Thanks for that. With reach in I mean longer skinner wardrobes with sliding doors. Wouldn't 2 x 2 just make it a miniature walk in

A version of one of these might work for your dilemma. Surely one of them can be tweaked to work for your window.

Go with crushed rock, and put enough down that you a have decent walkway or whatever, but not so much that you sink into it--you'll know the right depth when you get to it. Use a large rake to rake it out. We have that around our trees in the front mostly because the grass didn't grow under them, and our dogs run back and forth barking at the kids playing in the street. We found it to be a very good solution to the problem. And we did put scalloped edging bricks around the whole area.

Some inspiration, the last pic is clever with the bookcase, you would have a lip on the shelves to stop books falling off every time you open the door, but it sure serves two purposes