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From a walk-in wardrobe to using tricky spaces: tips and inspiration

Looking for walk-in wardrobe ideas to give your clothes and shoes a super organised home? Or how to create an open storage or storage in the hallway? You’ll find useful tips here to help you design and create your own storage solution, whatever your space and budget.

A pine PERJOHAN stool with storage stands in front of a large open PAX corner wardrobe with clothes, shoes, boxes and bags.
A pine PERJOHAN stool with storage stands in front of a large open PAX corner wardrobe with clothes, shoes, boxes and bags.

Make your wardrobe fit your space

With the PAX system, you can put PAX wardrobe frames together to make a combination that fits your space – large or small. There are even frames designed for corners. Then you can add your choice of clothes rails, shelves, pull-out trays and more to organise everything you wear. It’s perfect for making your dream walk-in wardrobe come true!

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A PERJOHAN stool with storage stands in front of a large open PAX corner wardrobe full of clothes, shoes, boxes and bags.
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Wardrobes and more in awkward areas

Got a tricky area like this one that doesn’t get used? Storage furniture of different heights like in our PLATSA system can help. You can go for an existing option or even design your own unique PLATSA combination.

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A white PLATSA wardrobe with units of different heights stands under the staircase in the hallway of a house.
A yellow RÅSKOG trolley stands beside a part of a white PLATSA wardrobe under the staircase in the hallway of a house.
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Calm organisation behind the curtains

Here’s a wardrobe with very affordable “sliding doors”. You just open them for a great overview of your clothes, organised with drawers, clothes rails, shoe boxes and more. The curtains add softness and a fun vibe. Closing them hides everything to help the room look calm.

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A BRIMNES bed with NATTSVÄRMARE bed linen stands near a wardrobe in a recess with green GLANSHAGTORN curtains used as doors.
A white EKBY ALEX shelf with drawers with a NISSEDAL mirror above it which has a MUSIK wall lamp on either side.
A wardrobe in a recess with clothes and storage compartments hanging from a clothes rail and SKUBB shoe boxes on a shelf.
A white VIHALS chest of 4 drawers with one drawer open stands next to a hanging SKUBB storage with 6 compartments.
Two PÄRKLA storage cases lie on top of a shelf underneath which is a white BRIMNES wardrobe with 2 doors.
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A great opportunity to get organised...

Growing pile of clothes on your chair? With hangers, boxes, coat racks and more, you can start organising everything (and free up the chair for sitting on again).

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An untidy pile of clothes sits on a yellow chair near a LINDBYN mirror, with many clothes hanging down onto the floor.
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Tidy them away behind sliding doors

The SKYTTA sliding door system is designed to work between the ceiling and the floor. You can use it to divide a room or screen off a reach-in or walk-in wardrobe. There’s a wide range of doors to help you get the look you want. Then you just add your choice of storage to organise your clothes.

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A BOAXEL wardrobe combination with KUGGIS boxes with lids and a VÄXTHUS basket on the shelves and clothes on hangers.
A DOCKSTA table and a blue KYRRE stool in a hallway, in front of a walk-in wardrobe with SKYTTA/HOKKSUND sliding doors.
A white round DOCKSTA table with a BLÅSVERK pendant lamp above it beside closed SKYTTA/HOKKSUND sliding doors.
A BOAXEL wardrobe combination in an alcove with shoes, bags, clothes, umbrellas and a BEKVÄM stepladder with 3 steps.
An oak HÄSTVISKARE wall organiser with hooks on a wall, with letters on its shelf and keys, a bag and a scarf on its hooks.
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Bright and smart lighting ideas!

With lighting that shines into or even inside your wardrobe, you get a better overview of your clothes and can find what you want more quickly. We have a lot of options to choose from. You can also connect some to IKEA smart home and control them with your phone.

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Two white PAX/GRIMO wardrobes with YTBERG cabinet lighting stand side by side against a wall near a door.
Clothes on BUMERANG hangers hang in a PAX/MEHAMN wardrobe underneath a shelf holding black NIMM storage boxes with lids.
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No need for holes in the walls

Want to hang up clothes but don’t want to drill holes in the walls? Why not go for clothes racks, and clever hooks and hangers like these that fit over a door? Plus, you can easily take them with you if you move home.

A white RIGGA clothes rack with items of clothing on hangers and folded over the top, behind a VIHALS storage combination.
Three white SEKINER hooks for doors with various items such as a bag and an apron hanging from them.
A TURBO clothes rack, with clothes and a SKUBB storage with 6 compartments hanging on it, stands against a wall.
A white MULIG clothes rack, with clothes, a cap, headphones and a STUK storage with 7 compartments hanging on it.
A white ENUDDEN hanger for door, with clothes and bags hanging from its knobs, hangs over a white door.

Open-plan walk-in wardrobe ideas

If you place your bed away from the wall, you can use the whole wall for storage so you have more space elsewhere. Your clothes are easy to get at but you don’t have to look at them when you’re in bed! And choosing a bed and storage furniture that match makes things look coordinated and calmer.

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A white MALM bed and two MALM chests with 6 drawers behind it. Two MULIG clothes bars are on the wall holding bright clothes.
Two MULIG clothes bars are attached to the wall above a white MALM chest with 6 drawers standing behind a white MALM bed.
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You look great in that!

Mirrors are another important area to consider when you’re looking for walk-in wardrobe ideas. Longer ones like these let you check your whole outfit.

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A white NISSEDAL mirror is attached to a wall next to a light grey DYTÅG curtain and behind a bright blue KYRRE stool.
A black HOVET mirror is attached to a wall next to a light grey SPIKSMED cabinet on which there is a white FADO table lamp.
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A wardrobe in the hall for the whole family

Taking care of everyone’s outdoor stuff can be difficult. But this wardrobe in the hallway has storage like hooks and mesh baskets low down so the kids can easily reach them, as well as clothes rails and more for adults higher up. That should help the whole family get out the door quickly on school mornings. And everything can be hidden away behind a curtain for instant tidiness and calm.

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A PURRPINGLA laundry bag stands between a BOAXEL wardrobe combination and four white shoe cabinets, all mounted to the wall.
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Dust-free seasonal storage

A walk-in wardrobe can be perfect for storing seasonal things like beachwear or winter coats. And you can find a wide choice of clothes covers, bags and boxes to keep the dust off your things in the IKEA range.

Clothes inside white SKUBB clothes covers hang from BUMERANG hangers inside a JONAXEL wardrobe combination.
A number of SAMLA boxes with lids are stacked on top of each other in a storage area behind half-open DYTÅG curtains.

Design it yourself so it really suits you

Why not plan your own storage to make sure it fits your space and has the right mix of interior fittings like clothes rails, drawers, shelves and more?

Looking for more tips to help you improve your bedroom?

A large bedroom with a bed standing in a corner, a wall-mounted LINDBYN mirror and pine IVAR cabinets under the windows.
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