Private, flats and rooms · Berlin-Britz

Fitted wardrobe under the roof pitch, Hufeisensiedlung

2.00 m wide · approx. 2.20 m high · up to 70 cm deep · white laminated carcass, thick walnut veneer edges, oiledHufeisensiedlung, Berlin-Britz

An attic with exposed rafters and a pitch running from the eaves up under the ridge. The wardrobe follows that slope: the doors are cut to the angle, and the drawers sit where the height allows for them.

The fronts are white, edged in oiled walnut. They run in a continuous shadow gap, so the shadow gap follows the roof line.

What was asked for was maximum storage. Beyond the roof pitch itself, the difficulty was the beam running diagonally through the middle of the recess, which had to be taken up into the wardrobe. Around 45 hours of work.

The same attic in the Hufeisensiedlung before the work: exposed rafters and collar beams under the pitch, walls plastered, floor already laid.
Before
The finished fitted wardrobe under the roof pitch: white fronts with walnut edges, doors and drawers cut to the angle of the slope, the handles fitted.
After
Fitted wardrobe under the roof pitch: the smallest compartment is built as a pull-out shelf unit with three shelves, shown pulled out.
The smallest compartment as a pull-out shelf unit
The wardrobe open from the front: a hanging rail across the full width, with a stack of drawers beside it.
Hanging rail and drawers
The upper part of the unit, open: a shelf bay beneath the old roof beam, which stays visible, with a drawer pulled out below it.
A shelf bay beneath the roof beam

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