The Very Best Walk-in Wardrobes
A wardrobe you can wander through, where you can store everything from ties to tutus, adds a luxe touch to any home. Walk this way…
A cramped wardrobe stuffed with a thicket of shirts, skirts and trousers makes dressing a struggle and leaves clothes crumpled and damaged. Which is why so many of us would love a walk-in wardrobe. The last word in style in the clothes storage world, these supersized closets allow you to find your clothes easily, store them neatly and keep everything from shoes, bags, hats and ties ordered and on hand, too. The very best walk-ins even double as dressing rooms, making putting on clothes in the mornings an effortless pleasure rather than a stressful struggle. Here’s our pick of the best, most beautiful designs. Let’s play dressing up!
Go for white and wood
Rather than the dark, moody feel that many windowless walk-ins have, this lovely wardrobe is a vision in white. Dark wood creates the storage structure and mirrored sides help to maximise the light, while crisp white shelves and drawers make the whole space feel open and the clothes easy to locate.
Rather than the dark, moody feel that many windowless walk-ins have, this lovely wardrobe is a vision in white. Dark wood creates the storage structure and mirrored sides help to maximise the light, while crisp white shelves and drawers make the whole space feel open and the clothes easy to locate.
Glaze it
Rather than make your walk-in wardrobe and all its storage a semi-hidden space, integrate it with the bedroom by glazing its walls. This gorgeous wardrobe makes a wonderful feature in the corner of this room, its woodwork painted a deep smoky blue and its contents softly lit to draw the eye.
Rather than make your walk-in wardrobe and all its storage a semi-hidden space, integrate it with the bedroom by glazing its walls. This gorgeous wardrobe makes a wonderful feature in the corner of this room, its woodwork painted a deep smoky blue and its contents softly lit to draw the eye.
Brighten up
Open and airy, with a window to let the daylight in and a fresh white scheme, this walk-in wardrobe feels more like a room than a closet. It’s a great place to hang out in, trying on outfits before an evening out, or calmly dressing for the day ahead.
Follow our tips for organising your wardrobe
Open and airy, with a window to let the daylight in and a fresh white scheme, this walk-in wardrobe feels more like a room than a closet. It’s a great place to hang out in, trying on outfits before an evening out, or calmly dressing for the day ahead.
Follow our tips for organising your wardrobe
Border with colour
A simple wall with two openings leads to a walk-in wardrobe beyond. This design creates some separation between clothes storage and sleeping space, but also makes a feature of this end of the room, thanks to its bright paint job.
See other ways to incorporate clever storage in your bedroom
A simple wall with two openings leads to a walk-in wardrobe beyond. This design creates some separation between clothes storage and sleeping space, but also makes a feature of this end of the room, thanks to its bright paint job.
See other ways to incorporate clever storage in your bedroom
Tailor to your tastes
The emphasis in this walk-in wardrobe is on shoe and bag storage, to accommodate the owner’s collection of both. Shelves are designed to just the right height to fit the highest heels, while deep pegs can hold a couple of handbags each.
The emphasis in this walk-in wardrobe is on shoe and bag storage, to accommodate the owner’s collection of both. Shelves are designed to just the right height to fit the highest heels, while deep pegs can hold a couple of handbags each.
Build off the bathroom
A walk-in wardrobe is often an extension of the bedroom, but it can also flow off a bathroom. This striking space has a red bath and clothes storage beyond in the same vibrant material, for a colourful scheme and an unusual, but very practical combination of functions.
A walk-in wardrobe is often an extension of the bedroom, but it can also flow off a bathroom. This striking space has a red bath and clothes storage beyond in the same vibrant material, for a colourful scheme and an unusual, but very practical combination of functions.
Make it masculine
Dark colours, sleek storage and upholstered leather cupboard doors give this dressing room and walk-in wardrobe a cool, masculine feel. A small sofa that fits into the window recess provides somewhere to sit to tie shoelaces, while floor-to-ceiling mirrors make the space feel bigger and let you check your appearance before heading out.
Dark colours, sleek storage and upholstered leather cupboard doors give this dressing room and walk-in wardrobe a cool, masculine feel. A small sofa that fits into the window recess provides somewhere to sit to tie shoelaces, while floor-to-ceiling mirrors make the space feel bigger and let you check your appearance before heading out.
Choose contrasting materials
This smart, boxy built-in wardrobe looks like a room within the larger bedroom space. Constructing it with wood panelled walls creates a nice contrast to the white plasterwork, but it remains open to the high ceiling to ensure every corner is fully lit.
This smart, boxy built-in wardrobe looks like a room within the larger bedroom space. Constructing it with wood panelled walls creates a nice contrast to the white plasterwork, but it remains open to the high ceiling to ensure every corner is fully lit.
Link it with black
This walk-in wardrobe opens off an upstairs landing, and is a dark, moody pause point between it and the white room beyond. Black woodwork is used throughout this house and crops up in this wardrobe, too, where it’s teamed with statement lighting and a dark rug for mountains of inky style.
Do you have a walk-in wardrobe? Or do you long to incorporate one? Tell us about your dream space in the comments below.
This walk-in wardrobe opens off an upstairs landing, and is a dark, moody pause point between it and the white room beyond. Black woodwork is used throughout this house and crops up in this wardrobe, too, where it’s teamed with statement lighting and a dark rug for mountains of inky style.
Do you have a walk-in wardrobe? Or do you long to incorporate one? Tell us about your dream space in the comments below.
If sleek storage and a restrained colour scheme are not your style, make sure your walk-in reflects this. There is no rule that says serious storage needs to look sensible, too! So use bright paint on woodwork, add patterned carpet and include a decorative bench, too, for a space that’s as personal as the clothes it houses.