My closet and personal space is a mess. Clothes are everywhere and this is causing strife with my wife (I think I just wrote a country music song there). No joke, it's probably leading to a separation.
Although the latter situation is probably not salvageable at this point, I still need to fix this space for myself, and I feel like the fastest way to is to buy a Pax system from Ikea. I can put two of their wardrobes in my closet and only have about 6-8" of space from the side to the closet wall, and they look fine to me. I know they have lots of options (sliding doors, drawers, etc) with hardware that is already sourced so there would be almost no work on my part besides designing what I want.
On the other hand, the woodworker in me says I should be able to easily build this and save some money and make it fit my space perfectly. I started looking online for hardware (e.g. pull out trouser rails, etc) and it wasn't the easiest thing to do, finding all the parts needed to build my own equivalent to an Ikea wardrobe. The value of my time aside, I know that when I take on a seemingly simple project it often seems to stretch on forever. And in this scenario figuring out what I want involves sourcing out and ordering out all the required hardware and figuring out how to make it all work together. And then there's the question of whether or not the cost for that hardware would anywhere be near the price of the Ikea hardware.
The other thing I thought was I could build my own frame around Ikea hardware and just buy that stuff from them, but since their dimensions are pretty much standard I think I'd still end up with unused space.
So my question is, if I am satisfied with the general look of an Ikea wardrobe, should I just buy one ? Are there any self-respecting woodworkers here who have opted to buy Ikea in some situations ?
Thanks all !