How Do You Build a Bedroom Wardrobe?

Building a bedroom wardrobe is as much about reading the room as it is about assembly. This guide starts with mapping the bedroom around the bed, marking the door swing, the window and its curtain projection, the radiator, the sockets and the skirting depth, then deciding whether a freestanding, fitted or hybrid arrangement suits the space you have left. It covers the constraints that recur in British homes, from chimney breast alcoves and sloping loft ceilings to box rooms with no swing space at all, and explains how to check the route up the stairs before ordering anything. The build sequence follows: assembling the carcass square on a protected floor, fixing the back panel properly, levelling against joists that slope towards the middle of the room, wall fixing for stability, planning long and short hanging around your own clothes, adding interior lighting, and aligning the doors so the gaps stay even from top to bottom....