I’m Buying IKEA Pax Wardrobes For My Storage Closet (Here’s Why)

Right here’s what I’m shopping for:

The worth:

With tax and supply, this whole unit will price $1222. That price, to me, is just not what I’d take into account cheap. However it’s a heck of lots higher than the Elfa system from the Container Retailer. Keep in mind this six-foot Elfa system that I checked out some time again? All of these components cost $3300 earlier than tax and transport.

And once more, that $3300 would solely cowl 72 inches of my 92-inch-wide wall. That leaves me with 10 inches of house not coated by storage, and the depth of the cabinets and drawers is 16 inches. I really like the look of it, however I can squeeze extra storage out of that wall. This doesn’t cowl it, and the worth is method too excessive for me. As many individuals urged, I regarded on Market in my space to see if individuals have been promoting items at reductions, however they weren’t. The Market choices in my space are horrible. Maybe if I lived in a giant metropolis like Dallas or Houston I’d have extra success find them, however it’s uncommon to seek out something good bought on Market right here in Waco.

The dimensions:

As I discussed, the wall is 92 inches broad, and I’ve about 21 inches of depth between the wall and the trim on across the door. The IKEA Pax wardrobes are the closest factor I might discover that comes even near these dimensions at an inexpensive worth.

The general dimensions of the parts I selected are 88.5 inches broad by 22 7/8 inches deep. That signifies that I’m going to lose virtually two inches of my 3.5-inch-wide trim on that aspect of the lavatory door, however fairly actually, I don’t care about that. If this have been a major room of the home, I’d undoubtedly care. I’d take the time to construct one thing customized simply to have the ability to spare the trim and maintain the trim constant across the total door. However I maintain reminding myself that this can be a storage room. Nobody else might be utilizing this room, and even when I present individuals this storage room, the trim across the door on the within received’t be front-and-center once I open the doorways. They’ll truly must be contained in the room and switch round to see the trim across the door.

The time concerned:

I can unpack these packing containers and put collectively a complete wall of storage in someday, two days on the most. However once I take into consideration constructing one thing from scratch, even when it’s one thing as easy in design as this final possibility I had thought of, this could take a lot longer.

Would that save me cash? In fact it could. However then I take into account how a lot effort and time it could take to do all the chopping, sanding, caulking, wooden filling, priming, portray, staining, and so forth. With the time I’ve out there to work every day, factoring within the different issues I’ve to do and caring for Matt, that’s no less than a week-long venture, if no more. And I don’t need that. Not for a storage room. Once more, if this have been a major room in our home, I’d construct customized storage with out hesitation. However once more, this can be a storage room, and I actually need to get this room finished and transfer on to one thing else. And eventually…

IKEA Pax offers me all the pieces I need and want:

I wished two issues for this wall of storage — drawers on the backside in two of the sections, and adjustable cabinets. That’s it. And I get each of these issues with the IKEA Pax. And never solely do I get drawers and cabinets, however I get deep drawers and cabinets. They received’t be 12-inch-deep cabinets with 11-inch-deep drawers. Or they received’t be 16-inch-deep cabinets with 15-inch-deep drawers. These cabinets and drawers will truly make the most of all the depth of house that I’ve out there on that wall.

So, IKEA Pax it’s. It’s not low-cost, however it received’t break the financial institution, both. And I’m truly wanting ahead to the simplicity of it.

Word: I didn’t even notice it, however Pax is on sale proper now at a ten% low cost. Plus, I joined IKEA Household which gave me a reduction on transport. After which, for some purpose I don’t know, it gave me a $5 off coupon. Hey, each greenback counts, proper?! 😀 So I bought the entire thing, together with gross sales tax and transport to my entrance door, for $1087.91. That’s not too dangerous for an entire wall of storage, together with drawers, that I don’t must construct from scratch myself!