Wardrobe guide
Fitted wardrobes are made to the wall you have, floor to ceiling and wall to wall. This guide walks through each stage, who does it, and where made-to-measure wardrobes from DTJ fit in.
The stages
Stage 1
List what is going in: long dresses and coats, shirts, folded clothes, shoes, bags and bedding. That decides the mix of hanging, shelves and drawers.
Stage 2
Measure the wall, the ceiling height and anything in the way. Our wardrobe measuring guide shows how, including sloping ceilings and chimney breasts.
Stage 3
Pick the height, the widths and an interior for each wardrobe, plus any chests, bedsides or a dressing table. We set out the run to fill the wall.
Stage 4
Hinged Bella doors in 35 styles, our own MDF doors, handleless with an integrated rail, or sliding doors in mirror, glass or Egger board.
Stage 5
We draw the run in PolyBoard and send a quote with drawings, showing every wardrobe, its width, and where the scribes and fillers fall.
Stage 6
Check the drawings, approve them in writing and pay a 50% deposit. Wardrobe cabinets take 1 to 2 weeks to make.
Stage 7
Move any sockets or switches that would end up behind the run, and decorate the walls and ceiling before the wardrobes go in.
Stage 8
Your fitter levels the carcasses, fixes them to the wall, scribes the end panels and fillers to the walls and ceiling, then hangs the doors.
Stage 9
Plinths, top fillers, handles, interior fittings and any lighting go in last.
Decide first
1 · Height
Our wardrobes are 2160mm high as standard, for a 2155mm door, or made to height up to 2300mm. Top boxes and bridging units take a run up to the ceiling.
2 · Widths
Single wardrobes are 400, 450, 500 or 600mm wide and doubles 800, 900 or 1000mm, all 600mm deep. We set out the widths to fill your wall, with scribes and fillers where they need to fall.
3 · Interiors
Each wardrobe has one of five layouts: double hang, hang and shelves, five shelves, or a hanging rail over two or three drawers. Mix them along the run to suit what you store.
4 · Doors
Bella doors from BA Components in 35 styles and 57 colours, made full height from 1700 to 2540mm, or our own one-piece MDF doors. Or go handleless, with an integrated handle rail.
5 · Hinged or sliding
Hinged doors open each wardrobe fully. Sliding doors suit a narrow room because nothing swings out, in mirror, glass or Egger board.
6 · Matching pieces
Drawer chests, bedsides and dressing tables are built from the same carcass, so the fronts, finish and edges match the wardrobes.
Who does what
| Trade | What they do |
|---|---|
| Fitter or joiner | Fitting the carcasses, scribing end panels and fillers, hanging doors and fitting sliding door tracks |
| Electrician | Moving sockets and switches, and adding a socket for LED lighting if you need one |
| Decorator | Walls and ceiling, ideally before the wardrobes go in |
| Carpet fitter | Wardrobes usually go in before a new carpet, which is then fitted up to the plinths. Ask your fitter which they prefer. |
| DTJ Interiors | Wardrobes, chests and bedsides made to your sizes, with doors and interiors, supplied ready to fit |
How long it takes
Book your fitter for when the order is ready, and get any electrical and decorating work done first.
Where DTJ fits in
We make your wardrobes, chests and bedsides to your sizes in Long Eaton and supply them ready to fit. We don’t fit, but we can put you in touch with joiners who do.
Buying from DTJ
Wardrobe guide
How to measure the wall, and fitting round sloping ceilings, eaves and chimney breasts.
Wardrobe guide
Hanging, shelving and drawers, layouts and walkways, fittings and lighting.
Guides
Step-by-step guides to kitchens, wardrobes, home offices, bathrooms, media walls and wall panels.
See it first
Board decor and door samples, £10 each and taken off your kitchen or bedroom order. Collect them from the workshop, or we post them in 3 to 5 working days.
Get a quote
Send your room sizes and ceiling height to info@dtjinteriors.co.uk, call 0115 784 8231 or WhatsApp 07956 032306, and we will set out the run and send a quote with drawings.
DTJ Interiors Ltd
Unit 5 Atlas Mills, Birchwood Avenue
Long Eaton, NG10 3ND
Workshop and collection
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm
Delivery across the East Midlands for £99 + VAT, and further afield priced per job.
DTJ Interiors Limited · Company no. 15242186 · VAT GB460641310
Registered office: The Mills, Canal Street, Derby DE1 2RJ
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