An honest and true craftsman who aint afraid to admit he's human and makes mistakes - watching Charlie is like watching a wood wizard at work - great video and well worth the wait - 10/10
There are too many great things about Charlie's videos to list them all. For me the top one is his humility and openness about mistakes. It's easy to get frustrated with yourself for mistakes but knowing a pro like Charlie also makes them is comforting and fixing is never as painful as the prospect seems. Thank you Charlie!
Can't thank you enough for that. Yep, I'll always show the mistakes because that's the reality of DIY. I'll get pilloried for them on the other social media channels that I feel obliged to post on but YT is where my proper audience is, and I'll keep it real for as long as you guys appreciate it. Thanks again. It's not easy doing this stuff but I can't tell you how valuable your comments are in incentivising me to keep making the content.👊
Simon, that's incredibly kind, thanks. Good luck with your project (I'm assuming you're planning one) and drop me a line if you ever have any questions 👍🏻
Thank you Charlie. The level of detail you provide and explanations of thought in processes and mistakes make your videos much more useful and watchable.
No need to say sorry Charlie! Extremely thorough as always. You should be well proud of the end result. What a colossal undertaking!! Thanks for all the tips!!!
Thank you Charlie for making these videos. There's certain elements of woodworking / cabinet making that are intimidating but you present the methods in a way that's easy for the average DIYer to understand.
You're welcome, mate. Yep, you just have to overcome that initial inertia, and give it a go. You might make a few mistakes but it's all part of the learning process and you'll feel epic once you create something.
The nail gun really is brilliant, I picked one up a year or so ago and I've used it for all sorts of jobs. You just need to make yourself a router table, it makes some of the jobs you've done so much easier. Wardrobes look great. 👍
Charlie, it would well be worth putting an edit of how to adjust the Euro hinges as a separate video. You did a great explanation of how to adjust them there
What a beeeeeautiful result! I've learnt so much and picked up so many helpful tips from this series. Thank you so much. Your videos are a massive cut above most and so enjoyable. Don't ever apologise for the length of them- the detail is much appreciated 🙏
Brilliant final result Charlie. The wardrobes look great. I bet the missus is delighted to get her clothes back out of the garage and bathroom after 2 years! 😂
Hi Charlie, well done you got there, looks great. You can get a fine pin gun then you barely see the pin holes, Makita battery gun is the best tool I've bought in years. Invest in a 1/2 inch collar router with a 35mm Trend blum hole cutter and leave it set up, saves loads of time as depth and 22mm in is always set up. Dead flat varnish is a good option over that dark paint. I use Hafele rechargable motion lights about 120mm x70mm they are so quick n easy to fit. Glue the rails and not the door panel that way you can make sure the glue is where it needs to be. Keep up the good work. Paul Thomson Furniture Makers
Thanks Paul - some wonderful info in there - thanks for sharing. Funnily enough I drilled one hole with my DeWalt 1/2 inch router and it was too fast - burnt the hole and then I Googled and learnt you're not meant to use forstner bits with routers. What's your take on that?
@@CharlieDIYte turn the router speed right down to number 2 speed slow and steady like a pillar drill. Call any time 9 to 4 must use a trend 35mm cutter
Also in that club, my wife visited some family and came back with a video of their wardrobes. In their case they brought over a specialist from Italy to make them, I fear expectations may need to be 'managed' if I'm doing them :)
All I can say is wow, and well done, video is done to perfection, the "handy man" work is out of the world. Big shout out from South Africa. You are true inspiration. May be I have not listen properly, but are you a carpenter by trade or just a brilliant DIY person. Thank you for all the detailed info in metric in your link. Gives me the courageous to finally redo my small kitchen, you are a magician and showed everything needed to be done. Thanks for that. Just a pitty we can not order from all your suppliers. Well done, lastly, why did you decide on that specific colour? Looks good though.😊
Thanks so much Nat. No, just a DIYer. The paint was Farrow and Ball Hague Blue but mixed by Johnstone's. Really appreciate the comment. Yes go for it, you'll have a lot of fun and will feel epic when you've done it 👊
I have just watched all 7 of these videos. What a true and honest gent you are. Well done with the whole project, I can't wait to put all of your lessons into practice. Thank you so much.
Superb job, Charlie. This project build has been a total triumph. The floor to ceiling wardrobes maximise space & the navy blue shaker style doors are modern yet timeless. So much love, energy & thought has gone into this (not forgetting blood, sweat & tears). Well done! If I want to uber picky, I would have put in a longer inside mirror & a rear view mirror on the inside of the opposite door so you & your other half can see your full outfits front & back & top to toe. Good for your insta photos too but that’s just me! You should be very proud of yourself. Amazing job.
Thanks so much for that wonderful comment. After reading it I went and mulled over your suggestion about the double mirrors. I might have to do that! 👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you for the video series and being such an inspiration. I've just been building my own wardrobes, albeit with sliding doors. I'm currently constructing the drawers but should be all done in a week or so! Couldn't have done it without your videos. Thanks again.
Thanks William. That's truly humbling to hear that. Similarly I owe so much to you all for keeping me going with the wonderful comments over the years 👊🏻👍🏻
When you're making things completely from scratch into an odd shaped space, there really is no manual or rule book, particularly if you don't have a totally concise end plan and have done it before and encountered all these problems you need to solve. For me, it's watching Charlie deal with these hurdles, and deal with them in a brilliant way that makes the series and the wardrobes themselves an absolute triumph. Also a great way to train your DIY brain for when you don't have the skill set, tools and huge workshop to bail you out.
This is such an AWESOME Job - no wonders you were busy for so long. Thank you so much for sharing all the details with us. You are a star!!! You did such a beautiful job on those wardrobes.
Thank you so much for that 🙏 Yes they're going well. I just need a protective coating for the doors as they do scuff if you accidentally catch them on the drawers.👍.
A fantastic job Charlie, of which you should be extremely proud. Thank you for the videos. They’re very informative and please don’t apologise for their length when you cover so much.
Thanks so much for that Mark. It's been a huge source of encouragement over the years reading wonderful comments like yours. Keeps me going with all the hours of editing 👊🏻
You sir should never feel the need to say sorry about the length of your videos. The amount of useful info about the subject of each and every one of your vids is incredible and you deserve all the likes and growth your channel will undoubtedly achieve!! Thankyou for every video you upload. 👌 Ahh yes also the wardrobes look amazing you should be proud! im thinking of tackling some in my sons room! 👍
Another great project. Honestly a bit too far out of my comfort zone. But what I really like is that I see other tools, hardware and tips that I think "You know what? That might just be the perfect thing for the job I am thinking of doing". Keep out the great work.
That's brilliant Thomas, and actually those other jobs are the springboard to bigger and greater projects. I wouldn't have known where to start something like this 10 years ago 👍🏻
Thanks so much 🙏 Really chuffed you've enjoyed it. Yes F&B Hague Blue. I was really worried it might be a bit daring but I'm really pleased with it now.
Thank you so much for all your help and knowledge - these are my go-to videos to learn more about DIY! I'm about to start the fitted wardrobe project - after my Dad's mismeasuring the first time round! 🤦♀Anyway, onwards and upwards! After plenty of measuring and remeasuring checks, we are having the MDF pieces cut to size by our local timber merchants (as we don't have the best cutting tools for the wardrobe carcasses) and making sure we take each step of the project carefully, with slow and (correctly!) measured steps!! 😄 It might take a while but we will send you an update when the project is complete.
Very sensible to get it precut. I'd have loved to do that but was too disorganised and my walls too wonky 🤣 So humbled you find my vids useful and thanks for getting in touch. 👍
Superb job and a great series of videos. The best bit is that rather than just showing us how you did it, you show us your mistakes, your lessons and how to do better next time. That not only takes a lot of extra time but also a lot of guts to show your flaws.
Congratulations on your new wardrobe! The final product looks very professional and stylish, I wish you and your family use it happily for a long time 👍👍👍
Great job Charlie - what a marathon. Thorough as ever - personally I'm not interested if the details aren't included. It's so much easier to avoid mistakes with the completeness of your explanations. Oh - and the wardrobes don't look too shabby either!
Best ironmongery for cupboard doors, kitchencabinets, draawers etc in the world. Being an Austrian company, their name is pronounced 'Bloohm', but I don't think they mind either way as long as you buy their products ;) I used when I build a complete kitchen from scratch some 10 years ago. smooth beyond belief.
I really enjoy watching your videos Charlie ive been a keen Diy'er for years..i know that the tradesmen guys have far more expensive tools but you show how you can shop around and get by with less expensive ones..your very humble and explain things with great detail that we can reiterate with..kerp up the Good Work.
Such a great series, liked seeing where you went wrong and how you improved your process. Such a superb finish and something which anyone would be hugely proud of.
An enormous amount of work, but I'm sure a joiner would have rushed your £15-18k at least for these wardrobes. The best part is that you included all the mistakes which i think makes these videos all the more informative and engaging. Brilliantly put together, making these videos can take as long as doing the work itself, nothing but admiration for what you've done here and the results are simply fantastic.
Absolutely fantastic. a real top job. glad to see you tell us about your mistakes, as most others just edit them out. which just isn't realistic as the best of us always make mistakes.
Yes I should have done that. I always forget something and often it's something really obvious like this! 🤦 Might be one for the Patreon channel when I get that up and running.
Can't thank you enough to your that Rick - that's high praise in what is an increasingly competitive market place. Chuffed you've found my vids useful and great to have you on board. Thanks for the comment 👊
@@CharlieDIYte yes!, I will watch through your series for guidance. It would be interesting to know a bull park for your cost of materials excluding the freebies you had.
Such useful videos !!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all the effort in putting these videos together, and even bigger thank you in sharing your experience and knowledge
Brilliant video thank you. I am just about to rip a section of single skin wall out and replace with built in wardrobe myself and this couldn't have come at a better time! Appreciate the honesty with mistakes etc. I shall take a lot of the content into my project!
