Style+ 73.1 in W - 121.1 in W Noir Basic Wood Closet System Kit

I purchased 2 of these units and some additional products for my dressing room. Easy to assemble. I recommend having someone to help you. I did this by myself. A lot of hiccups with Home Depot online. Everything cost less than $1500.

I wanted to add some shelving to my boring builder grade closet in my guest room. The ClosetMaid closet system seemed like a nice option. As a DYI project it was more doable than I thought. The instructions were clear and the task was easy enough to complete. I just needed a second hand to carry the items to the room. The Noir modern style was a definite upgrade from the original builder. It claims to be scratch proof, but that was not the case for my unit. The corner was also easy to chip. Overall the unit helped my disaster closet become more organized.

I was able to assemble and mount the whole thing by myself. The box was heavy but once I got it inside, the instructions were straightforward. I needed a screwdriver, drill, mallet, hammer, level and stepladder. It only took a couple hours to assemble.

I selected this ClosetMaid Style+ Noir Modern Style Basic Plus Wood Closet System to finally fix the closet in my master bedroom. The master bedroom is an addition to the house which I made into the master. The closet is a long open space with just a rod. It's pretty rough and needed a remodel. This kit comes in seven boxes but the instructions are very clear and easy to follow. The boards are manufactured but they look very nice. This definitely updated my closet and made better use of the space.

When preparing for installation you get out of it what you put into it. Spent a whole day prepping the closet removing the old wire shelves, filling and patching the holes, removing the base boards, and two coats of paint. Assembling the towers (3x) building and painting cleats to support the shelved and hanger rods (I don’t trust drywall to support the hanger rods and shelves). Another two day to install the towers (anchor them into the wall) and install the DIY cleats to support the shelves and the hanger rods and install new base boards. i then waited two weeks for the 5” drawers, shoe racks, cabinet doors and the jewelry tray to arrive as they were not in stock. Everything was easy to assemble the only issue was the jewelry trays they did not fit easy and had to forced into the drawer its not coming out without disassembling the whole drawer. The quality of the towers are as to be expected particle board with a lament finish. Be careful with installation the finish can scratch if you picked noir a black sharpie is your best friend for handling scratches. Closet maid should consider touchup pens and a different support option for shelves. my one true complaint is why does the 5” drawer cost $10 more than the 10” drawer. The overall installation consisted of: (3) wood closet tower assemblies; (8) top shelve kits; (4) 10” drawers; (6) 5” drawers; (2) shoe racks; (1) cabinet door kit; (2) Vale rods; and (2) Jewelry trays.

This ClosetMaid system offers the perfect solution for anyone that wants to upgrade their closet. They are stylish, efficient and customizable and truly transforms the way you keep yourself organization. Our closet was essentially a big cube of wasted space. Now, it actually holds a ton of stuff and looks great. The unit is big and quite heavy, so keep that in mind once you get the delivery. It will also be difficult to install on your own. A second set of hands was essential, particularly for the long pieces that are higher up. Assembly overall is not very easy - again, a second set of hands is essential. There are a lot of parts and does take time. The end result is very much worth it, however!

Read the instructions before buying to ensure it is the proper unit for your closet design. For example, it sits on the floor so the baseboard and shoe molding prevent it from being against the wall. Also, it has no back to prevent items from hitting the wall or falling into the crack between the unit and the wall. The wall is the back of the unit. On the assembly, none of the panels are coded, i.e., A, B. etc., so it is unclear what panel is what. For example, there is one point where the instructions say to use two side panels, implying any two will work when they are not identical. Two are made to orient one way and two are made the other way, left and right sides. They do not mention that you will need a "square" to ensure the unit is square before you install the corner gussets. The gussets have a finished side and unfinished side, but the instructions neither have them color-coded (gray = unfinished) nor do they mention which way that they need to be installed. Also, the side panels have two extra, unused, rotating lock holes...do not install the rotating locks in all holes as all holes are not used. We bought drawer and door kits to add to the unit. On the door kit, there is a nailed-in door stop for the top of the doors that is near impossible to locate correctly as the door needs to be closed to locate it; it nails in so one can't nail it over and over...I plan to use an aftermarket door stop, if need. Usually, they screw mount with adjustment slots. Also, the doors' hinge mount screw holes were about 1 mm off, just enough that the screws had to be removed and angled in...all four hinge mounts. The hanger rod brackets are plastic, although they may be nylon. Not a sturdy metal bracket. All in all, it is a mid-level closet unit, and looks nice. It is just not the quality I expected from ClosetMaid.

Solves the storage problems of work-from-home office/bedrooms with a great-looking and sturdy addition to our closet. This is actually the 2nd closet we have equipped with these units, so we learned a lot on the first one. The first was white, but the walnut finish looks nicer. The 3 most important steps in installation are to plan exactly how you want to use the closet (hanging space vs shelves vs drawers), measure the closet interior accurately, then sketch a design on paper showing the EXACT dimensions of each vertical column unit, shelves and hanging bars. In our case the closet was mainly for office use, so lots of shelves (57” of the total 100 in. closet width) for plastic boxes and less for hanging space - although by installing a total of 5 hanging bars we managed to get almost 96 in. of hanging width. For a lot of people this also makes sense even for bedroom use, as foldable clothing has tended to increase relative to hanging. But your preferences may be different. We started with the Closetmaid Style+ kit that includes a 25” wide shelving column unit & 3 “top shelves” that are just 48” wide panels you can cut into shelf sections as needed for your layout. For our layout we added a Style+ “Narrow” shelving column unit (16.97” wide.) The units are well designed, with clear assembly instructions EXCEPT for two things: The uprights of the columns DO NOT have cut-outs at the bottom to accommodate baseboards on your walls. So, for the uprights to be flush to the wall you will need to cut appropriate-sized spaces in them before assembling the columns (see attached photos). It would have been nice if Closetmaid had at least warned you in the assembly instructions. AND, in “step 8”, where gussets are nailed on to keep the units square, they don’t explicitly mention, but it is advisable to use a large metal square to align before nailing. Once everything is installed it is too late to fix misaligned columns! A couple of other hints: if you are going to install 2 columns, as we did, and are considering adding (optional) drawers later, space the 2 columns by 15-9/16”. That way the drawers can be installed easily without moving the columns. You can cut 3 shelves this size from a 48” “top shelf”. And for cutting the shelves, wrap blue painter’s tape around the shelf where the cut will be made and use a high-speed fine-toothed cutting blade to avoid chipping the Melamine coating. We used a Skilsaw flooring saw, which worked well.

This CLOSETMAID MODERN WALNUT BASIC WOOD CLOSET SYSTEM KIT is perfect for my remodel. I was looking for something to install that would give me the options of shelving and hangers and this kit fit just fine. Very nice Walnut finish, I like the engineered wood construction of the shelves. The wood holds the screws tight without any problems in assembly. Another nice point with this is with the drawers, they have soft close slides for a nice close. The hardware packets were segregated in accordance with the different stages of assembly. Instructions were good, I would recommend reading them completely before attempting assembly. It took me 3 to 4 hours to fully assemble and install this kit.