Kids Closet Dresser
This Unconventional Furniture Layout Trick Is a Major Space Saver for Small Bedrooms
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When my parents moved into a ranch house in California a decade ago, they were downsizing by 900 square feet. My mom used her space-planning prowess to fit almost everything from their old home into the new one, but the guest room had her stumped. The queen-sized bed took up most of the floor space in the small room, but my mom wanted to offer her guests a dresser to store their clothes.
When I came to visit, I looked at the room and its generous closet, and I instantly saw that the closet was bigger than any guest would ever need. What if we just put the dresser in the closet? I thought. We took off the sliding doors and put the dresser in one half of the closet and hung a curtain to cover the other side, and the room felt so much better.
This somewhat unusual arrangement has become one of my go-to small space suggestions. Oftentimes a kid's or guest bedroom has a closet as big as the one in the primary bedroom. This can be a waste of space because visitors rarely fill up a closet, and kids' clothes are often too small to hang. To clear more space in the main area of a small bedroom, it makes sense to put the dresser inside the closet. A low dresser can even go beneath the usual rod, if you strategically hang short garments above it.
My mom's dresser was extra-deep, which was part of the reason we removed the closet doors, but most dressers will fit in most closets without removing the doors. Closets are usually about 24 inches deep, and dressers usually clock in at less than 20 inches deep. If you've got two sliders, you could also remove one to hide half the closet and leave your drawers accessible on the other half.
The dresser-in-the-closet solution need not be makeshift either. When Elsie Larson, the blogger behind "A Beautiful Mess," madeover her daughter Marigold's closet, she built simple shelving around a basic Target dresser for a more custom look. Katie LeClercq, an residential designer in Seattle, recently shared a project in progress that featured what she called "a sneak peek at a favorite solution of mine for modest-sized kiddo's bedrooms: built-in dressers within the closet." (It's a custom millwork dream!) Custom closet companies like California Closets and others also routinely build dressers into reach-in closets, too.
So, if you're struggling with a cramped bedroom, take a second look at your closet and your bureau: They might just hold the key to your small space woes.
Laura Fenton
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Laura Fenton is the author of The Little Book of Living Small. She writes about home design and sustainability, and is a regular contributor to Apartment Therapy. Her work has been published in Better Homes & Gardens, Eater, New York Magazine, and Real Simple.
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