How Custom Closets Can Pay for Themselves

Custom Closets Keep Your Items Looking Newer Longer

Think about getting ready for the day in a crowded, disorganized closet. You might trip over or step on a shoe on your way in. Then you need to push items together as you go through your clothing, looking for the piece you have in mind. Maybe an item falls off of a hanger and onto the floor, where you might step on it before noticing. When you pull out a blouse, it might snag on whatever is next to it, popping off a button in the process. Perhaps you pull out a pair of pants and realize that they are heavily creased and worn from being pressed against the hanger so tightly.

When you have a custom closet, there is enough room for everything in the closet. This means that shoes won’t end up laying on the floor, where they can be tripped or stepped on. Your separates will be able to breathe thanks to not being crammed up against neighboring items, keeping them looking nicer longer. Rather than having to mend or replace items due to damage caused by a too-crowded closet, you’ll be able to enjoy your clothing for longer and wear them more times. This in itself can save you quite a bit on your wardrobe budget.

This benefit doesn’t apply only to master bedroom closets, of course. Children’s custom closets will help your kids keep their items in good shape, too. When you take good care of young people’s clothing, it means that they will often outgrow the items before they wear out. They can then be handed down to a younger sibling or sold at a consignment shop, saving (or even making!) you money.

Custom Closets Can Reduce Duplicate Purchases

How many white blouses, pairs of black pants, and gray cardigans do you have? How many do you need? It is frustrating when you know you have an item somewhere in your closet but you cannot find it. You might assume that it was accidentally left somewhere or that perhaps you donated it, so you spend money to replace the item. Of course, we all know what happens next: You are likely to end up finding the item, which means that now you have two (or more, depending on whether this has happened before). 

Another place that this happens is in the kitchen pantry. You might look in the pantry to see what you have, make your grocery list, then when it’s time to put the groceries away, you realize that you have an enormous stash of chicken broth or kidney beans, items that you just purchased because you didn’t know that you had any. Even more frustrating is when you are sure that you have a certain ingredient but once you have everything out for a recipe you want to make, it turns out that you don’t, causing you to run out the nearest convenience store and pay double what the item would cost at your favorite grocery store.

With custom closets, especially a custom kitchen pantry, this type of duplicate purchasing is often eliminated. You will be able to see what you have easily. Pull-out pantry drawers go a long way in opening up your visibility of the space and shelf separators and bins allow you to store like items together. You will notice a decrease in your grocery bill as well as in your clothing budget.

Custom Closets Can Help You Sell Your Home (When the Time Comes)

Perhaps the most dramatic way that custom closets can save you money is by making your home easier to sell. As you remember from when you purchased your current home, buyers look for signs that the previous owner has taken good care of the property. Upgrades are not only attractive in terms of prompting higher offers but also signs that the owners had pride in their homeownership. Someone who added custom closets and performed other upgrades also likely took care of regular maintenance such as having plumbing issues addressed and making sure that the roof was in good condition.

In addition, your custom closets will give you a place to neatly store your boxes and items that you are packing away in anticipation of your move. This will come in very handy when a real estate agent asks to come by in an hour!

Whether or not you are planning on putting your home on the market within the next year or within the next decade, a real estate agent in Idaho will be able to tell you what sort of difference you might expect to see when it does come time to sell.

If you are considering having custom closets installed in your Nampa area home, contact Space Envy to schedule your free in-home consultation. We will be able to tell you exactly what your customized space will cost so you can make the decision that is right for your family.