Why the Interior of a Wardrobe Deserves as Much Design Thought as the Exterior

When people talk about wardrobes, they generally talk about the exterior: the style of the door, the finish, the handle you choose, etc. The stuff that’s meant to be seen by other people in the room, mostly for aesthetic purposes. But compared to the interior of the wardrobe – which you use every single morning, please remember that the inside of your wardrobe in your house is one of the things you use the most – they deserve at least as much thought, if not more.

The goal is to achieve something that is beautiful when closed but works beautifully when open. Most people achieve this by first underinvesting and second by realising, when the doors are opened, and you have that first day where you use the wardrobe for actual use, that the internal configuration doesn’t match how you want to organise your clothes and get dressed. For Bespoke Fitted Wardrobes, contact //lamco-design.co.uk/bespoke-fitted-wardrobes/

One of the simplest examples is the hanging configuration. Most wardrobes fail because the standard half-and-half arrangements for full-length hanging and two shorter rails don’t match the needs of a predominantly shirts/suits/jackets wardrobe (compared to dresses and full-length garments). The result is either too much wasted space for half your clothes or not enough hanging space for the other half.

Similar examples can be made for drawer configuration, shelf height, shoe storage, and placement of anything else. And remember that this has to match how you live and where things get placed daily or occasionally, depending on the specific person who lives there.

You may have a door that closes nicely and looks great in the room. But if your wardrobe succeeds, it succeeds because of the inside. If it fails, it fails because of the inside.