Loft eaves · sloping ceilings · alcoves · under stairs

Fitted wardrobes for sloping ceilings and awkward spaces

Lofts, eaves, chimney alcoves and under-stairs voids are the spaces a standard wardrobe cannot fill. We measure the room as it actually is, make the furniture to that shape at our Greenford factory, and fit it ourselves. Every photograph on this page is a real UKB installation.

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Can a wardrobe be fitted under a sloping ceiling?

Yes. The carcass and doors are manufactured to the measured pitch of the ceiling rather than cut down on site, so the unit follows the roof line and the low end stays usable as shelving or drawers. The same applies to alcoves either side of a chimney breast, which are rarely the same width as one another, and to triangular under-stairs voids.

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The problem

Why an off-the-shelf wardrobe does not work here

A flat-pack or modular wardrobe is a rectangle. Put one against a sloping wall and you either lose the triangle of space behind it, or you box the slope off and lose the height. Alcoves have the same issue in the other direction — the two sides of a chimney breast are almost never identical, so one of them ends up with a filler panel. Making the furniture to the measured room removes both compromises.

Recent work

Real installations, West London

Loft eaves wardrobe with doors open, showing graduated shelves cut to the roof pitch, a hanging rail at the full-height end and LED strip lighting in each bay — **Loft eaves, doors open**The same run with the doors open. Shelves are cut to the pitch so the short end still holds folded clothes and shoes, and the full-height end takes a hanging rail. LED strips run inside each bay because eaves storage gets no natural light.

Five fitted wardrobe doors of graduating height following the slope of a loft ceiling, with black bar handles and a Velux window above — **Loft eaves, closed**Five doors, each a different height, following the roof line to the point where the ceiling meets the floor. Nothing is boxed off and no space is wasted behind a flat front.

Grey fluted wardrobe door fitted into a triangular under-stairs space, handleless push-to-open — **Under the stairs**A triangular under-stairs void closed with a single fluted door. Push-to-open, so there is no handle to catch on a narrow landing.

Four sliding wardrobe doors with black frames, alternating cream and mirrored panels, with the top track following a sloping ceiling — **Sliding doors under a slope**Sliding doors are usually ruled out under a slope because the track needs a level head. Here the head rail follows the ceiling and the panels are cut to match.

Six-door fitted wardrobe run in greige, mixing flat and fluted door panels, with a curved radiused corner section following a sloping ceiling, and a matching desk and drawer unit — **Full run with a curved return**A six-door run with a radiused corner where the ceiling drops. The desk and drawers are made from the same material so the room reads as one piece of furniture.

Finishes

Doors, fronts and detail

Fluted and reeded fronts, high-gloss and matt, oak-effect banding, black-framed glass and mirror. Handleless and push-to-open where a handle would be in the way.

Three-door fluted wardrobe in pale greige, floor to ceiling, handleless — Fluted, greige

Cream fitted wardrobe with a horizontal oak-effect band across the doors, beside a chest of drawers under a sloping ceiling — Oak band inlay

Fitted wardrobe with black-framed glass and mirrored doors alongside high-gloss white hinged doors, internal drawers visible — Glass, mirror and gloss

Two-door grey fluted fitted wardrobe running floor to ceiling beside a doorway — Fluted, grey

Living room media wall with lit black-framed glass display cabinets either side of a television recess and drawers below — Media wall, lit display

Close detail of cream handleless wardrobe doors with a horizontal oak-effect band — Door detail

Questions

Sloping ceilings and alcoves — common questions

Can you fit a wardrobe under a sloping ceiling?

Yes. The carcass and doors are made to the measured pitch rather than trimmed on site, so the unit follows the ceiling line and the space behind it is still usable. The photographs on this page are loft rooms, eaves and under-stairs spaces in West London homes.

What happens to the low end where the ceiling meets the floor?

It becomes shallow shelving or drawers. The internal layout is planned around the pitch — hanging at the tall end, folded storage and shoes at the low end — so nothing is boxed off.

Can I have sliding doors under a sloping ceiling?

Usually not, because a sliding track needs a level head. Where the slope allows we run the head rail along the ceiling line and cut the panels to match, as in the mirrored example above. Where it does not, hinged or push-to-open doors are the better answer and we will say so.

Do you fit alcoves and chimney breasts too?

Yes — alcoves either side of a chimney breast are one of the most common jobs we do. They are rarely the same width as each other, which is why an off-the-shelf carcass does not fit.

How long does it take?

A free design visit and measure takes 30 to 60 minutes. Manufacturing happens at our own Greenford factory, and installation is by our own fitters rather than subcontractors.

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We measure the room, talk through how you want to use the storage, and give you a price. Design visits are free and there is no obligation. We cover Ealing, Harrow, Hayes, Uxbridge, Brent, Hounslow and Richmond from our Greenford factory and showroom — see all areas we cover.

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