Type of wardrobe
There are several main types of wardrobes that are very different from each other. Because they're so different, you need to know what type of wardrobe you want before anything else. The three main types of wardrobes are free-standing wardrobes, built-in wardrobes, and walk-in wardrobes. Built-in wardrobes and walk-in wardrobes are built into the home's structure. On the other hand, free-standing wardrobes are independent structures that can be added or removed without making any changes to the bedroom itself. The difference between walk-in wardrobes and built-in wardrobes is their scale. While built-in wardrobes are a small extension or sectioned-off part of the bedroom, walk-in wardrobes are at least the size of a small room. Because the design process for each type of wardrobe is so different, wardrobe designers need to know what type of wardrobe you want before they begin designing your wardrobe.
Room dimensions
The second thing that wardrobe designers need to know is the space they have to work with. Scale is extremely important when designing a wardrobe. Wardrobe designers must have accurate measurements of your bedroom's dimensions to ensure the wardrobe will fit the space. Depending on the type of wardrobe you want, you may also have to measure furniture and other structures in the bedroom.
Wardrobe doors
Wardrobe doors are a significant part of a wardrobe and need to be chosen carefully. Broadly speaking, wardrobe doors can be categorised into either hinged wardrobe doors or sliding wardrobe doors. Hinged wardrobe doors swing open and closed on hinges. While there are benefits to their simple design, the main disadvantage of hinged wardrobe doors is that they need space to open. This can make them ill-suited for bedrooms with limited floor space. Sliding wardrobe doors slide open and closed on rails. Although they don't need clearance, they do need space for the rails. Rather than floor space, sliding wardrobe doors are limited by wall space. Wardrobe designers need to know which style of wardrobe doors you want to inform their design choices.
Your priorities
Your priorities are another thing that's important for wardrobe designers to know. As with designing anything, designing a wardrobe consists of making design choices to fulfil certain needs. Because of this, wardrobe designers need to know what needs the design is aiming to fulfil. A wardrobe that prioritises storage space over aesthetics will be very different to one that prioritises the opposite. Providing a clear idea of what your priorities are can help wardrobe designers produce a wardrobe that best suits your needs.
Style preferences
The final thing that wardrobe designers need to know is your style preferences. This will depend a lot on the current interior design of your bedroom. You want your new wardrobe to suit your bedroom interior design. It doesn't need to match everything exactly, but there should be one or more design elements that connect your wardrobe to existing parts of the bedroom. Alternatively, if you want to redesign your bedroom, you could instead find a design style for your wardrobe and design the room around it. Whatever you do, you want your new wardrobe to suit your stylistic preferences.
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