Fitted Bedroom Ideas: Storage Around the Bed

Build round the bed

A fitted bedroom puts wardrobes either side of the bed and cupboards over it, so the whole wall works from floor to ceiling. You keep the bed you have: we design round it.

Cupboards over the bed

The cupboards bridging the bed are 400 mm high and as deep as the wardrobes, level with their tops. They suit things you reach for a few times a year: spare bedding, suitcases, the winter duvet.

Bedside tables that are part of it

Fitted bedside tables sit between the bed and the wardrobes: 500 mm wide with two drawers, 400 mm high and 300 mm deep. In a narrower room they can come down to 350 mm, or be left off.

Inside the wardrobes

Each section is planned for what goes in it: long hanging, double hanging, shelves, or drawers with hanging or shelves above. Wardrobes are 600 mm deep as standard, so a hanger fits across the rail.

The other walls

A chest of drawers (800 mm wide, four drawers, 600 mm high) and a dressing table (1200 mm wide, 700 mm high), both 450 mm deep, match the wardrobes. Where they stand is settled at your survey.

In a small bedroom

• Go to the ceiling. The space above a freestanding wardrobe becomes cupboards.
• Use the wall behind the bed. It is usually the longest free wall in the room.
• Choose sliding or mirror doors where there is little room to open a door, or to make the room feel bigger.

What it costs

Our fitted bedrooms are priced at £1,600 per metre of wall, including VAT and fitting, with doors and extras priced as in our wardrobe price guide. Our starting design, a 4.2 m wall around a 1600 mm bed, has a guide price of £6,720. Site surveys cost £100, which is deducted from your quote should you go ahead.

Design yours

Our online designer draws a fitted bedroom to your own wall and bed, with a guide price as you go. More: fitted bedrooms · fitted wardrobes · walk-in wardrobe ideas