CASE STUDY

Bespoke Loft Space Storage

Background

Loft spaces with their sloping ceiling lines and dark corners pose problems when looking to maximise useable storage space. Small, low doors often give access to the further reaches of the eaves - these must be incorporated into any design.

Challenge

The client here called to ask what could be done to turn the untidy temporary storage arrangement into a permanently ordered bedroom.
The three "before" photos immediately below illustrate the room's difficulties, and the subsequent images show how they were overcome.

Stand-alone wardrobe

Dormer window basket

Crammed corner

Result

The need for angled wardrobes is common enough in a loft room and here also the position of the two doors to the eaves complicated the design. This resulted in an extra-deep section of wardrobe to incorporate one and the introduction of an easily-moveable cabinet so as not to block the other. The recess under the dormer window lent itself perfectly to a built-in chest.

Fitted wardrobe

The fitted wardrobe incorporates hanging space and drawers. The end section extends further into the room to allow access to a small door to the eaves.

Oak chest

Where there originally stood a wicker basket, a chest was fitted into the space below the window. The skirting was made to run around the bottom and the lid was fashioned from Oak.

Wheeled cabinet & fitted wardrobe

To the left of the angled fitted wardrobe, the cabinet runs on castors. When this cabinet is pulled out, a door giving further access to storage space is revealed.