford to go wrong. I did it thrice, would recommend you to do it at least twice – take out your clothes, and measure the length and breadth, also how many clothes can be stacked upon one another without tripping so you have a judgment of the height between the shelves. Take all sorts of clothes i.e. shirts, jeans, casuals, and your ethnic wear boxes etc. Now allow for some buffer and there you have your shelf dimensions ready.

Do the same thing with hangers, mind you these are trickier. Hang on your bulkiest and baggiest clothes over. Do not underestimate the suit covers that occupy a lot of space so consider sufficient buffer.

Now that our layout and dimensions were done, it was game time – Execution.

We initially thought of adding glass shelves as that would minimize our cost, but glass wouldn’t lend our walk-in the elegance we wished for. Infact it would have proved to be cheaper (we were quoted Rs.4500) for 5 glass shelves, but naah, didn’t really appeal. So we googled and googled till we were convinced, ply shelves were our answer. A visit to IKEA, and we were floored with their designs. We almost finalised this beautiful wooden shelving unit (Back then it was for Rs.9,290). But it was again too simple for our taste and didn’t allow us any kind of customisation.

So then I visited the neighbourhood carpenter and got thick ply shelves made to measure. Bargained a bit and was lucky to get them at Rs.4,000.

When it came to placing them, my MIL suggested designer slotted angles and handles. This would help us personalize the heights between the shelves. So we got them in beige. A pair is worth Rs.200, we bought 6, so it costed us Rs.1200.

The structures were beige and our walls, white. Since the place is cramped up and mosquitos settling could have been an issue, we had to choose a light color on these wooden shelves. But, sunmica + labour would have meant an outflow of atleast Rs.2000, so we went ahead and DIY’ed. I went through a lot of alternatives and finalized this elegant adhesive wallpaper. Took us over 3 hours to get these done but what’s the fun until you do it yourself? As per our calculations, we required 5 rolls and hence cost us Rs.1,395.

Won’t deny it is tricky and can get messier, but we had budget constraints and wanted to have some fun with this dreamy walk-in closet.

When it came to hanging our clothes, we opted for plain iron pipes, after all no point splurging there. The iron pipes and holders cost Rs.550.

So now that the body was ready, it was time to add our heart to it

We were choosy about the elements we wanted to add to the walkin. There was a constant battle between utility, appearance, and budget. These three are fierce enemies I tell you!

We bought 4 sets of the same brand of black hangers (because what’s a walk in closet that doesn’t look in sync?) Rs.980, these cute trays to store our undergarments and accessories Rs.650 and 3 bulky organisers to store our less frequently used garments.

Walk in essentials – Utility yet cute

Oh yes, one final purchase that happened somewhere in the midst of this, the entrance to the walkin. Like every piece in the walk in has a dramatic story to tell, our tryst with the door too was quite a dream. We were very clear about not having a main stream door as it would reduce walking space inside, at the same time we dreaded evasion by mosquitos inside the closet. We were almost convinced we had to go with a collapsible door, of course half-heartedly, when we happened to glance at this unconventional window blind. It is not see through so one can easily change inside, it’s pleated so that adds a very chic look to an otherwise boring door and most importantly it cost us not more than Rs.649. Steal deal, we say?

So there we have it now, a dreamy walkin within our tight budget, all inclusive, structured and compact!

A few tips we learnt on our way –

  • Mosquitos are bound to enter, so if budget permits add a glass cover to the shelves. Alternatively, we have been placing camphor/ nepthaline balls around.
  • Store ethnic wear/ less frequently worn clothes in plastic covers. These are inexpensive and yet help increase their life. I’ve bought several of these to sort kurtas, casual dresses and sarees.
  • We made a goof up while measuring our rods. Had it struck us earlier, we would have placed suits on the lower side and often used garments on the eye level rod.
  • While most people like sorting their clothes colour and shadewise, I find that very confusing and end up using the same clothes again and again. Hence I sort my clothes in a very colourful way as that way I do not miss any clothes at one glance.
Invest in a lot of organisers of varied sizes and lengths
This is how I store my ethnic wear, so the clothes don’t get crumpled and dirty
Hang clothes event/ colour wise so you can find any dress easily

What are your thoughts? Have you always wanted a corner in your room to call your own closet? The tiny space where you spend hours long, play dress up, and pick clothes as if you were in a high street mall?!

 

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