Elfa Redux

Back a year or two ago when I first announced my desire to get an Elfa system for my closet, John laughed at me.  He couldn't understand why anyone would want to spend a couple hundred dollars (or more) to add some shelves to their closet.  Oh how the tides have turned.  Following the installation of my Elfa system, he was instantly overcome with jealousy.  Thus began our Elfa Redux.

John saw the benefits of an organized and glorious closet and decided he, too, needed an Elfa.  So, he did the same wizarding I did and came up with his own closet design.  It's pretty similar to mine, as there's only so much you can do in a small space, but you'll see he has more room for shirts and a space for pants while I had more room for dresses (I make him store his dresses in the attic).

This time, he submitted the order electronically, and sure enough, when we arrived, a cart was waiting for us full of his Elfa components.  We did the same prep work as before - demolition, repair, and painting.  In case anyone out there is curious on how to go about installing an Elfa unit...

First, you hang up a support strip along the top of the closet.  They provide you with the screws, and all you really have to do is ensure it's all level and screw it in.

Don't you love how level/even the intersection of our ceiling and wall is?

Next, you just pop in the hanging bracket braces and slide them according to the appropriate spacing.  You're given a spacing guide, so you just scoot it over until it's properly spaced.

Then you just pop in the brackets and set the shelves in place.  You can space them as you'd like, according to whatever you'd like to store and if you don't like the placement, you can just pop them back out and try again.

Once your shelves are in, you pop in the rod brackets and snap in the rod itself.

Before you know it, you're done and so happy you didn't spend a ton of money paying some fool to install it for you!  Rejoice!

This time around, we removed all the tags and stickers beforehand and total installation was only about 15 minutes.  Of course, our systems are about as simple as they come.  

John's final product.

So, that's that.  Two nicely organized closets in two weekends.  Pretty good progress for us since on average, I think projects usually take us about 4 months from start to finish...