Over-stairs wardrobe

Krusty_Clown

Hi there, my house has a box-room with the top of the stairs protruding in one corner (I'm sure theres a technical term for it!). We have no wardrobe in the room, and are hoping to sort out some kind of solution, which hides or makes use of the corner which contains the stairs protrusion.

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of solving this problem?
Should we:
a) Get someone to custom build a wardrobe solution for us?
b) Build some kind of levelling/box over the protusion, and fit a standard off the shelf wardrobe?
c) Continue our search for furniture shops/suppliers that have suitable off the shelf wardrobes that solve this issue (haven't succeeded so far)?

Anyone have any experience or recommendations?

GreeBo

our box room has a wardrobe in it over the stairs.
Its basically just melamine cut to fit
If you are anyway handy you could do it yourself in a few hours...as you suggest, box it in and then build a wardrobe/shelves to fit.

Lex Luthor

Krusty, I bought a wardrobe in Argos a few months back that is about 1-2" short of the width of the box and stops about 8-10" from the front in depth. Flat packed...assembled it in about 1-2hrs, lifted it up and secured it to the back wall with a few bolts and a few screws into the base to hold it down aswell. I use the box room as an office so it was perfect for adding extra shelving in it for storage, but it can easily be converted back into a wardrobe, by removing the shelves and hanging the rail back up.
I think it didn't cost more than €200

My neighbour got in a professional and paid nearly 4 times that for a fitted one.:eek:

Mellor

Hi there, my house has a box-room with the top of the stairs protruding in one corner (I'm sure theres a technical term for it!).

Your right there is a name for it, it's a bulkhead.
We solved this problem by squaring it off and building a wardrobe on top. My dad did it himself, but he does all that kind of work. But if you squared it of, you could find a short wardrobe to fit on top.

Lex Luthor, in your post you dont say how you converted the slope to a level surface, I assume you had to as I've never seen a unit to fit a sloped base.

Krusty_Clown

Mellor wrote:

it's a bulkhead

Thanks for the tip.. Now my google search points me at yachts and catamarans, instead of Estate agents!

Thanks for the tips Lex/Greebo.. I'd be handy enough, but would need a recipe (e.g. a diy guide and list of ingredients!) before I'd tackle it.. But thanks.. At least it seems I'm thinking along the right lines..

Mellor: Got any pictures, or know what materials were used?

Now if only it were covered in the Readers Digest DIY guide!

Mellor

Used 50mm timber battens screwed to the slope, then used these as a base for a triangle frame, the verticles were 50mm too and were birdsmouthed (notched) over the sloped pieces, there with a few support pieces at the centres of each longer piece. Then screwed 15-18mm MDF panels to the frame, they had a finish to match the wardrobe that was going on top.

hmum

HIYA,
MY PARTNER CUSTOM MAKES AND FITS WARDROBES AND HAS DONE MANY OF THESE - HE BASICALLY MAKES THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOK LIKE THERE IS NO "BULKHEAD" THERE AT ALL BY MAKING UNITS TO FIT ON TOP BUT PUTTING FULL SIZED DOORS ON THE UNIT.
JUST GIVE ME A SHOUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED .
THANKS
CLAIRE
085-1381424
qulaitywardrobes@mymeteor.ie