Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire
Fitted wardrobes in Newton Mearns
The reason fitted beats freestanding in most Newton Mearns bedrooms is not the doors, it is the 200mm down each side and the metre above that a freestanding wardrobe simply gives away. In a main bedroom that is usually a whole extra hanging section you have paid for and cannot use.
Start with what is actually going in
A wardrobe planned without counting what you own ends up with a full-height hanging section nobody needs and nowhere to put twenty pairs of shoes. We ask how much long hanging you genuinely have, how much short, and how much is folded, and set the internals to that. It is a ten minute conversation that decides whether you like the wardrobe in three years.
Sliding or hinged
Sliders suit a room where the bed is close to the wardrobe, because no door swings into the space. The cost is that you can only ever see half the wardrobe at once and the running gear needs a bit more depth. Hinged doors give you the whole opening and are cheaper, but you need the clearance. In most main bedrooms here there is room for either, so it comes down to how the bed sits.
Eaves, box rooms and the awkward corner
This is where fitted earns its money. A sloped ceiling, a chimney breast or a box room too narrow for a standard carcass are exactly the situations where nothing off the shelf works. Building to the actual dimensions turns dead space into the most used storage in the house, and there is no gap on top collecting dust.
Finishing so it looks built in
Scribed to the wall and ceiling, carcass painted to match the room or the door fronts, and the existing skirting profile carried across the base. Those three things are what separate a fitted wardrobe from a large cupboard standing against a wall.