I am constantly CONSTANTLY changing my closet - always wanting to get it the way I want - but I am never happy - until now! I decided I was finally going to raise the rails up so I could have more room on the bottom. I thought this would be a piece of cake, but it definitely was not. Little did I know that EVERY screw was in the wall with anchors. And anchors are extremely hard to get out of the wall, and I learned the hard way.
Here is the before picture...
Well I had already taken the rail off, but had not attempted the holder thingys...
I raised them up 7 inches - a random number, but it worked for me. That way I could still put my shoe holders up at the top and be able to reach them. I know my neighbors were loving the sound of me hammering holes in my walls (I am in a townhome and my closet backs up to their bedroom).
It was a CRAZY job getting those hook things out, and to be honest, I didn't get them all out, so I had to compromise. BUT, the next day I went to Home Depot to find extra anchors, but found something a little different, but it would definitely work.
If you could have seen my bag of tools, you would have laughed!! I had a ton of stuff out to use, because the holes in the wall had to be a certain size or the anchors either would not fit, or would be falling out, so it was a fun experience. After I put the rails back up, I was able to hang up my clothes and then have space at the bottom to put up small shelving that I had used in my classroom to hold things. My first attempt was to put up a shower curtain rod hanging with para cord from the original rail to add a bottom rail for clothes. While it worked, it was not what I wanted, so I cut that down and put them on the other rail. So in the end, I am VERY pleased!! I feel like I have so much more room to store what I need to in my closet and it not feel so cramped! Who knew that raising the rails up would make such a difference!!
Here are the after pictures. I do have a lot of clothes, but I have put on a bunch of weight and many of them don't fit, but they will!!!
So there it is. Nothing really exciting, but I am happy!!
Elizabeth
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