Our built-in robe/closet remains doorless :(

After settling on a couple of Corinthian mirror doors in the middle, with two plain doors on the side I got a Corinthian representative to measure up for a quickslide system.

We were told that we will not be able to go with the Corinthian doors, because they can't be trimmed. When we built the bulkheads out of steel frame and then had gyprocked, we didn't take into consideration the 12mm thick plywood that we would be using on top of our Hebel floor (upstairs). And then with the glue and timber floor on top of plywood, it threw out the measurement between the floor and bulkhead, making it slightly shorter than the height of the 2.4m doors we had planned on using :(

I was, and still am - devastated.

Back to the drawing board now, even though I don't like any of the options left:

• Solid timber doors - will cost a small fortune
• Melamine doors - hate the look of them. Also, we've been recommended these would need 3 doors, but we have 4 compartments??!!!
• Custom joinery doors - painted in two pack these will cost a fortune! Also, can mirrors be nicely embedded on these???

Oh, and the skirting boards are in the way as they were installed all around the rooms, prior to the built in being installed. So we will need to have an infill on both ends of the robe.

Can this get any worse?

If anyone has any suggestions on a practical, not ugly and not overly expensive solution to our sliding door dramas, I would love to hear from you ❤

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Our first built-in robe/closet is IN!

We had our first built in installed yesterday. Yay! So it's not entirely finished as I still need to decide on the doors, but at least we've got something :)

We've had more progress over the last few months in the bathrooms and powder rooms. Our remaining shower screens and shower rails have been installed, as have the shower screens. We also had the remaining three mirrors above vanities installed but the vanities are yet to be made. I will post photos of the newly installed showers screens and rails as well as the mirrors soon :)

Oh, and our spa pump has finally been installed so we can now use it at last!

But there is more!!! Since the plumbers were here for the spa pump and shower rails MrB got them to install the downstairs powder room toilet roll holder and towel ring. If anyone is interested, there 70cm from the floor and 70cm from the back wall is the recommended spot for the toilet roll holder. Who knew? It sounded and suited good to me so we went with this :)

Oh! And the pantry, and laundry handles were installed yesterday too!

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Thick shelves and drop-down rectangle hanging rails?

So, Lisa Adams has been doing a lot of thick shelves and rectangle drop down type hanging rails. What are your thoughts?

Also, some of you may have noticed that I've changed the commenting system on my blog. This was to include the CommentLuv feature which allows you to have a link to their latest post displayed at the bottom of your comment. However, if it causes too much trouble to you guys I will roll back to the old system. So do let me know :)

All images are from Million Dollar Closet's facebook page

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Khloe Kardashian's closet

"Every week I have a day where I just focus on making sure that all my

clothes remain organized and color coordinated." Khloe

These boots are so special to me. They are probably about 10 years

old. My dad bought them for me when I was in high school. He picked

them out himself and surprised me for no reason at all. He said,

"These boots just screamed your name! So I had to get them for you!" Khloe

All images and quotes are from http://thecoveteur.com/gallery/Khloe_K/Khloe_K-10-full.jpg.

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Nicky Hilton's closet

Not much except shoes ...

KL, this image is actually the main reason I did a post on Nicky's closet :)
Does this look familiar? :)

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Another "Million Dollar Closet"

Here is another closed created by Lisa Adams. This one belongs to Whitney Port. I must admit, I had never heard of her before so had to google her name *shy*

All images are from http://thecoveteur.com

So, what do you think?

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Million Dollar Closets

Have you seen the closets that LA's hottest high end closet designer, Lisa Adams created for Kris, Kylie and Kendall Jenner?

Images: www.hgtv.com

What do you think? :)

PS. Have you entered my giveaway? For Audrey by China Glaze nail polish

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Mirror or no mirrors on wardrobe doors?

What are your thoughts on mirrors on wardrobe/built-in's doors in kids'/guest bedrooms? Yay or nay?

Thank you all for your comments. I think I will need to weigh up the following:

Pros

• Kids/guests will be able to check their outfits
• Will make rooms apear brighter with light bouncing around
• Will make rooms appear bigger (although with our 5m x 3.5m bedrooms I don't think this will be an issue)

Cons

• People waking up in the morning/middle of the night and scaring themselves.
• High maintenance (fingerprints & dust show easily)
• Could they possibly make our 5m long rooms appear way too long (robes will be along the 3.5m long walls)

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