Hinged shaker wardrobe with shoe-pigeonhole interior — Forest Gate, E7

A hinged shaker-door wardrobe in an Edwardian Forest Gate master bedroom, with a dedicated interior shoe-pigeonhole bay and full hanging at the higher end.

Location

Forest Gate, London E7

Work type

fitted wardrobes

On site

4 days

The problem

The client had an unusually large shoe collection (forty-plus pairs) and a wardrobe brief that needed to accommodate them properly without dedicating a whole second wardrobe to shoes. The room's ceiling slope to the rear of the house added a 250mm height variance across the wardrobe run.

The solution

A three-bay hinged wardrobe with the central bay configured as a vertical pigeonhole rack — eight pigeonholes per side, sized for adult footwear. The flanking bays handle hanging clothes and folded items in drawers. Doors are scribed individually to the ceiling slope; the top edge of the wardrobe matches the room's pitch rather than masking it.

Materials & finish

18mm Egger MFC carcass; MDF shaker doors painted Farrow & Ball Strong White (No. 2001); pigeonhole dividers in 12mm MDF painted to match; brass cup pulls; Blum CLIP top BLUMOTION hinges throughout.

Outcome

16 pigeonholes for shoes, hanging space for 30+ items, six drawers — all behind doors that scribe to the room's actual roofline. No wasted high-cupboard space at the low end.

Three-bay hinged wardrobe with a central pigeonhole bay for shoes — 16 individual slots — and hanging on either side. Doors scribed to the room’s sloping ceiling.