Walk in wardrobe / dressing room

[Nicetobenice]

I have had an AI fail with this so thought I'd ask here.

We finally got round to clearing out a large cupboard/ tiny room in the basement of our house. The rest of the basement is a small "self contained" unit with a bathroom small kitchen a hall bedroom and sitting room

I reckon it's a bit of a squeeze but it's big enough for some wardrobes and a dressing table

There's a radiator in the corner of the left hand wall that's 2470 (at the door end) and I'd rather keep that

Any input would be appreciated

[Regbuser]

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[Nicetobenice]

Regbuser said:

Wine cellar
Armoury
Sex dungeon

Don't drink any more
Don't shoot any more
Already got a sex attic as otherwise there's fk all left after stopping the first two.

[JQ]

Book an appointment with an IKEA wardrobe designer - it’s free. They did a great job designing our walk-in wardrobe.

[SkinnyPete]

JQ said:

Book an appointment with an IKEA wardrobe designer - it s free. They did a great job designing our walk-in wardrobe.

Do they do fitting as well, and in the proper sense of fixing to the wall and routing around skirting boards?

[troika]

We’ve just done similar. In a small space, we decided lots of doors etc wasn’t the way forward. It’s a dressing room, so used these to create multiple height open rails, with shelves above for additional storage.

https://www.shopfittingwarehouse.co.uk/collections...

[JQ]

SkinnyPete said:

JQ said:

Book an appointment with an IKEA wardrobe designer - it s free. They did a great job designing our walk-in wardrobe.

Do they do fitting as well, and in the proper sense of fixing to the wall and routing around skirting boards?

No idea, but the Paxx system is incredibly easy to install, took me a weekend. I’m sure a local handyman could install one without issue.

[Craikeybaby]

I had a similar thread earlier in the year, albeit a slightly smaller room. We went with IKEA PAX.

[redrabbit29]

Those saying Pax - are they set up and look just like normal wardrobes?

The reason I ask is I've also thought about making our spare room into a walk in wardrobe type place. But I liked the idea of it all being built in and fitted properly. Not just a set of wardrobes along the walls

[omniflow]

redrabbit29 said:

Those saying Pax - are they set up and look just like normal wardrobes?

The reason I ask is I've also thought about making our spare room into a walk in wardrobe type place. But I liked the idea of it all being built in and fitted properly. Not just a set of wardrobes along the walls

There are a fair few companies out there that make and sell doors that are compatible with Pax. They also make and sell decor panels which match the doors they make. Make up a Pax system using the IKEA designer and make best use of the space. Buy 3rd party doors, then use matching decor panels to fill in the gaps at the sides and the top (and the bottom if you really want to).

[JQ]

omniflow said:

redrabbit29 said:

Those saying Pax - are they set up and look just like normal wardrobes?

The reason I ask is I've also thought about making our spare room into a walk in wardrobe type place. But I liked the idea of it all being built in and fitted properly. Not just a set of wardrobes along the walls

There are a fair few companies out there that make and sell doors that are compatible with Pax. They also make and sell decor panels which match the doors they make. Make up a Pax system using the IKEA designer and make best use of the space. Buy 3rd party doors, then use matching decor panels to fill in the gaps at the sides and the top (and the bottom if you really want to).

We didn't bother with doors - we blocked up the window and have units to all walls. The door to the room is the wardrobe door, then you walk into the wardrobe. We did get some quotes at the time from these companies that will install fully fitted wardrobes and to match the functionality of PAX (drawers with a variety of shapes and sizes, shoe racks, tie racks, shelves, hangers, jewellery case, bookcase, etc) it was around £12,000 more. I'm sure a joiner could have knocked something up for a little less, but we love the functionality of PAX and didn't see the point of paying significantly more to have something with the same functionality but a little neater in a place we can't see.

[nwmlarge1]

We fitted ours out with IKEA Boaxel.
It makes the space lighter, its dirt cheap and easy to mod to get the combinations of height, shelves and drawers.

[ukwill]

We used the pax planner online - https://www.ikea.com/addon-app/storageone/pax/web/...

Then used a chippie to fit it all and make it look like fitted wardrobes. Used a chippie as I wanted the best finish possible, and my wood working skills are crap in comparison to a time-served pro.