Storage Ideas for Mooresville Homes

Mooresville has grown fast enough that its housing is mostly recent — two-story subdivision homes with attached garages, bonus rooms and walk-in closets — with an older core near downtown and lake properties along the shore. Each has a storage pattern, and each rewards a different first project.

The subdivision two-story

• Primary walk-in: replace wire with double hang, a long-hang section and a drawer tower; keep the walkway.
• Secondary bedrooms: double hang plus a shelf tower in each 5- or 6-foot reach-in.
• Walk-in pantry: shallow shelves at eye level, roll-outs low, a landing counter if the room allows.
• Bonus room: a built-in desk wall or a media wall with closed storage for games and gear.
• Garage-entry hall: a locker run with a bench, even if there is no dedicated mudroom.

The in-town older house

• Shallow reach-ins: front-facing rails where depth is under 22 inches; keep the original doors and trim.
• Hall closet as pantry: shallow adjustable shelves and a door rack turn it into a working pantry.
• Built-ins: bookcases flanking a fireplace or a window seat with drawers add storage that reads as original to the house.

The lake property

• Garage gear wall: raised cabinets and slat-wall for paddles, jackets and coolers.
• Mudroom: lockers with a wipeable finish and a drip-tolerant floor.
• Guest rooms: reach-ins with double hang and baskets that reset between visits.
• Laundry: a counter, a rod and a tall cabinet, sited near the door if the plan allows.

A local note

Mooresville is home to a closet and millwork shop: Carolina Building Services on Timber Road describes on its website CAD-designed, CNC-fabricated closets, pantries, mudrooms, garage storage and home offices built in its own workshop and delivered ready to install. Shop visits are by appointment. For anyone in town, that makes a measured drawing easy to get; for anyone comparing options, our sister site Carolina Closet Guide has the Mooresville buyer's guide.

Which project first?

Pick the room you curse most often. For most subdivision homes that is the primary closet; for families with young kids it is the garage-entry hall; for lake properties it is the garage. Read planning a storage project for the order of operations, and the closets, garages and mudrooms topics for ideas.