Over the weekend, I made an enormous resolution. I made a decision to purchase IKEA Pax wardrobes for the storage closet. I do know, I do know. I’ve gone by means of so many different concepts for the storage on this room that you just’re in all probability pondering this concept gained’t stick, both. However it would.
Right here’s what I’m shopping for:
And right here’s probably the most surprising half. I’m going to make use of these merchandise simply as they arrive, proper out of the field. No customizations. No paint. No trim. No nothing. I’m going to drag them out of the field, put them collectively, screw them collectively, anchor them to the wall, and be performed with it.
And right here’s why I lastly determined to go this path…
The value:
With tax and supply, this whole unit will price $1222. That price, to me, isn’t what I might take into account cheap. However it’s a heck of quite a bit higher than the Elfa system from the Container Retailer. Bear in mind this six-foot Elfa system that I checked out some time again? All of those elements price $3300 earlier than tax and delivery.
And once more, that $3300 would solely cowl 72 inches of my 92-inch-wide wall. That leaves me with 10 inches of house not coated by storage, and the depth of the cabinets and drawers is 16 inches. I really like the look of it, however I can squeeze extra storage out of that wall. This doesn’t cowl it, and the value is means too excessive for me. As many individuals prompt, I regarded on Market in my space to see if folks have been promoting items at reductions, however they weren’t. The Market choices in my space are horrible. Maybe if I lived in an enormous metropolis like Dallas or Houston I’d have extra success to find them, however it’s uncommon to seek out something good bought on Market right here in Waco.
The dimensions:
As I discussed, the wall is 92 inches broad, and I’ve about 21 inches of depth between the wall and the trim on across the door. The IKEA Pax wardrobes are the closest factor I might discover that comes even near these dimensions at an affordable worth.
The general dimensions of the elements I selected are 88.5 inches broad by 22 7/8 inches deep. That signifies that I’m going to lose virtually two inches of my 3.5-inch-wide trim on that aspect of the toilet door, however fairly truthfully, I don’t care about that. If this have been a principal room of the home, I might positively care. I might take the time to construct one thing customized simply to have the ability to spare the trim and maintain the trim constant across the total door. However I maintain reminding myself that it is a storage room. Nobody else might be utilizing this room, and even when I present folks this storage room, the trim across the door on the within gained’t be front-and-center after I open the doorways. They’ll truly should be contained in the room and switch round to see the trim across the door.
The time concerned:
I can unpack these containers and put collectively a complete wall of storage in sooner or later, two days on the most. However after I take into consideration constructing one thing from scratch, even when it’s one thing as easy in design as this final choice I had thought of, this may take a lot longer.
Would that save me cash? After all it will. However then I take into account how a lot effort and time it will take to do all the reducing, sanding, caulking, wooden filling, priming, portray, staining, and so forth. With the time I’ve out there to work every day, factoring within the different issues I’ve to do and taking good care of Matt, that’s at the very least a week-long challenge, if no more. And I don’t need that. Not for a storage room. Once more, if this have been a principal room in our home, I’d construct customized storage with out hesitation. However once more, it is a storage room, and I actually need to get this room performed and transfer on to one thing else. And at last…
IKEA Pax offers me every thing I need and want:
I wished two issues for this wall of storage — drawers on the backside in two of the sections, and adjustable cabinets. That’s it. And I get each of these issues with the IKEA Pax. And never solely do I get drawers and cabinets, however I get deep drawers and cabinets. They gained’t be 12-inch-deep cabinets with 11-inch-deep drawers. Or they gained’t be 16-inch-deep cabinets with 15-inch-deep drawers. These cabinets and drawers will truly make the most of all the depth of house that I’ve out there on that wall.
So, IKEA Pax it’s. It’s not low-cost, however it gained’t break the financial institution, both. And I’m truly wanting ahead to the simplicity of it.
Observe: I didn’t even notice it, however Pax is on sale proper now at a ten% low cost. Plus, I joined IKEA Household which gave me a reduction on delivery. After which, for some cause I don’t know, it gave me a $5 off coupon. Hey, each greenback counts, proper?! 😀 So I acquired the entire thing, together with gross sales tax and delivery to my entrance door, for $1087.91. That’s not too unhealthy for a complete wall of storage, together with drawers, that I don’t should construct from scratch myself!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may be taught extra about me right here.
