Walk-in closets in Scarborough
Rare in the original housing stock, so most Scarborough walk-ins we build are made rather than fitted — a spare bedroom beside the primary, or two small closets in a side-split knocked into one.
How we build them
City of Toronto
Custom closets in Scarborough
Post-war bungalows, split-levels and Bluffs-side ravine houses — and the small original closets that came with all of them.
Overview
What a Scarborough closet is usually up against
Most of Scarborough went up between 1950 and 1975, and the closets give the date away. A three-bedroom bungalow off Lawrence or Ellesmere has one reach-in per bedroom, about four feet wide, with a single shelf and a single rail at around 66 inches. That is one row of hanging, a foot of dead air above the shelf, and three feet of unused floor below the clothes — roughly half the opening doing nothing.
The split-levels through Wexford, Bendale and Dorset Park have the same closets and a better ceiling. Where a bedroom sits over the garage there is often nine feet of height, which is enough for double hanging with a shelf run above it. Same footprint, close to twice the capacity, and no wall moved.
The other half of our Scarborough work is downstairs. Second suites are common here, and a basement apartment needs storage a landlord can hand over: a wardrobe where the room has no closet at all, a laundry run that closes, and shelving shallow enough that it does not cost headroom a basement cannot spare.
Typical briefs
The four jobs we are asked for most in Scarborough
- The bungalow reach-in
- Four to five feet wide, one rail, one shelf. It becomes double hanging on one side, a drawer bank or shoe shelving on the other, and a full-width shelf above both. Doors usually come off and go back as bypass or bifold, because a swing door eats floor a small bedroom does not have.
- Bedrooms over the garage
- The extra ceiling height in a split-level is the free capacity in the house. Hanging goes to two levels, the top shelf goes up to within a few inches of the ceiling, and the things that are only reached twice a year live up there instead of in the basement.
- Basement and second suites
- Where there is no closet, a built-in wardrobe with doors that close reads as part of the room rather than as furniture. Depth is kept to 22 inches where the ceiling is low, and the laundry pair gets a surround so the suite does not open onto a washer.
- Guildwood and the Bluffs
- Larger 1960s ravine houses, often with a spare bedroom next to the primary. Knocking the two together is a bigger job than most people expect; fitting the spare room out as a dressing room, with the door kept, is usually the better trade.
Closet types
Closet types we build in Scarborough
Reach-in closets in Scarborough
The bread and butter here. Four to five feet, one rail, one shelf. Double hanging on one side and drawers on the other roughly doubles what the same opening holds.
How we build themBuilt-in wardrobes in Scarborough
For the bedrooms and basement suites that were never given a closet at all. Full height, doors that close, and kept to twenty-two inches deep so a low ceiling survives.
How we build themSliding closet doors in Scarborough
A bungalow bedroom cannot spare the floor a swing door needs. Bypass panels run on a top track, mirrored where the room is short of light.
How we build themRecent work
Scarborough closets we have built
Six we built in Scarborough homes — a wardrobe wall that carries a desk, a reach-in opened up around a shoe tower, and four walk-ins in white and dark oak.
Neighbourhoods
Where we work in Scarborough
- Agincourt
- Bendale
- Birch Cliff
- Cliffcrest
- Guildwood
- Highland Creek
- Malvern
- Rouge
- Scarborough Village
- West Hill
- Wexford
- Woburn
Getting to you
How a Scarborough project runs
Older walls
Plaster and lath, and walls that are rarely square after seventy years. Everything is measured on site at the design visit and scribed on install day — nothing is cut to a drawing and forced.
Getting to you
Our shop is in the GTA and Scarborough is a straight run east. Design visits six days a week including evenings, and no travel charge anywhere in the city.
Install day
One crew, usually one day for a bedroom closet or a basement wardrobe. Floors covered, offcuts and packaging taken away with them.
Questions
Scarborough questions, answered
Yes, and it is a good share of what we do here. Where the room has no closet we build a wardrobe with doors; where the ceiling is low we keep the unit to 22 inches deep so it does not close the room in. If the suite is being rented, we design it to be handed over — everything fixed, nothing that needs assembling.
No. It is the normal condition in a house of that age. The designer measures the actual opening rather than the plan, and the crew scribes the units to the wall on install day, so the finished run sits tight to a wall that is not square.
In a standard Scarborough bungalow reach-in, going from one rail to double hanging on one side plus shelving on the other typically takes hanging capacity from about six feet of rail to eleven or twelve, and adds shelf space that was not there. Your designer will measure yours and give you the real number.
The whole house. In Scarborough that most often means the bedrooms plus a basement laundry and a garage wall — the three places a post-war house runs out of room first.
Other rooms
Other rooms we build in Scarborough
Master bedrooms & dressing roomsWalk-in closets
Bedrooms, hallways, condosReach-in closets
Rooms with no closet at allBuilt-ins & wardrobes
Built for Canadian wintersGarage storage
Reviews
What our clients say
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- Didar ParharAugust 2026Very happy with the work done by the team. Very responsive from the initial call, fair and reasonable quote, and happy with the end result. Highly recommend
- Khachig MinassianAugust 2026Really happy with how our walk-in closet turned out. Closet Form did a great job with the design and installation. They made good use of the space, and everything looks clean, simple, and well organized. The whole process was smooth, and the team was professional and easy to work with. We're very happy with the final result and would definitely recommend Closet Form to anyone looking for a custom closet.
- Hadi AL HaddadJuly 2026Closet form one of the best closet company in GTA they are very professional, very honest, reasonable price, very punctual. I highly recommend them for all your closet needs. Thx guys for taking care about my business
- K. VijayJune 2026I can't recommend this team enough. Marco handled the design and communication quickly and professionally, and then Daniel came in with great attention to detail and made sure everything met my expectations. These two are reliable, easy to work with, and very reasonably priced. I actually insisted on writing this review—it wasn't even requested. I'm beyond happy with the quality of the work and the price. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.
- Misbaah BhattiJune 2026I just had 6 rooms in my house done by closetform and they did an amazing job! Everyone was super punctual, and professional. They had great communication and I love how everything turned out. They took into consideration any changes I wanted and were very thorough with planning. I would recommend this team.
Next step
Free design visit in Scarborough.
Forty-five minutes, laser measurements, a 3D design and an itemized price. No deposit, no obligation.
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