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How to design your perfect PAX wardrobe

Give clothes and accessories their forever home in a customised PAX wardrobe. With lots of options, the PAX storage system lets you design a wardrobe that’s perfect for your space and storage needs. 

A white PAX wardrobe with no doors has clothing on two clothes rails, shoes on a shoe shelf and boxes on a high shelf.

1. Choose your frames

First of all, work out how much space you have for your wardrobe. Measure from floor to ceiling and wall to wall – don’t forget to take the skirting board into account!

Our frames come in different sizes for all kinds of spaces. There are three widths, two heights and two depths, plus an add-on frame that makes the most of an unused corner. Four easily coordinated colours – white, white stained oak effect, dark grey and grey-beige – complete your options, giving you lots of possibilities to customise your wardrobe.

Tip: You also need to add on 1cm for hinged doors and 4cm for sliding doors. And if you assemble your PAX frame upright, make sure you have at least 1cm of free space above it.

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2. Select doors, knobs and handles

Do you want your storage open or closed? Our wide range of doors, knobs and handles will suit all kinds of room style. Start by deciding whether you want hinged or sliding doors, then choose the size and style that works with your frame. Knobs and handles complete the look on hinged doors and are easy to change when you want a style refresh.

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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.

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3. Organise bigger things with clothes rails, drawers and shelves

Here’s where our KOMPLEMENT interior organisers do their magic. Since bigger clothes and shoes take up most space, choose a mix of KOMPLEMENT clothes rails, shelves and drawers for these first. Dresses, shirts, trousers and coats hang happily on clothes rails, while tops, jeans and jumpers and other things that like to be folded are easily stored on shelves and in drawers.

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4. Find spaces for smaller accessories

Whether you are storing belts, sunglasses, jewellery, scarves, watches, hair accessories or ties, KOMPLEMENT tray inserts and dividers come with different sizes and styles of compartments to help give everything breathing space. 

A film with a close-up of a white PAX wardrobe showing different KOMPLEMENT pull-out trays containing a range of inserts.

5. Throw light on your things

When all your clothing and accessories are organised, make sure you can find them easily by putting some lighting in place. 

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6. Start planning!

Use the PAX planner to create your wardrobe. Once you’ve measured your space and have an idea of your storage needs, use the PAX planner to complete your wardrobe design. It adds products to your shopping bag for easy online purchase, or will create a list that you can take into the store.

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Use the PAX planner