Norwich and Norfolk
Fitted wardrobes
A standard wardrobe rarely fills the wall. Fitted wardrobes are made to the room.
Georgian townhouses, Victorian terraces and later houses share a practical problem: chimney breasts, sash reveals and alcoves that a standard wardrobe never quite fills. R.E. Woods & Son makes fitted wardrobes for those rooms at the family workshop in Thuxton.
In Holt, a fitted wardrobe may have to clear a sloping ceiling or a chimney breast. In Burnham Market, the brief is often wardrobes in a bedroom that was never meant to have them, or a freestanding sideboard where you would rather not build in. Wells-next-the-Sea, Blakeney, Wymondham, Dereham and North Norfolk are the same kind of work: furniture made to the wall that is there.
Drawings are agreed first, the piece is made in the workshop, and it is fitted in the house. The workshop is at Thuxton, Mountain Ash, Dereham Road, NR9 4QH, about 12 miles west of Norwich and five miles south-east of Dereham. Thuxton is six miles north-west of Wymondham, on the B1135.
Timber on the bench is the European oak, walnut and painted hardwood already described on the services page. The sequence from drawing to fitting is on the process page. Other fitted and freestanding pieces are in the bespoke furniture portfolio.
The photographs on this page are workshop pieces. The portfolio does not tie the fitted-wardrobe photograph to a Norwich, Holt, Blakeney, Dereham or North Norfolk address.
Kitchen design and fitting are not handled on this site. Bespoke Kitchens Norfolk.
Photographs from the workshop
These are examples of wardrobe work already published on the site. Each caption names the piece.
Fitted wardrobes made in the workshop. The portfolio does not tie this photograph to one address.
Walnut veneer wardrobe doors, from the furniture photographs already on the site. Not a named commission.
Frequently asked questions
Fitted wardrobes
Where are fitted wardrobes made?
R.E. Woods & Son makes fitted wardrobes at the family workshop in Thuxton: Mountain Ash, Dereham Road, Thuxton, Norfolk, NR9 4QH. Drawings are agreed first, the piece is made in the workshop, and it is fitted in the house. The workshop is open Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00. The phone number is 01362 850460.
Do you make fitted wardrobes for Norwich and Norfolk?
Yes. The workshop is about 12 miles west of Norwich, and five miles south-east of Dereham. Fitted wardrobes are made for homes in Norwich, Holt, Burnham Market, Wells-next-the-Sea, Blakeney, Wymondham, Dereham and North Norfolk.
What do fitted wardrobes have to work around?
Chimney breasts, sash reveals and alcoves that a standard wardrobe never quite fills. Party walls are often not square. In a bedroom, a fitted wardrobe may have to clear a sloping ceiling or a chimney breast. A bookcase or wardrobe may also have to accept ceiling heights that change between parts of a house.
Are the photographs on this page of a particular house?
No. The photographs are workshop pieces. The portfolio does not tie the fitted-wardrobe photograph to a Norwich, Holt, Blakeney, Dereham or North Norfolk address, and it does not name a house for the walnut veneer wardrobe doors.
Do you make kitchens as well as wardrobes?
Kitchen design and fitting are not handled on this site. Bespoke kitchens are on Bespoke Kitchens Norfolk, at bespokekitchensnorfolk.co.uk. Freestanding furniture, including sideboards and bookcases, is still made at the Thuxton workshop.
Commission fitted wardrobes
Call the workshop on 01362 850460, or send the room, the rough sizes and a few photographs through the contact form. Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.