DIY Wardrobe idea please

[Madisonsha]

Hi, I want to build a built-in corner wardrobe, but I have this awkward space. Can someone please give me some ideas? I've attached a picture.

Are you absolutely set on building it yourself? IKEA do corner units in the pax wardrobe range. You'd need to use your skills to take a bit out at the back where you've got the protruding bit. You don't need to buy the doors, you could make them.

I find sometimes it is easier to start with something pre-made from, eg, IKEA to work out from, use my own wood to make it look properly built in and better quality and then paint the item the same colour as the walls. I've got Billy bookcases to look like they were custom made when my house was built.

Sometimes it is actually cheaper to do it that way rather than buy all the wood.

@ForPearlViper I checked the ikea corner bit seems like i would be loosing space on the left side. I asked a carpenter he is charging £950 and he is taking ages to reply so I thought of doing it myself. This is my first project.

I would put the corner wardrobe in the corner against the wall with the plug socket, and have a narrow gap running along the left. I'd cover this with a filler piece that matched the wardrobe. It wouldn't be worth the hassle of cutting out that back corner just to gain a couple of inches on the left!

I see, I thought you were building it yourself.

As a self learnt, slightly ham fisted carpenter myself, I'd say it might be a little difficult for your first project, particularly if you haven't got all the right tools which might be a bit too much of an investment if you aren't going to continue.

In the past, I've used a local handyman to do these sorts of things. He was a joiner by original trade. For example, he adapted a merchant's chest to fit in an alcove and trimmed it up so it looked like it was custom made for there. Similarly, a couple of pine bookcases - he halved one of them - in the opposite alcove and trimmed all round. Once painted they looked like they'd always been there.

Someone could take a part of the back/side structure out of a self assembly wardrobe and put fixings on the walls to brace it so you wouldn't loose any space. Kitchen fitters do it all the time. Someone with good DIY joinery skills could do it.

Might be worth investigating. Whichever you do, before it is finally fixed make sure you get a little hole drilled at the back and feed through an extension lead so you don't lose access to your power point.

Is the protruding bit in the corner covering pipes? You may need to consider access to these in your construction.

@comewhinewith Probably a pipe, I guess 🤔. Behind that wall is the ensuite, and below the room is where the boiler and water pressure tank are.

I have no doubt, like the rest of us, you have pipes behind the back of your kitchen cupboards. Cupboards are frequently used to hide pipes all over the house. If the worst comes to the worst, someone might have to pull out the back of your cupboard in an emergency or use a hacksaw on it. I really wouldn't spend much time worrying about it.

I would go for a custom Pax / IKEA. Looks like a tricky first time carpenter project.

Thanks everyone after much consideration am going for pax..