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How to choose the perfect wardrobe

A well organised, clutter-free bedroom is literally life enhancing. Knowing where everything is and keeping your clothes organised and easily accessible helps make your bedroom a place to unwind and sleep, helping you get up the next day with minimal stress.

A wardrobe is a large piece of furniture and it’s important to give some thought to both the practicalities of how much it needs to hold and also aesthetics, how it will look and feel in your bedroom. At Julian Foye you can purchase the two main types of wardrobes – freestanding and fitted look wardrobes with pros and cons to both.

Fitted Look Wardrobes 

Fitted look wardrobes can maximise your storage space by scaling the furniture to fit your walls and room. It will appear streamlined and create a fitted furniture look for your bedroom, with this style wardrobe you have many options for the interior fittings, your own specific rail heights and positions, drawer units and shelves that you need, to make your wardrobe work best for your belongings. LED lighting can be easily incorporated within and outside your fitted look furniture and also create ambient or mood lighting in your bedroom, in a similar way to your kitchen, with plinth or pelmet lighting.

Freestanding Wardrobes

Freestanding furniture can easily be moved and relocated to a different position within your room and gives you much more scope to create a characterful room and positioned to co-ordinate with other bedroom furniture. You can also mix and match with freestanding bedroom furniture, there are so many styles and finishes that would complement each other to create a perfect sanctuary.

Classic freestanding two or three door Wardrobes

The benefits of these are, they can be located in any room and also move with you if you move house.

Sliding wardrobes

Sliding wardrobes can maximise on the internal and external space and can offer the same flexibility on internal fixtures. These are also available in many sizes and you can make good use of space with a telescopic rail which pulls down for access. This is a relatively new option, so if you’ve not shopped for a wardrobe for some time it’s worth looking into this.

Mirror Front

You’ll find mirrors on the front of both traditional style freestanding wardrobes and cotemporary sliding door wardrobes, and both options will have a similar effect, helping you check your chosen outfit, and throwing light around the room to make it feel more spacious.

Painted Wood

Painted wardrobes in lighter shades are timeless and won’t generally date, especially in a Shaker style.

Wood Veneer and Solid Wood

Ranging from industrial style oak to high end gloss veneers, woods are a popular finish for wardrobes and can soften other patterns and colour in the room.

Coloured Finishes

Many of the more contemporary ranges come in a large range of colour options and you can mix and match colours within the same range, so creating a harmonious flow, or go for a single statement piece in a contrasting colour to the rest of the room.

Final Tip

One final tip, if you’re purchasing a freestanding wardrobe – make sure it will fit into your house and up the stairs, speak to your sales specialist to check the dimensions and delivery options.

Once you have chosen your perfect wardrobe it is important to make sure you have years of enjoyment from it. We recommend the 5 year Staingard protection plan which is applicable to all cabinet, leather and fabrics, which will offer you piece of mind. Unfortunately, anything can mark most things but most can be repaired so give yourself some piece of mind and allow yourself the opportunity to truly enjoy your new purchase.

Please visit one of our showrooms at – Truro, St Austell, Wadebridge or Hayle.