Clothes deserve better than a wobbling rail and a dark corner. When storage is shaped around your room instead of forcing your room to bend around storage, everything gets easier: Mornings, laundry day, even sleep. This is where made to measure kledingkasten earn their keep. They turn awkward alcoves into order, hide visual clutter behind clean lines, and give every item a home so your bedroom can do the one thing it’s meant to do feel restful. Here’s how to plan a custom build that uses every centimetre and still looks like it grew there.
Make the room work harder
The easiest centimetres to steal back are often the ones you can’t see. Full height to the ceiling gives you a dust free zone for spare duvets and luggage. A shallower carcass behind the door swing keeps circulation clear. Scribing the side panels to a skirting board or an out of square wall makes Wardrobes look built in rather than parked. Low, wide rooms love horizontal breaks; tall rooms feel calmer with vertical rhythm. Think of the run as architecture, not furniture.
Lighting you’ll actually use
A strip of warm LED behind the door frame or below shelves turns hunting into choosing. Sensor switches that trigger when a door opens take away one more decision. Keep colour temperature around 2700-3000K warm enough for mornings, flattering enough for evenings. If your run sits opposite a window, matte interiors cut glare and make colours read true. Good light is the cheapest upgrade for wardrobes and the one you’ll notice every day.
Small room, big calm
Tiny bedrooms can carry a wall to wall run if the design is quiet. Match the carcass colour to your walls to “float” the elevation. Choose handleless doors or slim vertical pulls that echo your room’s lines. Break a very long run with a recess for a dressing mirror or a shallow niche for fragrance and jewellery; it’s storage and visual breathing space in one move. For a loft or attic, stepped heights that follow the pitch feel intentional, and shallow end bays are great for bags and accessories. Custom wardrobes are where sloped ceilings stop being a headache and start being a feature.
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Materials and finishes that last
Melamine and high pressure laminates are tough and easy to wipe. Real wood veneer adds warmth without the care demands of solid timber, and a satin lacquer reads calm under bedroom light. Mirrors can double a narrow room but use them as panels, not entire doors, if you want a softer feel. Interior carcasses in a pale neutral make it easier to see what’s inside; dark interiors are dramatic, but they need that LED strip to be practical. The right finish helps wardrobes shrug off daily life without becoming precious.
Design details that earn their keep
The most satisfying customs are full of quiet helpers. Pull down hanging for high bays. Trouser racks that don’t leave creases. Dividers that keep stacks from slumping. A velvet lined drawer for watches and belts. A lidded box for lint rollers and sewing kits. Cubes sized for storage baskets so off season pieces swap in and out without a rethink. These aren’t gadgets; they’re how wardrobes stop being a box and start being a partner.
Common mistakes (and how to dodge them)
- Buying by door style alone. Good looks can’t fix a poor layout. Let the inventory drive the interior, then wrap it in the finish you love.
- Ignoring ceiling height. That dead space above the top shelf gathers dust. Use it for luggage or spare bedding and keep sightlines clean.
- Overdeep shelves. Anything beyond arm’s reach becomes a cave. Keep fold depths sensible and bring small items to you with drawers.
- Too many mirrors. A single mirrored panel is elegant; a wall of mirror can turn a cosy room cold.
- No allowance for the future. Leave one adjustable bay; life changes, and wardrobes that adapt feel new without a rebuild.
Installation matters as much as design
The tidiest drawings fall apart if the install is sloppy. Subfloors aren’t always level; walls rarely are. A good fitter will pack and scribe so doors line up, reveals are even, and nothing rattles. If you’re spanning a long wall, ask for intermediate uprights to prevent sag over time. If you’re going wall to wall with sliding doors, check that the ceiling track is fixed to something solid. Solid work is what makes custom wardrobes look like architecture rather than furniture.
Keep it fresh without trying
Once everything has a home, staying tidy is muscle memory. Put laundry away with the doors open, not as a separate chore. Run a lint roller over drawers before you close them. Swap warm and cool season items twice a year and use that moment to donate what you no longer wear. With a sensible layout, wardrobes keep themselves honest you just keep the rhythm.
Why choose Wehebbenallesinhuis
You want a calm bedroom and a storage plan that actually fits your life. At Wehebbenallesinhuis, we start with your inventory and your room, then shape the interior before we talk about doors and finishes. We mock up tricky runs, match hardware to how you move, and bring samples so you can see how colours behave in your light. Installation is handled by people who care about the last 5 mm as much as the first drawing. The result: Wardrobes that use every centimetre, look like they were born there, and let your bedroom exhale.
Bringing it all together
A tidy room is not about less life; it’s about less visual noise. When storage is planned around you what you own, how you move, where the daylight falls wardrobes stop being boxes along a wall and become part of the room’s architecture. You gain space you can feel, calm you can see, and a routine that runs itself. That’s the promise of a made to measure build: Every centimetre earning its keep, every morning starting easier, and a bedroom that stays as sleek as it looks.
Discover the full range and possibilities directly at Wehebbenallesinhuis.
