Instead of closets, a wall of storage

Instead of closets, a wall of storage

Even the socks have a special place in this well-organized clothing storage center. Conventional closets would have interrupted the open floor plan of the bedroom, so architect-owner Barney Smith of Albany, California, designed the adjacent bathroom to double as the dressing area, with enough storage space for a complete wardrobe.Set against a 17-foot-long wall, the wooden shelving system is 7 feet high and 18 inches deep, divided by the supporting partitions into six 34-inch bays. The shelving is made of 3/4-inch birch plywood trimmed with 1-by-2 fir.Photo: A place for everything: storage bins for shirts, hooks for jackets and pants, tilted shelves for socks, two-level closet rods for shirts, pants, suits. Long baffled skylight aids color choices

Photo: A place for everything: storage bins for shirts, hooks for jackets and pants, tilted shelves for socks, two-level closet rods for shirts, pants, suits. Long baffled skylight aids color choices