In your room, the standard approach to building customized storage is a homeowner’s best investment so as to solve many issues they may face when designing the room. They’ll determine how the space is divided, choose the materials and colour of their option, and place it virtually anywhere. And while these kinds of cabinets/wardrobe are an added plus point in the real estate market, the key purpose of creating one isn’t about the resale value, but rather creating one that caters to your every need.
These customizable wardrobe/cabinets are available to you at any stage to be custom built and shaped in any way you desire. Before you begin building your own customized closet cabinets, keep these few factors in mind.
Evaluate Your Space
Go into the room that will become your closet, pick one corner and carefully evaluate the space that you have. Every inch, nook and crannies of available space can be effectively utilized to the fullest to store your clothes, shoes, accessories and other belongings. Building a customized wardrobe/cabinet gives you a clear vision where everything is placed – Shaving off dead space by becoming an additional spot where you can build up more of your collection and cutting minutes off your time to find what you need in your closet.
Having a professional designer will help you visualize and utilize your space to the fullest, so be sure to find one who is willing to sit down and hear to your requests and needs. Who is willing to take the time to carefully study, research and design your custom wardrobe/cabinet with you from start to finish.
Get Organized
Before you begin designing your new custom wardrobe/cabinet, you’re going to need to do one important step that would greatly help you in the design process. Take a good look at your current closet, look at every piece of clothing down to the piece of accessories in your current closet that you’d want to put in your customized space. Having an accurate, complete inventory on your current closet now prior to designing your new one allows you to get an accurate idea on what types and sizes of storage space your closet needs.
Give a good sweep through your current inventory. Organize them in groups as how you’d want it to look in your new space, keep or donate any clothes or accessories that you don’t need anymore. Doing this will give you a much clearer idea on what kind of storage space you’d need.
Fewer Drawers, The Better
Every closet needs some drawers, especially for smaller pieces like jewellery, lingerie and socks. It’s not necessary to have a lot of drawers, as it can take a lot of space in your custom wardrobe which isn’t ideal if you have a lot of clothes. Instead, you can add shelves for items like sweaters, hoodies and t-shirts. It is more beneficial than a drawer, taking up as little space as possible and allowing you to readily view your items.
Your drawers don’t necessarily have to be big and tall especially if its only to store small items. You can build shallow retractable drawers where you can store and display your jewellery, watches or ties – Saving you a lot of space and making it visibly appealing.
Open Or Close Concept
Most wardrobes, especially ready-mades usually are built with solid doors, with no way for light and dust to enter and makes the space look neater. If you feel that the standard closed closet concept isn’t to your taste, then you can design a more open concept closet rather than closed. This alternative can be very incentive to maintain your wardrobe and make it more accessible to you. Plus, it’s an open chance to decorate and turn it into an appealing art piece in your room.
If your environment is prone to dust, consider installing transparent doors to keep the dust out but still able to keep your belongings on display. And if you feel like you need a little something to temporarily hide your closet to make the room a little neater, you can opt for a sliding door, or install curtains that you can open and close at any time you want.
Light It Up
Depending the placement of the room and how deep your wardrobe is, you may or may not need lighting installed. However, if you want to give your wardrobe a small touch of colour or mood – Or maybe just to see a little clearer, it doesn’t hurt to have some lighting installed in. Keep in mind to install light fixtures that can diffuse light throughout the wardrobe and don’t emit heat which can damage your belongings.
You can get quite creative installing customised lighting in your closet beyond ceiling lights. There are a variety of styles that you can choose form, like illuminate mirrors or motion sensory lights when you open the wardrobe doors/drawers, regardless if you choose a reach-in or walk-in wardrobe. This gives homeowners insight to every piece in their collection and closet, be it day or night.
Building customised wardrobe/cabinets is a huge commitment and a long-time investment for many homeowners, so it is important to always do your research, study, consider and understand what do you exactly need in your customised wardrobe in the long run. We hope this gives you a better insight on what to consider before you start building your bedroom cabinets/wardrobe!
Depending the placement of the room and how deep your wardrobe is, you may or may not need lighting installed. However, if you want to give your wardrobe a small touch of colour or mood – Or maybe just to see a little clearer, it doesn’t hurt to have some lighting installed in. Keep in mind to install light fixtures that can diffuse light throughout the wardrobe and don’t emit heat which can damage your belongings.
You can get quite creative installing customised lighting in your closet beyond ceiling lights. There are a variety of styles that you can choose form, like illuminate mirrors or motion sensory lights when you open the wardrobe doors/drawers, regardless if you choose a reach-in or walk-in wardrobe. This gives homeowners insight to every piece in their collection and closet, be it day or night.
Building customised wardrobe/cabinets is a huge commitment and a long-time investment for many homeowners, so it is important to always do your research, study, consider and understand what do you exactly need in your customised wardrobe in the long run. We hope this gives you a better insight on what to consider before you start building your bedroom cabinets/wardrobe!