Store Bulky Bedding And Towels Together With A Stunning DIY Linen Closet

If you don't have a linen closet or cabinet in your home, then finding a place for all your sheets, towels, and other bulky fabrics can sometimes be a hassle. If you're storing these household essentials on the bottom drawer of your dresser, or in your bathroom cabinets, then you're giving up valuable storage space that you could be using for items that you need more frequently, such as clothing or toiletries. In this situation, a customized, DIY linen closet might be a great project for upgrading the functionality of your home. The right arrangement will keep all your bedding, towels, and tablecloths in an easily accessible yet out of the way location. With the perfect shade of paint and a few neat pieces of hardware, it will upgrade the visual appeal of your space as well.

If you're interested in building a new linen closet for your home, then @RejuvenationInc on YouTube has a fantastic DIY tutorial video that will inspire you. In the video, the homeowner begins by adding a pre-existing dresser to her hallway, and then building shaker-style cabinets to fit on top of the furnishing. She also constructs a new face frame that fits over the two cabinet pieces, and finishes the fixture with a rich, red paint color that makes the entire installation look luxurious and chic. This DIY project could be the perfect linen closet upgrade that your space needs.

The linen closet that @RejuvenationInc builds in the video is quite large since it doubles as a dresser. To follow a similar idea for your space, you can just as easily start with a smaller set of drawers. For this initial stage of the project, it might be possible to repurpose your old furniture instead of buying a new fixture. You can then build the overhead cabinet box to fit the old piece instead. Make sure that the furnishings you install, particularly if they're stacked on top of one another, are attached to the wall to eliminate the risk of a tip-over. If your furnishing is a bit too small to fill a particular nook, consider adding cabinet filler strips along the sides to close the gaps.

If you're following the layout from the video and you want to give your new linen closet a built-in appearance, you'll need to add cabinet doors to the top of your furnishing, and matching drawer fronts to the lower half. You'll also need a face frame for the entire structure, plus matching baseboards and crown molding. Depending on what you'd like to store, you could install a tension rod inside one of the larger cabinets, rather than more shelving. Don't forget to add a few neat drawer pulls and cabinet handles to finish off your project. Hardware pieces that match your existing door handles and other metal fixtures will blend seamlessly with your existing design.