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House Beautiful Fitted Bedrooms Buying Guide

fitted wardrobe guide

Our new range of House Beautiful Fitted Bedrooms offer a bespoke look and feel on a friendly budget. The House Beautiful range is exclusive to Homebase and offers a variety of different finishes and storage configurations to suit your needs. The new ranges arrive in an easy, flat packed form with all fittings and instructions included, are easy to assemble and come with a 10-year guarantee.

Whether you want to start with a template or build your own from scratch, our room planner tool will help you to design your dream fitted bedroom.

Simply measure up your space, grab a cuppa, and you’re ready to go! From the initial idea to planning your internal storage and handles, our House Beautiful Fitted Bedroom furniture range will help you to transform your bedroom into the cosy, fitted-look retreat you’ve always dreamed of – and on a friendly budget as well! You can also explore our House Beautiful Fitted Bedroom brochure, to browse fitted bedroom furniture ideas.

Our ranges 

Choose between attractive oak, white and grey finishes for the main body of your wardrobe. With a range of door designs available, you can select the look to fit your bedroom aesthetic.

Realm is timeless and traditional with a shaker door and is available in whitegreynavy & carbon:

realm shaker white fitted furniture

Honest is sleek and stylish with an elegant gloss slab door and is available in white or grey:

honest slab white fitted bedroom furniture

Escape is contemporary, with an uninterrupted flow of handle-less doors and is available in white or grey:

escape handleless white fitted bedroom furniture

Chest of drawers 

The chests of drawers are available in two widths – narrow (H756 x W450 x D490 mm) or wide (H756 x W900 x D490mm). The drawers feature a main body and drawer fronts in numerous colour options, fully wrapped panels and an internal drawer box finished in a textured linen effect. An overhang on the top panel allows the drawers to sit flush with the wall, while leaving space for the skirting board. Handles are available separately, allowing you to customise according to your tastes and co-ordinate with your matching fitted wardrobe.

Wardrobes

The wardrobes are available as single, double, corner, triple, and quadruple options. Multiple units can also be configured together to create a wardrobe specific to your needs. All wardrobes include a hanging rail and shelf and exclude handles, allowing you to customise and match your chest of drawer handles.

If you’re a little more budget conscious, you can explore our freestanding wardrobes instead.

house beautiful wardrobe

A fitted look wardrobe consists of the same, with the extra addition of a cornice, plinth and end panels to create a fitted look. They are great for both a small, fitted bedroom and a large, fitted bedroom.

house beautiful fitted wardrobe

Mirror wardrobe doors 

All wardrobes come with your chosen range door. However, we also have a mirror door available should you wish to change the look of your wardrobe. You can purchase one or more mirror doors and swap out one of the provided doors when assembling the wardrobe.

The mirror door includes a specific handle as you cannot drill through the mirror to attach a standard wardrobe handle.

Creating a fitted look 

Use end panels, a cornice and plinth to create a fitted look for your wardrobe.

End panels, cornice and plinths are included in the fitted look wardrobes. These can also be purchased separately as replacements.

An end panel is attached to the outer side of the wardrobe carcass using provided screws. The panel has a cut out to fit flush against your skirting board.

A cornice is a decorative trim that is attached to the top of the wardrobe along the sides, giving it a fitted look. They come in lengths of 2.4m and need to be cut down to size, mitred and attached with provided screws. You will need mitre glue to attach the three lengths of cornice together.

The traditional cornice (matt) works with the Realm range and protrudes at a 45-degree angle from the wardrobe.

The modern cornice (gloss) works with the Honest & Escape ranges.

A plinth goes between the end panels at the bottom of the wardrobe. This will need to be cut to size and is attached using mitre glue. You will need a matt plinth for the Realm range and a gloss plinth for the Honest/Escape ranges.

Handles 

To personalise your look, choose from our wide selection of handles for the Realm & Honest range wardrobes and chests of drawers. Our handles come in a variety of shapes and colours to suit your style. Doors and drawer fronts are pilot holed for handles of various sizes to ensure an accurate fit.

Wardrobe internal storage

All wardrobes include a shelf and hanging rail. A corner wardrobe includes a divider and four shelves. In addition, we have a selection of internal storage options and packs to make life easier for you. All internal storage options are colour matched to the interior of the wardrobe and can be positioned as needed to suit your own storage needs.

Additional internals include:

Drawers are sold individually but can be stacked together and positioned at multiple heights in the wardrobe to suit your needs.

Top tip: We highly recommend adding a shelf above the top drawer. 

Wardrobe configurations

The beauty of the House Beautiful Fitted Bedroom range is that you can configure your storage space to suit your needs. Join wardrobes or chests together using the provided hardware, then finish it off with the end panels, cornice & plinth to create a fitted look.

Here are some examples:

This combination consists of a quadruple wardrobe connected to a single wardrobe to create a run. The ends of the wardrobe are finished with matching end panels. A cornice runs across the top of all the wardrobes, with a plinth finishing off the bottom of the wardrobe.  A wide 3 drawer chest sits next to the wardrobes.

For this configuration you will need:

  • Quadruple fitted look wardrobe which includes: cornice length of 4800mm, plinth length of 2400mm and 2x end panels
  • Single wardrobe
  • Wide chest of drawers
  • 8x Handles (not needed for Escape range)

The total length of cornice needed is 3656mm and length of plinth needed is 2250mm. The lengths of the cornice & plinth provided with the quadruple fitted look wardrobe will be enough to fit this combination. No extra lengths are required

This combination consists of a double wardrobe connected to a double corner and a single wardrobe to create a run. The ends of the wardrobe are finished with matching end panels. A modern cornice runs across the top of all the wardrobes, with a plinth finishing off the bottom of the wardrobe.  A wide 3 drawer chest sits next to the wardrobes.

For this configuration you will need:

  • Double fitted look wardrobe which includes: cornice length of 2400mm, plinth length of 2400mm and 2x end panels
  • Double Corner wardrobe
  • Single wardrobe
  • Wide chest of drawers

The total length of cornice needed is 3540mm and length of plinth needed is 2273mm. The length of plinth provided with the double fitted look wardrobe will be enough to fit this combination. However, you will need to purchase one additional cornice to connect to the cornice that comes with the fitted look double wardrobe.

This combination consists of a quadruple wardrobe connected to a double wardrobe to create a run. Two of the wardrobe doors have been swapped to mirror doors. The ends of the wardrobe are finished with matching end panels. A cornice runs across the top of all the wardrobes, with a plinth finishing off the bottom of the wardrobe.  A matching wide 3 drawer chest finishes the fitted look.

For this configuration you will need:

  • Quadruple fitted look wardrobe which includes: cornice length of 4800mm, plinth length of 2400mm and 2x end panels
  • Double wardrobe
  • 2x Mirror doors (no handle needed)
  • Wide chest of drawers
  • 7x Handles (not needed for Escape range)

The total length of cornice needed is 3984mm and length of plinth needed is 2700mm. The length of cornice provided with the quadruple fitted look wardrobe will be enough to fit this combination. However, you will need to purchase one additional plinth to connect to the plinth that comes with the fitted look quadruple wardrobe.

Time to design!

Bring your bedroom space to life with our easy-to-use bedroom furniture planner. With a range of templates to help you find your dream style or the option to create your own from scratch, creating your perfect bedroom has never been simpler. Configure your wardrobes and internals to suit your space and change your doors and handles to suit your style. Our in-store experts are always on hand to support you.

 



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