Last October 21 and 25th, I showed how to make a roombox using three sheets of foamcore from Dollarama.
https://stalbertmini.blogspot.com/2023/10/500-roombox-from-foamcore.html
https://stalbertmini.blogspot.com/2023/10/roombox-from-foamcore-2.html
When the box was finished, there was one 10" x 20" single piece of foamcore remaining.
Although I was very pleased with the box, the width of 20" was a bit too wide for me. I have a beautiful bedroom suite that I bought years ago that I though I would use for this. I also bought a complete bathroom at a club estate sale awhile back that I considered using for an ensuite. Then I took a look at my bulletin boards and spotted one covered with clothes and shoes. Remembered I also have a glass and brass display containing 8 hats. AHA! Definitely needed a walk-in closet!
To make the wall, I took the remaining piece of foamcore and cut a channel 3/8" wide down the middle of it. (Again, only cut just through the top and middle layers of cardboard then fold the foamcore back - this will cleanly shear through the bottom layer of foam and leave the back piece of cardboard intact.) When you have done this on both sides, you can take an X-Acto knife or any slim piece of metal and remove the foamcore, leaving your channel.
Fold both sides of the foamcore into the channel and glue then together. Weigh down and allow to dry.
I had enough of this paper (from deSerres) to wrap around the wall, glue, weigh down and let dry.
I laid the door against the wall where I wanted it and traced around the inner frame.
Cut around the tracing
And installed the door.
I pinned the roombox together with T-pins and measured and marked lines 6 1/4"* from the right wall. I then unpinned them and on both the floor and the ceiling, I cut channels 3/8" wide 6 1/4" from the right wall and removed them.
* This is an arbitrary measurement....I think the ensuite would have worked with 6" but my idea for the walk-in closet was for a closet on the right hand wall that was 2" deep with a bench on the left hand side that was 1 1/2" deep and I wanted a good-sized aisle between the two. So many variables here. So map out what you want and decide what the width needs to be. If you're doing a kitchen pantry, you may want to have shelving, a deep freeze, maybe even a washer/dryer.
With the channels cut, I installed the wall and used my corner clamps to ensure that everything fit and all the angles were correct. Then one corner at a time, I released the clamp, glued that corner, then reclamped it. When all four corners were glued, I left everything until the glue dried.
NOTE: I did not glue the inner wall in at any point and will not later when I attach the back of the room. This will allow me to (theoretically) remove it and possibly change the wallpaper or the door. Also, the door is just dry-fitted (very snugly) and I have not yet added the casing on the closet side. This will allow me to remove it and stain or paint it before the roombox is finally finished.
The final step! Place the roombox face down on your worktable, fit the back piece lightly in place and tack it with T-pins. Turn it over and with a pencil, mark where your inner wall goes.
Draw your lines on both sides of the inner wall against the back wall, remove the back wall and cut a channel in that back wall for it. Put the back wall in place and glue it.
Ready to start decorating!
I bought the door from a club estate sale for $5, the wallpaper was just a scrap from other projects so I declare this project as being under $10.00.
