Ikea Pax for hall help please

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I'm about to paint our hall after a big clear out and am intending to buy this to put all the 'stuff' in, including my bags and coats, which never seem to have anywhere to go!

Would you go for Harvik sliding doors or Forsand hinged doors (38cm deep, 2 x 50cm wide, 1 x 100cm wide frames).

We want white so it kind of disappears into the walls, and it is the cheapest option.

I have added pictures of Forsand hinged frames, can the handles be on either side? They look a bit weird on the 50cm frames both the left, I kind of like symmetry.

Or with the Harvik sliding doors, might they be a nightmare to assemble, would we have to bolt the whole 200cm width together and are there any attachments/holes to do this?

Picture of are hall is pre-painted, but finally cleared all the stuff out and got it ready!

I don't think you are paying a lot of money for chipboard furniture. Yes, the carcasses are chipboard, but what you're really paying for are all of the internal elements and the flexibility. The comparator isn't really other standalone furniture as much as fully fitted cupboards.

Also to add to @Bowlowner 's 5th point, the planning tool will sort all of that out for you i.e. not allowing drawers where you need to have hinges

I second the Ikea planning tool too. It only puts things where they go and allows you to visualise it.
You could then either buy their stuff or take the designs elsewhere and compare cost, availability etc.

@MaggieFS , you are right about that. I am sure if I was going to replace the kitchen it would be something like IKEA chipboard, so I guess it's not that different.

I have also been looking at these metal units.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/trotten-cabinet-with-doors-white-30474766/

I thought the teens could be allocated one cupboard each so they have a locker for their 'stuff' that gets dumped by the door, badminton rackets, books they dumped from their bag etc. They have a coat rack already and this could also provide an allocated dumping shelf for anything they don't have time to put away and to store stuff. And when DS1 goes to uni it would give him some extra storage for some of his stuff as he will be getting the box room and swapping with DS2.

Then we could have another one for the other stuff I want to store, Christmas decorations, spare light bulbs, tool kit, electrical drill, bin liners etc etc. I think I could live without my coat storage and find space elsewhere.

I realise they look a bit utilitarian, but to be honest so does our hall. We could brighten it up with some pictures on the wall.

Or this:
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/lixhult-cabinet-combination-grey-s29279186/

Also quite like this and it would fit some long things in that we have to store:
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/regissoer-cabinet-white-40342073/