Why open wardrobes are trending

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The kitchen may well be the heart of the home, but that also means it will be the room in your home that attracts the What do you think about open wardrobes? Would you dare expose the contents of your wardrobe to the world, or do you prefer to keep everything safely hidden behind wardrobe doors?

As with any aspect of home design, there are pros and cons both ways. Some people want a completely open wardrobe which can work well in certain settings, so in this article we take a quick look at why you might want to consider open wardrobes.

What often works best is a compromise. A wardrobe that is partially open, with the rest being contained by wardrobe doors. So throughout the article we feature a few examples of different wardrobe styles that we think you will like.

Four advantages of open wardrobes

Some of the main advantages of open wardrobes are:

Open wardrobes are ideal for a small space

If you have limited space, an open wardrobe can be an ideal solution. Rather than take up a whole wall of the room with a completely enclosed wardrobe, or floor space with a standalone wardrobe, having an open wardrobe can provide storage and display space at the same time. A well-organised open wardrobe can actually make a small room feel larger.

The wardrobe pictured below – featuring Cambridge wardrobe doors in Lissa Oak – is a great combination of an open and closed wardrobe. It has concealed wardrobe space, but the open shelving, and glass door section, provides colour and a sense of space to the wall rather than the whole area being behind wardrobe doors.

Open wardrobes help you to stay clutter free

Having the contents of your wardrobe on display is a great incentive to declutter. Wardrobe doors enable you to shut away mess and clutter and forget about it – out of sight, out of mind. But if all that mess and clutter is on display, it means that you need to do something about it. Open wardrobes look much better when they are not trying to contain more stuff than they are designed for.

Our recent article How to achieve a minimalist bedroom explored in more detail ways to achieve a more minimalist look in your bedroom. A carefully arranged open wardrobe could fit very well into this, such as the one pictured below, featuring Acrylic ultragloss doors in acrylic copperleaf.

Open wardrobes encourage you to be organised

If you have open wardrobes, you are more likely to organise your clothes well. Whether this is by item or colour or any other method you choose, clothes look better when they are organised in some kind of logical way. You are not restricted in terms of layout, so can choose a variety of storage options to break up your open wardrobe space.

At DIY Homefit we offer a range of bedroom storage solutions, for example the modular kit pictured below. It features double and single hanging rails which can be cut to your required size, and also shelving. Whether you choose to have any of this as part of an open wardrobe, or fit it behind wardrobe doors, everything will be neatly stored and easy to find.

Open wardrobes can add creative flair to your bedroom

An open wardrobe gives you the opportunity to display additional items as well as clothes and shoes. With the addition of items such as mirrors, stands and hooks you can treat your open wardrobe not just as a storage area but also as your own personal dressing room. Hats, scarves, accessories, jewellery can be displayed in eye-catching ways and also be easily accessible.

As an alternative – as in the image below featuring Lincoln doors in Canadian maple – you can combine stylish wardrobe doors with shelving. This gives plenty of room for practical and eye-catching open storage, with concealed storage for clothing and other items.

Whatever kind of wardrobe you want in your bedroom – completely open, completely concealed, or a combination of the two, DIY Homefit can help! Why not take a browse through our galleries of bedroom pictures, bedroom furniture, and wardrobe doors to see what might work for you, then get in touch with DIY Homefit to get things moving.

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