If you want to give your closet an organized makeover, the furniture you choose makes all the difference. Getting the pieces to look like they are integrated seamlessly into your closet, though, can be where the challenge lies. You could consult a contractor to completely renovate your wardrobe area and make it look fitted, but if you’re renting or are otherwise interested in a DIY approach, you might consider a few other creative ways to transform your closet cohesively. 

Using baseboards, color, and finishing touches that harmonize with the rest of your home’s design is key in making any added piece of furniture appear as if it is part of the unit. It helps to start with a piece of furniture that’s sleek and easily customizable to use as a blank canvas for your project. In that case, consider IKEA’s STORKLINTA 3-drawer chest to assist in giving your closet a gorgeous, built-in look.

The popular dresser can bring flair and create more closet storage to the underutilized space in your closet. Plus, it allows only one drawer to open at a time and has a wall-anchoring feature to reduce tip-over risk, so not only can it seamlessly integrate into the wall, but it’s also a safe addition to a child’s room. Additionally, the dresser comes in three different shades: Dark brown oak, oak, and white, so when you combine the corresponding color of your walls, you can camouflage the new addition to your closet to look like a single cohesive space.

Fatim Karns, an interior stylist and content creator on Instagram, is a great example of utilizing the extra hanging space in her closet and making her IKEA piece look like integrated storage. Karns used the discontinued IKEA MALM dresser to transform her child’s ordinary closet into an open-concept storage area, but you can capture a similar idea by swapping it out for the STORKLINTA dresser. If you wish to mirror Karn’s open-concept design, consider removing your closet doors and hanging rods as she did and insert overhead storage like floating shelves or bins corresponding to in-unit shelving you may have around your home. If you could use the extra hanging space, you could raise the hanging rods higher to accommodate the size of your IKEA dresser. This not only maximizes the vertical space but also incorporates a built-in feel.

Karns painted the IKEA dresser with an accent deep green shade and added legs and gold knobs to elevate her child’s closet. To make your STORKLINTA look effortlessly fitted to your home, you can also incorporate paint that matches the shade of your walls or with a color that corresponds to the baseboard and trim. Further integrate a built-in look by repurposing unwanted door knobs or using DIY drawer pulls that match the drawers and knobs in the rest of your home.