I recently finished building a master closet dressing room for our master bedroom. It took me at least a year to finish it up. It could've taken me just a few long weekends but we won't get into that:)
It was a small walk-through bedroom that connected to two other bedrooms. Since we didn't have a closet in our tiny Master bedroom, this room seemed most promising. Here's what part of the room looked like when we first bought it:
So in my spare time I began to google ideas for cheap ways to build a master dressing room closet. I really wanted it to look nice since I knew we would, at some point, turn it into a multipurpose room. I stumbled across sawdustgirl.com blog (great blog by the way) and saw her version of a master closet. I took inspiration and decided to start building! Well, first we said goodbye to the purple...
I wanted it to have a built-in look so I started by building a platform with two by fours for the base. I also decided to use the bottom of an old tv armoire for extra storage and the best part - three drawers less for me to install.
The plywood we bought was cheap and only sanded on one side. So in the end I had a lot of wood filler work to do, but I think it was worth it. But let me just say this real quick; if you ever want home depot to cut some plywood for you, make sure you get a guy who knows that the blade will take off an 1/8 of an inch with each cut. I ended up with a few slightly skinnier pieces which I somehow finagled into a spot somewhere...just don't look too closely:)
We didn't have enough money to add plywood backing for stability, so I figured out a way to attach the towers (after I built them) with L brackets to the wall, and it worked great! I cut the 1x2's to size for the face frames, then used wood glue and brad nails to attach the face frames to the shelving.
I'd originally decided not to install any extra drawers just because they are a pain to do, but after thinking more about it, I decided we had to have six more. I wanted to try my hand at building some drawers on my own so I ended up using cheap 1x6's for the boxes and 1x8's or more for the drawer fronts. I then edged it with sanded lath boards. Its a little thicker than your standard drawer front but no ones notices and wait until you see what it looks like all put together! Loved Gary's face when he saw the finished product. Apparently my ideas don't always look like they are going to work at first...
It was a fairly tedious painting job but after priming with bin shellac primer, I only had to apply one coat of paint. I should have taken pictures BEFORE putting our clothes all away, but when you haven't had a closet for two years, well, I'm sure you can imagine. The picture quality and lighting aren't the greatest but here it is: My Built-in Master Closet/ Dressing Room
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Now I'm thinking that some baskets would look rather cute in some of those cubbie holes too.
