Do you have fitted wardrobes? Any hints/tips?

[Neena28]

We have reached the conclusion that we afre going to have to have a wall of fitted cupboards in our bedroom as clothes/total lack of storage in this house/me being a bit ocd about things hanging neatly is driving us both mental.

To set the scene though we live in a barn (conversion), have quite high ceiling and quite a lot of wood in each room. So I thought something painted a pale creamy colour would be best BUT I want them to look like painted wood not plastic.

I do want the drawers/ hanging space/ shelves thatI have seen in other peoples houses but they are all new and were built by the builders.

I have asked the carpenter that made all the windows and doors but he is really busy and it would be a lot of money for hijm to make them out of really good wood then us paint them.

Not too worried about how much as if they will last years they should be a good investment.

Soooooooooooooo...

What have you got?

Where from?

How much?

Do you love them?

Thanks very much !!!!

C'mon don't make me beg!!!!

Sorry, haven't got them myself but my sister is v. pleased with her ikea wardrobes.
Lots of diff types of storage inside and look good too

Thanks spykid! (My only friend!!!)

Anyone else?

Another vote for the Ikea Pax system. I love it!!
I spent ages working out where all my drawers and shleves should go - appealed to the OCD side of me!
Just can't fault them. Not too expensive, v stylish looking and - so far - hardwearing!

satine, did you put them in yourselves or get a little man to do it?

Did it all ourselves. It's surprisingly straight forward!

Have you got a modern house with straight walls?

Ours is Victorian with weird corners and wavy walls

We did put them up against the only wall in our bedroom which is relatively straight! If we'd had a little man to put them in, I'd have driven him bananas by changing my mind about the exact drawer/basket/shelf/rail configuration that I wanted. As it was I think I redid it about 4 times! But it's amazing how much stuff is just swallowed up in just one double and one single wardrobe.

We have built in wardrobes that came with the house - they are nasty white melamine with ugly pine louvred doors and we still love them - they hold so much!

Personally I think the Ikea bells-and-whistles innards are overrated (though the carcasses are good). We have three wardrobes - one full length rail (mine), one half-length rail with shelves below (dh) and one all shelved (shared) - and use snap-together wire units like these in the bottom of the hangin ones for shoeboxes, folded jumpers etc - flexible and easy to change if you (eg) get a dress that needs extra length.

We got some made in MDF and then painted them ourselves - our carpenter reckons there is no point in shelling out for real wood if you are going to paint them anyway...

The only thing I regret is not getting them made to the right size to take all the baskets and other fittings from somewhere like Ikea.

Hi Neena, From my experience, the advantage of getting wardrobes built in rather than "off the peg" is that you use every available inch of space from ceiling to floor. Definitely get them made up in MDF if you are going to paint them which will work far a lot cheaper and agree with everyone on here deffo work out what storage you require (long hanging space, shorter hanging for trousers / shirts / skirts, stacking space, shoe boxes etc. Good luck

MDF can be routed to make it look like wood panelling. A competent carpenter could do that for you (you may even be able to get it done by the MDF supplier).

Also make sure you get one wardrobe door fitted with a long mirror inside.

janh we have the wiggly walls

we also have the sloping ceilings

dh keeps threatening to Do Something with mdf