My mom has about 45’ of hanging clothes (no comment!). When dad built the bedroom addition in the old house, he included a huge walk-in closet for her - his closet was separate & smaller because part of it was the laundry. Since he is gone, she has taken over his closet, too.
Mom has been in a quandary as to where all her clothes will go at the new house - she has a small walk-in closet in her master bedroom suite & she could literally fill up every closet upstairs (2 guest rooms & storage under dormers off the hall) & still not have enough space.
I told her the ‘extra’ clothes that won’t fit in HER closet need to go in the full basement which is quite clean, not dusty (old sheets would be a good dust cover, too). She could keep clothes for the current season upstairs & off season clothes in the basement. Looking at racks to buy, they are pretty expensive, so I started looking for DIY & found this:
https://rainonatinroof.com/diy-clothes-rack-free-printable-size-dividers-for-yard-sales/
Great for yard sales, but also excess hanging space. One thing we have is LOTS of scrap lumber, including untreated 2x4s ... being inside, the wood doesn’t have to be treated. These are also well within my carpentry skills & I have all the tools to make them.
Clothes problem solved? I think/hope so. You could also use smaller multiple dowels on one set of the support ends & make a drying rack for flowers & herbs.
Clothes! Such a love/hate relationship for me. Most of my clothes are work clothes, but I keep a few nice outfits for weddings, funerals and the rare dinner out - which is usually a wedding or a funeral, LOL!
My Mom is a Clothes Horse, too - it must be a Generational Thing. She has saved some pretty cool things, though. I have her 'swing coat' from the 50's. It's a nubby gray wool with Rhinestones sewn all over it. Similar to this:
