There is something uniquely glamourous about being in possession of a walk-in wardrobe. How wonderful to be able to walk into a room within a room where you are instantly ensconced by the costumes, shoes and accessories that you have bought and collected for every occasion in your history, some that you have yet to find an event for and a few that you wished you’d never bought.
Well, the feature of nearly every American home the walk-in closet is now becoming a requirement in many British homes. This is because we are beginning to realise how much more practical they are than a traditional wardrobe, where you can never find what you need in a hurry. What is more, you don’t need to have a Hollywood-style mansion to accommodate a walk-in wardrobe.
I am an interiors stylist and I recently styled a tiny one-bedroom apartment in the very trendy Shoreditch area of East London for a magazine. Despite the limitations of space the owners had managed to encompass a wonderful walk-in closet into the scheme. It had been formed from an alcove in the bedroom and screened off with a pair of shutter doors.
I am an interiors stylist and I recently styled a tiny one-bedroom apartment in the very trendy Shoreditch area of East London for a magazine. Despite the limitations of space the owners had managed to encompass a wonderful walk-in closet into the scheme. It had been formed from an alcove in the bedroom and screened off with a pair of shutter doors.
A closet can actually be a space saver in fact, because it uses the walls of your room as its structure and it doesn’t need to be enclosed by that extra carcass that a traditional wardrobe has. Plus, because a well-organised closet makes it much easier for you to see everything within it, it’s easier to see all those garments you don’t wear any more and never will. All those out of date clothes and fashion mistakes can be bundled off to the charity shop.
You can create a simple walk in wardrobe - or reach in closet if space is really tight – by putting up a partition wall in your bedroom. One way is to put up a partition wall just behind your bed, not much wider than the width of the bed so that you can walk in to it from either side of the bed and yet it remains completely screened off from the rest of the room. Or you create a walk-in closet corridor from your bedroom door so that you walk through the wardrobe to emerge Narnia-like into the cosy inner-sanctuary of your main bedroom.
You can create a simple walk in wardrobe - or reach in closet if space is really tight – by putting up a partition wall in your bedroom. One way is to put up a partition wall just behind your bed, not much wider than the width of the bed so that you can walk in to it from either side of the bed and yet it remains completely screened off from the rest of the room. Or you create a walk-in closet corridor from your bedroom door so that you walk through the wardrobe to emerge Narnia-like into the cosy inner-sanctuary of your main bedroom.
A builder or carpenter can put up a non-load bearing partition wall pretty cheaply, where you really want to invest your money is in the fixtures and the fittings. Look for a closet system that allows for lots of different storage options: hanging space, drawers and shelves; as well as offering drawer and shelf dividers. Shoe racks or shoe-cubby holes are also handy, just make sure that they are fenced in so that you are not showered with shoes should one slip. Jewellery and hosiery inserts are also useful, as are valet drawers for cufflinks, bow ties and watches if there is the space.
California Closets has a great range of clothing storage systems and they will come along and totally customise your unit to suit your needs. Their solutions can be applied to the rest of your house too, with modules for laundry rooms, entertainment systems, home office and hallways. My garage could certainly do with one of their garage makeovers.
This post is part of a California Closets promotion, but the opinions are genuine and our own
California Closets has a great range of clothing storage systems and they will come along and totally customise your unit to suit your needs. Their solutions can be applied to the rest of your house too, with modules for laundry rooms, entertainment systems, home office and hallways. My garage could certainly do with one of their garage makeovers.
This post is part of a California Closets promotion, but the opinions are genuine and our own
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