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THAT’S WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS!

Wardrobe fit to burst? If you’ve got a spare £14k, upgrade to a deluxe dressing room – just like these fashion addicts

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One unit is for shoes and bags . . . but I still have a separate shoe room!

LISA TONKISS, 51, a housewife, lives in Little Aston, Staffordsh­ire, with husband John, 52, a CEO, and their children aged 21, 19 and 17. She says:

THE thought of having a dressing room had never occurred to me until we converted the loft of our three-storey home into a master suite. The space is so vast it would have been daft not to create one.

The top floor is just for John and me, and the dressing room is the first space at the top of our staircase, leading into the bedroom and bathroom beyond.

I wanted something with a contempora­ry feel, with an island and soft seating. We paid about £10,500 for it and it’s added a giant wow factor to our home.

All six double wardrobes have white gloss doors to bounce light back into the room. Longer items hang on the top rail, smaller ones lower down. There’s a unit for shoes and bags.

We have three double wardrobes each and the island is full of John’s things. I’ve got a separate room downstairs just for shoes.

The dressing room is kept looking as if it’s in a show home, with pretty cushions and scented candles.

But it’s so much more than just a place to store clothes or get dressed.

My husband works away in the week, so I love to join him there for a proper chat away from the chaos of family life, while he’s packing for the week ahead or unpacking.

And when we have people over it’s the most lovely, light, bright space to sit — my girlfriend­s love it.

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