The great thing about being given freedom is that you can make lots of decisions for yourself that would otherwise be taken by others. The flip side is that to make those choices wisely, sometimes you need a bit of help. This certainly applies to designing your own wardrobe.

This might sound like the absolute definition of ‘creative tension’, but in reality, it is not a trade-off. Instead, it is the path to making the best choices to create the most optimal outcomes.  

Firstly, you will still be free from having someone else’s design imposed on you. No big, lumpy, free-standing wardrobes. No walk-in wardrobes that don’t maximise the space available, have too few drawers, or come in styles and colour schemes you don’t like.

Secondly, while having the freedom to implement your own ideas is great, there will always be limitations. Just as we don’t have flying cars (however much Back to the Future might have predicted we would), there will be limits to what is possible with a new wardrobe.

How To Make The Best Use Of Our Design Tool

Your aim should be to make the best possible use of the DIY wardrobe planner by undertaking some reading, looking around at images of designs, considering your wider décor plans for the room and tapping into the expertise we can offer.

Naturally, there will be loads of images and articles out there showing different wardrobe designs and ideas. However, it is important to bear certain considerations in mind:

• Ideas that work in other homes may not work for you
• You don’t have to copy ideas completely, as you may take some elements of one idea and some from another
• Discovering more about design ideas is great, but, remember, this does not usually include technical advice or pricing.

The crucial fact to appreciate is that there will be some limitations that you must work within straight away, the most obvious one being the size of the room where the wardrobe will go. Another is your budget. These will vary for everyone, but they are two central issues.

Beyond this, the key is to understand how to go about every aspect of design, so that what you devise is not unrealistic, impossible or fails to offer what you need.

What Does Our Knowledge Base Offer?

Our website’s Knowledge Base section is instrumental in this, because it provides you with the information you need to make some key decisions and take vital design steps:

•  It will give you instructions on how to make measurements
• It provides assembly instructions, which will be essential when you get the finished product
• There is advice and information on colours and doors to help you make choices
• The FAQ section should help to answer likely queries

Beyond this, you can speak to our designers for advice or to seek solutions if you encounter a problem you don’t know how to solve, such as dealing with some tricky dimensions in an unusually-shaped room.

We can also help in other ways. As well as showing you our range of colours, you can order colour samples to take a closer look.

This can be a particularly important issue, which some people might treat as an afterthought, but is best considered at length.

Why Should You Consider Colour Choices Carefully?

One reason for this is that some people will jump on bandwagons, for example by choosing the most fashionable colour of the moment and then finding that it looks rather dated a couple of years later.

As an example of how fickle colour fashion can be, just consider the recent Pantone Colours of the Year. First launched, these have included:

• Shades of pink in years such as 2023 (the year of the very pink-themed Barbie movie) and 2024
• Shades of green in 2013 and 2017
• Blues in 2008 and 2020
• Reds in 2002 and 2007
• Yellows in 2009 and 2021

For this reason, it may be wiser to consider colours in terms of personal preference and the wider colour scheme of the room, either to match what is already there or to co-ordinate it with a wider redecoration scheme.

It can feel very liberating to be able to design your own wardrobe, but equally daunting when it comes, sometimes literally, to the nuts and bolts of the operation. It can be easy to put together some ideas but then have doubts about whether they represent the ideal solution.

However, by tapping into the expertise we have, examining the materials and colours we offer and discussing your questions with a designer, you can confidently reach the point where you can complete your design, send it to us, and enjoy assembling the final result.