A wardrobe quotation goes wrong long before the panels are cut. It goes wrong on the enquiry, when the buyer writes "walnut melamine wardrobe, 3 doors" and nothing else. Two suppliers then build two different things, both of which technically answer that sentence, and the difference shows up later as a grain direction that fights the room, a carcass that does not line up with the flooring joint, or a door face that reads orange-brown under the bedroom lighting instead of the grey-oak tone on the sample board.

At SANTERSON we build made-to-measure built-in furniture for villa and apartment projects, and our Wood Grain Melamine Wardrobes are specified project by project — finish, layout and dimensions confirmed for each space. The checklist below is the same information we ask a buyer or specifier to settle before production starts. You do not need to answer all of it up front; you do need to know which questions are still open.

Start with the opening, not the door count

Door count describes appearance. It says nothing about what fits inside or whether the unit can physically be installed. Record the opening first:

• Finished width and height at three points each — left, centre, right for height; front, centre, back for depth — because walls are rarely square.
• Where the finished floor level falls, and whether flooring or skirting is installed before or after the wardrobe.
• Ceiling condition: flat slab, cornice, bulkhead, sprinkler head, downlight, or a curtain recess the unit has to stop short of.
• Obstacles inside the envelope — power points, switch plates, AC returns, radiators, pipework, structural columns.
• Door swing and clearance in front of the wardrobe, which decides hinged, sliding or open configurations.

Specify the wood grain, in words that survive shipping

"Wood grain" covers an enormous range. A written specification should name:

• The species or decorative reference — oak, walnut, teak, ash, maple — and whether the look is figured, straight-grained or rustic.
• The surface texture: a smooth foil, an embossed grain that registers to the printed pattern, or a deeper structure. Our Textured Melamine Wardrobes are chosen when buyers want the grain to be felt as well as seen.
• Sheen. A matte face hides fingerprints and reads soft in a bedroom; a glossy face reflects light and enlarges a narrow corridor. See Matte Finish Melamine Wardrobes and Glossy Finish Melamine Wardrobes.
• Grain direction on each panel — vertical, horizontal or matching across a run — and where breaks are allowed.
• Edge treatment: matching edge band, contrasting band, or a visible carcass edge where the unit is open at the end.

Colour names do not travel well between factories. Approve a physical sample board, mark it with your project name and revision date, sign it, and keep one copy at your end. That signed sample becomes the acceptance reference for every subsequent delivery, which matters most on multi-unit or staged work.

Describe what happens inside

Interior layout is where a wardrobe earns its keep, and it is the part buyers most often leave blank. Specify by how you actually use the space:

• Hanging zones: long-hang for dresses and coats, double-hang for shirts and trousers, and the rail height each needs.
• Drawer count and depth — shallow for accessories, deep for knitwear — plus whether you want soft close.
• Shelving spans: wide shelves bow under weight, so note what will sit on them.
• Open versus closed storage. Open ends display books and bags but collect dust in a bedroom facing a balcony door.
• Specialist items: a mirror panel, an ironing bay, a laundry hamper column, a safe, a lighting strip inside the carcass.

Where one wardrobe is not enough, our modular and walk-in ranges let you plan around the room instead of the piece of furniture — Combination Modular Wardrobes for a run along one wall, Boutique Style Walk in Wardrobes when there is a separate room to work with.

Name the matching joinery in the same package

A wardrobe rarely stands alone. The bedside panelling, the door leaves, the window sills and the kitchen cabinetry are what make a project look designed or assembled. If those faces need to match, say so at enquiry stage — matching grain and edge colour across ranges is a decision that has to be made before panels are ordered, not after.

For the same wood-grain melamine face in wet areas and food storage, our kitchen line covers Wood Grain Melamine Cabinets, Two Tone Melamine Cabinets and Minimalist Slab Melamine Cabinets. Grouping these into one order means one sample set, one production schedule and one container.

Write down the things that decide price

Two enquiries with identical dimensions can price far apart. The variables to state in writing:

• Quantity — one unit, a floor of units, or several villas on the same specification.
• Carcass material and thickness where the project has a fire or durability requirement to meet; state the requirement, not your assumed solution.
• Hardware brand and type, or whether you want us to propose it.
• Delivery terms and destination — port, site address, or door-to-door.
• Phasing: which units are needed first, and whether later lots must match an approved first lot.

We handle custom design and OEM work, so a buyer with their own drawings, hardware schedule or branding can send those as-is. If you do not have drawings, we start from the site dimensions and a brief, then work through design and detail confirmation before anything is cut.

A short pre-production checklist

• Site dimensions taken at finished levels, with obstacles marked.
• Signed sample board for face colour, grain and sheen, kept on file.
• Interior layout drawn to your hanging and drawer requirements.
• Grain direction and edge treatment agreed per panel.
• Matching joinery identified across wardrobes, panelling and cabinetry.
• Quantities, phasing and delivery terms confirmed in writing.

Send that package and the quotation comparison becomes a like-for-like exercise rather than a guess. As a one-stop furniture and building materials supplier, we take those details straight into production, packing and door-to-door delivery for villa, hospitality and office projects.

Working on a wardrobe or cabinetry package and not sure which of these details are settled? Email the drawings, dimensions and photographs you already have to santerson@qq.com, or contact PHILLIP on WhatsApp +86-13928214007 — we will tell you what is still missing before anything goes into production.