If you are moving house or redecorating and want to do something about your wardrobe provision, there are some great reasons to design your own wardrobe. Our online design tool enables you to do just that. But first, it is important to note why this is a great idea.

Why Choose A Bespoke DIY Wardrobe Over A Freestanding One?

Many people will just try to make do with freestanding wardrobes rather than a built-in wardrobe. If this has been you, you might be aware of some of the problems that this brings, as a freestanding wardrobe is an item of very limited usefulness, offering much less space.

There are several reasons why this is the case:

• They tend to only have two compartments at most, with a small shelf at the top above a hanging rail

• Many only have the rail
• Moving them into place can cause damage to them
• They may generally be quite flimsy in places, especially the shipboard at the back
• Their clunky shape can make them ill-fitting to some rooms
• Their lack of height means you miss out on potential storage space nearer the ceiling
• They do not offer the walk-in option

Quite apart from these considerations, a freestanding wardrobe will be, unless you have advanced carpentry skills, a design that someone else came up with and manufactured, meaning it may have neither the form nor the design that you want.

How Much Can You Tailor The Wardrobe To Your Own Needs?

By contrast, being able to design your own wardrobe enables you to be extremely idealistic. In particular, our tool enables you to design the dimensions to fit exactly to the size and shape of the bedroom. This means, for example:

• It can be as tall as you like, making the most of a high ceiling if you have one
• It can be wide enough to take in the full width of the room
• It can be shaped to deal with any unusual angles and quirks
• Its depth can be whatever you need it to be, constrained only by the need to leave enough room for other furnishings such as the bed

A further benefit of the design tool is that the internal features of the wardrobe can be made exactly as you want them. Rather than the great limitations of the freestanding wardrobe, or even those of some fitted wardrobes, this means you can set everything up as you want.

For example, if you need more drawers to keep small items or non-clothing valuables such as jewellery, this can be included, as can pull-out shoe racks and other items. These are all included in our range of accessories that you can include. 

Other choices you can make are the number of drawers, as well as the configuration. This may be useful, for example, if you need to have fewer drawers and more space for hanging items like dresses or suits, should you have a lot of these.

How Can Our DIY Wardrobe Designer Help You Manage Your Budget?

A constraint some people may have in designing a wardrobe is their budget. It might be desirable to have a wardrobe with all manner of bells and whistles, but there may be some quite strict limits to what you can spend, or at least limited flexibility.

However, our tool helps you to track the price as you build up your blueprint for the wardrobe. This not only allows you to keep track, but, as you can always go back and make amendments, you can ensure that you stay within your budget.

Furthermore, it is always worth remembering that you can speak to our designers as you proceed, so that you can get help and tips that will ensure that you can establish just the design that you want without inadvertently including something that does not work.

Indeed, when designing the wardrobe, you can even go so far as scrapping your design altogether and starting again. It’s all free to use. You only pay when you finally decide you are happy with your design and send it to us to make.

At that stage, we will make the wardrobe using excellent craftsmanship and fine materials, many of which will be far better than those the wardrobe you might have bought otherwise (or have been using until now) could offer.

What Extra Features Can A DIY Wardrobe Offer?

What those materials will also include will be the décor and features that you have chosen. We have a wide range of choices that you can select from in various areas:

• Different knobs and handles for doors and drawers
• Extras such as drawers and pull-out racks for clothes and shoes
• A wide choice of colours
• Several different designs of doors

Why Is A DIY Wardrobe A Great Investment In The Future?

A final consideration is the future. Yes, you may be thinking about what you need and want today, but if you have just bought a home or will live in it for many years to come, you need a wardrobe that will suit you for a long time.

Among the changes of circumstance that may come about will be:

• Having a family and needing to be more efficient with space as a result, which is easier if you have plenty to start with
• A change in clothing needs, for example if you retire and have fewer suits for work and more outfits for hobbies in retirement
• Having extra space that might be used effectively when you become an empty nester
• Increases in income may enable you to buy more clothes

Apart from these considerations, there is the issue of what happens when you decide to have a bit of a clear-out.

Although extra space may be invaluable if you buy more clothes, at some point you may decide there is too much clutter, many items you no longer wear and therefore good cause to have a clear out.

In this case, having plenty of space will make it much easier to sift through clothes and organise them, helping you to create and maintain order, avoid chaos, while ensuring you can find all that you want and also identify what you want to dispense with.

Quite simply, designing a bespoke wardrobe yourself brings a wide range of great advantages over the alternatives that will serve you wonderfully well for many years to come.