Plan your wardrobe internals before you pick the shutter

Every wardrobe conversation starts with 'sliding or hinged, and what finish'. It should start with an inventory, because the internals decide whether the wardrobe works and the shutter only decides how it looks.

Do this before your design meeting

• Count your hanging garments, split into long (kurtas, dresses, coats) and short (shirts, trousers).
• Count folded stacks: t-shirts, jeans, knitwear.
• Count sarees separately — they need shallow, wide drawers, not shelves.
• List the bulky items: suitcases, duvets, helmets, sports kit.
• Note what needs to lock away.

Then translate it

Long hanging needs 60 inches of clear height, short hanging 40. Folded stacks want 14-inch shelf pitch. Sarees want 6-inch drawers at least 22 inches wide. Suitcases go in the loft. Once you have those numbers, the elevation designs itself — and only then does it matter whether the doors slide or swing.