Bedroom Wardrobes - What to do with with space above?
Hi all,
We have just had some wardrobes fitted to our loft bedroom. The loft is sloped downwards (depth) and is not straight either along the wall (width). The wardrobe unit was essentially made straight so we now have a larger gap above the right side of the wardrobe compared to the left side (as per the photo).
Ideally we would like to close the top of the wardrobe off to minimise dust collecting there but now mindful that if we put a panel, the panel on the left would be above 5cm high and on the right about 20cm so may not be great visually?!
Any examples of ideas or what will work best to address this?
Thanks
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siobhanmcgee90
2 years agoWe had a similar issue in our kitchen so got the builder to build a bulkhead above to cover the area in and you do not really notice the different gap.
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