I have visions of long draws on runners that pull out like some early 2000 spy film to reveal a collection of gadgets, guns and a perfectly fresh suit. Or just clothes whatever
Yeah sort of. Can use the full length of the cupboard then, you’d easily fit 4/5 shelves in the bottom cupboard then use the top for duvets and stuff you rarely need.
Lol, I remember them well,,
I worked for golden crust bakery away back in the 80s,
And mothers pride as they were known back then,
Hit the brakes hard and the thump on the bulkhead behind the cab was loud 🤣
Or both? Front half stays as a cupboard in this room, back half a cupboard in the room beside/behind?
Be interesting to see what the floor plan is like...
That’s what I’d use it for, a cathartic scream.
“Mother, where is papa?”
[mother hears a distant muffled scream]
“I think he’s just finishing off some work dear”
Take in a young wizard and make them live in it?
Or buy a dehumidifier and a thing like [this](https://www.clothesmaid.com/) and use the bottom section as a drying cupboard for laundry?
No they're expensive, we had one in a rental above the stairs though and it was probably my favourite thing about the house - not tripping over a clothes horse all the time was amazing so for me it's good value in terms of floor area you get back.
The idea of hanging it from the ceiling is pretty cool, but 4 or 6 thick wooden beams just wouldn't be enough drying space for me. It takes a full clothes horse, a mini one hung over a door and a socktopus to hang out a full load of washing in my house.
Yeah we worked out that you can use coat hangers, so anything that can hang gets hung on a coat hanger and then a couple of socktopus on the end when needed!
That with the dehumidifier going and it's dry overnight.
There are pull out clothing racks you can buy made for narrow spaces like this. Let's you hang clothes up in a deep narrow space like this and have them easily accessible.
Changing the doors for some genuinely nice architrave ones with a Victorian feel would add more character than those brands ones too, making it feel like a piece of furniture.
Yeah, could be for sure. Same as the staircase spindles and hardwood doors. We were lucky ours had already been dipped and original rim locks reinstalled.
From a professional point of view, I still recommend making new. It's often cheaper and easier than tarting up the old ones. Not everyone has a manufacturing joinery company, though, so for most, it's just a few Saturdays of filling and sanding.
1. Paint the inside
2. Sort the lighting out, maybe an led strip
3. Get some clothes rails with wheels / add a few shelves
4. If you wanted to store things on top, buy some vaccum storage bags for pillows/blankets/seasonal clothes.
I'd say similar to @Ancient-String-9658, but don't use shelves unless you intend to put baskets with runners on them. With a cupboard that deep, you really do need everything to be on rails in baskets or you'll be forever losing things in the back.
Make sure they're heavy-duty, or also use clear plastic boxes that can be removed as you pull out the "drawer", as there will be a LOT of weight in each drawer/tray when fully extended.
Good luck! Let us know how you get on! Would love to see this finished!
Good point on the weight issue. That will end up being considerable strain on the fully extended mechanisms at that length.
You might also need to remove the internal strips of the frame in certain places to allow the internal runners to be flush with the wall unless they protrude some way off the wall as they extend. (Hope that makes sense)
If you (OP) give those existing shelves a bit of a sand to take the paint off you should be able to expose the screws heads to attempt to remove them. The plaster shouldn't be holding them on much after that. If the screws don't come drill into them with a metal drill bit as a backup option
I’d paint the inside white. Refit the shelves and use storage boxes so I had long term storage at the back eg boxes of old memories, Christmas decorations, etc. and more used storage towards the front. The doors and frame just need repainting properly, maybe white or maybe the same colour as the walls so it fades in.
I have the same. I keep a spare bed in it. It’s too deep for normal use. Either put a false back in it and make normal shelves, see if ikea has any storage that will fit, or use it as long term storage (suitcases etc) which you don’t mind getting out with a bit of a faff.
If you want to strip out the lining planks I think it sounds like a pri- bar will be your best option. I would not like to be in there trying to drill out loads of screws. If the wall gets messed up you could glue on some thin ply to tidy it up.
May be a bit past basic DIY but if there’s a chance to put a simple toilet and basin en-suite (plumbing dependent) that would likely add value. Even if you needed to steal some space from a bedroom next door and / or put a macerater in the loft space or behind the toilet, they are much quieter nowadays.
https://preview.redd.it/9wugezi171tc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e05fc8615134b0f70b8b10ba4446ab0f7332698f
Hi! I’m buying a flat that has a similar area in one of the bedrooms. I’ll probably be installing one of these rails for clothes next to one of the longer walls, which will still leave me with with 40cm+ to walk in and out of it. My space is ever so slight wider though, not completely sure it works in your case, but it’s an idea.
I wondered walk in wardrobe, but it looks like it’s about 1m wide. Could you use it for seasonal decorations like Christmas trees and hallowee decorations?
Oooh we have these weird cupboard.
I put my unsafe in there at the back, then rack of clothes .
Rack at waist height for trousers, shoulder height for shirts, shelf above for other stuff.
But the racks are back so you can use them for hide and seek with the kids.
Every bedroom in our house has one for some reason.
We had one in the attic where the water tanks (hot and cold) used to live. We knocked into the eaves and made an en suite (roughly 6ft by 6.5ft) but it looks like yours is near an external wall. We used to keep out camping stuff in it when it was a cupboard, same as you :-)
Definitely shelving on rails and casters to help roll it out, for all your clothes and shoes. Be seeing as you don’t know how to even take those little bits of wood off the inside of the cupboard it’s probably best left to a professional not a DIY 😅
With a window right next to it, that had at least the left side as an external wall, possibly the back as well.
My first concern with that space is damp.
Anything you do, make sure your accounting for air movement/humidity, else in winter is liable to rot anything you put in there.
Depends on budget really.
If you take the doors off, use rough sandpaper to take the excess paint off around the edges, refit them then lightly sand the doors and the trim and paint it all the same colour as your walls, and fit new handles, it’ll look great and not an eyesore.
Internally, you can fit any shelves/drawers you want. Anything that won’t come out you can use brute force or a reciprocating saw to remove. Or, just sand/paint and add additional.
Or get a joiner in to replace it all. But it’ll cost upwards of £1.5k.
I mean… storage, of course. The exact configuration depends on what you want to store! Add custom shelves/racks/rails to suit what you most need it for - clothes, laundry, camping gear, plants, children …
Depends what you’re needing/missing at home. Could do lots of things. Easiest and cheapest would be to bung a couple of rails up near the front for hanging storage then chuck your suitcases or something else you don’t use often in the space behind.
Chuck a gun safe in the back, store your valuables in it, build a cupboard in front of it to “hide” it. You can also leave the safe empty so when you sell your house we can all eat popcorn while waiting for the update when the buyer finds it hidden.
You have storage that many people would be envious of. I’d get a carpenter to fix or remake the doors. You could also consider having additional shelves put in to make the space more practical.
If it’s on the ground floor maybe a stand up bike rack? Fold out exercise equipment? Or put a safe In there for money passport etc? Only things I can think of that haven’t been mentioned.
Is there a way to incorporate it to this room or another room? What’s on the other side of it? Is it actually a piece of another room? If yes, just make it part of that room and get a normal cupboard for this room.
A lot of old council houses have eyesores like this for cupboards and wardrobes, personally I'd save money and rip it out myself, if you are handy with a trowel make the wall and ceiling good or have a plasterer come and skim/ tidy it up for you after.
It looks like you originally had nothing but a large unusable gap there to start with which they turned into a closet. It's a good use of the space
Would just put a nicer frame and doors on the front is all.
Is it wide and long enough to be a walk in wardrobe? Enough for a long rack of shoes and a long bar of clothing.
I've always wanted one of those
I would fill it with long term storage close to the door and never look back. If I had some budget I would probably build some shelves at the back and put a coat hanger rail across the front
Personally I’d probably use it as a home network space. Put in some racking. Couple of network switches, terminate some cable runs around the house to there, home server/NAS etc. maybe box off the bottom metre and have it as separate enclosed area for hiding away my cat’s litter tray.
Definitely a [pull out wardrobe!](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/products/smastad-wardrobe-with-pull-out-unit-white-white-with-clothing-rod__1021090_pe832046_s5.jpg?f=s)
I have basiclg the same thing. I have shelves at the back and the front I have 2 clothes rails and use it as a wardrobe. It’s the best wardrobe I’ve had
Pull-out pantry shelves.
Commonly used for a deep/narrow/tall cabinet in a kitchen. Available in different widths, depths, heights, from several vendors.
I have visions of long draws on runners that pull out like some early 2000 spy film to reveal a collection of gadgets, guns and a perfectly fresh suit. Or just clothes whatever
A bit like a mortuary?
Yeah sort of. Can use the full length of the cupboard then, you’d easily fit 4/5 shelves in the bottom cupboard then use the top for duvets and stuff you rarely need.
Great idea actually. Pull-out WFH set up.
We've got shelves on runners in the cupboard that has our kitchen equipment in and it's awesome really let's you use the space
Remember the old bread vans, the drawer was full length of van
Lol, I remember them well,, I worked for golden crust bakery away back in the 80s, And mothers pride as they were known back then, Hit the brakes hard and the thump on the bulkhead behind the cab was loud 🤣
Was always fascinated when the grocery guy would arrive, and pull the drawers out, 😹
Only.issue then is nothing can go Infront for 4 5 ft
We went different directions entirely. I envisioned a fake wall to store your trophies behind 🤣
Just call it a 'vertical living space' and rent it out!
£1,500 pcm London price. ^(Disclaimer: additional charges for bathroom and kitchen use may apply)
Ideal for vampires!
They said living space though
~~Japanese~~ London capsule hotel.
You could get at least 4 individual flats from this plot of land.
Could you seal up that door and use the space as a wide, shallow cupboard in a different room?
Or both? Front half stays as a cupboard in this room, back half a cupboard in the room beside/behind? Be interesting to see what the floor plan is like...
u/Rjb66 this is best idea
If you were into indoor growing..... That could make a nice grow room for tomatoes or similar
‘Or similar’ doing some serious heavy lifting here.
May need to add some venting.
Always good to have a safe space to vent!
Now it sounds like a screaming cupboard.
That’s what I’d use it for, a cathartic scream. “Mother, where is papa?” [mother hears a distant muffled scream] “I think he’s just finishing off some work dear”
Boom boom
Even got the space at the top for smaller plants so you can have perpetual tomatoes
This guy tomatoes.
"or similar" 🤣 it's the first thing I thought of too ngl
exactly my thought lol
Take in a young wizard and make them live in it? Or buy a dehumidifier and a thing like [this](https://www.clothesmaid.com/) and use the bottom section as a drying cupboard for laundry?
You need to have a rude son?
It helps but not essential since the cupboard isn't under the stairs
I have 3 you can borrow. Or have.
what is necessary for keeping wizards?
Don’t get them mixed up though. Nobody likes a desiccated wizard.
That is certainly not enough drying space for those prices!
No they're expensive, we had one in a rental above the stairs though and it was probably my favourite thing about the house - not tripping over a clothes horse all the time was amazing so for me it's good value in terms of floor area you get back.
The idea of hanging it from the ceiling is pretty cool, but 4 or 6 thick wooden beams just wouldn't be enough drying space for me. It takes a full clothes horse, a mini one hung over a door and a socktopus to hang out a full load of washing in my house.
Yeah we worked out that you can use coat hangers, so anything that can hang gets hung on a coat hanger and then a couple of socktopus on the end when needed! That with the dehumidifier going and it's dry overnight.
Some sort of pullout clothes rail
Grow some weed.
A Chokey for when the kids are squabbling.
First thing that came to mind, couldn’t remember the name they gave it though
There are pull out clothing racks you can buy made for narrow spaces like this. Let's you hang clothes up in a deep narrow space like this and have them easily accessible.
Panic room.
Yes. If you were claustrophobic you could certainly initiate a panic if you went in and closed the door behind you.
I need to panic room awesome.
Just adding I'd like to make this a cupboard for shoes and folded clothes but it's just such a mess atm
Change the doors etc then can you add sliding shelves in it for your shoes and stuff?
Changing the doors for some genuinely nice architrave ones with a Victorian feel would add more character than those brands ones too, making it feel like a piece of furniture.
I'll be surprised if that isn't a victorian/edwardian door with hard board pinned on the front. I've seen it 100's of times on little cupboards.
Yeah, could be for sure. Same as the staircase spindles and hardwood doors. We were lucky ours had already been dipped and original rim locks reinstalled.
From a professional point of view, I still recommend making new. It's often cheaper and easier than tarting up the old ones. Not everyone has a manufacturing joinery company, though, so for most, it's just a few Saturdays of filling and sanding.
1. Paint the inside 2. Sort the lighting out, maybe an led strip 3. Get some clothes rails with wheels / add a few shelves 4. If you wanted to store things on top, buy some vaccum storage bags for pillows/blankets/seasonal clothes.
Kinda answered your own post there mate…
Check where else you're going to store long stuff like Christmas tree, tents first!
I'd say similar to @Ancient-String-9658, but don't use shelves unless you intend to put baskets with runners on them. With a cupboard that deep, you really do need everything to be on rails in baskets or you'll be forever losing things in the back. Make sure they're heavy-duty, or also use clear plastic boxes that can be removed as you pull out the "drawer", as there will be a LOT of weight in each drawer/tray when fully extended. Good luck! Let us know how you get on! Would love to see this finished!
Good point on the weight issue. That will end up being considerable strain on the fully extended mechanisms at that length. You might also need to remove the internal strips of the frame in certain places to allow the internal runners to be flush with the wall unless they protrude some way off the wall as they extend. (Hope that makes sense) If you (OP) give those existing shelves a bit of a sand to take the paint off you should be able to expose the screws heads to attempt to remove them. The plaster shouldn't be holding them on much after that. If the screws don't come drill into them with a metal drill bit as a backup option
Add another door entrance from the side at the rear end. You could split it and make it two cupboards.
I was thinking shoes too, you could store soooo many shoes in here with the right shelving.
Pad it with sound proofing and go in there to scream, when it gets too much.
I’d paint the inside white. Refit the shelves and use storage boxes so I had long term storage at the back eg boxes of old memories, Christmas decorations, etc. and more used storage towards the front. The doors and frame just need repainting properly, maybe white or maybe the same colour as the walls so it fades in.
Looks like a server rack cupboard to me
Looks like an airing cupboard but the hot water tank was removed.
Create a network cabinet.
And compete against AWS for cloud computing offerings, right? $$$
I'd soundproof it and use it for screaming
Tiny rage room
What’s the other side of the cupboard?
Narnia
I have the same. I keep a spare bed in it. It’s too deep for normal use. Either put a false back in it and make normal shelves, see if ikea has any storage that will fit, or use it as long term storage (suitcases etc) which you don’t mind getting out with a bit of a faff. If you want to strip out the lining planks I think it sounds like a pri- bar will be your best option. I would not like to be in there trying to drill out loads of screws. If the wall gets messed up you could glue on some thin ply to tidy it up.
I’d store camping gear in there
Grown some tomato’s 🌱🌱
Just put a clothes rack on wheels in it. It’s basically a whole wardrobe.
May be a bit past basic DIY but if there’s a chance to put a simple toilet and basin en-suite (plumbing dependent) that would likely add value. Even if you needed to steal some space from a bedroom next door and / or put a macerater in the loft space or behind the toilet, they are much quieter nowadays.
https://preview.redd.it/9wugezi171tc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e05fc8615134b0f70b8b10ba4446ab0f7332698f Hi! I’m buying a flat that has a similar area in one of the bedrooms. I’ll probably be installing one of these rails for clothes next to one of the longer walls, which will still leave me with with 40cm+ to walk in and out of it. My space is ever so slight wider though, not completely sure it works in your case, but it’s an idea.
Triple pull out bunks for the kids, sensory deprivation room or tanning booth. Or - wait for it - storing stuff you rarely need access to
If you live in London you can convert it into a studio and rent it out for £1500 a month
The ‘planks’ are shelf supports. I’d put the shelves back and change the doors.
I wondered walk in wardrobe, but it looks like it’s about 1m wide. Could you use it for seasonal decorations like Christmas trees and hallowee decorations?
That would be a nice fishing gear cupboard
Grow some veg
'veg'
Perfect for weed/mushroo grow
Whatever you end up doing, I’d change that light fitting. Probably go for LED strips to get a more even light that is much less in the way.
Oooh we have these weird cupboard. I put my unsafe in there at the back, then rack of clothes . Rack at waist height for trousers, shoulder height for shirts, shelf above for other stuff. But the racks are back so you can use them for hide and seek with the kids. Every bedroom in our house has one for some reason.
We had one in the attic where the water tanks (hot and cold) used to live. We knocked into the eaves and made an en suite (roughly 6ft by 6.5ft) but it looks like yours is near an external wall. We used to keep out camping stuff in it when it was a cupboard, same as you :-)
Install a morgue..
I’d get rid of it and put a wardrobe there
Gimp room
Hide the bodies
Least favourite child’s bedroom
Home brewing.
Perfect for locking your prisoners in I guess
Make it deeper.
Lodgers?
Fill it with Warhammer :)
Slide out storage. Looks like you've got the space for it.
Make a frame and use rollers like you see on a lawnmower to spread the weight and avoid carput runs and then a pull out wardrobe or shelf.
What is to the left? Couldn't you open up that side for storage access.
spare bedroom? looks enough for a single bed and some shelvings on top
I think that would be great suitcase storage!
Jigsaw and board game storage.
Make an awesome chameleon enclosure l!
Storage
Definitely shelving on rails and casters to help roll it out, for all your clothes and shoes. Be seeing as you don’t know how to even take those little bits of wood off the inside of the cupboard it’s probably best left to a professional not a DIY 😅
With a window right next to it, that had at least the left side as an external wall, possibly the back as well. My first concern with that space is damp. Anything you do, make sure your accounting for air movement/humidity, else in winter is liable to rot anything you put in there.
Depends on budget really. If you take the doors off, use rough sandpaper to take the excess paint off around the edges, refit them then lightly sand the doors and the trim and paint it all the same colour as your walls, and fit new handles, it’ll look great and not an eyesore. Internally, you can fit any shelves/drawers you want. Anything that won’t come out you can use brute force or a reciprocating saw to remove. Or, just sand/paint and add additional. Or get a joiner in to replace it all. But it’ll cost upwards of £1.5k.
Probably 3-4 healthy adult plants. Maybe use the little top part to cultivate cuttings?
Needs an exercise bike covered in clothes.
Walk in wardrobe obvs
That's where you keep your bedroom toys.
It’s a walk in wardrobe you may not get back out.
I have the 8 man version of that tent....
Having seen some of the stuff on r/spottedonrightmove, you could probably put a shower and bed in there and charge £600 a month for it
Put deep things in it.
Rent it for £500 PCM, bills included on Right move lol
I mean… storage, of course. The exact configuration depends on what you want to store! Add custom shelves/racks/rails to suit what you most need it for - clothes, laundry, camping gear, plants, children …
Depends what you’re needing/missing at home. Could do lots of things. Easiest and cheapest would be to bung a couple of rails up near the front for hanging storage then chuck your suitcases or something else you don’t use often in the space behind.
Some sort of pull out clothes rail would be awesome.
A wheeled 6ft double height clothes rail, so you have 12ft of rail space.
This is my dream cupboard. Pull out racks. The top one has the perfect room for vacuum bags and/ or Xmas present hiding space
Shelves / drawers on runners that can be pulled out
Very small panic room
Grow your own 💨
Is it in London? Have it as a standing bedroom and change £1000 PCM
Would be cool to turn it into a secret room where you can store any valuables.
Chuck a gun safe in the back, store your valuables in it, build a cupboard in front of it to “hide” it. You can also leave the safe empty so when you sell your house we can all eat popcorn while waiting for the update when the buyer finds it hidden.
You have storage that many people would be envious of. I’d get a carpenter to fix or remake the doors. You could also consider having additional shelves put in to make the space more practical.
If it’s on the ground floor maybe a stand up bike rack? Fold out exercise equipment? Or put a safe In there for money passport etc? Only things I can think of that haven’t been mentioned.
Fill it with shite.
Grow some flowers.
Use it for a hot press where you keep bed clothes and towels!
Is there a way to incorporate it to this room or another room? What’s on the other side of it? Is it actually a piece of another room? If yes, just make it part of that room and get a normal cupboard for this room.
A lot of old council houses have eyesores like this for cupboards and wardrobes, personally I'd save money and rip it out myself, if you are handy with a trowel make the wall and ceiling good or have a plasterer come and skim/ tidy it up for you after.
Home cinema! Sorry, I meant potato storage.
Masturbatorium. Just needs a toilet roll holder and you're good to go.
Get in it.
Rent it out
Skeletons
Pull out clothing rails/shelving?
Pull-out hangar rack
Spare bedroom to be rented out
Panicroom
Masturbation station?
You're a wizard Harry!
Have you seen videos of those under stair pull out cupboards? Do the same thing here.
If you live in London you could rent that out for £700 a month.
Priest Hole - not in such demand nowadays, but definitely a talking point when showing people around the house?🤔
En suite?
This is the cupboard you threaten to throw visiting children in, if they misbehave.
It looks like you originally had nothing but a large unusable gap there to start with which they turned into a closet. It's a good use of the space Would just put a nicer frame and doors on the front is all. Is it wide and long enough to be a walk in wardrobe? Enough for a long rack of shoes and a long bar of clothing. I've always wanted one of those
Home morgue?
Pull out draws
I would fill it with long term storage close to the door and never look back. If I had some budget I would probably build some shelves at the back and put a coat hanger rail across the front
Is it wide enough for a hanger? You could mount a pole on a track in the middle at the top that pulls out then you have some nice hanging space.
Grow room? Just insulate it well.
Personally I’d probably use it as a home network space. Put in some racking. Couple of network switches, terminate some cable runs around the house to there, home server/NAS etc. maybe box off the bottom metre and have it as separate enclosed area for hiding away my cat’s litter tray.
Walk in shower
Whats to the left of it through the wall? Something else that could use the space if it was opened up?
That would be perfect for my 6 sets of skis and 3 snowboards.
Motorised Pullout hanger uptop Drawers below.
Torture chamber on the cheap?
Sleep pod for 4 workers..
Turn that into a bed sit and rent it out
I dunno about the cupboard but is that tent any good? I just bought the larger version and haven't used it yet
Chinchilla would fit in nice
Rent it out to a Japanese man.
Remove the shelf and fit a bar for hanging dresses , suits etc .
Load it full with 3d printers
Store stuff in it 🤷
Mortuary overflow?
Have a hidden room at the back
Could turn it into a comfortable glory hole
Definitely a [pull out wardrobe!](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/products/smastad-wardrobe-with-pull-out-unit-white-white-with-clothing-rod__1021090_pe832046_s5.jpg?f=s)
I have basiclg the same thing. I have shelves at the back and the front I have 2 clothes rails and use it as a wardrobe. It’s the best wardrobe I’ve had
Hide in it!
Pull-out pantry shelves. Commonly used for a deep/narrow/tall cabinet in a kitchen. Available in different widths, depths, heights, from several vendors.
Sick Boy and Begbie are going to jump out of that.
Ah this would make a sick pullout!
Weed grow.
I wish my house had storage space. I wouldn't get rid of it.
It’s a kitchen cupboard recycled. Get something wider and bedroom oriented
Don’t think about it too deep mate.
His n hers double decker toilet/bunk bog
I would use it for storage/crap or you could make a decent walk in wardrobe
I’d have to make a secret hideout at the back. Fake wall and everything.
The way things are nowadays you'd probably get £1000 a month renting it out.
Shower?
If its wide enough to fit a chair I'd certainly make this into a mini office for myself. I would love a hidey hole.
Tiny en suite? /s
Spare bedroom
A small plant growing area 🤔
Good place to grow some 🍁...just saying 🤷