Should I purchase a closet storage kit or build my own?

depends on how 'handy' you are --- you can install the kits yourself -- they are DIY friendly -- and in the long run, probably less expensive than lumber/shelving/hardware/paint for wood to make your own

i think you need to go shopping for building materials....decide what you need for the build, take the list with you. find your materials look at the price tags. write down the price of materials. add it up. write it down. go look at the kits which has the lower price?

Depending, of course, on the size of the closet, you could elect to do a combination of both options. Use a kit for the basics and add on as necessary to meet your needs. While the kit may appear to be expensive, they are typically less expensive than totally custom. Furthermore, if you don’t have the skills to do it all yourself,you maybipen yourself up to a lot of potential problems. So, measure your closet carefully, see if some of the basic kits will give you the bones of the structure and then add on from there.

The advantage of building your own, is that you are not confined to pre-existing sizes and designs. My husband and I have purchased units, and built our own. You can also check in your area to see if there is a builders surplus store where kits cost much less - our bathroom was 1/3 the cost from a surplus store vs. ordering it to fit. A couple of small adjustments and we had the look we wanted for much less.

Well, to take from Suzie Orman, show me the money, girlfriend. If the costs are too high, then step away from that option. I've done a fair number of closets myself, and usually found going step by step helps. Say you need most a clothes rod. Measure two things: How high it is comfortable to have and how wide it has to be. After you figure that out, get the hardware, then look at the floor underneath. Have you saved space for a shelf, maybe with drawers under it, for shoes and the like? Measure again. You want to have as much space as will hold at least eight inches underneath and hopefully you'll have a little space on the shelf surface. . Then put a shelf on top of the clothes rod. Things to consider: Those white wire-y ones last for ages and are less heavy looking than wood and nicer than plastic.

MAKE sure you place lighting in the room. (I forgot that last time which may explain my, um, unusual ensembles lately? ) Also, good light helps you not to accidently put away stained clothes.

Depending on the space, you can even put in a pull down small ironing board for those last minute fix-ups. I am not going to pull out a full size ironing board etc etc.

One of those triangular pull down gadgets to hang your clothes for tomorrow is nice to make space for as is a laundry/dry cleaner hamper. This are some of the things that aren't sexy like the pros offer, but help my day proceed.