Dated fitted wardrobes
If anyone has any experience with the following, I will be grateful for some advice please.
I just moved into a house with quite dated fitted wardrobes and whilst I’m struggling to like them, they are very well made and provide excellent storage. To rip them up and rebuild will cost thousands as I have been told by the company who made them. So I would have to remove them completely, keep them or remove and get a cheaper alternative. I also have non fitted wardrobes facing the bed (third photo attached).
Question:
- does the bedroom look too heavy/dated if keep both sets of wardrobes, is the fitted one too dated to keep?
- should I just update the fitted ones and paint or wallpaper them? Not even sure if these options can be done
help please!
Sarah x
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Painting fitted wardrobes?!
Comments (6)Or you could try annie Sloan chalk paint. Great if you're a novice painter and no prep needed, her old white paint would work. You can also distress them if you want, read up on it on her website. Do you think you could remove the decorative plinth or whatever it's called as that is really dating them?. I'd buy the door knobs after you've painted to see if you like it as they can be dear and you need a few. You could also try wallpapering the middle section at the back. I've attached an image from littleenglandandco but go for something contemporary and quite bold. It should (hopefully!) draw your eye to this rather the wardrobes....See MoreFitted wardrobes
Comments (3)Are the fitted wardrobes in the rented house? If so, don't do a thing without talking to your landlord first, he/she might do something about them for you, like put new doors on from Howdens, he might pay for the paint/painting or he might say he doesn't want to change them as they are serviceable and clean, whatever, the property isn't yours, so check first, otherwise you might not get your deposit back, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, tread carefully!...See MoreFitted wardrobes
Comments (15)I think the problem is the shelves also date it. Hard to tell from the pic but they don't look that easy to remove. If the bridging unit isn't removed having single wardrobes may also look a little odd. If you're keen to keep it I have seen them updated by using a feature wallpaper behind the bed, will see if I can find pics. Having the unit painted in the wall colour will also help it blend...See MoreAdvice needed - Fitted wardrobes
Comments (7)It's hard to tell from the pic, but the colour does go well with the room. I think they would be better than mirror or white, neither if which I like in a bedroom....See More
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Mine are here. Not quite finished in this photo and I can't get to the area at the moment to take another photo since bathroom fitters are doing the en suite. We used ikea kitchen doors. It still wasn't cheap once you add up doors, handles, filler panels etc (we reused hinges from our old wardrobes) but it was an awful lot more cost effective than getting a wardrobe company in.
HU-360823388 thanked shelleyuk 
6 years agoI bought a couple of second hand ikea pax wardrobes, and a couple of sliding door sets, (all from different sellers), added a few new bits and am about halfway through fitting them. I'm lucky my room is exactly 4m wide, but they also do 50cm and 75cm wide units, so you may find you can get a fitted look with Pax.
HU-360823388 thanked Sam Potter
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