With a new baby boy on the way, we had to find a way to squeeze our 10yo and a 4yo daughters in the same room for many years to come.
IKEA items:
- PAX units x 4
- BERGSBO doors x 2
- BILLY bookcases
- BILLY extension units
We removed the old standard closets with bifold doors. Put in 4 Pax units (3-29.5″ and 1- 39.5″) added various accessories to accommodate folded items in drawers hanging space for shirts, bottoms and long dresses, storage for other items and shoes.
How to hide it all when you want to match the other IKEA items you have? Turn Bergsbo doors into sliding “barn” doors.
Two doors (1 cabinet set), connected with metal brackets on the back, add wheels to bottom to keep doors at height to cover PAX cabinets and install on a bypass closet door rail system (used Johnson hardware brand from Home Depot).
Still needed storage for all of their “stuff”. Why not turn Billy bookcases into sliding doors too?
We had to cut the width of the bookcases down to be 29.25″ to cover the Pax cabinet and still allow the drawers to be opened. Then installed the extension unit to the BILLY to make it tall and cover the Pax cabinet behind it.
Install 4 heavy duty non-swivel wheels to the bottom of each bookcase. (The toe kick on the bookcase hides this). Attach to a pocket door rail system (again, used Johnson Hardware from Home Depot).
And there you have it… a closet wall that holds all of my girls’ things! No need for anything other than beds and a nightstand. Leaves room to spare inside the closet for more stuff and outside floor space to play!
The girls love having plenty of space and being able to see their things on display on the Billy bookcases. They are also over having the coolest closet!
~ by Samantha
