Katrin sent us an email:
I live in a house built circa 1900 and our nursery has no closet. That is OK for now, while she is a baby, but what happens when she gets older and we need a place to hang clothing? Any ideas?
Ah, the no closet conundrum.
We've got a few ideas, and I'm sure at least a few of our readers have had to deal with a similar set-up.
A few things come to mind. If there are any nooks in your room, you can hang a tension rod and a curtain in front of it.
If not, you can choose an armoire to house her hanging clothes. We are really liking this new armoire at Ikea, the Sniglar. It's only $39.99, has one shelf, and one rod, and the look works for a nursery or child's room.
Another idea: how about a shelf like the Bergen Rail Shelf available at West Elm? It doesn't take up much room and would create a nice display of hanging baby clothes.
Anyone else?
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Almost none of the homes we had in Germany had closets - and if they did, it was a hallway closet or in the master bedroom. What we did have a lot of was "Schrank"s ... aka wardrobes. I'd look into buying one of those (IKEA, for instance) for her clothing!
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Antique armoires are very resonable right now. We purchased one for our son's room for around $200.00. It's early 1900's and came already equiped with a shelf, one drawer, two rods for hanging stuff and a full length mirror.
it sounds like you have some time to really shop around for a good deal and what works best for your nursery.
Good Luck,
J
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There are some great armoires made for your nursery. We have one that we bought before our little guy was born and still at 27 months, it holds and organizes all his clothing and accessories. Some neat armoires here...
http://homepage.mac.com/rosenfeldesther/buymodernbaby/buymodernarmoires.html
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I remember hearing a story on Marketplace (NPR) about how armoires have fallen out of fashion due to the popularity of plasma televisions, so many hotel supply retailers have a surplus of used armoires. The retailers just want to get rid of the armoires and sell for really reaosonable prices. Adding a hanging rod to one of those could be a simple and inexpensive fix.
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If you're looking in the $200 range ofr something easily taken down and moved, I've always loved the "storage tent" idea from Land of Nod: http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=46&f=4271&pc=4
In our house the nursery has an armoire. It's worked great through two kids. We had clothes on the rod and I have wooden boxes for storing folded clothes on shelves below. The top shelf has extra blankets. On the inside of the doors I've hung a laundry bag on the left and a calendar for recording "first" on the right. I've also hung a ribbon to attach hair bows and such. This is where I got the idea for how to organize it: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/organizing-babys-armoire
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I don't hang my tot's clothes. I must be the only one who uses a dresser.
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We had the same problem, also the roof line slopes in the spot we needed to put the wardrobe, so we had to have something a little shorter. The Robin wardrobe from Ikea worked great for us. I added another clothes rail to it, some hooks inside the door, and changed the door knobs. It's also very easy for a two-year-old to open himself.
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