When we went to Ikea, we noticed that the biggest closet had a depth of 60cm. This was not enough to fit the devices we wanted to install in it, so I decided to take a different approach. First, we selected the sliding doors we would like in front of our closet. Then, I went on to measure in the Ikea showroom the exact size of the elements of the closet that were in contact with the sliding doors. I downloaded the instuction manual for the sliding doors to see where the holes would have to be and how the different pieces would fit on the closet.
Armed with that knowledge, I made a design for our own closet. It's more then 6 meters wide, floor to closet and 70cm deep (net depth, without counting the doors). Everything was constructed from the cheapest furniture board material, pre-laminated in white. To assemble the closet, I chose to dowel it all together with 8 mm dowel and the Wolfcraft doweling jig (excellent and indispensable piece of equipment!).
The result was a nice closet. The only downside was that all the sawn edges where not free of burs, so I used some silicone to seal all edges. This gave everything a wonderfull finish. I used the leftovers from the fiberboard to close the gap between the top of the closet and the ceiling. At the bottom, I constructed a sturdy wooden base and glued it to the ground. After moving the 3 elements of the closet in place (2 meters each) I attached them with screws to the wooden base (this is the only place where screws are used).
The end result is a closet which would cost you about €5.000 to have made and install by a professional. My cost in materials was around €1.000 and the labour was worth 5 days of work. I'm happy with the result!
More pictures in this Flickr set.
This is super cool - I recently bought an 8-box shelving unit from Ikea (in black) and it's great, looks good and fits the things I need, but-- this is something else! Bravo!
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