When the wardrobe first came into my shop, my customer and I were going over it to see what needed  repair. I noticed that the left end panel had two shelf cleats attached to it but the other end panel didn't. There were also shelf cleats towards the top of each end panel, which obviously held a long shelf that was sitting there with the other parts. I figured there were two shelves missing but where were the other set of shelf cleats?
    Closer inspection brought up another question. I noticed the only shelf had a hole about 3/8" in diameter through it about two thirds of the length down the board. I made a mental note of that and continued examining the various parts. When we got to the base unit, it was a few minutes before my attention focused on another vacant hole located in the center rail of the frame and panel top for the base unit. So, the new question now was, "What was this hole for"?
    It finally became clear to me what the holes were when my customer remarked that the shelf kept falling when he had it setup at home. Since both end panels and the center panel used dowels, which projected from both ends, to "attach" them to the case, those holes were for receiving dowels and positioning the part. 
     I realized the answer to several nagging questions was that parts of the wardrobe were missing. There probably was an off-center divider in this wardrobe originally, which explains the missing shelf cleats, would offer support for the top shelf, would've used dowels to locate and "attach" it, and sectioned off a space inside for hanging clothes.
    My customer wanted a hanger rod installed, so I needed to make hanger brackets for it, two small shelves, a couple of new shelf cleats, and a center divider. I used white oak to make up the new divider. I suppose a case could be made for using frame and panel construction on the new divider but I went with a simpler solid panel.

    The old top shelf was in really rough shape and since I had to make two shorter shelves anyway, I decided to make a new one for the top too. Since I had a good quantity of quartersawn sycamore on hand, I chose to make the new shelves from it.
    This is a shot of one of the new shelves. That's sure some pretty figure for shelving that'll be covered up by clothes!!