Victorian bedroom- trash or retain
Mick Miah
4 years ago
Hi Friends,
Wifey and I are working through the house bit by bit and now a problem that affects all of our bedrooms. Sometime in the past these old wardrobes were fitted into the recess beside the fireplace. Was thiis done contempraneously with the house build or fitted subsequently. If they were part of the original fittings i might retain them if not...well they a bit of a mess.
Wifey says retain, me at-em-with-a-hammer. What do you think?
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Sonia
4 years agoThey may well be original as the styling looks right. Shame they don’t reach the ceiling. Here’s some images I found of newly fitted Victorian style fitted wardrobes. Just because a wardrobe is original it isn’t always of good quality, so over to you!
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