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!
*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!
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!
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.
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…
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!
To dress up the outside of the closet, I added a simple chair, a some photos and a hanging light.
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!
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 :)