| If you build a closet yourself you may find it is a | | | | Once you have your closet ideas and design you can |
| great way to not only save money but also create | | | | start looking for building materials. In the case of my |
| the exact type and amount of storage that you | | | | friend whose log cabin had no closet space we select |
| need. A few years back a good friend decided to | | | | half log siding that was very similar to the existing log |
| build a log cabin on a lake in the North. He did a great | | | | structure. We roughed in the closets against the |
| job in designing and building it. It was a beautiful | | | | interior stud walls of each bedroom and then lined |
| structure with a fireplace and large windows | | | | each with white cedar. This cedar closet lining |
| overlooking the lake. When the day came to move | | | | basically works the same as a cedar chest. The |
| into the cabin for the summer his wife asked where | | | | interior shelves were also constructed of cedar. One |
| the closets were. Yes that's right he left them out of | | | | half of the closets were dedicated to standard half |
| the design. | | | | and full length clothes hanging and the rest to open |
| My friend called me and in the background I could | | | | shelves. Open selves allow one to quickly find |
| plainly hear his better half extolling his building abilities. | | | | everything stored within the closet. |
| With our assistance he quickly found that you can | | | | We used the same sealer used on the cabins interior |
| build a closet yourself. Since this was a log cabin he | | | | log surfaces to finish the exterior of our new reach in |
| decided that constructing several walk in closets was | | | | closets. My friend's wife did her part as well by |
| impractical. However since the cabin was going to be | | | | finding wardrobe closet furniture that would accent |
| used in both the summer months and for | | | | the natural look of the log cabin. We visited the |
| snowmobiling in the winter there was a need to | | | | furniture store and made several measurements and |
| store both summer and winter apparel the use of | | | | noted the type of construction and material. It was |
| free standing and wardrobe closet furniture alone | | | | not long before we were back in our shop designing |
| would not provide all the needed closet space. | | | | and building two copies. |
| One of the best places to find closet ideas and | | | | You can build a closet yourself that will function as |
| designs is on the Internet. Many closet manufactures | | | | well as any product found on the market today. In |
| and installers have great closet layouts design | | | | addition the total cost of designing and building 3 |
| software on their websites. Many of these software | | | | standard and two free standing closets was less than |
| packages are specifically design to help you select | | | | $1000. If you were to purchase the two wardrobe |
| the company's products but they frequently can be | | | | furniture pieces it would have cost more than twice |
| used to build a closet yourself. Basically there are only | | | | as much alone. Our total project time was about 3 |
| three closet options available and they include the | | | | weeks which was reasonable considering we all had |
| walk-in, reach in and free standing or wardrobe closet | | | | regular jobs to work as well. As you can see you |
| furniture. Since space was limited we decided on | | | | really can build a closet yourself. |
| using 36 inch deep reach in and free standing designs. | | | | |