I was worried that I would not be able to hang things on the bottom rack, but since it can adjust both in width and height, I am able to have my shirts up top and my pants (folded in half on a shirt hanger) on the bottom, without the pants touching the floor or the shirts touching the pants rack.  At first I used it as wide as it would go, but then adjusted it to a smaller width so I could put other stuff in the closet and it was easy to adjust.