My 9 yr old sons share a room and their dresser just broke. Since it was a cheap dresser dh had before we got married, we'd been expecting it and they were outgrowing it, anyway. They have two pretty big closets, 4.5 ft wide X 3.5 ft deep. I'd like to put all the clothes in the closets so they have more room without dressers in the room. Any suggestions on how to do it? Should I get them chest of drawers but put them in the closet or get a closet system (like at Ikea)? What will be the easiest for them to use so they actually put their clothes away and will grow with them? Boys don't use a lot of clothes on hangers, right?
Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!
Although you would think boys don't use closets, my boy did. He hated putting things in draws and told me they always got wrinkled. So when he started doing his own laundry he hung everything up. I soon found out that he did not like to fold.
It was just easier for him to hang things.
My suggestion:
If you can get draws under the bed, that would help with sweatshirts and sweat pants, which are big and bulky as they get older.
One side of the closet should have shelves for t-shirts, sweaters, and jeans.
Hang, better shirts and pants, shoes at the bottom.
I would not put a dresser in the closet. They never see the clothes at the bottom of the draw and as they get older, the draws just get over loaded.
In a closet they can see everything and it is also so much easier to weed out clothes as they out grow them. Which happens very fast with boys!
I have the Ikea system in my closet. Large walk in. There are no clothes in my dresser, high boy, or night tables. Really I mean it, there is nothing in them. Everything is hung up. I love it. So much easier to keep organized.
I love Ikea for organization!
