Floor plan planning shortly before submitting the building application

I would appreciate your opinion on the furnishing of the dressing room.

Attached again is the floor plan.



We will not be using the sliding door drawn there, as it makes the whole space feel more cramped and, above all, prevents the window light from entering the hallway or at least significantly dims it.

The original idea was always two wardrobes as drawn here.

I have two questions to ask around, to get your assessment.

1) Would you even do two wardrobes if it can somehow be avoided? There would only be about 1 meter of space between the two wardrobes, and I am somewhat concerned that the dressing room would feel very cramped with a man-high wardrobe on each side. So now, completely apart from space requirements, my question is about your taste; how do you assess this? One option would be to plan only one of the two wardrobes and to keep the opposite side significantly more open with a wall mirror, chest of drawers, wall cabinets, or similar.

2) This leads to the question, assuming we go with the two-wardrobe solution: to what extent is a standard wardrobe with industrial dimensions enough in terms of spatial effect, or should it rather be a wardrobe that is custom-sized in width and especially height? We always wanted it to be custom-sized (mainly for an optical exploitation of the height) and therefore ended up with Hülsta, who are usually flexible here. However, we have just picked a model that is not adjustable in height and width. This is what it would look like. It is called Hülsta Multi Forma II - Model Solist (we are aware of the increased cleaning effort due to the slats).



One side would look pretty much exactly as shown, just without lighting. Opposite, we would also plan white left and right but with a large crystal mirror in the middle. In my view, that would be very harmonious, just not custom-sized.

The dimensions are as follows:

[*]Width/Height/Depth: 272/229.6/70.7 cm

I think the limitation in width would not be too bad — a bit of space surely does the room good; the wardrobe does not have to fit the wall with centimeter precision. I cannot properly assess the discrepancy in height of about 27 cm (ceiling height 2.565 m). The idea was always to have it relatively flush at the top (completely flush is not possible with sliding doors, because they still have to be hung). Whether it is good to add such a high panel above, I do not know — leaving it open is not an option for us for optical reasons.

Looking forward to your feedback!

well, I would make it as high as possible - you can put things in the top that you use less often, or winter clothes in summer and vice versa.
I like the mirror, I would have suggested that too.

I don’t think having only 1m of space is a problem, it’s not a living room but a clothes storage.
There’s enough space to walk past each other.

The brand almost doesn’t matter, much more important is that the interior fits the amount of clothes and your own organization system.
For example, I only hang shirts, blouses, and dresses on hangers, I don’t have normal wardrobe shelves with stacks of sweaters or pants, I fold and put them in drawers. (Method according to Kondo, for those who don’t know it and want to google.) That’s why I need many many drawers in the wardrobe. Dressers would then be an alternative.
Drawers take up less space and you have everything clearly sorted and within reach – even my daughter manages to keep her drawers tidy that way.

I find both the focus on the appearance and the idea of a large mirror unnecessary when there is only 1m of space between the cabinets... Our wardrobe room (and it is only used for this purpose) is set up in the same way, but with a doorless passage to the hallway. However, a floor-to-ceiling mirror could never be used effectively due to the space...

A floor-to-ceiling mirror could never be fully utilized due to the space...

That's true. But what use is that insight? Should one therefore avoid a sliding door wardrobe and order a hinged door wardrobe with an inside mirror? Or would your advice be to implement the single-wardrobe solution I proposed?

No, a sliding door wardrobe without a mirror is completely sufficient in my opinion. And the louvered look never really comes into effect because you will never look at it from the front. I just wanted to point that out...

My wife has already announced that in this scenario she will get the closet and then I have to manage with my clothes on the "loosened" side.