How to design your ideal PAX wardrobe

There are many ready-made PAX combinations to choose from. Or you can design one on your own by simply putting together the wardrobe in size, colour and look that best suits your space and storage needs.

Step 1: choose the frames

First, measure the space you have available for the wardrobe (from floor to ceiling and from wall to wall). PAX frames come in heights of 201 cm and 236 cm, but you should add 1 cm for hinged doors and 4 cm for sliding doors. Available widths are 50 cm, 75 cm or 100 cm and depths are 35 cm or 58 cm. There are two colours to choose from for the PAX frames: white and white stained oak effect.

Pax wardrobe system

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Pax wardrobe system

Step 2: add the doors, knobs and handles

A large number of hinged doors (25 cm or 50 cm wide) or gently closing pairs of sliding doors (150 cm or 200 cm wide) are available to match the frames. Of course, you can also do without doors if you prefer an open wardrobe. Hinged doors are complemented by knobs or handles that can be swapped out at any time if you want to change up the look.

Knobs & handles

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Knobs & handles

Ready to design your perfect PAX wardrobe?

Gather your measurements together with an idea of your storage needs, then head over to the PAX planner to start creating your customised wardrobe.

Go to the PAX planner

Step 3: decide on the interiors

Think carefully about what you want to keep inside your wardrobe and complement it with the exact interior organisers you need. KOMPLEMENT series includes drawers, shelves with and without inserts, shoe racks, jewellery inserts, pull-out clothes rails, trouser hangers and much more.

Interior organisers for pax

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Interior organisers for pax

Step 4: it‘s time for the lighting

Lighting for your PAX wardrobe is the icing on the cake because it allows you to quickly find what you are looking for. There are lighting options that you can control smartly with IKEA Home smart app, as well as lights that use sensors to turn on and off automatically when you open or close the door.

Wardrobe lighting

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Wardrobe lighting

Make your wardrobe work for you with KOMPLEMENT interior organisers

Step 5: purchase your combination

Once you‘ve measured everything and have a rough idea of what you want, you can use the PAX planner to see what options there are to turn your vision into reality. In the planner you can see how the frames, doors, handles and lighting look in a virtual room. Then you can save the list of products to take with you to the store or put them straight to your shopping cart and purchase online.