A double wardrobe is right for your home if you have between roughly one and one and a half metres of clear wall, you need around a metre of hanging rail, and you have somewhere else for folded clothes. It is the standard choice for most UK bedrooms because it holds a full working wardrobe for one person, or a shared wardrobe for two if the interior is well planned, without dominating the floor plan.<\/p>\n
Deciding between a double and the alternatives comes down to three measurements and one honest inventory of what you own. Work through those and the answer usually becomes obvious. Here is how.<\/p>\n
A two door wardrobe typically measures between ninety and one hundred and twenty centimetres wide, around sixty centimetres deep and between one hundred and eighty and two hundred centimetres tall. Inside you usually get one full width rail and a top shelf, sometimes with a short shelf stack or a drawer at the base.<\/p>\n
In practical terms that is roughly one metre of hanging space. As a rough guide, allow around two and a half centimetres of rail for each shirt and around five centimetres for each coat or heavy jacket, with a little room to move hangers. A metre therefore holds a substantial everyday wardrobe, but it is not generous once several bulky winter items are added.<\/p>\n
Find the longest uninterrupted stretch of wall in the bedroom and measure between the obstacles, meaning skirting returns, radiators, light switches and window reveals. You need the wardrobe width plus a few centimetres of tolerance, because walls are rarely straight and a unit pushed hard into a corner can sit proud at one edge.<\/p>\n
If that measurement lands between one hundred and one hundred and thirty centimetres, a double is the natural fit. Below that, look at a single door design. Above one hundred and sixty centimetres, a triple gives you noticeably more capacity for the same depth of floor. You can compare widths across the 2 door wardrobes UK sale<\/a> range before committing.<\/p>\n Hinged doors need clear floor in front of them, usually forty five to sixty centimetres depending on door width. Mark that arc on the floor with tape and check whether the bed, a radiator or the bedroom door itself intrudes. If it does, either move the layout or choose sliding fronts.<\/p>\n Also check the walkway. A comfortable bedroom keeps at least seventy centimetres of circulation space beside the bed. If fitting a double leaves less than that, the room will feel tight every day, and a narrower unit with better internal organisation is the wiser choice.<\/p>\n Measure the front door, the narrowest point of the hall, any stair turn and the bedroom doorway. Flat packed wardrobes assemble in the room and rarely cause problems, but preassembled designs need a clear path. This is the check most often skipped and the one most likely to cause a failed delivery.<\/p>\n Count your hanging garments and separate them into long items, meaning coats and dresses that need around one hundred and forty centimetres of drop, and short items such as shirts, jackets and folded trousers that need roughly half that. Then count what you fold.<\/p>\n If most of your clothes are short hanging, a double wardrobe fitted with a double rail holds close to two metres of hanging in the same footprint, which changes the calculation entirely. If you fold most of your clothes, a double plus a separate chest will serve you better than a wider wardrobe, and our modern chest of drawers UK sale<\/a> selection includes narrow designs for exactly that pairing.<\/p>\n It can be, but only with planning. Split the rail down the middle and give each person a defined half, then add a second rail on one side for short hanging. Move anything seasonal out of the wardrobe entirely, whether into an ottoman, under bed boxes or a blanket box.<\/p>\n If both people have substantial wardrobes, honesty helps: one metre of shared rail will not be enough, and the frustration will outlast any saving. Two separate single units, one each, often works better than one shared double, because it removes the negotiation and can be spread across two walls.<\/p>\n In box rooms, nurseries and narrow guest bedrooms, a single door wardrobe frequently makes more sense. It needs less wall, less door clearance and less visual weight, and it can slot into an alcove that a double would overwhelm. Paired with drawers it handles a complete wardrobe for one person in a small room, and the 1 door wardrobes UK<\/a> range covers most alcove widths.<\/p>\n If you have the wall and the circulation space, a wider unit is usually better value per centimetre of storage, because you pay once for the top, base and back regardless of width. A triple wardrobe on a long wall also looks more deliberate than a double stranded in the middle of a large space with awkward gaps either side.<\/p>\n The exception is when the extra width forces you to block a window or crowd a doorway. Capacity gained at the expense of daylight or easy movement is rarely a good trade. In wide but shallow rooms, sliding fronts let you take the width without giving up the floor.<\/p>\n Once the size is settled, keep the finish close to the wall tone in smaller rooms so the unit recedes, and position it on the wall you see least from the door. Walking into a bedroom and facing a large flat surface makes a room feel smaller, whereas placing the wardrobe on the same wall as the door means you see the bed first.<\/p>\nMeasurement two: the approach<\/h3>\n
Measurement three: the route in<\/h3>\n
The inventory: what are you actually storing?<\/h3>\n
Double wardrobe for two people: is it enough?<\/h3>\n
When a single works better<\/h3>\n
When to go larger instead<\/h3>\n
Finish and placement<\/h3>\n