Eight easy steps to creating your own walk-in wardrobe

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If we were asked to design our dream home, many of us would include a walk-in wardrobe or dressing room on our list of must-haves. This dream could actually be a reality for many of us. With the right layout and a clever storage solution, a ‘walk-in’ can be created in most bedrooms. Here, Spaceslide has produced a simple DIY guide to help you create the ultimate feature of an ‘en-vogue’ bedroom.

Firstly, you’ll need to decide on the perfect location for your luxury feature. All that you need is a minimum depth of 1.5m, which makes it available to almost any bedroom, or indeed elsewhere in your home, without drastically reducing the overall feel and ambience of the space. Your next decision is how to partition your chosen space. Either sliding or hinged doors can be used, but we’d recommend sliding doors in order to maximise the available space and achieve a sleek, contemporary look.

For extra glamour, opt for mirrored sliding doors. Not only will they give the room that bit of opulence, they will also reflect light around the room to help make it feel larger.

After the build

With the doors installed, you should then carefully consider what storage you are likely to need. Modular storage solutions have been crafted with design and function in mind, offering complete flexibility when it comes to organising space.

I’d sit down with a pen and paper to plan out whether you need double-height hanger bars for lots of shirts at eye-level and trousers below, single-height hanger bars for long dresses, high-level shelves for items that are used infrequently, or maybe even floor-to-ceiling shoe racks.

All that then remains is to add those personal touches to your walk-in.

01. Firstly, you’ll need to assemble the soft-close units. Prime the soft-close units as per the instructions, and insert them into the top tracks on both right and left sides.

02. Locate the position for the top track, screw it into the ceiling using equal spacing and position the lower track, ready to be fixed.

03. Move the soft-close units to the outside of the tracks, and insert the first door panel into the back channel of both the top and bottom tracks.

04. Position the door on both sides of the track and level up by moving the bottom track. Once in position, mark the floor to give you the position to secure the bottom track.

05. Remove the door from both tracks and place to one side.

06. Measure 40mm in from the marked line, and place markers at each 50cm interval across the length of the track, screw the track buttons at each position, before placing the track over the top and pushing it into place.

07. Insert the back doors into the track. For far left/right doors, fix the soft-closes in place 2mm from the wall. Position the doors and repeat until all are in place.

08. Once all doors are in place, alter the adjustment bolt on the bottom wheels with the Allen key to ensure the doors are level.

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