I took the days between Christmas and the New Year as holiday from work and have spent most of it making wardrobes to go in the alcoves on either side of the entrance door to our new bedroom in the roofspace of the old stable that we had renovated and converted last year. When they were making all the doors, windows, and other custom joinery last year our builders offered to make ‘his and hers’ wardrobe doors here, but they quoted £1,560 + VAT to supply and fit the doors, and this wouldn’t have included any internal fitments such as shelves or hanging rails. So we declined and I decided to make them myself when I could spare the time. I had hoped to complete the entire job during this Christmas holiday but it has taken much longer than I expected and I haven’t even completed the first one. This first photo shows the basic frame that I made on 29th December.
The remaining photos show the progress by mid-morning today. I still need to make a cupboard door for the recess above the wardrobe, and then I must start on the matching wardrobe on the other side of the entrance to the bedroom. Hopefully this will be much quicker because I have now solved most of the tricky problems. Before I started I didn’t make detailed drawings; instead I sketched out my ideas and got Louise’s approval, and then made it up as I went along.
