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Under-stairs storage in Seven Dials, Camden
We make under-stairs storage for homes in Seven Dials, designed around the room you have. We design your under-stairs cupboard at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- A sloping corner nobody can reach
- A staircase with untidy space beneath it
- Cleaning things with no proper home
Need under-stairs storage in Seven Dials?
Bespoke under-stairs storage or ready-made?
Ready-made drawers come in set depths, and the space under a staircase is often deeper than any of them. Bespoke drawers are made to the depth you have, so the back of the space is used too. Each one is sized for what it will hold, from shoes to the vacuum cleaner. Standard furniture is drawn for modern rooms, so its proportions can look odd in a tall period room, while fitted furniture can follow the room’s own lines.
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Bigger pieces use more board and take longer to make and fit, so size is the starting point. After that, the number of doors and drawers, the internal fittings and the finish all play a part.
Why us?
- Workshop-made and fitted by us
- We visit, measure and go through the design before we quote
- Built from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Saturday visits and fitting by prior arrangement
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
How we make under-stairs storage for Seven Dials
Not every staircase is in a house. Maisonettes, split-level flats and homes with stairs down to a lower floor often have usable space beneath the steps. The parts we make in our workshop are sized to get through the doors and hallways on the way in. The same careful process applies to any home in Seven Dials. If your home has open space under the stairs that collects clutter and space under the stairs that’s hard to use, that’s what under-stairs cupboards are for, made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
A solid brick outside wall in an older house can be cold and sometimes damp, so storage against it is designed with ventilation behind. A large share of the homes around Seven Dials date from then. Damp should be sorted before anything is fitted against the wall.
You get the quote in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and talk it over at home. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Seven Dials (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Borough
- Camden
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Working days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Contact
- Send us a message
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Making use of tricky spaces in Seven Dials
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Seven Dials were built before 1919 (about 49%) and since 2000 (about 21%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for under-stairs cupboards, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Entries on the National Heritage List near the centre of Seven Dials include Church of St Giles in the Fields (Grade I), under half a mile north-west, and Royal Opera House (Grade I), under half a mile east. Listing covers the inside of a building as well as the outside, so works that affect a listed home’s character, like removing original joinery, may need listed building consent. An early word with the council’s conservation officer is the best first step. Purpose-built flats are more common around Seven Dials than across Camden: about 78% of households, against about 56%, according to Census 2021. So the route in, from stairs to lifts, is part of the design.
If you live near St Anne's Churchyard, under-stairs cupboards can be designed to hold outdoor kit, from walking boots to picnic things. For a flat near Tottenham Court Road station, under-stairs cupboards are made in sections sized for the stairs, landings and lift, so measuring the route matters as much as measuring the room. The wider area includes historic houses like Benjamin Franklin House, about 0.4 miles south. If your own home is a period one, the cupboard door under a period staircase can be kept or replaced to match the new storage.
Seven Dials is in the London Borough of Camden, about 1 mile north-east of St Pancras. Whether your home in Seven Dials is a terraced house, a flat or a newer build, the furniture is designed around the room as we find it. We list Seven Dials among 28 places we cover in Camden.
Every home in W1F, W1D and W1T is covered for under-stairs storage. Streets in the area include Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for under-stairs storage. Main roads around Seven Dials include the A301 and A400, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. We also cover the places around Seven Dials: St Giles (1 mile north), West End (1 mile west), Soho (1 mile west), Covent Garden (1 mile east) and Chinatown (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Camden we cover include Hampstead (4 miles north-west), West Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Agar Town (2 miles north), Kentish Town (2 miles north), Greenhill (4 miles north-west) and Chalk Farm (2 miles north-west). Seven Dials is one of the larger places we cover in Camden.
What’s near Seven Dials
Our area takes in the homes around LSE Shaw Library, Two Brewers pub and Mercers' School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Seven Dials itself: Tottenham Court Road station. Well-known places in the area include St Paul's Hospital (close by, under half a mile north-east) and Leverian collection (a few minutes’ walk south-west). For a walk, there is Ludgate Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
Caring for painted furniture
A few practical points help before and after fitting day. These are worth keeping in mind:
- Let us know if the hall is being decorated
- Clear the space before the design visit if you can
- Consider the colour of the hall, the stairs and the skirting
- Check whether your meters or fuse board are under the stairs
Once the fitting is done, the storage is ready to use. New paintwork takes time to cure fully, so go easy on it to begin with. Avoid sticky tape, heavy knocks and harsh cleaners while it hardens.
Closing drawers fully helps keep the runners and fronts in good order. A quick sort every so often stops drawers getting too heavy. Deal with any wet shoes or umbrellas before they mark the base.
Fitting day, step by step
The last stage of the day is the finish. If the furniture was spray painted in the workshop, we fill the fixing holes and touch up on site; if you chose hand painting, that can be done in the room once the furniture is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. On fitting day in an older house, the main job is scribing to walls and levelling on floors that slope, so each piece is trimmed and adjusted on site. We protect the floors and keep dust to a minimum. Parking can be tight on terraced streets, so tell us about permits and bays during the design visit.
- It starts when you contact us about the space under your stairs. It helps to say whether the meters are under there.
- At the design visit, we look at the stairs, the hall and what you need to store.
- A quote in writing follows, with the fitting days agreed.
- We make the drawers, doors and carcasses in our workshop.
- The storage is fitted and set level, ready for the first coats and shoes, with the finish sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Check the building’s rules for trades and lift bookings
How to get a quote
Every quote follows a design visit. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and talk through the design with you, then send a written quote. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. To book a design visit, get in touch through our contact form.
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Hand-painted finish
Some people prefer a hand-painted finish for its softer look. It can be applied on site, in a colour agreed with you. If it is ever chipped, it can be touched up.
Doors and drawer fronts
Any access door for a meter can be made to look like the other fronts. It opens wide so readings and checks are easy. Around it, the other fronts can be drawers, doors or a mix.
Could you do it yourself?
What you pay for with bespoke is mainly the fit: edges scribed to the wall, a level base on a sloping floor and a neat line where the furniture meets the ceiling. Off-the-shelf furniture cannot normally do that in an older room.
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job, and it is quick to buy.
Questions from Seven Dials
Will parking be an issue for fitting furniture in Seven Dials?
It can be, as controlled parking zones cover much of inner London. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the measuring visit.
Does a conservation area in or near Seven Dials affect fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. Listed buildings are different, as works inside that affect their character can require listed building consent from the council. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Will you travel outside London?
No. We cover London only: all 32 boroughs and the City of London.
Is it possible to have a desk built under the stairs?
Often, yes, where the space opens onto a room and there’s enough height at one end. We can build a desk with shelves and drawers to suit the space. Any socket or light there is for your electrician, and we plan around it.
Is it possible to match the colour of my hallway?
Yes. The storage is spray-painted or hand-painted in a colour agreed with you. You can match it to the walls, the banisters or the skirting, so it sits quietly in the hall.