Converting box room into walk-in wardrobe

[FiddleFigs]

Currently the box room is the nursery, which DD is growing out of. I'd like to move her to the spare room, which currently houses our (fairly inexpensive Ikea) wardrobes and linen cupboard, and move all that into the box room.

Wondering whether we should get rid of the cupboards and just have clothes rails and drawers. Or will everything get dusty/fade in the natural light?

Has anyone converted their box room into a walk-in wardrobe? Any tips?

Don’t have it open. Clothes will fade. Moths will attack and it will look a mess. Built in is the only way to go.

I’d say built in, although I don’t think moths are an issue for rails (they like dark and undisturbed and airless, don’t like natural light and daily movement). Personally I like rails as you can see exactly what you have at a glance and because you see all the clothes every day you don’t forget what you have as easily as when in a wardrobe. You need a good full length mirror and that can go on the back of a wardrobe door if you have built-in. Built-in also means extra storage as it makes use of all the nooks and crannies and looks neat. I know someone who designed a box room with built in wardrobes but in a way that they could still have room for an air bed on the floor for emergency guest space.

However if the room or sun get lots of direct sunlight especially shining on where the clothes rail is then definitely built in.

You can sell Ikea furniture on eBay quite easily. It tends to be popular.

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Mines open.

It won't get attacked by moths or fade how daft.

I got curtain poles and clothes rails from ikea.

Also the plastic drawers are good for pants and socks.

Pinterest has really good ideas for how to use your space.

Mines was all open rails and my leather jackets ended up with one arm paler than the other due to fade. My woollies ended up with moth holes too.

We've changed it to all doors now and its much better. I also have a couple of rows of coat hooks on one small wall to hold all my handbags.

I should probably add I have black out curtains constantly shut in mine as I'm part vampire.

Moths hide in between dark clothes! They get in the room at night and stay there. They really do.

I think what you do also depends on the value of the house. I store clothes in the loft in cheap Ikea type wardrobes but I would never, ever, just have open rails in my house. I wouldn’t think that was an acceptable solution in a high value house I’m afraid. However there are some open systems that are quite swish but I still wouldn’t have dark suits open to the air (or leather)!

My wardrobes have drawers and hanging space but built in wardrobes are relatively cheap if you just get fronts and a rail.