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A Dream Closet For Our New Bedroom

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

When we moved into Green Acres, we knew that we would be doing a complete overhaul of our new home. From paint to flooring, from hallways to bedrooms, and everything in between. Renovating this closet was somewhere near the top of my priority list! I mean, I moved from this beautiful walk-in closet! I knew I couldn’t recreate my old closet with this smaller space, but I’m thrilled with what we were able to accomplish. Check out our new dream closet!

Beautiful design plans for turning a small closet into a beautiful, functional reach-in dream closet. Love the white wardrobes used for closet storage solution.

*The paint and barn door for this closet makeover was provided by Para Paints and Renin respectively. As always, opinions are 100% my own. For more information, please see my disclosure page.*

Just to refresh your memory, these are the BEFORE pictures of the space. It’s so strange to look at these pictures now, because our new space looks completely different – and is waaaay more functional!

Beautiful design plans for turning a small closet into a beautiful, functional reach-in dream closet. Love the white wardrobes used for closet storage solution.

You can see that even though it had some built-in storage, there was no way we could’ve used this as a his & her closet before the renovations. So we came up with a new plan in this closet design post, and then got to work on our closet makeover!

We put new vinyl plank flooring down in the entire room (watch our video tips here!), then we painted our textured walls (& shared some tips here!), and finally added our new white IKEA wardrobes!

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

The white barn door we added was not a standard door. It’s a bit wider than a typical doorway, which was perfect for our wider closet entry.

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

To be honest, the door stays open 90% of the time, lol. Barn doors are often put in the “rustic” category, but this barn door looks perfect in our modern space! It brings just the right amount of texture and character.

Now, take a peek inside our closet makeover…

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room! Great tips for painting a textured wall if you don't want have to scrap all of the texture off! You will love these painting tips! A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

I love the IKEA wardrobes for closets. My dream closet from my old home, used an older IKEA corner unit that is no longer available. The new corner units are a bit more square, but they work great. They are set-in so that you can easily reach in. You can see exactly what I mean below!

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room! A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room! A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

To dress up the outside of the closet, I added a simple chair, a some photos and a hanging light.

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room! A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

I’d love to hear what you think of our new closet!


If you haven’t see my other closet, you’re definitely going to want to check out that Dream Closet HERE!

A beautiful dream closet makeover! I LOVE the organization ideas. Such a great use of a small space.

 

A stunning dream closet is possible, even when you only have a small space to work with! Love the modern ideas for this his & hers closet. A beautifully organized walk-in closet for a small room!

Kimberly Van

Saturday 29th of August 2020

Your closets all look beautiful! I have a question about the corner pax, I looked online on the website when doing my PAX planner and the only corner pax they have on there is the one with shelving units but I want my corner pax to have hanging rods like yours does. How did you manage to do this in the side where the tiny nook is? My closet has a tiny nook just like yours.

Lindi

Wednesday 2nd of September 2020

They actually changed the corner unit the year after we did this closet :( There are some great other options though!

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Monday 29th of April 2019

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Lijanne Stevens

Thursday 10th of January 2019

What are the dimensions of this closet? I love what you did with it! It looks a similar size to ours but way more functional! :)

Katherine

Tuesday 22nd of September 2020

I love the closet! Can I ask what the blue cool on the side walls is and where did you get the barn door from?

Lindivs

Friday 11th of January 2019

Hello Lijanne! I'm so sorry, I saw you're other comment as well, I just haven't had a chance to find the measurements yet! I will get back to you though! :)

LJ

Wednesday 9th of January 2019

This is gorgeous!! We are about to undergo a similar project. Can I ask what the dimensions of the closet are? My hubby is convinced we can't do something like this but your closet size seems like it might be a similar size to ours!

Lindivs

Monday 14th of January 2019

I was able to check! Our dimensions are approx 6’ 8 1/2” wide and 4’ 4” deep. Hope that helps!

Anne

Tuesday 14th of August 2018

Thanks for sharing! I love your closet. What specific Ikea closet system did you use?

Lindivs

Tuesday 14th of August 2018

Thank you! It's the PAX wardrobe system :)