A custom fitted wardrobe is about designing your house around you and your needs, rather than trying to fit your life around the lowest common denominator.
This is the motivation for our bespoke wardrobe builder; we want everyone to have access to the highest quality bespoke fitted wardrobes sold at an affordable price by cutting out the consultancy and allowing you to build it yourself.
Many people know exactly what they want from their fitted wardrobes, but that does not necessarily have to be the case as long as you have a general idea of your storage needs now and what they are likely to be in the future.
With that in mind, here are some common questions to ask in order to ensure you are getting the most out of your fitted wardrobe.
Do You Need To Hang All Of Your Clothes Up?
The beauty of clothes hangers is their versatility; you can hang up almost any of your clothes on a hanger. The downside of clothes hangers is also their versatility.
It can be tempting to hang up all of your clothes, from suits to jumpers and even t-shirts, but it can be a remarkably inefficient use of your wardrobe space.
Instead, think about the clothes you need to hang up, and which clothes would be better served folded up, such as sweatshirts, jeans and t-shirts in bulk. You can fit a lot more clothes in a drawer or set of shelves than a hanging rack with a lot of space underneath.
Think about your clothing needs and space requirements and design your wardrobe accordingly.
Not hanging everything up also ensures that you are using the right types of hanger; some jackets and jumpers need to use certain types of padded hanger to ensure they keep their shape as much as possible.
Are You Using The Bottom Part Of Your Wardrobe?
If you have a full-length clothes rail, there is often some underused space that you should take advantage of in order to store clothes in places that you do not need the full length.
Opting for a trouser rack, jewellery vanity or set of storage shelves can help give you an extra bit of storage space for unusual and unique items that you cannot easily store elsewhere.
In some cases, if you have a lot of full-length gowns and thus no bottom space to realistically use, it is fine to leave it as is. Just make sure that the bottom of your wardrobe is being used for more than gathering dust, ad hoc storage or clothes that fell off hangers quietly in the night.
Does Your Wardrobe Match The Season?
One of the most important considerations when designing your bespoke wardrobe is ensuring that it is as useful to you in summer as it is in winter.
This means that there needs to not only be as much room for summer dresses and light blouses as there are thick knitted coats, jumpers and thicker suits.
There are times when homeowners are worried about space when a very easy solution is to use storage bags, boxes and empty suitcases to store out-of-season clothes, giving you more room to allow your wardrobe to showcase your current selection at its best.
Make sure that your wardrobe works for you and allows you to access the clothes you are most likely to want to wear on any given day.
Having a rotating wardrobe also allows you to organise what items you need in your wardrobe and what you can clear out, sell or donate.
Do You Have An Organising System?
During our busy days, it can be all too easy to put clothes anywhere they will fit and out of the way, but this is also an easy way to lose some of your favourite items in the shuffle. Even the most well-designed wardrobe needs to be built around an organising system.
Thankfully, most ways to organise a wardrobe are simple enough; have one section for your tops, have one for bottoms, one for formalwear, one for chunky knitwear, one for your favourite everyday fashion, one for athleisure or gymwear.
Some people have more elaborate systems using colour-coordination or organising outfits for each day of the week, but you do not need to go this far if it does not suit your needs.
As long as you have a system that works for you and allows you to find all of the clothes you need, that is ultimately the only step that matters.
