Stylish ideas for built-in Wardrobes and Bedroom storage

Built-in wardrobes are a brilliant way to tackle the bedroom clutter that accumulates in modern homes.

When space is at a premium, floor-to-ceiling or wall-to-wall built-in wardrobes allow you to maximise every spare centimetre, as they put what may otherwise be dead space to good use.

Awkward angles, shallow alcoves or dark grey wardrobes corners can all be used for chic and clever storage ideas. Not only that built-in wardrobes will keep floors and surfaces clear, creating a clean, streamlined and uncluttered look which regular stand-alone wardrobes rarely achieve.

Built-in wardrobes can further save space if you install sliding doors instead of hinged doors that open outwards.

With built-in wardrobes there is also the advantage that you can coordinate the amount of hanging rail space that you need (as well as choose different rail heights for dresses and trousers or shirts and tops), with the amount of drawer space, shelves and shoe racks.

And why not do like the architects and go through your clothes and accessories first to assess the storage you need? It might be a laborious one-off task but it will reap rewards every day when you can easily find favourite outfits – and you’ll never have expensive purchases languishing at the back of the wardrobe unworn.

As beautiful as these wardrobes are, they do tend to take up a great deal of space in a bedroom, without providing all the extra options and accessories that can now be found in modern day wardrobes.

In many old houses the furniture reflected the status of the owner. Wardrobes that were highly polished Mahogany, for example, were prized pieces of furniture but often extremely heavy and encroached into the bedroom leaving little space to move around.

Today’s wardrobes are designed to fit closely to the wall with lightweight doors. This means more space inside the wardrobe itself in which to fit drawers, shelves hanging rails, and many other very useful accessories, leaving plenty of walking area within the bedroom itself.

Depending upon your requirements, you can have fitted wardrobes, a freestanding lightweight wardrobe collection, or a walk in wardrobe. Fitted wardrobes come in a variety of colours and designs and have many different options to make storage problems easier to solve.

Whether you fit them across an entire wall, in an alcove space or either side of a chimney breast, the result will be flush and fabulous.