THE CARPENTER
For all the reasons mentioned, we tend to trust only a carpenter, assess the situation on site and realize a perfect project by producing a complicated, customer-specific solution with custom-made panels. We have to take two things into account here: a craftsman rightly has high labor costs, so this version will be expensive, or else sacrifice material: as a rule, cupboards from carpenters can be found who have to use inferior material. Often there are wardrobes that do not have a rear wall, where the wardrobe covering top or the base has been dispensed with or whose side walls and shelves have to do with a white melamine with only 18 mm. Perhaps they have sliding doors that are nice to look at from the outside, but these cabinets are not of good quality: if you think about the fact that in these cabinets we store the things that we carry directly on our bodies every day (clothes and underwear, shoes and jewellery), or keeping folders with important documents in the office, you have to know that all these things do not tolerate moisture or dust and dirt that gets into cupboards that are not really well sealed. We believe that only truly extraordinary, custom-made wardrobes made of high-quality solid wood and of a certain exclusivity belong in the hands of a master carpenter.
A WIDE RANGE OF CHEAP SOLUTIONS
Of course, you can also be satisfied with non-ideal, but very economical compromises that we find in mass furniture stores, at the large retailers or in the Internet. That means losing side space or upstairs, which looks not ideal and reduces storage space. In addition, a lot of dust accumulates on the cupboard, and regular cleaning is now also necessary inside and outside the wardrobe. In a way, this is the only solution if the goal is to keep costs to a minimum. But be careful: this choice can turn out to be a boomerang. These wardrobes have a much shorter lifespan, also because they are designed with the intention of being assembled only once. It is simply not possible to dismantle and reassemble them, as they become unusable and cannot be reassembled. This means that the purchase is required again without having a valuable cupboard, just a cheap solution at the moment. In terms of the environment and nature, this solution, which ultimately supports a throwaway society, remains questionable.