A few weeks ago, I came home to some surprising news. Entirely on its own, my closet shelf and the hanging rod (*) collapsed. The shelf had been attached to the drywall with nail-in anchors. Yup, the top half of my wardrobe (**) had been entirely supported by nails in drywall. I'm surprised it had held up for the five years we've owned the house (***).
When the closet collapsed, my wife crept into the room, well-armed, to take care of the monster that had made such a racket. After she chased the monster away, she was nice enough to move most of the clothes that had been neatly arranged in the closet. It was a huge relief to realize that I could just concentrate on rebuilding the closet (with the associated cleanup) instead of cleaning up clothes, rebuilding the closet, and then cleaning up again. Thank you, wifey!
A quick trip to Lowe's, some measuring, a few minutes with a saw, and some quality time with a drill later, the closet was fixed. It's much more solid now. Instead of the goofy anchors nailed into drywall, the supports for the shelf and rod are screwed into the studs.
That should keep that closet monster from causing any more mischief.
* It was one of those wire shelves with an integrated rod.
** And a bit of the bottom half. There were a few pairs of pants on hangers. But mostly shirts.
*** My wife would make a snarky comment about how it's amazing that anything could hold up the weight of my career fair and other free promotional T-shirts.
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