Traditional Style Wardrobes Build

How we built these wardrobes with some more traditional looking features. Footage from November 2019.

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[woodboi]

Some nice work.
I served my time as a cabinetmaker...I have worked as a kitchen designer for about 9 years in a showroom ....mostly customer facing. I am thinking about making the jump to go out on my own. I love you videos . Thanks Alistair.

[keithb]

Excellent work as always. I certainly do appreciate the many hours of thought that’s been put into the manufacturing & installation processes.

[robfryer]

One word for this one “outstanding” 👍🏻

[paultay]

Some great tips for anyone wanting to make their own units...👍

[-abigail]

Thanks for taking the time out to educate us!

[johngibson]

Another beautiful wardrobe and a very slick install. A lot of planning to make all the components fit properly. Well done!

[neilw]

Cracking job, thanks for sharing your work methods and tips👍

[equin]

Great video Alistair. As a hobby carpenter i've watched this video at least ten times, i just have to find the courage to start this project. 😂

[ivanben-nazar]

This is impressively splendid sir; thanks for the enlightenment!

[jaggedpixel]

Excellent Job. Annoys me that the fireplace is off centre though. I would brick that up lol

[hi-tech]

Nice job. Throughly enjoyed the video.

[burniston]

Hi Alistair I think you mentioned in a previous video where you got your round over router bit from for the edges. Can you give me a reminder. Excellent work and as usual. The workshop is looking great by the way, bit jealous 👌👌

[shanesmith-wc]

As I say to the lads here "you have to be thinking 3 steps ahead of what your doing" nice job as always.

[MrAlexmoore]

Enjoyed this video Alastair, thank you and the references you give for products is so helpful. It has arrived at a most appropriate time as I’m about to embark on a wardrobe build flanked by a couple of bookcases. Can I ask, is there any particular reason for using timber instead of mdf for the plynths, as I have noticed you use both ? I want to use inset doors too, and you have confirmed why, I think they look great. The whole job looks classy with the oak and paint contrast and your process looks very slick ! Between yourself and Mr Millard, I’ve learnt so much. Thanks. Alex

[homanchau]

Thank you so much for making the video to educate us!! I am about to make my first fitted in wardrobe. Just wondering what kind of screw you use to fix the wardrobe on the wall in the corner bracket. My chimney breast is mixture of dot and dab wall and stud wall. Do you think I will need corefix or concrete screw to secure it?

[samrix]

Great to see how you use the laser to level the base.

[gailpeters]

Hi Alistair. Thanks so much for posting such helpful videos - they've helped me to build my own built in wardrobes at home 🙂 The only thing I can't seem to find anywhere online are the dimensions for stiles and rails! I've made traditional wadrobes like these and wonder what width you've used for top, middle and bottom rails and also the width of the stiles? My wadrobes are 2000mm tall. I'd be grateful for your advice. Thank you 🙂

[drmkiwi]

Very nice cabinets and installation. It was strange seeing the GPOs inside the cabinets. Wouldn't it be more practical for them to be on the skirting board - this is not intended as a criticism at all, just that it would drive me crazy having to open a wardrobe in order to plug in an appliance. Thanks for the vi. Cheers, David.

[Reef_Club_]

Fantastic build, you can really appreciate the differences between standardised and bespoke with this video. Whilst the difference may seem quite subtle on the face of it, the extra work involved is significant.

Can I ask - when you make the 56mm (iirc) end fillers that also act as a side return which you then scribe into the wall, how do you make the corner assembly for this piece? Is it mitred along the long edge? And is it a sharp corner or do you round it off with a router once assembled?

[Clarkey]

If you could only pick ONE scribing tool, what would it be? Those edge scribes were 👌