Bespoke Under Stairs Cupboard and Drawers in Lincolnshire | Handleless Oak Veneer

Bespoke Under Stairs Cupboard and Drawers in South Witham, Lincolnshire

The space under the stairs is almost never a useful cupboard as it comes. This South Witham, Lincolnshire job turned it into two things that actually work: a tall handleless cupboard in the square end, and three drawers that follow the pitch of the stairs.

Finished fronts: a full-height cupboard and three drawer faces, set to the pitch of the stairs.

What we built

• A full-height cupboard in the taller leftover space, hinged and push-to-open
• Three drawers under the string — a smaller upper drawer, a deeper lower one, and a third tucked into the tight right-hand corner
• Matt white laminate on the outside
• Oak veneer on the interiors
• No handles anywhere: everything is push to open and push to close

Closed up, it reads as panelling rather than storage. That matters in a hallway, where handles would snag and a dark under-stair void usually becomes a dumping ground.

Oak veneer interiors, with the cupboard open beside the drawers.

Why a cupboard and drawers together

A single door under the whole staircase leaves you kneeling into a dark triangle. All drawers can waste the tall space at the side, where you might want to stand something upright. Here the square end became a proper cupboard, and the awkward taper became drawers that bring the contents out to you.

Each drawer is a different depth, so the space under the lowest treads still earns its keep — including that last box tucked into the right-hand corner.

For a different take on the same problem, we built three handleless drawers under the stairs in Melton Mowbray — no cupboard that time, just drawers following the stringer.

Materials and finish

• Matt white laminate facias
• Oak veneer interiors
• Push-to-open / push-to-close hardware, no handles
• Made to the opening, not an off-the-shelf carcass forced in

Local joinery from Snap Pod

This project was in South Witham, Lincolnshire. Snap Pod Ltd is based in Melton Mowbray, and alongside the glamping pods we take on fitted carpentry: under-stair storage, wardrobes, doors, decking and other joinery around Leicestershire.

If you’ve got a similar unused space, send a photo and a rough width. I can usually tell from that whether drawers will work, a cupboard is the better job, or — as here — a bit of both.

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