Portable Closet Guide

Are you looking for a portable wood closet? I can see from my search logs that many people end up on this site looking for such an item. The problem is there’s not many closets made of wood that can be considered portable. Instead, you generally only find portable metal closets because using a light metal keeps the unit lightweight, and thus easily portable, and yet sturdy and strong at the same time.

So what about the rest of us looking for portable wooden closets?

In this article I will look at some solutions for such an item, with an emphasis on keeping it wooden yet at the same time, relatively portable. This gets us into the territory of the armoire, which originally meant any kind of wooden storage cabinet, and now usually refers to wooden wardrobe closets.

Unfortunately, for someone looking for a portable wooden closet with wheels, you’ll probably have to settle for having to pick it up. None of these below have wheels.

The Mountain Lodge Ebony Door Chest ($300)

Here we have a very elegant looking lightweight wooden storage unit that could easily be used a portable wooden closet. It’s got 2 drawers and 2 shelves and an ebony finish. This wooden armoire would work great in any guest room for storing personal items. By South Shore. It’s hard to tell from the photo but this unit stands approximately 4 feet tall. The upper area could be affixed with a rod and have enough space to hang shirts and pants, and the drawers below would work good for socks and underwear.

Atlantic Furniture Manhattan Two Drawer Armoire ($700)

This is a beautful solid hardwood two drawer armoire. Portable? Well, it’s not got wheels, but it’s going to be relatively light weight compared to antique armoire furniture and other heavier armoires. This is the problem hinted at in the introduction – that wood makes the closet heavy, and thus not very portable! But this is close. Here we have a unit with beaded inserts, grooved slide inserts, crown moldings, and french dovetails. There’s two drawers near the bottom and a two door set up at the top, which opens into an adjustable shelf, and a closet rod. It’s also set up to place a TV inside if you wish, which would probably push this into “somewhat portable” to “definitely not portable” once your TV is inside!

Mission Style Light Cherry 3 Door Wardrobe Armoire ($700)

Here we have another wood closet in the style of the armoire. Is it portable? For a solid wood design, it’s as portable as you can get!

I’m a big fan of the design on this unit. Take a close look at the photo here and you can see there’s 2 drawers in the bottom right and then 3 doors to open into two separate shelving areas for hanging clothes. What’s cool about this is that the one of the left is slightly longer than the one on the right, taking up the entire height of the unit. At the bottom of this shelf there’s a small area for shoes (as featured) or any other type of small closet item.

This unit is not something you’d want to be moving around like a real portable closet, but for a wooden unit, it’s light weight enough to move as needed.

Black 3 Door Wardrobe Closet

Featured here is another furniture item that’s technically an armoire and not a portable closet. But weighing in under 100 pounds makes this sort of portable, right? Hmmm…For that $200 price tag you get a really solid looking black armoire, with 3 drawers at the bottom and the upper half dedicated to a hanging wardrobe or a TV if you’d prefer. If you are researching a wooden portable closet and are budget conscious, this $200 unit is a pretty good deal. Available at Target.

Portable Wood Storage Cube

Now we are really cheating and getting into different types of storage items, but this would be of interest to many people looking for a wooden portable storage closet. These cost only $20 from Target and are easily moved about the house. They give you two shelves for storage, and of course room on top for placing some simple items like a lamp or some books. Simple, easy, and cheap. Measures 1 foot by 1 foot.

What are your options when it comes to needing extra storage at home, but also wanting to keep that storage something you can move around and use in different parts of the house? Any local home store, such as Target or Home Depot, has a myriad of products when it comes to home storage options. In this article, let’s take a look at a few of those options and highlight what we think works and doesn’t work with each one.

1. Storage Ottamans. We love clever storage items here, and a nice storage ottoman definitely tops the list for functional, clever, and decorative storage all at once. You can easily move an ottaman about the house with no problem, and inside it, you’ll find a decent amount of storage capacity. A favored use of such items is for storing toys and games in the living room. It’s a great way to have these fun items on hand without them cluttering up any living space when not in use.

And of course you can also put your feet up on them too and relax!

2. Portable Closets. Portable closets are products that basically function as a closet, allowing you to hang clothes and store folded items into smaller shelves, but the trick is that the whole unit is on wheels and can easily be moved about the home. A nicer portable closet will be equipped with a built in shoe rack and even a bin for your dirty clothes. Very cool. These are great for adding extra closet storage in any room, be it your master bedroom or the guest room.

3. Laundry Sorter. Most laundry sorters are also equipped with wheels, like a portable closet. They give you a good way to sort and organize the laundry while doing the laundry, as opposed to having to do it in a simple laundry basket or on your bed. This is another item that could be repurposed into other things as well. What ways can you think of to use a laundry sorter?

4. Wicker Storage Baskets. Storage baskets are by definition a good item for storing your belongings and are portable at the same time. The problem is many storage baskets are plain looking and while certainly capable of holding items, they’re more suited to storing under the bed than out in the open. The wicker storage basket looks really nice though and is going to add to your homes decor, not detract from, it while also providing storage space. Another perk is that you can use more than one of these around the home and they’d all match, especially if you have wicker furniture elsewhere in the home.

5. Coat Racks. These items are easily portable, as they weigh just a few pounds, but most likely you’ll find they work best by the door and that’s where you’ll want to leave them. Having a coat rack will immediate give you additional space back in your closet, as it won’t need to store all your coats any longer. A coat rack also just makes it more convenient to come and go from the home with your coat, and also gives guest an obvious area to place their coats when coming into their home without having to deal with going into the hallway closet.