BH | Studio Stamford Slatted 2-Door Wardrobe

Before closets were built into houses, clothes lived in furniture. The English clothes press and the French armoire were tall cabinets made to hold a household's linen and garments, and in the nineteenth century the freestanding wardrobe, with a rail inside for hanging clothes, became standard in the bedroom.

It stands 71 inches tall, with two doors covered top to bottom in fine vertical slats that make the whole piece look like a single carved panel. They open on soft-close hinges onto a tall interior with two metal hanging rails for shirts, dresses and coats, plus shelves you can move to suit folded sweaters, jeans and bed linen. The cabinet is engineered wood in a smooth wood-grain laminate, set on a low plinth so it sits squarely on the floor. Assembly is required.

Use it as the main wardrobe in a bedroom without a closet, in a guest room, or in a living room or entry as tall storage for coats, vacuum and board games. The warm grain and vertical lines look smart beside a linen-covered bed and a jute rug; set a pair of woven baskets on top and a brass hook rail nearby for a robe. This listing is for one wardrobe.