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Hall Closet with Floating Shelves

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I’m so happy with my new hall closet.  The chunky floating shelves look pretty empty but they are going to hold SO MUCH crap!  (And we sorely need someplace to store some crap.)  It’s very rewarding to finish a project.  Completely finish.  Not mostly, almost or just enough to be functional.  It’s absolutely, positively 100% –done.

Hall closet with floating shelves

Hall Closet with Floating Shelves

Hallelujah!  It is very functional but it’s pretty too and that is important to me.  It’s my general rule to create a home where when any door is opened — what greets you on the other side should create a smile!

The top three shelves are only 12″ deep and wrap around on three walls.  This leaves me plenty of room to get into the closet but also creates tons of easy to see storage rather than super deep shelves that span the back wall.

The bottom two shelves are 14″ deep and only cover two walls leaving space on the floor to store my vacuum and other tall supplies.

Hall closet with floating shelves

Hall closet with floating shelves

In addition to slightly deeper lower shelves and space for my vacuum, I also added pegs to allow me  to hang cleaning supplies and other items if need be.  Hall closet with floating shelves

Hall closet with floating shelves

 I’m all about beautiful functionality!  They weigh equally in my design plans as I need both in my home  equally –to make me smile.

 

See my How To post if you want to know how to Build Floating Shelves

 

Comments

  1. That is a beautiful, functional, bright space! I LOVE it! So simple yet you have added the beadboard, kept the shelves off on the bottom left for moving space (clever) and have peg hooks….amazing!!!!

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  2. very interesting, I look at the pics and try to figure out how you installed the shelves. I have a video someplace that tells me how to do that but it isn’t coming to mind. Your closet does look beautiful. Now stop distracting me with your beautiful finished projects, i must get in my shop and make a scarf joint for some trim. 🙂

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  4. Did you attach the shelves with cleats or did you hide pocket holes that hit studs on the other side of the beadboard?

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  5. Another awesome project, it’s not only functional but pretty to the eyes. I am hoping you will provide a tutorial because I would like to do this in my pantry. You are my inspiration and I look forward to your blog everyday. I also have several projects on going and some days find myself spinning 🙂

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  9. Genius! I love the shallow(er) upper shelves combined with the deep lower shelves…truly custom! Function + beauty = perfection! Love it!

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  10. Great idea to leave one wall open for vacumm & peg board. In my dining room closet, I left space to one side to stack soda from the floor up, knowing it would weigh too much for shelving

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  12. You really thought the plan out well. I love it, but please quit keeping your crap as you put it and put things in it that are either useful, pretty, or make you smile! Otherwise you will end up like me at 65 with closets full of crap and no place to put the above things!

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  13. … a good looking and well designed closet. great job, Sandra! Though of course it reminds that I need to get back into my own pantry and add an up high third shelf. … I mean- there is never enough shelves! ha!

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  18. Would like to know what the inside diminsions of your closet are, I would love to do this to a closet I have but don’t know if its big enough. Thanks

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  23. So I would like to know HOW you built the Floating shelves? I absolutely love this closet! You are so talented!

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  26. LOVE IT!!! You are so brilliant! I love that you think through exactly what you need and insist on it being well made and beautiful. You are my idol 😉

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  28. Brilliant. I’m also interested in your mechanism for attaching the floating shelves. And I’m going to swipe your beadboard idea for my wonky storage area above the basement stairs. Love it.

    I might also add some pegs on the fourth side beside the door jamb up higher. Great place for hanging bags and such.

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  30. Thank you for BEAUTIFUL functionality! This is a dream closet! Looking forward to learning you you built/installed those shelves.

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  31. It looks like it can hold lots of stuff. I need to do this to my under the stairs closet. Please show us how you created this awesome space.

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  34. Hi, my husband and I are trying to make up our minds about putting in a hall closet or not. And well i think this would work i love it!!! What are the dimensions of that closet?

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