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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shelleyuk
4 years ago
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4 years agoMine 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.
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Sam Potter
4 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.
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