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Recover chair / seat in a modern fabric & use a wooden round table!

opps - windows butt up against....

that is - if you keep the quilt :)

However, I DO like the thought of them adding a a 15" deep bookshelf - for oversize books, printer, stereo, albums - now they will fit!!!!!!!! Yay!

i would Hate to lose books - the real ones with paper and all. They smell good, you fall in love with them, they are handier than anything, you can mark tehm up and take notes. Yeah, I HATE having to read things on-line. Books "must" be in the standard format for me. I could not imagine being a student or reading something w/o being able to mark it up. Do Not like the e-book trend At All, not even fro junk reading. There must be a way to produce responsibly out of recycled materials for those concerned.....

ps - Labels are Not necessarily an indication of style, taste, etc. There are many people who chose a Label (designer) because they are 'told' too, they are followers, not because _they_ have good taste, a sense of design, care about authenticty, or whatever. (I am not saying that choosing a particular designer or label is "bad", or lacks value, just that it doesn't necessarily 'prove' anything worthwhile in the end to feel you have to follow a trend & 'keep up with the Joneses' per se).

If you look closely, the shelves are mounted using battens. Yes, the BATTENS for the shelves are 'built in', but the shelves are most likely Loose, & laying atop the battens - I have the same thing in my closets and they are eaily removed. Thus, hanging clothes rods in the back of the loset/at the end Will work just fine.

Ok, see that back area, the one at the end where you have shelves? Remove them & hang a set of double clothing rods. You can move the shelves below and above the rods if there is room. There should be room on top for at least one shelf which you can use for out of season or little used items.

On the side (where the clothes hand now), you could do some shallow shelves - you might have to place your shoe boxes side ways, but maybe not; some may fit under the hanging clothes...

You could also do shelves up high on multiple walls in the closet (down each side, on one side and on the ends, including above the door, etc). Or, maybe put shelves on the window wall, under the window and possibly some on both sides or just one side, above the window, etc. And / or use hooks on the wall for items such as jewelry, accessories, hats, coats, belts, bags, umbrellas, scarves, daily coats, stuff like that.

By moving your hanging clothes to the far end, you will protect them from sun damage; as would storing items on the window wall or above the window (on any of the walls). If you use 2 clothing rods, you will effectively double the hanging space available at the end of the closet. To get even more room at the back of the closet, you may even be able to hang 2 sets of clothing rods depthwise, or use a deep hook (the IKEA Bjarnum hook comes to mind - it is about $5, has 2 prongs vertically, and is about 6" deep). You can hang rarely worn / out of season items behind the main clothes rods - of course, this will depend on the actual depth of the space to the rear of the window.

I might also add some sort of window covering. I used a matchstick blind in a closet area where I needed to cut glare, or you may want to do something more light blocking. You can always hang fabric from clips and cup hooks or a tension rod for inexpensive & space saving options, as they can be set into the recessed area of the window frame (as could the matchstick blinds or levoulor blinds) - all of which can be adjusted, allowing you to have some light and ventilation should you so desire.

Good luck and have fun with re-organizing your closet. It is Not as unhopefull a mess as it might seem.

hm, I suppose though, this 'could' work in my shower. But the 2nd rod was so inexpensive and works well. I use both the shower rods with items hung on hangers or do the sheets and such there - but I still need more space to hang things & hang items using hangers hung from curtain rods / hard valences in LR to take advantage of sun and air - they dry faster there and I like the sun / air combo...

ahh, maybe you are right... like all things Ikea, you have to pick & choose