The one where we buy new wardrobes for our bedroom

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Tonight we go to bed with the smell of sawdust in our lungs.

After almost eight years in our house, we’ve had some new wardrobes fitted in our bedroom. They’re called Sliderobes. I mention that because I’m not sure if that’s a common name all over the world.

When we first moved in, it was a new build house and we had a lot of furnishing to do. So we spent a lot of money on a lot of cheap self-assembly furniture. It looked okay at the time, but over the years a lot of it has started to look rickety.

So Lisa and I decided to start working on the house room by room. One room roughly every six months. But doing what we didn’t do first time round – we’re concentrating on getting the standard of finish really high this time round. Getting the woodwork perfect, accessorizing the room and getting a tasteful colour scheme established.

The first task was to replace our wobbling wardrobes. After pricing the official “sliderobes” providers, we got in touch with a local company through a family friend who quoted a really competitive price.

And today, braving the treacherous Arctic conditions Northern Ireland is facing, they arrived to fit the new wardrobes. We swiftly pulled apart our old furniture and dumped it (saving a few bits for a cosy evening fire). The guys showed up around mid-day and went to work. They might have left the front door open one too many times, letting in icy air and the possibility of a few rodents (hope not), but they worked solidly and by about 7pm we had some shiny new wardrobes!

This new installation runs the whole length of one wall, with four subdivisions – lots of hanging space combined with drawers and shelving, and all of it behind sliding mirrored doors. It makes the room look infinitely tidier. Next on our decorative checklist is getting wallpaper for a feature wall on the opposite side of the room. And then maybe some matching curtains/bedding/soft furnishings.