My new Kilt Kupboard (Kloset)

[sydnie7]

That's lovely. Bob and I have been off-and-on looking for some sort of kilt cabinet, but everything sold as a "wardrobe" is only 18 inches deep. Seems to me the kilts would be squished. I'll second the call for selling plans, but can you reveal (so to speak) how deep you had yours made?

[longhuntr74]

Also...wondering what materials it is made of? White cedar, pine? If it's not made of cedar, is there cedar lining?

Reading this thread and another today about long term storage has given me an idea. I have an antique wardrobe in my bedroom that has shelves on one side and the other side is currently unused because it has neither shelves nor a hanging clothes rod. In truth, as others have alluded to, its really not deep enough to mount a hanging clothes rod in...but I think it might be wide enough of a compartment to hang kilts. I'm thinking, now, of lining that half of the wardrobe with cedar and installing some sort of bar, etc to hang my small collection (3 so far) of kilts and a couple of jackets perhaps (if I have room). I've always been a fan of this picture:

[ErikGarrett]

I read in another post a recommendation to roll the kilt rather than hang to preserve the pleats. Based on this assumption, I am working on plans for a chest of drawers that would look something like a deep spice cabinet with one drawer for a kilt, mostly of cedar with holes in the sides of the drawers for air flow. Thoughts on the merits of this vs. the hanging cabinet, which would take far less wood and be cheaper/easier to build.

[KiltedDixon]

Great Thinking! Nice piece of woodwork.

[Brian K]

I've always been a fan of this picture:

It's a nice picture and enough to make a man jealous. Two of those kilts can't be had for love nor money by us ordinary mortals. The Duke may have had a smaller collection than his great-nephew does, but it certainly is a nice one.
I also don't think I've ever seen the Prince wear a nice houndstooth like the jacket in the picture.

[Standard]

I wanted better access to my growing kollection, so I designed a piece of bedroom furniture for the purpose. It was built by a local carpenter.
I figured - why have a full size wardrobe/closet when kilts only need half the height?
Here is the end result:

Looks great Graham. It appears to be the perfect size for hanging kilts. The only two things that I'd do different is to line it in cedar, and have a drawer the full width (or perhapse two drawers 1/2 width) of the top for storage of sporrans, sgains and kilt pins. Other than that, it looks like a project that would benifit many of us, and give us reason to buy more kilts!

[ForresterModern]

Beauty. Nice idea.

While I was away to Scotland for "The Kilted Golf Odyssey" for nine days last August my wife emptied my kilt closet (no not that way, thank goodness) in a little used guest room and had some custom closet makers build one with two sets of hanging racks right sized for my kilts and jackets on hangers in or out of garment bags, numerous shelves for brogues and sporrans and such, and multiple drawers for just about everything else, all cedar backed or lined. Unfortunately the everything else part spilled out into the guest room dresser drawers with too many hose and small kilt and cap pins, etc... I still need to find more efficient ways of organizing some smaller stuff, but it works great.

And all this as my belated Father's Day gift from The Wife (as she has been known here on the forum), who really does not like my kilt habit or even the way I look in a kilt, let alone my ongoing kilt budget. Thank you, Wife, if I have not said it enough lately.

[AKScott]

I read in another post a recommendation to roll the kilt rather than hang to preserve the pleats. Based on this assumption, I am working on plans for a chest of drawers that would look something like a deep spice cabinet with one drawer for a kilt, mostly of cedar with holes in the sides of the drawers for air flow. Thoughts on the merits of this vs. the hanging cabinet, which would take far less wood and be cheaper/easier to build.

Having tried both rolled and hung, I am a fan of hung.

The two hangers with clips to hang a pair of slacks method is a bit finicky at first, but easily mastered.

My one kilt held up fine rolled for several weeks, but I find adjusting two hangers to be less time bother than making the space and taking the time to roll.

End of the day, both methods work fine but I do encourage you to drop $3.99 on a pair of hangers and try it before you spring for custom cabinetry.

For travel, certainly I'll roll and toss the two hangers in my suitcase, a rolled up kilt is a safe kilt.

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[Schiehallion]

I have been looking for a cupboard just like that for ages. It's excellent Graham !

[Graham]

Thanks for the kind words, and Tobus, you are right, it is full already, need to have another made