The beauty of a bespoke wardrobe, particularly one made using our powerful online building tool, is that it can be as large or as small as you need it to be.
As it is built to fit the dimensions of your room, the only limits are your imagination and the physical requirements of your clothes.
There is a set of standard wardrobe sizes, which includes some minimum sizes. However, the exact requirements of your wardrobe will depend a lot on how you choose to use it.
With that in mind, here are some of the absolute limits for wardrobe design, and how large or small your wardrobe needs to be, depending on how many clothes and outfits you need to have in active use.
A fitted wardrobe can be designed to any plausible dimensions, as long as it still functions as a wardrobe and it is not too big to be manufactured into a flatpack kit. This is the huge advantage they have over conventional standardised flatpack furniture.
However, it can be useful to know what these standard sizes are to get a good idea of how large yours should be.
A typical wardrobe is roughly eight feet high (2.43m), six feet wide (1.83m) and 24 inches deep (61cm), although these sizes can vary depending on manufacturer, design and style.
This naturally begs the question of how large your bespoke wardrobe should be, and the reality is that there is plenty of scope when it comes to wardrobes that are larger or smaller than the norm.
If you have a relatively narrow room and do not want to compromise space in the middle of the room for a bed, two or three narrower wardrobes could be a better option, whilst some people in larger and especially taller rooms may benefit from additional space.
Similarly, if space is at a premium, a slightly shallower bespoke wardrobe can be an option if a conventional flatpack would take too much space, although in both cases, there are limits to how small you can go.
Depth is the determining factor for the size of a wardrobe, as it needs to be deep enough to comfortably accommodate your clothes on hangers or in shelves.
Typically, this absolute minimum is 22 inches deep (56cm). Any smaller than this and a standard clothes hanger simply will not fit, and clothes will need to be rammed in at awkward angles.
Even then, a 22-inch wardrobe could still struggle with wider and bulkier clothes, such as coats and larger suits.
As for minimum width, a wardrobe generally needs to be at least three feet wide (91cm) to provide enough space for a significant enough amount of clothes storage. Less than this and it can become more like a locker or a narrow cupboard.
Ultimately, the best way to determine how large your wardrobe should be is to look at your existing or previous wardrobe and examine how it has failed to meet your needs. Are you lacking space for suits? Do you need a full-length clothes rail for dresses?
Or, is the problem not that you are lacking in space but that you have too much?
In almost every case, when someone commissions a bespoke wardrobe, it is because their clothes and storage needs are not being accommodated by a conventional standard flatpack wardrobe, but it can sometimes be the case that a standard wardrobe is too large to meet a room’s needs.
This is often the case for smaller rooms, bedsits and where bespoke wardrobes are used as part of a walk-in wardrobe, where a bigger wardrobe either simply will not fit or dominates the room to the point that it takes away from other vital storage space.
Similarly, a wardrobe that is too large can feel a little underused, but this can be solved by taking advantage of a bespoke design and building the wardrobe around your needs now and in the future.
This is preferable to having too much hanging space if you do not wear a lot of clothes that need a full hanger, or having shelves for towels or jumpers that are not commonly used.
Alternatively, if you have too much space, take full advantage of it by adding small furniture, a mirror, vanity space and even a chair to convert it into a makeshift dressing room.
