A wardrobe quotation goes wrong long before the first panel is cut. The drawing says “acrylic”, the sample board says “gloss”, the site measure comes back with two different heights, and nobody wrote down which side the doors open on. When the finished Two Tone Acrylic Wardrobes arrive on site, everyone is suddenly reading the same document again. A clear product specification is what stops that. This guide sets out the fields a buyer, contractor or designer should lock down before an order is placed, using our two-tone acrylic wardrobe programme as the working example.
What a product specification actually has to do
A specification is not a brochure. Its job is to remove the three things that cause most joinery disputes: ambiguity about what is being supplied, ambiguity about what is excluded, and ambiguity about who confirms what and when. For a made-to-measure built-in wardrobe, that means the document must be readable by a factory production team, a site builder and a client, and mean the same thing to all three.
In practice we ask for one specification sheet per wardrobe run, not one per bedroom type. A villa or apartment project with repeated room layouts still has different reveal depths, skirting details and floor levels. Every open question answered in writing at specification stage is a variation you do not have to negotiate after the panels are cut.
The six fields to lock down before ordering
Our Two Tone Acrylic Wardrobes are supplied as made-to-measure built-in furniture, with the finish, layout and dimensions specified per project. The fields below are the ones that decide whether the units fit and look right on completion.
1. Measured openings, not nominal room sizes
Record width, height and depth at three points each — left, centre, right — and note which measurement is the minimum. Finished floor level, ceiling level, skirting, architraves, radiators, downlights and door swings all need to be shown on the same sketch as dimensions. Where the wall is out of plumb, state whether the wardrobe is to be scribed, packed or built to a straight line, and who is responsible for making good.
2. Door construction and opening geometry
State hinged, sliding or open, the number of doors, the hinge side for each door, and the required clearance in front of the unit. Sliding doors need their stacking side and track clearance named; hinged doors need the swing checked against beds, handles and room entries. For a two-tone elevation, list which panels carry which colour so the factory and the client are looking at the same drawing.
3. Surface finish, sheen and grain direction
Name the two tones, the sheen and the direction of any grain or texture, then confirm the finish against a physical sample rather than a screen. If the project also specifies Matte Acrylic Wardrobes in a second room, say so explicitly and keep the sheen difference visible on the elevation, because matte and gloss read very differently under the same bedroom lighting. Keep signed sample references on the specification sheet itself, with the sample code, so a later replacement panel can be matched.
4. Internal layout by user, not by habit
Specify hanging zones by garment length — long garments, shirts, short garments — plus shelf spans, drawer counts and heights, and any provisions for lighting, mirrors, trouser pull-outs or a safe. Internal layout is where the wardrobe is either useful or frustrating for years, and it is the cheapest thing to change on paper. Where a run serves rental or hotel rooms, standardise the layout and write it once, then note only the exceptions.
5. Substrate, edge and hardware schedule
The acrylic surface is only part of the build. The specification should state the board material for carcass and doors, the edge treatment, the handle or handleless detail, and the make and model of hinges, slides and any opening mechanism. Hardware listed by model number, with quantities per unit, is hardware that arrives on site. Hardware described as “quality soft-close” is hardware that arrives as whatever was in stock.
6. Scope boundary, tolerance and sign-off
Close the sheet with a short exclusions list: site preparation, making good of walls and floors, electrical connection, removal of existing joinery, and any trades the wardrobe depends on. State the permissible tolerance for scribing and packing, name the person who signs off the shop drawing, and record the date of that sign-off. Nothing goes into production until that signature exists.
A practical specification checklist
| Field | What to write down | Evidence attached |
|---|---|---|
| Openings | Width, height, depth at three points; minimum dimension; finished floor and ceiling levels | Dimensioned sketch, dated, measured by a named person |
| Elevation | Door count, opening type, hinge or stacking side, two-tone panel map | Scaled elevation with room datum lines |
| Finish | Both tones, sheen level, grain or texture direction, sample code | Signed and dated physical sample reference |
| Internal layout | Hanging heights by garment type, shelf spans, drawer count and heights | Plan of each unit with vertical dimensions |
| Build schedule | Board material, edge treatment, handle detail, hardware by model and quantity | Hardware list with supplier or model numbers |
| Scope and sign-off | Exclusions, scribing tolerance, delivery sequence, storage on site, signatory | Signed shop drawing with date |
Where the specification meets our process
We supply these wardrobes through our Custom & OEM Service, which covers bespoke finishes and textures alongside custom design and prototyping. Send us the measured openings and the internal layout you need, and we return shop drawings that carry the same information back to you for checking — the elevation, the two-tone panel map, the hardware schedule and the internal dimensions. Nothing enters production until those drawings are signed. For projects that also need matching cabinetry, vanities or doors, we coordinate the same finishes across those elements so the joinery reads as one design rather than several purchases.
On larger jobs we work through our Turnkey Solutions scope, which runs consultation, design and planning, production, logistics, installation and after-sales as one programme. That matters for wardrobes specifically, because a badly sequenced delivery — units on site before the floor is finished, or before first fix is signed off — creates the same disputes a poor specification does, just later and more expensively.
Three specification mistakes we see on site
Specifying the colour but not the sheen. Two clients can both approve “grey” and receive completely different surfaces. Write the sheen and check it under the actual bedroom lighting before sign-off.
Drawing the wardrobe before the floor is levelled. If the finished floor level moves after measurement, every height on the sheet is wrong. Confirm the floor build-up and ceiling finish on the drawing, not verbally.
Leaving internal layout to the supplier. We can advise, and we do, but the layout has to reflect how the room is used. A specification that says only “shelves and hanging rail” will be produced exactly as written.
Before you send your enquiry
Attach three things and we can price accurately: the dimensioned sketch of each opening, the elevation with the two-tone arrangement marked, and the internal layout by zone. If you are comparing wardrobe types, send the same set and we will tell you where Two Tone Acrylic Wardrobes differ in build and cost from single-finish or melamine alternatives, rather than quoting on assumption. Dimensions and selected specifications are confirmed project by project, so the signed shop drawing — not the enquiry email — is the record that governs the order.