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For our walk-in closet, we need two wardrobes. We took a look at Nolte Attraction at Höffner and liked it quite a bit. However, it only comes in widths of 270 or 300cm (106 or 118 inches), and with our wall measuring 291cm (115 inches), neither option fits at all.
So, we thought it might make more sense to consider custom-made furniture right away. After all, you want to have something for decades, and it should probably fit seamlessly. The room height is also important—who wants a dust trap area above the wardrobe? (On the other hand, especially for sliding door wardrobes, there needs to be some space left at the top for the doors to be installed properly.)
What do you think about a ceiling-high wardrobe solution?
Does anyone know of any providers for custom-made furniture who deliver reliable, high-quality work and stick to delivery schedules? Even with a custom solution, we want to have the same quality as offered by brands like Nolte or Staud.
Here is our walk-in closet.
Room height is 2.565 meters (8 feet 5 inches).
For our walk-in closet, we need two wardrobes. We took a look at Nolte Attraction at Höffner and liked it quite a bit. However, it only comes in widths of 270 or 300cm (106 or 118 inches), and with our wall measuring 291cm (115 inches), neither option fits at all.
So, we thought it might make more sense to consider custom-made furniture right away. After all, you want to have something for decades, and it should probably fit seamlessly. The room height is also important—who wants a dust trap area above the wardrobe? (On the other hand, especially for sliding door wardrobes, there needs to be some space left at the top for the doors to be installed properly.)
What do you think about a ceiling-high wardrobe solution?
Does anyone know of any providers for custom-made furniture who deliver reliable, high-quality work and stick to delivery schedules? Even with a custom solution, we want to have the same quality as offered by brands like Nolte or Staud.
Here is our walk-in closet.
Room height is 2.565 meters (8 feet 5 inches).
Pax was of higher quality back then. We also bought 4.5m (15 feet) of it for our walk-in closet, with all the accessories included. The quality is acceptable, but I wouldn't describe it as very high-end or sturdy. It’s reasonable for the price, but there are definitely noticeable differences compared to custom-made units from a carpenter. The extra cost wasn’t worth it for us, but I can understand choosing it if you have a bigger budget.
Our table was also made by a carpenter.
The Pax fits really well and matches the other furniture.
We have a different bedroom in mind, but our budget is holding us back.
If we treat ourselves, the matching wardrobe will come too, and the carpenter will be needed again for that.
I would never spend that much money on a children’s room. For one, children don’t exactly handle things carefully, and for another, their needs change a lot—from baby to student.
By not handling carefully, I don’t mean deliberate destruction due to bad behavior. Even just using the wrong painting base layer and permanent markers leave a lasting mark.
It’s difficult to find furniture that is both timeless and modern. Eventually, both cheap and high-end furniture become as outdated as a classic wall unit in the Gelsenkirchen Baroque style (dark oak).
The Pax fits really well and matches the other furniture.
We have a different bedroom in mind, but our budget is holding us back.
If we treat ourselves, the matching wardrobe will come too, and the carpenter will be needed again for that.
I would never spend that much money on a children’s room. For one, children don’t exactly handle things carefully, and for another, their needs change a lot—from baby to student.
By not handling carefully, I don’t mean deliberate destruction due to bad behavior. Even just using the wrong painting base layer and permanent markers leave a lasting mark.
It’s difficult to find furniture that is both timeless and modern. Eventually, both cheap and high-end furniture become as outdated as a classic wall unit in the Gelsenkirchen Baroque style (dark oak).
1. This doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with upbringing, hello? I would say I was quite well brought up, even stricter than how we are with our own children. But even I went through a phase of carving things at around age 7 (?), and then my desk had lots of notches on the surface. Well, I had to live with that for the next 3 years, during which I found it ugly myself, but with the next furniture I took better care.
2. Pax: back then it was definitely better quality. Our first maple Pax had solid drawer fronts and sides, as well as shelves glued together from leftover pieces, but all solid wood parts. The piece we bought later was no longer available in maple, only in “whitewashed oak effect” or something like that. At that point, it was no longer solid wood, everything was veneered or laminated. So the quality went down noticeably.
Still, we will expand our bedroom wardrobe by one more section for now. Later, in 5 or 10 years, if we want something different, it will probably be custom made by a carpenter. But other furniture is more important right now.
2. Pax: back then it was definitely better quality. Our first maple Pax had solid drawer fronts and sides, as well as shelves glued together from leftover pieces, but all solid wood parts. The piece we bought later was no longer available in maple, only in “whitewashed oak effect” or something like that. At that point, it was no longer solid wood, everything was veneered or laminated. So the quality went down noticeably.
Still, we will expand our bedroom wardrobe by one more section for now. Later, in 5 or 10 years, if we want something different, it will probably be custom made by a carpenter. But other furniture is more important right now.
Steffen80 schrieb:
Maybe a matter of upbringing?
Who raises their children to break everything on purpose? Of course, we have always explained to our children that things cost a lot of money and that you have to work a long time to afford them. We also handle everything very carefully ourselves. Still, things don’t always go as planned, and children don’t always treat things as carefully as we would like. That’s why I prefer to buy cheaper items for the kids, so I don’t get too upset when something breaks or gets scratched. I think as long as children don’t earn their own money yet, they lack a full understanding of the value of things.
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Sabine
Müllerin schrieb:
But maybe not everyone wants Ikea furniture or the usual stuff from the big furniture stores everywhere.
I find furniture stores really borderline. Either they have cheap items that are poorly made, badly veneered, with many visible edges, and still too expensive, or they have nice, high-quality pieces that are incredibly expensive.
As I wrote before, we will end up around 1200€ / m (about $130 / ft), including drawers below, doors above, floors, etc. When I look at quality pieces in furniture stores – a small sideboard costs me 600€ (about $650).
Or 4000€ (about $4350) for a “living room wall” consisting of three loosely arranged parts that don’t even hold the stuff I need to store there.
And for modular furniture systems (like Sudbrock, for example), I’d be looking at 7,000€ (about $7600) plus and still wouldn’t get exactly what I want.We’re once again facing the same problem. So far, we always ended up choosing Ikea because the value for money is right there. But currently, we can’t find anything decent for our hallway and are looking elsewhere – but everything is outrageously overpriced. I’m just not willing to pay 700€ (about $760) for a small chest of drawers just because “Hans Wurst Design” laminated it in black.
Does anyone have tips for stores similar to Ikea? I mean, good quality at a reasonable price?
Has anyone built a chest of drawers or a lowboard themselves? It’s basically just a few panels and hinges.
Designing in CAD, having the holes drilled, then assembling it yourself?
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