Here's a closet that I made from an inexpensive cardboard box that was meant to hold 4" x 6" photos.

For this project, I lined the back and two inside walls with lavender scrapbook paper. For the floor of the box, I used glossy, solid black contact paper and then used that same paper to make a matching wall to wall floor covering for the rest of the room. The photo below shows the diorama in its early stages.

To give the closet (or open armoire) more height, I cut the lid in half and used it underneath as a faux drawer. Silver beads were attached as drawer pulls. The side table/chair and vase are actually a trinket box and a tea light candle holder from The Dollar Spot at Target (Thanks, Vin!) To make the trinket box into a table with storage, I stripped off the leopard print paper, painted the lid black, added wooden pegs for legs and then painted them black. To make it into a chair, I flipped up the lid and added a quickie homemade cushion in pale lilac Asian print satin. Two large spools of thread in the seat base put the seat cushion at just the right height. To make the candle holder into a vase, I stripped off the leopard print paper with Goo Gone (or similar). The shallow indention at the top which was originally meant to hold a tea lighte candle made it a perfect place for plants for flowers. Flipped upside down, it makes a perfect pedestal or table base.

For this next closet, I used an unfinished wooden 4" x 6" photo storage box that I purchased for $5.99 at Michael's under the brand name 'Finish It' by Deco Art. (The web address on the label is: www.decoart.com.) To give this unit a sleek, modern, unisex look, I painted it black and lined just the back wall with silver metallic scrapbook paper. To give the overall space some visual interest, I used the lid of the box as a platform. (Thanks to Dee, our resident Diorama Diva for being such an inspiration, especially when it comes to using boxes and box tops as props.)

The chest of drawers inside the closet is actually a cardboard two drawer organizer box, from The Dollar Spot at Target. I painted it black to match the closet and added 4 strips of black fun foam (wood strips or thin cardboard would have worked, too) as well as faux rhinestone brads as drawer pulls. Here's what it looked like before I modified it.

To make the closet rod, I used a 1/8" thick wooden dowel (cut to size) as well as a tiny wooden spool cut in half and pushed onto the ends as the closet rod supports. (Tip: If using a mini hand saw is not your thing, you can use the spools as is or use mini wooden wheels which resemble tiny doughnuts instead. Just be sure to buy your dowel supports at the same time to ensure that they'll fit together.) After you've assembled it, paint it. I used silver metallic acrylic craft paint and a paint brush for mine. How and where you attach the rod(s) is up to you. For my wooden closets, the rods are held in place by nothing more than tension so that I can move (or remove) them whenever I want to. For my less sturdy cardboard closet, I glued the rod in place permanently. Here's another photo of the same space, but with the chest of drawers outside of the closet instead. Now, instead of having a bi-level hanging space, I have more room to accommodate longer items such as gowns.

While still at Michael's, I stumbled upon this chest of drawers made by the same company that makes the wooden photo storage box. At first glance, it seemed a little too big for 1:6 scale dolls, but would be excellent for 16" size dolls instead:

But for an additional $5.99, it was worth taking it home to test it out:

The first thing I did was remove the drawer pulls. Give them a good strong tug or two and they will come right off. All they are is a solid wood knob being held in place by a teeny tiny nail. To make it look like it’s part of a coordinated storage system set, I painted the chest of drawers the same color as the closets. This time, the drawer pulls are 4-prong faux rhinestone fabric embellishments that I found in the bead aisle. Happily, they are an exact match to the brads I used on the small chest of drawers. I couldn't cut the metal prongs off, so instead, I pushed the embellishment through black fun foam, folded the prongs in around the foam, and cut off the excess all around the embellishment. Since the fun foam I bought already had a peel and stick back, I just stuck them in place where the old drawer pull was. Here's the same closet and chest of drawers, but with a WILD twist:

To get this quick change look, I added drawer panels made of scrapbook paper. (I glued them to thin cardboard for more stability.) To hold the panels in place, I used removable glue dots. For the drawer pulls, I used black bicone beads threaded onto a jewelry head pin. The pin is inserted into the tiny hole that was left behind from the prior drawer pull, and is kept in place inside the drawer with an earring backing. If you don't want the tip of the head pin to show, touch it up with a permanent marker or a paint pen.

Last but not least, remember the wooden lid that I used as a platform? Well, waste not, want not, so now they're doing double duty as shoe and accessory racks:

Kyori is busy contemplating how to fill that space. Boots, and shoes, most definitely, because after all, that’s what it was designed for. But what about that other shelf? Purses perhaps? A wig collection? Favorite jewels? Maybe she'll request to have some hooks (push pins) added in the very bottom section to hang some of her belts and scarves. And when is Audrey going to finish that unit anyway? Ahhh, patience, Kyori. That project only got started yesterday. By the way, the feet for those shelf units (which are the same feet I used on the wooden closets) are 1" wooden blocks painted black. Wooden pegs, jumbo push pins, long blocks of wood or wooden spools would also make suitable feet. Or, if you prefer, use them without any feet at all. To make the shelves, all you need is precut wood strips. Small square Basswood strips make up the shelf supports underneath as well as the lip to keep the shoes from falling off the slanted shelves. Wide, flat Basswood strips make up the actual shelves. For deeper shelves, use the box instead of the lid. (Basswood is similar to Balsa wood, but it’s better – sturdier.)