PAX Modernisation in a cupboard
Materials: PAX wardrobe, Lyngdal doors, wood trim, miter saw, table saw, chop saw, nails, screws
description: After watching PAX wardrobes and also several good hacks here, we decided to withdraw our 1950 built in closet and replace it with a set of PAX wardrobes.
Our firm measured 58 "across, so two 29 1/2" pieces of wardrobe would be close. We decided to maximize the closet so we chose the tall cabinets. To make these adjustments, we had to enlarge the opening of the original cabinet by cutting several inches, and taking plaster on the left side of the cabinet. We Reframed up space to accommodate the cabinets.
We also wanted to maximize the space by putting our PAX parts all the way into this deep space, which was 8 "deeper than the cabinets, so we need to crop space and give a finished look. We decided to use sliding doors to save space, and we liked the look of Lyngdal doors. Because the doors are designed to install directly on the wardrobe, we had to hack a new installation process.
We built a new header up and tied the rail on the front. Because our opening was 1/2 "smaller than the rail, we had to cut the rail to meet with a hacksaw . We discarded the side parts that come with the doors, and measured to built a rail through the base. We also constructed a small bridge to match the base cabinets, since they are slightly raised above ground level. It took a lot of calculations, and after the installation of doors, we discovered that we were 1/2 "too high and 1" too forward, so we had to take the doors and reline.
We decided to add interior chests on both sides - this will be our room and we would like our guests to have a lot of room to put their things
More modernized! Pax wardrobe.
~ Laurie, Long Beach, CA
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