Custom-built cupboards in Nieuwegein

Many people who want a made-to-measure cupboard start in a webshop with a tool where you fill in the sizes yourself. That works for a straight wall. It works less well when the wall is crooked, when there is a service duct in the corner or when the cupboard has to go under a staircase. Then you want someone who comes to look, measures up, and makes and fits the cupboard. That is what I do, as part of carpentry and fitting in Nieuwegein and Utrecht.

Which cupboards I make to measure

Custom cupboards come in a few forms.

A built-in wardrobe. From floor to ceiling, with hinged doors or sliding doors. The wardrobe is made for the wall it goes on, so that it looks as if it was always there. You can see what that looks like in the walk-in wardrobe with sliding doors in a hallway.

A cupboard in an alcove. In an alcove next to a chimney breast or in a hallway no standard size fits. A custom cupboard follows the walls, so you do not get the strip or the gap that a cupboard from the shop often leaves.

An under-stairs cupboard. Space under the stairs often goes unused. Because of the sloping line, no standard cupboard fits. I make a cupboard to measure for it, with for example drawers under the lowest steps and a door that follows the slope.

Made-to-measure cupboards in a room or flat. In a room you are fitting out, cupboards, beds and a desk come together in one go. A cupboard like that belongs to the layout of the space. If you are fitting out a room or studio to rent out, read more under furnishing a rental property.

A walk-in wardrobe is a story of its own, with many choices about layout and lighting. There is a separate page for it: walk-in wardrobe.

A tradesman or a webshop

A webshop is cheaper and faster if your space is standard. A cupboard against a straight wall, with no sloped roof, no duct and no wishes beyond hanging and shelving, is mostly better bought from the shop.

Made to measure makes sense when the space is not standard, for example with a crooked wall, an alcove of an odd size, a sloped roof or a staircase. A layout that is yours and not the average customer’s can be a reason too. An online configurator rarely gets close in those cases, and leaves space you cannot use.

If you already have a cupboard that only needs a different layout or a door, that is not a new cupboard. That falls under handyman and maintenance.

How a custom cupboard comes to your home

I come to look and measure the space, every corner and every side separately. Then I go through with you what has to go in the cupboard, and which doors and which finish suit the rest of the space. I discuss the material I use with you. We agree up front who supplies the materials. After that you get a price for the job. Then I make the cupboard to size and fit it.

The same goes for loose pieces of furniture. An oval dining table on a base of vertical slats was made to measure. If you have an idea, send a photo of something you like and the size of the spot.

Acoustic wall: a wooden slat wall with felt

An acoustic wall is a wooden slat wall with acoustic felt behind it, fixed to the wall. The felt dampens the echo in a room. That helps in a room with hard walls, a home office or a living room where you can hardly hear each other. It does not keep the neighbours’ noise out.

What makes the wall look neat is the work around it. Sockets and doors have to fit in neatly. That decides the layout of the slats, so I measure that beforehand.

A slat wall does not belong in a damp room such as a bathroom. Otherwise it suits most rooms.

How to start

Send me a few photos of the space and the sizes you know through the contact page, and I will tell you what I would do. I work in Nieuwegein, Utrecht and the places around them. If a cupboard from the shop just has to be put together, see furniture assembly.