| Dressing room closets are really popular in upscale | | | | Chairs, window seats, and ottomans add a nice touch |
| townhomes and celebrity mansions. Closets like this | | | | as well. Standing hat racks and mirrors can make |
| are ornate in style and dripping with luxury. To create | | | | your closet feel more like a boutique. Display |
| one in your home would give you a fabulous place to | | | | interesting hats, scarves, shoes, and special pieces of |
| get ready for your day or that special night on the | | | | clothing around the closet to create many interesting |
| town. This can be a really fun DIY project that allows | | | | focal points. |
| you to express your personal style and taste. These | | | | 3) The ceiling and floor should surround the room in |
| tips will help you to accumulate ideas so that you can | | | | style. That "popcorn" ceiling that your closet or room |
| create the dressing room closet of your dreams. | | | | came with just won't do! You can easily knock down |
| 1) The lighting is very important; it can make or | | | | the popcorn with a broom and repaint the ceiling. |
| break your closet. Many people choose to spotlight | | | | Metal tiles with imprinted designs make for an |
| certain areas to highlight artistic features and | | | | interesting ceiling. They are relatively inexpensive, |
| illuminate clothing and shoes. A chandelier is almost a | | | | easy to install, and come in silver, gold, white or black |
| must! Track lighting underneath the shelves of the | | | | lacquer, or even copper. They can be easily painted |
| closet helps to give each article a special glow. | | | | to suit your taste. Some people have an artist come |
| Windows and skylights are also popular and let in lots | | | | and paint a mural, clouds, mosaic, or other artistic |
| of natural light. Be careful not to hang clothes that | | | | piece on the ceiling. |
| could get sun bleached in the path of the light. UV | | | | Rugs, ornate tile work, and hardwood flooring are |
| coatings and sheers will help to disperse the light so | | | | popular choices for flooring. Stained and polished |
| that you don't have "hot spots" in your closet. Try to | | | | concrete can look a lot like marble and allow you to |
| use natural soft bulbs over fluorescents whenever | | | | personalize the color of the floor. Concrete can also |
| possible. They are more pleasing to the eye. You can | | | | be imprinted to look like whatever you want. |
| install a sensor/dimmer switch so that the lights come | | | | Concrete floors also stay cooler, keeping the heat |
| on to the brightness that you desire whenever you | | | | down in your closet. |
| enter the closet. Just another way to make your | | | | 4) When everything is in place, choose your clothes |
| closet a little more luxurious. | | | | hangers. There are plenty of specialty hangers out |
| 2) The style of the room can be greatly influenced | | | | there that can help your clothes look more |
| by your choice of closet system or furniture. Many | | | | interesting and stay more organized in the closet. |
| people install elaborate hardwood shelving and line the | | | | Satin hangers, wooden hangers, chrome metal |
| ceiling and floor with crown molding to give it a regal | | | | hangers, and cedar hangers are popular. Choose the |
| feel. However, depending on your style, you could | | | | clothes hangers that function in the way that you |
| get away with an inexpensive system and give your | | | | need them to while looking good with your décor. |
| closet a more rustic or industrial theme. | | | | Your dressing room closet will be a jewel in your |
| Another option is to use furniture instead of shelves. | | | | home while reflecting your personal style and taste! |
| Armoires, dressers and make-up tables are popular. | | | | |