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Fitted wardrobes in Somers Town, Camden
Floor-to-ceiling wardrobes built to the shape of your bedroom, for homes in Somers Town. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
- Empty alcoves in the bedroom
- A sloping ceiling that is hard to use
- A room too narrow for hinged doors
Fitted wardrobes designed for your room
How fitting works for fitted wardrobes
You’re welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so fitting day is about putting it in place carefully. How long fitting takes depends on the length of the run, the doors and what goes inside, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. With little room to spare in a flat, pieces come in as they’re needed. Floors are covered and dust is kept down. The fixings suit each wall, whether solid or stud.
- You get in touch and let us know about the room.
- At the design visit we measure the room and agree the layout and doors.
- We send a written quote.
- We build the wardrobes in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The wardrobes are fitted and scribed, with any hand painting done in the room.
- Before we leave, we go through the doors and drawers with you. New paint takes time to cure, so treat it gently at first.
How to prepare
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Keep pets in another room while we work
Arranging a design visit
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line give us a good feel for the space, along with rough sizes. To share them, send us a few details through our contact form, and we will suggest a time for a design visit.
Related advice
Fitted wardrobes in Somers Town
Fitted wardrobes are built to the room, from the floor to the ceiling and from wall to wall. That leaves no gap above to gather dust and no wasted space at the sides. For a bedroom in Somers Town, we start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need. If you’re living with wardrobes that are full to bursting and dusty space on top of the wardrobe, fitted wardrobes made from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed can solve it.
Bedrooms in flats often share a wall with the next flat or the communal corridor, and those walls can be solid or plasterboard. Around Somers Town, where most households live in purpose-built flats, fixings are chosen with neighbours in mind as well as strength. Tall pieces are always fixed back.
The written quote puts the design visit in writing: the layout and internal fittings, the materials and the finish. If something is not quite right, tell us before anything is made.
- Location
- Somers Town (NW1W, NW1, W1T)
- Area
- Camden
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- To begin
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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What else we make in Somers Town
Do you need fitted wardrobes in Somers Town?
A move is a common trigger. Wardrobes from an old home rarely suit a new room. Built-in wardrobes are planned for the room you live in now.
Here’s what fitted wardrobes can help with:
- Standard wardrobes that do not fill the wall
- Space under the eaves going to waste
- Clothes piled on chairs and in spare rooms
- A bedroom that never feels tidy
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Pancras, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Before you choose who makes it
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Whether you will get a written quote, not just a figure
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is typically a gap left over at the top or at one end. Furniture we make is built to the room’s own sizes, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it is quick to buy.
When you need someone else
As carpenters, we leave some work to other trades. It’s useful to know these before you plan the job:
- Fixing the cause of condensation or damp
- Electrical work, like moving sockets or switches, which is for your electrician
- Decorating or plastering the room
Not sure whether your space suits fitted wardrobes? You can drop us a line using the contact form and we’ll tell you before you arrange a visit. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Hand-painted finish
- Hinged or sliding doors
- Birch plywood
- Hanging rails, shelves and drawers
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
Bespoke or off-the-shelf?
Bought wardrobes are made in set sizes, which leaves gaps above and beside them. A fitted wardrobe fills the space wall to wall and up to the ceiling. Standard furniture sizes rarely suit the shape of a flat, so it can waste space or block a door or radiator. Built-in pieces are designed around them.
We do not publish set prices, because every piece is designed for one room. We measure up, discuss the design and send a quote in writing. To start, drop us a line using the contact form.
Why work with us in Somers Town
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
- We visit, measure and discuss the design before we quote
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what to look for in a quote.
Fitted wardrobes for homes in Somers Town
The biggest shares of homes in the streets around Somers Town were built before 1919 (about 32%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 23%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. We take that into account at the measuring visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. There are 182 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Somers Town. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and fitted wardrobes can be designed to work around them. Streets close to central London are often narrow and busy, with loading bays in short supply, so the route from the van to your door is planned beforehand.
Handel Hendrix House, about 1.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where fitted wardrobes go. For a flat near London Euston station, check any building rules on lifts and working hours early, and the sections will be sized for the way in.
Somers Town is about 1 mile south-east of St Pancras, within the London Borough of Camden. From period terraces to newer flats in Somers Town, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. Our Camden coverage includes Somers Town and the places around it.
Design visits and fitting in NW1W, NW1 and W1T work the same way as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets here such as Euston Road, Duke's Road and Phoenix Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for fitted wardrobes. The A400 and A501 runs close to Somers Town; on busy main roads, unloading fitted wardrobes takes a little planning. We also cover Euston (1 mile south), Kings Cross (1 mile east), Agar Town (1 mile north), Bloomsbury (1 mile south-east) and Fitzrovia (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Camden we cover include Hampstead (3 miles north-west), West Hampstead (3 miles north-west), Greenhill (2 miles north-west), Dartmouth Park (2 miles north), Gospel Oak (2 miles north-west) and Haverstock (2 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Somers Town
Our area takes in the homes around Prince Arthur pub, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies and Wellcome Collection and the streets around them. Somers Town has its own railway station: London Euston station. Other landmarks nearby include Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital (under half a mile south-east) and People’s Museum Somers Town (a few minutes’ walk east). Not far away are Primrose Hill and Barnsbury Wood.
Questions from Somers Town
Will a conservation area stop me having fitted wardrobes fitted in Somers Town?
Typically not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character may need listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
I live in a flat in Somers Town. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
We measure the route in as well as the room: the stairs, landings, lift and doors. Fitted wardrobes are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Can you build wardrobes around a bed?
Yes. Wardrobes can sit either side of the bed with a bridge of cupboards above. It is planned so there is room around the bed and the room does not feel enclosed.
Should I send pictures?
Yes, they help. A few pictures of the room, from floor to ceiling, tell us a lot, particularly with rough sizes. You can send them when you fill in our short enquiry form.
Do you do the electrics?
No. Sockets, switches and lighting are for your electrician. We will design around them.
Should I choose hinged or sliding wardrobe doors?
It depends on the room. Hinged doors give full access but need clear space in front, while sliding doors save space but only open part of the wardrobe at a time. We talk through both at the measuring visit.