Is wardrobe behind the door a bad idea?

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Want to maximise wardrobe space (both me and husband have a lot of clothes!) and was looking at doing an Ikea Pax along one wall. Two possible challenges and wanted some thoughts:

• is it a terrible idea to have it behind door? Would mean needing to shut bedroom door to access wardrobe door behind. Not really space in hallway for bedroom door to open outwards

• Wardrobe depth with door is 61cm - it’s about 62cm from wall to the door architrave, so in theory it would fit, but tightly, could this be an issue?

alternative would be smaller wardrobe - but hoping for more space and that wardrobe along one whole wall would look neater then gaps (possibly wasted space) at the side.

I once had a wall of wardrobes that was behind a door like in your plan. The wardrobe had sliding doors, so they didn’t bash into each other. But you did need to door shut to open the wardrobe. I mainly used that section for the stuff I didn’t use regularly or for unseasonal clothes. So it didn’t actually need opening that much.

It was a bit annoying. But probably less annoying than not having enough storage. It was in a rented house so I couldn’t have done anything about it if I’d wanted to, as it was all built in.

Don't forget the skirting board and door handle.
If you can get built in (even an IKEA pax hack) you can save a couple of centimetres did to skirting and the back of the wardrobe.

Also an open area where the door handle goes gives some space for the handle to allow the door to open wider.

Oh yes good point re handles!
had planned to remove the back skirting board to have a little bit extra space

Thank you that’s helpful!

What are the room dimensions? That run looks like more than 2m but less than 2.5 so how would you configure Pax?

Any chance you could rehang the door so it opens the other way?

Bed against the opposite wall with compact beside tables and swap the hinges over on the bedroom door then nothing is obstructed.

Planning a bookcase on the end to fill the gap between end of pax and wall

Sorry yes the shorter end is 2.7m

Unfortunately not as room not wide enough for bed and door hung the other way. It could potentially go into the hallway but I think that would be more obstructive/in the way

Ooh ok, I can imagine that. A bit Victorian with the door hiding the bed as you come in! I’ll have to measure and see what the distance is from door to wall on that side

If you rehang the door you will also have to move the light switch which could be tricky if you have a wall of wardrobes.

Surely if you are getting dressed then you would probably have the door closed anyway? So it might not really be a problem. I would add the wardrobes and you can rehang the door and sort the light switch later, if it's an issue.

How about changing the bedroom door to a sliding one? Although I think your arrangement will be ok, especially with sliding wardrobe drawers. I'd possibly end the run a bit further away from the doorway and use a cover piece to hide the gap.