The Magic Wardrobe!

Every girls dream, a big wardrobe! And mine was about to become reality!

In my bedroom I have a very deep alcove to the right, as deep as 2 wardrobes and about 150cm wide. More than adequate for a built-in wardrobe! So I set to work with a little help from the bodach (somebody's got to hold the screws...).

Seeing as I had the full height of the room to play with, I decided I was definitely going to have two rails so that my clothes had plenty of room to breath, and of course, so that there would be plenty of room for new clothes!

Here's how you use an òrd... (hammer)

First thing's first, I had to decide what height I want the rails. This was done in the most logical way... Get and item of clothing, put it on a hanger, and stick it up against the wall... This also allowed me to work out the correct distance the rail needed to be from the back wall so that the hangers would sit on it properly.

We also needed to measure the correct length for the poles and cut them to size. I made an error of judgement with the first pole and cut it a fraction too short, but I needed one of the poles for the curtain anyway and this was the ideal length...

Acrobatic DIY

Decided a little extra support was needed in the middle of the rails to cope with the weight of all my clothes. I figured a large shelf bracket in the middle would do nicely. And nicely it certain;y does! Works a treat!

Up goes the second pole and then the brackets for the top (very high) shelf to store items that I don't use very often... 

The bodach's really bad attempt of hide and seek...

 Closely followed by the curtain pole and curtains. The current curtains from my wardrobes are recycled. Left behind by the previous owner. They're not very attractive and a tad too short, but they'll do until I find something I like. I do however quite like the ring tops on the curtains, so I'll most probably find some material that I like and reuse the tops of these curtains on the new ones.

All hung up nice and neat!

 It was then time to fill the wardrobe! But I soon ran out of hangers... A week later, when I was in Inverness, I bought 30 more! You would think this would be enough, but it seems I have too many clothes, or not enough hangers... More hanger shopping required me thinks!...