" Closets and storage areas with piles of stacked up stuff can be quickly and easily transformed into a neat and clean storage area using an easy to install closet organizer system. These can be flexibly designed to meet your storage requirements and feature wire framed shelving, which is easy to clean and allows for the free circulation of air. Here's how to install a closet organizer system in your closet or storage area. Start by looking at the storage area and considering all the stuff you want to store there. Measure the area, and work up a plan that will make best use of the space. Choose an organizer system that has the majority of the features that you need for your project. These kits are very flexible, and you can buy additional shelves, supports, fasteners, and special storage options if you need them. When you have everything you need, study the installation instruction, and compare them to the plan you drew up. Make sure you have all the parts you need before you start. Now a few things to know about fasteners. Fasteners are what hold the shelves and the brackets to the wall. There are many different types of fasteners. For traditional walls of gypsum wallboard screwed into wood studs, an expansion fastener such as this one will work and they're often included in the kits. You drill a hole in the wall and insert the plastic sleeve. When you screw the screw into the plastic sleeve, the sleeve expands, securing the fastener to the wallboard. This is a more robust version of the same type of fastener and will work with wallboard for heavier weight. When you insert these fasteners into the wall and tighten the screw, the rear of the fastener is pulled forward, securely clamping the fastener to the wallboard. Some walls are made of other materials beside wallboard. For plaster and lath walls or for plywood walls, often a toggle fastener works best. When you push these fasteners through the hole, the wings spring open, holding the fastener in place. Using a stud finder, locate the studs behind the wall. Pass the stud finder slowly over the wall. The indicator will light up when it passes over a stud. Brackets for the organizer that land up being located over a stud can be directly screwed into the stud with a common wood screw and will not require a special fastener. Having marked the location of the stud, follow your layout and the kit's instruction, and measure out the location for each of the wall clips that will be used to fasten the shelves to the wall. As you lay out the line of wall clips, check with a level to make sure that the wall clips are leveled. Often, in an old house, you'll find that the floor isn't level due to the house settling over time. Adjust the measurement along the line for each shelf until the wall clip locations are both correctly spaced and exactly level. Continue to lay out the shelves and carefully mark the location for each wall clip according to the directions that came with the organizer system. The more time and care you put into laying out the system on the wall, the faster the installation will be. Complete the layout by finishing with a small individually mounted object like this shoe rack. Roughly mark the location for the mounting brackets for the rack, and then using a level, adjust the location of each mounting point so they're exactly level. Now it's a good idea to drill a pilot hole for each mounting point you've marked on the wall. Use 1/8 of an inch drill bit, and drill a hole at each mounting point. If you drill a pilot hole and hit a stud, mark the hole with the next, and we'll use a common screws to fasten these brackets to the wall. If the wall is hollow, mark the hole with an O. For these points, you'll use an extension fastener to hold the bracket in place. Select a drill bit that's just slightly wider than the folded toggle, and drill a hole for each toggle. When the hole is drilled, slide this groove with a toggle fastener through the wall clip and into the toggle. And folding the toggle, slip it through the hole until the toggles open. Pull back gently on the fastener until you feel the toggle up against the back of the wall, and then, using a screw gun, slowly screw the fastener until the wall clip is exactly aligned with the marks on the wall. For a bracket that's located over the stud, simply use a common wood screw and screw the bracket into the stud behind the wall. Continue to drill as needed for every wall clip that will be mounted over a hollow wall, and then fasten 1 mounting clip for every fastening point you've marked on the wall, until all the mounting clips are fastened in place. Next, screw the mounting clips into the poles at the height necessary to support the outside of each shelf, then slide the plastic caps over the ends of each of the vertical support posts. Some shelves will be supported by an end wall as well as vertical post. Temporarily clip the shelves into place that will also be supported by an end wall bracket, and resting a level on the shelf, swing the shelf until it's level. Then mark the location of the mounting holes for the wall bracket. Remove the shelf, and drill pilot holes into the wall to determine the kinds of fasteners you'll need. Fasten all the wall brackets in place with the appropriate fastener. With these brackets in place, you'll be ready to assemble the organizer system. Starting in the corner, snap the shelves into the wall clips, and then, into the end wall brackets. Line up the vertical support posts in front of the shelves, and clip the shelves into place. The shoe rack goes in last, and clips into the wall clips and the vertical post clips exactly the same way as the other shelves. As a final touch, slide the plastic caps over the ends of the shelf. These are not only a nice touch, but they cover the sharp edges that might have resulted from cutting the shelf to a specific size. With the closet organizer system installed, it's time to fill it. You'll be surprised not only in how much you can store, but how orderly and easy to access everything is. These systems can be installed virtually anywhere making useful storage space out of clutter throughout your home."