Recreating a Customer's Chosen Wardrobe Design

For this master bedroom in Basildon, Essex, the customer came to us with a clear idea of how he wanted his fitted wardrobes to look. Having spent his working life building houses, he had seen a particular design online and wanted to achieve the same carefully balanced appearance in his own bedroom.

The main feature was a pair of central doors with narrow vertical mirrored sections, surrounded by plain doors. Rather than selecting a standard wardrobe design and accepting its fixed proportions, the customer wanted to choose exactly how the mirrored panels and surrounding plain sections would be arranged.

We used our Rockingham fitted wardrobe range, customised with flat slab doors in a matt white finish for this installation. Although Rockingham is commonly associated with shaker designs, these doors were specifically produced with a plain flat appearance and bespoke mirror detailing in the central pair.

The bedroom wall measured 3,135mm from side to side, with a floor-to-ceiling height of 2,475mm. We divided the main furniture into three equal 1,000mm-wide double wardrobes, producing a symmetrical arrangement across the wall.

Each of the two outer double wardrobes has plain matt white doors. The central double wardrobe is different: its pair of doors includes full-height mirror strips, approximately 150mm wide each, with flat matt white sections either side.

Each central door was designed around a 500mm width. The customer specified a substantial 300mm-wide plain section alongside a 150mm mirrored strip, with the remaining door area finished in the same matt white material. The two central doors were arranged as a symmetrical pair, creating a distinctive vertical mirror design rather than conventional fully mirrored doors.

Behind the doors, the customer chose Egger Anthracite Linen for the full wardrobe interiors. The darker internal finish contrasts with the matt white exterior and gives the hanging and shelving sections a consistent appearance.

Looking from left to right, the first double wardrobe includes a top shelf with long hanging below. An additional adjustable shelf at the bottom provides practical space for shoes.

The central 1,000mm wardrobe has a full-height vertical internal divider. The wider left-hand section, planned at approximately 650mm, provides double hanging. The remaining right-hand section contains six adjustable shelves for folded clothing and smaller items.

Inside the third double wardrobe, on the far right, there is an upper shelf with double hanging below. Each wardrobe therefore serves a slightly different purpose while keeping the exterior completely balanced.

The overall furniture height was 2,340mm, including the 150mm plinth. We fitted the furniture on adjustable cabinet legs and deliberately set the plinth back behind the front edge of the wardrobes.

This recessed detail allowed a continuous warm white LED strip to be installed beneath the furniture, out of direct view. When illuminated, the strip produces a soft glow across the carpet at the base of the wardrobes without an exposed light fitting being visible from the front.

The completed installation combines the exact visual details the customer wanted with a practical interior layout. The finished doors create the symmetrical, modern look he had chosen, while the shelving, hanging storage and discreet lighting are all designed around his bedroom.