Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Apr 09, 2011 4:08 pm Hi everyone, We're about to get built-in robes installed in our master bedroom. It's a lovely, old Californian Bunglaow, so we want to make sure we get this right! My husband and I can't decide where to put the robes. Whichever way we go, we get approximately 2.7m (width-wise) of wardrobe space. This is the room: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (Please ignore the furniture, this is the photo from when we bought the house) Our options are 2 x 137cm wide robes either side of the fireplace or a 1.6m and 1m robe on the wall opposite the fireplace, either side of the door. My husband is concerned that having them either side of the fireplace will ruin the look of the room and i feel that using the opposite wall will close the room in, as i feel the fireplace voids are just using dead space. Any advice for us? Pros and cons of either? Or are we just going to have to flip a coin Re: Built-in robes 2Apr 09, 2011 4:16 pm wow beautiful room! my first instinct was to go either side of the fireplace however looking at it again i think i agree with your hubby in that they would detract from the feature of the fireplace... how tall will the robes be? Re: Built-in robes 3Apr 09, 2011 4:38 pm If it were me I'd put ceiling height robes either side of the fireplace, but choose a door design which is fairly plain and in the same colour as the surrounding walls so it wouldn't detract from the fireplace. I absolutely love my storage, so if that placement would give me the most storage, that's what I'd do. Because it's the bedroom and you'll probably be the only 2 people seeing the fireplace anyway, I think you'd be happiest in the end if your storage space is sorted rather than letting the fireplace rule the room. Good luck in deciding! Re: Built-in robes 4Apr 09, 2011 5:51 pm Nicoletta Hi everyone, We're about to get built-in robes installed in our master bedroom. It's a lovely, old Californian Bunglaow, so we want to make sure we get this right! My husband and I can't decide where to put the robes. Whichever way we go, we get approximately 2.7m (width-wise) of wardrobe space. This is the room: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (Please ignore the furniture, this is the photo from when we bought the house) Our options are 2 x 137cm wide robes either side of the fireplace or a 1.6m and 1m robe on the wall opposite the fireplace, either side of the door. My husband is concerned that having them either side of the fireplace will ruin the look of the room and i feel that using the opposite wall will close the room in, as i feel the fireplace voids are just using dead space. Any advice for us? Pros and cons of either? Or are we just going to have to flip a coin Do you use the fireplace, burn wood in there? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Built-in robes 5Apr 09, 2011 6:23 pm Thanks so much for the speedy responses! hparis - Taller than the picture rail at least, possibly ceiling height. We have zero storage space in this house so i'd like to make the most of the 10 foot ceilings! Thanks Pauline. I think my husband is imagining us having open homes or something Michelle - nope, don't light fires in there and never plan to. I certainly wouldn't be putting my clothes and shoes anywhere an open flame, don't worry Re: Built-in robes 6Apr 09, 2011 6:31 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Nicoletta, good to hear no fire. Put a nice indoor plant in the fireplace. I would put the robes either side of the fireplace, but they need to be made from timber, to keep in with the Bungalow style and look. Take them all the way to the ceiling, but make the doors creative, like out of chicken wire? I would also have a low cupboard made in the window recess, use like a blanket box, but put cushions on the top to sit on. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Built-in robes 7Apr 09, 2011 7:05 pm Thanks Michelle! Great to have some input from a professional Hmmm, quite an interesting idea with the doors. I'm terrible at imagining how things will look i'm afraid! Would you suggest going dark timber as in the fireplace/window frames? The only real style i've seen in the houses in our area is the bog-standard white doors with some sort of routed pattern. And an awesome idea for the window recess. I've always loved window seats - not sure why i haven't thought of it before. Thanks!! Re: Built-in robes 8Apr 09, 2011 7:25 pm I think I’d like to see a light timber, similar to the floor boards, this way the fireplace will still be a dominate feature in the room. Design your robes like an ARMOIRE Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ARMOIRES Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Chicken wire….inserts Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Built-in robes 9Apr 09, 2011 7:29 pm Buy the way…congratulations on buying an original Bungalow, one of my favourite styles of housing! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Built-in robes 10Apr 09, 2011 8:45 pm Thanks Michelle. We adore it! We thought there's no way we would win it at auction, but somehow the planets aligned, and we did. I often just sigh and think "gosh i love this house". Warts and all, it's awesome! Re: Built-in robes 11Apr 10, 2011 7:03 pm You know, after you posted this last night, i looked at our linen cupboard and realised it's very similar. It is a similar colour and style to the first pic you posted (but no pattern) and has chicken wire down the bottom where the return air is for our ducted heating!! I think you're spot on!! I'm really not completely up with what is "correct" for decorating a Californian Bungalow properly, so i might have to contact you for an email consult one of these days!! Re: Built-in robes 12Apr 11, 2011 11:01 am I like the fireplace, particularly because the timber fireplace still has a plaster border of wall around it so I dont think it would detract too much. I have a bunch of photos of examples of this but im not sure how to post pics sorry! Re: Built-in robes 13Apr 11, 2011 3:37 pm I'd really love to see them if you can manage it!! I don't think this forum allows uploading, so you'll need to upload the photos to somewhere like http://www.photobucket.com and copy the links across, posting them in self::bbcode_second_pass_code_cb tags (there's a button for this above the posting box in the full editor). Re: Built-in robes 14Jul 20, 2014 4:56 pm We have just started looking at getting built in robes and I was attracted to this post because your photo looks very similar to our room. We also have a lot of dark wood features (window shutters, thick skirting boards and ornate heritage fireplace), lighter timber floorboards and white walls. I want to keep the room as light as possible and so am hesitant to get dark wood robes, but worry that white robes will not look appropriate. Given your post was some time ago now, I would love to see a photo of what you eventually ended up with. Are you able to share the finished look? Thank you! 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