ᐅ Walk-in closet with or without built-in wardrobes

Don’t you have cats? Without doors, it would be a disaster.

A completely different question regarding dressing rooms. What size do you usually have there?

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So, we have just under 5.7 sqm (61 sq ft).

We have a width of about 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in). With a standard-depth cabinet on one side and a shallower shelf on the other, there should be a comfortable amount of space in the middle.

In theory, we have 3.80 m (12 ft 6 in) of space on each wall, but especially for the shelf, we probably won’t use all of it to avoid making the area feel too cramped.

Whether it will work out in practice as we hope remains to be seen.

More important than the size of the dressing room is to first determine how many meters of wardrobe or shelving are needed, and from that, the dressing room size will result. I have already seen floor plan examples where the dressing room was 8 square meters (86 square feet) or larger, but only about 350 cm (11.5 feet) of wardrobe could be used effectively. For me, I define it more as a walk-in closet rather than a dressing room. A dressing room, in the sense that you also dress there, generally requires more space between rows of wardrobes than a walk-in closet, which is mainly used for taking clothes out or putting them back.

I planned the wardrobes exactly using the Pax planner, focusing on storage planning. I ended up with 300 cm (9.8 feet) of open wardrobe and a 60 cm (2 feet) open shelf per person. This space accommodates everything, including summer and winter jackets, pants, and so on. As I said, I never wanted folded T-shirts again, so everything except sweaters is hung up.

When discussing the size of dressing rooms, it is important to first clarify what exactly defines a dressing room. In my opinion, this term is often used imprecisely here. This becomes especially noticeable on floor plans where, instead of the typical wardrobes placed in front of, to the left, or to the right of the bed in the bedroom, the wardrobes are arranged in one or two rows behind a partition wall. I don’t think this qualifies as a dressing room or even a walk-in closet.

In my view, a dressing room is defined by spatial separation and the actual possibility of dressing inside it. There should be space for a surface to place items, a seating area, a valet stand, etc. Two rows of wardrobes facing each other with a 1m (3.3 feet) aisle between them do not meet this definition. I would rather call that a walk-in closet, especially when the area is separated, for example by a sliding door, and the clothing is stored openly inside.

We have implemented the latter and, by the way, have no problems with dust.

No restaurateur would think of calling a room with six refrigerators a cold storage room.