Continuing our series of Closet Challenges, we bring you a geometrical masterpiece paired with a flair for design and a determined customer: A winning combination.

A customer in Hawthorn Woods came to us on a mission: She had an extremely angled closet with ceilings at various heights; she needed to store luggage above her clothes; she wanted a custom jewelry cabinet; and she wanted every inch of the closet to be usable space. I’ll spare the suspense: Done.

This project required a lot of custom shelving, and that is what we do best. We installed three different tiers of shelving in order to accommodate for the door, skylight, and of course, the customer’s head. Since suitcases are much larger than folded clothes, we added deeper shelves above the door so the luggage could be stored easily and out of the way.

We love having firsts at Everything Closets, and a necklace cabinet was a first.  The customer wanted us to use anti-tarnish cloth as a liner, and a space large enough to hold her jewelry yet safe and out of the way. We built a shallow cabinet behind the door where she could easily accessorize and keep her jewelry safe and tarnish-free.

In the plans below, you can see how many angles and dimensions of shelving went into this job. Every inch of the closet was used, and the customer was thrilled.