Walk In Wonderland
6 Secrets To Creating The Perfect Custom Wardrobes
Wyndham design director and founder Richard Thomas explains what to consider when creating
your dream wardrobe space.
1 Styling And Colour
Although white may be considered by
some as bland and unimaginative it does
make the perfect blank canvas for setting
off the main feature of the wardrobe,
namely the clothes. In fact not only will it
set off the garments it will also create the
illusion of space in a room where space is
often limited.
If you use this in combination with mirrors
then you are really opening things up.
If on the other hand you have the luxury
of a larger space then dark woods or dark
lacquer colours can inject mood and ac-
cents to the room, and coupled with clever
lighting can also produce beautiful results.
Of course doors can be removed com-
pletely in a walk in wardrobe situation,
but this can be challenging in terms of
keeping things visually clean on the eye. 6 Detailing
4 Accessories Small accents such as handles and the
application of mirror can be often all you
need to create your masterpiece. Re-
member too many materials and textures
will start to conflict and as a general rule
simplicity is king. At Wyndham we try to
keep it simple with only 2 to 3 different
materials and finishes to produce a stun-
ning design.
Shoes, belts and jewellery can be set and
displayed in a variety of ways including
bespoke shoe racks, drawers, or shelving.
Consider these items as signature display
items using particular shoes and jewellery
as pieces of ‘art’ in their own right.
Look at ways to enhance presentation us-
ing bespoke drawer linings, custom made
compartments and lighting panels.
5 Lighting And Ambience
2 Use Your Space
The most common error comes with trying
to get too much into a defined space. Less
can be more and in the case of walk in
wardrobes it is often best to have a cor-
ridor run of wardrobes rather than return
sections that may give dead spaces to the
corners.
The key to creating the overall mood of
any walk in wardrobe or fitted wardrobe is
lighting.
Consider ways to implement mood light-
ing on the interior as well as the exterior
and use the same level of coloured light-
ing be it warm or cool white to maintain a
consistency with the overall ambience.
3 Doors
If you have wardrobes running in paral-
lel right and left of you it’s important to
consider the room required to open them
fully on both sides. If the corridor has a
limited width then a sliding door option is
often a more useful application.
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Think of you wardrobe as a blank canvas
and like any great painting don’t overwork
it.
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