One closet out, a new improved closet in...
My brother-in-law and I converted one of our upstairs bedrooms into a "walk-in" closet about ten years ago using a basic Closet Maid system we bought at Home Depot. It has served us very well for years but it was starting to look a little ragged compared to the other areas upstairs that we had recently renovated (stairs, bannisters, railings, hallway floor, library, and master bedroom) so we decided that the "closet room" was next on the list. This turned out to be pretty complicated, lots of different trades coming and going, but we think it turned out pretty nice.

Step 1 - We asked the designer to create a built-in dresser. To do this we had to essentially tear out the old closet and build an alcove to fit the dimensions of the new dresser. The side of the closet was the back of our linen closet in the hallway so we had to tear that out as well. Good news is we ended up with another 6" of depth in the linen closet!

Rebuilt linen closet with extra 6" of space in the back. Not pictured but we had the contractor put in an electrical receptacle up high in the linen closet. This allowed us to moved the control panel for our house alarm system into the top of our linen closet. Out of the way but immediately accessible. We also had to go back to the flooring contractor to get them to fill the space at the bottom.

Step 2 - Deinstalling the old closet system.

The alcove for the new built-in dresser.

Shelve supports for the linen closet.

Step 3 - Remove all the floor boards and paint the room. By removing the floor boards we were able to install the new cabinets flush to the walls. Angela selected the same color theme that we used for the library. Ceiling is slightly lighter than the walls. Irony is that the new closet system will cover most of the walls... sigh*

Step 4 - Install new carpet. Same color as the library but with a slightly different pattern.

New linen closet painted and with new shelves installed. I routed the edges to make them less sharp...

The new closet system arrives!

Prepositioned in the closet room prior to installation.

Step 6 - Installing the new closet system.

Partial installed built-in dresser. The carpenter had to build the wall based on the designer specs. We ended up with a tiny gap but with the tops installed you can't even notice.

Left side installed. Two side-by-side closets with double hangs, corner for long hangs, set of shelves. Panel covers gap between corner and shelves.

Close up of corner

Built-in dresser with wall cabinets above. We later decided to replace the original glass doors with solid doors that match the rest of the room. New matching floor and ceiling moldings.

Sitting bench with two large storage drawers below.

Step 7 - Installation of silestone tops for hamper and built-in closet.

Another view of the hamper and right corner piece.

Silestone on top of built-in dresser.

Step 8 - New ceiling fan with built-in light.

Final step - Built-in dresser with new doors and back mirror.