Every home would normally have a closet. Closets are useful storage units that can be placed almost anywhere in a house to provide some much needed space for hiding away stuff. Not all closets are meant for hiding away stuff though. Closets with glass doors, better known as display cabinets, are made to show off things that are stored inside. Not all closets have doors either. Some portable closets come with just a set of frames to prop-up the whole unit. Then there are other mobile closets that just look like clothes bar on wheels. Then there are the walk-in closets that can rival many a small room in terms of size and space. No matter what shape or size the closet might be, there are always some useful tricks and ideas to spruce up the storage space.



First up are the closet doors. A closet can come with many different types of doors. There are sliding doors, foldaway doors and the normal swing-open doors. Except for foldaway doors, the other door types have one thing in common they can slam shut if you close them too hard. This is where a little closet door damper comes in handy. Closet door dampers basically function to slow down the door just before it slams shut. Slowing down the door will avoid that nasty slamming no matter how hard you swing the door shut. There are two types of damper one that works on the hinges (or rails for sliding doors) and one that is mounted at the closet side where the closet door meets the closet. The damper that mounts on the closet side usually looks like a little push-button unit. These dampers can also be fitted to stop drawers from slamming shut as well.

Since closets can be custom made into many different shapes and sizes, the imagination is the limit when it comes to designing one. You can design a closet that sinks away into the wall if you have the space. This idea might be useful for display cabinets where the cabinet only surfaces when you need to open it. Another idea is to build closets that act like the overhead baggage compartment on an airplane. This could be useful for the kitchen or maybe the cellar so that the floor space can be optimized. A swivel closet is another idea. This would work like the swiveling doors you see on some supermarkets. To add another dimension to the swiveling closet, you can use one of the compartments to swivel into a secret room!