How do you share your wardrobe space?

9 years ago

Is your wardrobe a state of equality? A peaceful region which you share 50/50 with your partner? Or is one of you enjoying more space than the other...?

Spill the beans please!

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9 years ago

We recently solved a wardrobe shortage problem for a couple by converting half of their roofspace into a walk-in wardrobe & dressing room accessed from stairs located where their old sliderobes used to be. It's a fantastic space giving loads of space (including a very large shoe collection!) and each had one full side of the room for their own use when we last saw it - I suspect the wife will soon have a much larger share though! There is also a dressing table with professional lighting around the mirror for make-up. The stairs make a great feature in the bedroom and the fact that the dressing room can't be seen from the bedroom removes the urgency for daily tidying!

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Laura
9 years ago
It's currently 50/50, but somehow the bedding, towels, boxes of fancy dress, photos, holiday stuff etc. all ended up on my side!!!!!! How did this happen!!??

We're in the middle of a total renovation and the main bedroom is low on the list of priorities. Things are going to change when we decorate our bedroom!!! I need more room for my ridiculously large collection of coats :-)
Trisha Goodwin
9 years ago
He has far more clothes than me and has a double door built in wardrobe in master bedroom. I have the single door wardrobe in the spare room. We used to share 50/50 in previous houses but I couldn't bear the untidy mess that was his half and the way he srunched everything up, even in my half, to get everything in! Even so, we are still happily living together after 36 years, which proves its a matter of give and take. The house we are moving to shortly has no wardrobes built in at all, so everything will have to live on a spare bed until we get some put in or buy a couple freestanding (which I'm not fond of). Do other people prefer built in or freestanding?
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marycolwill
9 years ago
Well, first of all, when you move, buy some inexpensive dress rails for the spare room so that your clothes don't look as though you have slept in them. Then plan your new wardrobes carefully so that there is a place for everything that needs storage. Built in cupboards will be able to take advantage of every inch of space and will go right up to the ceiling.
Trisha Goodwin
9 years ago
Thanks Mary, rails are a great idea!
Gerry Rust
9 years ago
Ah, so we are the only household where I get the very large triple French wardrobe, the double Dutch style wardrobe, the huge Victorian Scottish chest of drawers, the smaller 5 drawer chest (sorry no particular nationality :-) the blanket box, the under bed drawers and the cupboard under the stairs to the attic. He gets to share a double wardrobe in the spare room and has almost undisputed use of a large chest on the landing....
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8 years ago
50/50????? We recently converted a corridor into a walk in wardrobe, and under no circumstances whatsoever am I giving up my 90% !!

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