Help deciding where to place fitted wardrobes
I need to try and design fitted wardrobes for a couple of rooms in a house I just bought. The largest bedroom is long and narrow and the second bedroom is more square shaped but it quite small. For the main bedroom I was going to put the wardrobes all along the right hand wall and have the bed along the short axis of the room next to this wardrobe. Only issue is the room is so narrow you would probably have to climb over the bed to get to it! The second bedroom would have a wardrobe against the left hand side of the room and the bed would be along the long axis of the room facing the wardrobe, with two cabinets on either side. Anybody get any better suggestions? I would like a small desk in both rooms, but will struggle in the second one. The third bedroom is more of a study and I will probably just get some shelves on the right hand wall.
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Ellie
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PROMarina Drobot at Cinnamon Space
3 years agoI'm glad you like it. The wardrobe needs be built in really to fit a 50cm one. Standard ones are 60cm usually. But it shouldn't be too expensive. Ikea has 40cm deep wardrobe, but they might be not very useful if you hang you clothes. The main bedroom is quite long, however it's a narrow room otherwise. So I think it's a good idea to add built in shelves behind the bed to put your lights. phones, books etc, instead of side tables. Something like this, but I don't think you should build all the way up though, otherwise the room will look like a wardrobe room and not a bedroom. I think you should keep it open above the bed, put a painting or shelves with plants, pictures etc.
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PROOnePlan
3 years agoWith a slight tweak to Marinas design you can walk to both sets of wardrobes .... small divider slats or half wall, at head board end of bed and facing this way ....
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Marina Drobot at Cinnamon Space