Where do you store all your clothes??

[Delara]

Especially if you live with a partner in a house without any built-ins? Whenever I look at houses on Rightmove I think where on earth are people storing their clothes!

I am moving to a house with this floorplan for the master bedroom. The alcoves are 90cm and 110cm so won't fit double wardrobes, and the 90cm alcove won't be very useable as the bedside tables will be blocking it. I have a small wardrobe that can fit in the 110cm alcove, but this wouldn't even fit all my clothes, and I could put a double or triple wardrobe to the left of the room, but it would block the window.

Maybe I'm just being very unimaginative? My partner is moving in and I'm used to living alone, he has more clothes than most men do so I'm not too sure what to do. Maybe if you share what you do I may get some ideas?

Do you have enough rooms to turn one into a shared wardrobe? (Dressing room sounds too grand for what I mean.) Or alternatively space on the landing that could be given over to built in cupboards?

I really dislike ‘sleeping with my clothes’ and generally arrange to keep them in a separate room, even if that doubles as a guest room or study.

One family I know have turned a spare bedroom into a wardrobe for all five of them. That seems such a sensible idea.

Unfortunately not, it's a two bed house with a small second bedroom we will have to use as an office. I would love to have a spare room for clothes and storage!

Slim wardrobes, corner wardbrobes, sliding door wardrobes, deeper chest of drawers, seasonal attic storage anf underbed storage have all been options I have used or seen used, that help. Less clothes is always an option too (side eyes laundry basket full of clean clothes that seems to infinitely refill itself).

Could you put the bed against the wall that's opposite the fireplace and then wardrobes in the wall where you've currently got the bed on the plan?

Can you not fit cupboards in the office room?

Or reconsider the use of your downstairs rooms? If working from home takes up a significant part of your lives that might be a better priority for your sitting room - if you have room to relax in your kitchen.

could you get one of those beds you lift up for storage. We have a slim wardrobe and chest of drawers and bedside tables with drawers for underwear. We do have a built in wardrobe in DDs room where we put coats - they’re the most difficult

I would get built in wardrobes for the alcoves. Use the smaller one for out of season items.

Looks like there's space on the left between the window and door. Put a chest of drawers next to the window (so you dont block the light) and a wardrobe next to that.

There's no reason you cant have wardrobes in the office (unless you mean there won't be any space with desk).

We have a small bedroom (approx 12" square with a chimney breast on the wall at the foot of the bed. We have chests of drawers either side of the chimney and a double (2m) wardrobe alongside the bed, it has sliding doors which means you can get a bedside cabinet in between it and the bed. We have one side each of the 2m one. We keep coats and shoes downstairs and have a lift-up divan bed for out of season clothing.

Could you do sliding door wardrobes either side of the chimney breast and chests of drawers under the windows?

I would be careful with built in wardrobes on outside walls if it's an old house, they can lead to damp.

I’d either do a pax hack built in, in the alcoves or run them along the left hand wall (not right up to the window but it will block a bit of light, not the end of the world as you have your other window !
Then get a bed with underneath storage and have chests of drawers too

Can you change the door round so you walk into the room facing the bed? Then you could fit a run of wardrobes along that wall.

Those alcoves next to the fireplace are perfect for rails, you could put three on each alcove, I had the same years ago, I think I just bought the rails and brackets from b&m it was not expensive at all, if you don’t like them out in the open you could perhaps put a curtain or even make a door

Something like this

Looking at the floorplan, wardrobes all the way along the left wall, and turn the door to open the other way into the room.

Shelving with sliding doors in each of the alcoves by the fireplace. A wardrobe on the wall behind the door. Under bed pull out drawers to store clothes not being worn, rotate for summer/winter etc. This is pretty much what I have in a small space. Also be ruthless with getting rid of things, vinted, ebay, oxfam. Statistically people don’t wear 40 percent of the clothes they own. Being forced to be more minimal with clothing due to space issues actually means I wear a bigger variety of clothes as I can actually see them rather than them being obscured. You can also get very slim shoe holders that can go against a wall in a hallway.

I'd put the head of the bed against the left-hand wall on the floor plan, then you can have a run or wardrobes/drawers all along that top wall. There's space for more in the bottom alcove too. Hanging the door with the hinges on the other side would make the room flow better.

Thank you, I've not thought of corner wardrobes but that may be an option. Getting things into and out of the loft terrifies me but I may have to brave it 😂

Oh I'd not thought of that, thanks! I'll try it out on my floorplan. Some others have suggested switching the way the door opens and that might help if I move the bed

It's a small Victorian house with a kitchen barely big enough for one person to stand in, and the living dining is open plan which isn't ideal (I'd rather have them separate so we could use one room as an office). I'm thinking of having a desk downstairs anyway so OH and I don't have to work in the same room

Yeah the issue is that my partner has LOADS of bulky coats and jackets. I have about 5, he has over double that. I have no idea where we are going to put them and have asked if he can declutter. Good idea getting one of those beds that lift up!

We used to have a bedroom with a similar layout. Bed with headboard against the wall opposite the fireplace, so no windows are blocked. Then built in wardrobes in the alcoves so you use the full space. It may be worth considering getting an ottoman storage bed so all your out of season clothes can go in there. Also put a wardrobe in the office and/or if there's space in the hallway outside the bedroom.

Thank you, built ins not immediately in budget but it's something we want to get done!

Good idea having drawers by the window rather than a wardrobe, that didn't occur to me!!

We have tall 50cm wide pax each. Had them built in to maximise extra space above and with mirror doors etc. We also share an 40cm wide but tall wardrobe for his suits and a couple of my long frocks. And then I store everything out of season in the attic eaves. It is tedious but does mean I have a fairly streamlined wardrobe from which to select clothes. I also think I could probably lose another half of my clothes anyway. Am currently envisioning a capsule wardrobe of limited colours. We do have a broom cupboard of shoes/wellies/walking boots/ rucksacks downstairs. Also custom made to maximise space. Have chucked nearly all my bags and most shoes are trainers. Again could probably purge more of all to be fair.

Drawers under the windows are a good idea, didn't think about that but that would keep light coming in! We are hoping to get built ins but not currently in budget

Thanks it's a mid terrace so we will hopefully be ok!