Do you have a IKEA Pax? What would you recommend hinged or sliding doo
I'm considering installing one of the following options and would greatly appreciate your opinion.
Option 1- 2 100cm frames with 2 sliding doors
Option 2- 2 100cm frames with 4 hinged doors
Option 3 - 4 75cm frames with 4 sliding doors
Option 4 - 2 100cm frames, 1 on either side with a dresser and shelves between. This option has to be hinged doors. And the dresser can't be a desk as there is not enough space. Her desk will be on the opposite wall.
I would have loved to have 2 wardrobes with sliding doors with a decent sized desk in between but the wall isn't long enough.
The photos below show 3 boxes against the wall, each are 1m wide. The blue tape on the wall, shows how high and wide a 2m or 3 metres of Pax wardrobe would be. The carpet is being replaced in a similar colour this week.
Buying the frames now and deciding on the type of doors later on is not an option, as the frames for each are different. Also the frames and doors are so long I will need to have them delivered and would rather only pay 1 delivery fee.
So which option would you recommend? Your advice will be greatly appreciated! :)
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoIf you pick smaller compartments as above ie 100cm wide, you can't really have sliding doors as the openings would be too narrow, they are best on 2m wide wardrobes. However, it is possible to fit into the gap 3 x 75cm units in the middle with 2 x 50cm units either side. This gives you one 75cm unit in the middle to use as a desk and not to have to put it on the other side of the room. Clearly they'd have to have hinged doors. However, it fits everything on one wall leaving 17cm either side, thus pretty much filling the gap.
You can also fit units on top as you have great head height. but hopefully you get the gist !
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8 years agoI believe the 75cm frames are designed to be paired to allow for a 150cm sliding door. However, you could have custom doors made to suit the 75cm frame (probably 372mm wide to allow for clearance) with hinge holes drilled. In the past, we have also built the Pax wardrobes in when spanning the breadth of a wall. See attached images.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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8 years agoWhy not use the height of the room? You could have a mezzanine level (say over the tall half of the room) that you could use for clothes storage or as an office or even a sleeping space. A creative joiner could easily make a platform between the walls using joist hangers and run a spiral staircase up to it for safe access.
Here's a picture of a fancy one but a basic one need not be any more expensive than a big set of pax wardrobes.
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