It's All About the Closets

Several years ago I did a very unscientific survey and asked folks what's the most important element in a Primary Suite.  Bedroom space?  Big bathroom?  Closet space??

The winner - by a landslide - was CLOSETS!!!  Storage space was paramount for folks and that's probably more important in an old house (where closets are notably small or non-existent).  

This suite started as two separate bedrooms with a small closet in each.

By taking the smaller bedroom and turning it into a closet and bathroom, this room gained a lot more storage.  And as an added benefit, we added the 'nook' - a small room on the front of the house to the primary suite.

We paid lots of attention to closet space.  In the 'nook' area of the primary suite, we installed a wall of IKEA storage units, that provide lots of drawers and shelves, as well as a full length mirror. 

Lots of drawers and shelves

For comparison, this is the nook wall before we opened it into the suite.  It still had storage - but it wasn't quite as fancy and the room wasn't heated!

On the other side of the suite (in the original Bedroom 2), we have added a spacious walk in closet, complete with more drawers, shelves and lots of hanging clothes space.

It's such a huge change from our starting point!!! 

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