Last week the wardrobe team had a meeting to begin putting ideas together for the design of the wardrobe. Working with the space constraints of a 4’ wide by 5’high frame, the team came up with two conceptual drawings. The picture below shows both designs.

The first design labelled 1 consists of adjustable shelving on the right side, whereas the second design labelled 2 consists of a 1’ high by 4’ wide shelf on the top. The first design allows for greater versatility with shelving options based on the size of objects to be stored, and also enables the children to easily reach objects stored. Both options have drawers on the bottom that are 2’ feet wide and 1’ high.

We presented our client with both design options and asked him to choose which option he would like better. Dave chose the first option with the vertical adjustable shelving on the right side of the wardrobe. We will proceed to optimize the material costs for this design during our next meeting.

After reading break, our team will head to Rona to decide on which materials would be the best to use for the wardrobe that are within our budget. We will mainly be looking at quality and appearance of wood material, as well as extra materials such as drawer handles and screws.

The next step into the timeline for completion of the project will be to figure out when and where we will fabricate and assemble the pieces of the wardrobe. Afterwards, if time and budget permits, we may paint or varnish the wardrobe together with the kids from CityReach.