canalsiderenovation Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 The space for our dressing room is 4400*3610 (239 height) which is accessed via pocket doors from the main bedroom. The wife is keen for a walk in wardrobe but thought of a completely open walk in wardrobe horrifies me! Lets be honest any pictures you see of walk in wardrobe are of matching clothes normally shades of cream and pink with amazing organization that in no way reflects real life! The compromise was to have the walk in wardrobe split so it has an open entry and open hanging/shelves but so the open space of the wardrobe isn't visible as you walk in the room. The rest of the room we then want as dressing/make up with a window seat/storage cupboards below (one wall will have a wall mounted TV). We have spent quite a few weeks now playing with the Ikea design planner as well as DIYHomefit and similar sites to get a rough idea of prices and also then accounting for the fact we would need to get a joiner to hack things in and they don't quite do exactly what we want. We have also have had a few bespoke local trades out who specialise in furniture. One local company did a rough plan and although this needs some changes (we don't want all those cubes inside rather just shelves for shoes, folded items etc) and we want storage either side of the walk in wardrobe and perhaps more hanging space rather than drawers. Any thoughts? The price we had included spraying in a painter finish and mrmdf material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored Shopper Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) We have a walk-through wardrobes area (3300 x 3300mm), stuffed with IKEA PAXs. I hate open wardrobes as the amount of dust they gather is phenomenal, and I can't be bothered to keep dusting all the shelves and clothing. So we went with doors. Overall, I love this area, it is so convenient to have all clothing etc in one place, thus I have NO wardrobes in my bedroom and it is soo much better so! With regards to the width of your walk-in area, make sure you can comfortably pull out a drawer whilst standing in front of it (not being squashed against the opposite wall). Edited February 20, 2021 by Bored Shopper pic added 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I built a walk through wardrobe going to our en suite, hers (large) to the left, mine (small) to the right. I had intended to build doors but not yet got round to it (if I ever do!) and it works well. Being open means we (I) have to be tidy ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Bored Shopper said: I hate open wardrobes as the amount of dust they gather is phenomenal, and I can't be bothered to keep dusting all the shelves and clothing. This is also why I prefer doors on wardrobes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, newhome said: This is also why I prefer doors on wardrobes. It's my worst nightmare having it open. 56 minutes ago, joe90 said: Being open means we (I) have to be tidy ?. This is what my wife thinks it will look like: I think it will look like this: 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, joe90 said: I built a walk through wardrobe going to our en suite, hers (large) to the left, mine (small) to the right. I had intended to build doors but not yet got round to it (if I ever do!) and it works well. Being open means we (I) have to be tidy ?. Dare you post pictures of this tidy set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said: think it will look like this: Yes indeed. It will only look like the show home if you only have about 12 items of clothing or a housekeeper. Whoever has time to line everything up in order of colours etc? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoveringbuilder Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said: It's my worst nightmare having it open. This is what my wife thinks it will look like: I think it will look like this: Reminds me of the mirror wardrobes we had in our first house, when you went into my teenage daughters room it looked so tidy but when you opened the wardrobe doors this is what you saw! She now has a dressing room with beautiful tidy wardrobes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Bear in mind this is current state of said dressing room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 why do people need so many clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoveringbuilder Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, dpmiller said: why do people need so many clothes? I have actually been thinking about that myself recently, the hanging space in my dressing room is full, just looked the other day at what was in there and the realisation that I hadn’t taken anything out of there since Xmas 2019! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 10 hours ago, dpmiller said: why do people need so many clothes? Prior to lockdown - we both were required to go into an office. And then we are two women so have lots clothes anyway plus hair, makeup etc items. I think we could dedicate a whole wardrobe space to sports and hiking gear! I think it will be rare I return to an office again so I can definitely scale down. You'd think as we are the same size we should have half of what we have! Currently I just seem to wear more PJs than anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said: Dare you post pictures of this tidy set up? Oh so “show me yours and I will show you mine” ??? Mine, Edited February 21, 2021 by joe90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Er indoors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 @joe90 I'm impressed. Firstly by the tidiness of secondly at how little clothes you have! We need to look at the dressing room plans one thing we are not sure about is if we go for the walk in wardrobe is how he is building the divide in between the main room and the walk in wardrobe bit - we don't have a stud wall. The price was cheaper than Sharps and similar to DIY Homefit but we are getting something more specific to fit our exact measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said: I'm impressed. Firstly by the tidyness I don’t like untidy (part of being OCD I am told,) 55 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said: how little clothes you have! I am a bloke ?♂️ ( Er indoors has twice the size wardrobe as me and her summer collection is in the loft ). Edited February 21, 2021 by joe90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 22 minutes ago, joe90 said: 1 hour ago, canalsiderenovation said: I'm impressed. Firstly by the tidyness I don’t like untidy (part of being OCD I am told,) Wife is the same and don't get me started on some of the other things like coat hangers needing to all face the right way.... 23 minutes ago, joe90 said: am a bloke ?♂️ ( Er indoors has twice the size wardrobe as me and her summer collection is in the loft ). Same problem x 2. Some of stuff is still scattered across three counties as we didn't get it all back before lockdown.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexphd1 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Perfect timing for thread as been sketching different options tonight. We are thinking on a open wardrobe dressing room. I have been trying to utilise kitchen larder units and handless doors for drawers from diykitchens. Its working out very cost effective. Approx 8 linear meter of half height and 2 linear meter of full height rails. 1.5m3 of drawer space and plenty of shelves. Hopefully correct side of £3k. Not inc worktop for dressing table. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) I really liked the crate type drawers in my first pic, different depths available. 1 hour ago, canalsiderenovation said: don't get me started on some of the other things like coat hangers needing to all face the right way.... but of course !,! ? Edited February 21, 2021 by joe90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Alexphd1 said: Perfect timing for thread as been sketching different options tonight. We are thinking on a open wardrobe dressing room. I have been trying to utilise kitchen larder units and handless doors for drawers from diykitchens. Its working out very cost effective. Approx 8 linear meter of half height and 2 linear meter of full height rails. 1.5m3 of drawer space and plenty of shelves. Hopefully correct side of £3k. Not inc worktop for dressing table. I've not looked at DIY kitchens I'll have a looksie and see. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 21/02/2021 at 23:29, canalsiderenovation said: I've not looked at DIY kitchens I'll have a looksie and see. Thanks Ok so I convinced SWMBO that open shelves is out and to go for more of a dressing room look and as long as we get a centre island we have agreement! Even after going round and round with Ikea designs and looking at similar such as DIY kitchens it wasn't giving us exactly what we wanted and then we would need a joiner to hack it all in. We went back to a company that makes fitted furniture and I can share my very professional sketch (measurements have been mentioned above). Basically wardrobes along the left hand side as you walk in (hinged) merging into a corner wardrobe all floor to ceiling and then all lower cupboards (TV above). Hers and hers dressing tables at the corner and then a window seat under the window with cupboards and storage below. Island in middle with drawers and we can source granite. We haven't had drawers in other places as we generally prefer Ikea boxes/storage solutions. The price for this is just over £6k and that includes it being sprayed in a colour of choice (they tend to use Farrow and Ball or similar). Not sure if this is good value or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Don’t forget full length mirror. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said: The price for this is just over £6k and that includes it being sprayed in a colour of choice (they tend to use Farrow and Ball or similar). Not sure if this is good value or not. Aren't we all so different in our priorities? I have a lovely antique linen press which cost £350. For £6k I would have a great time sending all my clothes to a charity shop and starting over! We had a junk room at my old house and were feeling cramped and so thought about moving. It suddenly dawned on me that the room represented about £50k of prime real estate, so I gave everything away and got a bigger house back. The value of the stuff must have been £2k max. I've become a lot less attached to 'stuff' now and get huge joy from a great bargain and having no mortgage. (£6k represents about £12k over the mortgage lifetime). Just sayin'... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalsiderenovation Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jilly said: Aren't we all so different in our priorities? I have a lovely antique linen press which cost £350. For £6k I would have a great time sending all my clothes to a charity shop and starting over! We had a junk room at my old house and were feeling cramped and so thought about moving. It suddenly dawned on me that the room represented about £50k of prime real estate, so I gave everything away and got a bigger house back. The value of the stuff must have been £2k max. I've become a lot less attached to 'stuff' now and get huge joy from a great bargain and having no mortgage. (£6k represents about £12k over the mortgage lifetime). Just sayin'... Ironically I only tend to shop in charity shops ? aside from my hiking gear which isn't but mainly comes from Outlet stores. I love a bargain and plenty of house renovation stuff was ex display or Facebook/eBay finds. Until we started the house work we had never had bedroom furniture, a new sofa, dining room furniture etc as in our previous home we just got by with hand me down items, stuff from Freecycle or made do with what was in there. That's over 25 years in total of living in stacking boxes, friends freebies and Freecycle. When we bought our sofa in December I had never been shopping ever for a sofa! I'd previously never have contemplated spending this sort of money but we both work full time, have no kids and the mortgage will be paid off by time we are 50. That all said I'm still after the best value I can for what we want and if Ikea did something that fit the bill I've nothing against them..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Ye Gods. Wotta lotta underpants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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