DIY duckbar wardrobe

In each house, sooner or later, the problem of placing things accumulated over the years that clutter up living space arises, interfere and create a feeling of disorder. To streamline all this chaos, you can equip a dressing room in the house if the existing space allows.

But, not everyone can allocate a whole room for such purposes today, although most of the female part of the population dreams of this.

So that the dream does not remain unrealized, you can make a dressing room with your own hands from drywall. For a person with experience with this material, the embodiment of such an idea is not particularly difficult. This article was created in order to answer the question of how to make a dressing room made of drywall simply, quickly and at the lowest cost.

Wardrobe functions

First of all, the main functions should be identified, assigned to this practical structure.

1. Systematization and streamlining of a storage system. This is the main function of a drywall dressing room. With its creation, a certain order is introduced into the process of placing clothing for storage. You no longer have to look for one or another thing, a thing throughout the apartment, everything will now have its own place.
2. The elimination of clutter in the main zones of the dwelling.   This is the "second side of the coin." Not only is the clothes in its place, it will also disappear from the backs of chairs, sofa armrests and other places not intended for such use.
3. Saving space. With the advent of the dressing room, sections of cabinets and chests of drawers, which were crowded. Perhaps you can remove some of them at all. Sliding wardrobes will be replaced by sliding cabinets, which is also effective in the struggle for free space.
4. Decorative function.  The apartment equipped with a dressing room becomes cleaner and more spacious. The outer part of the structure is usually finished in one stylistic manner with other parts of the room.

Place for the dressing room

Now study carefully where specifically in your house can be placed a dressing room. We give possible options for its location.

1. The dead end of the corridor. It is very convenient if the corridor ends with a dead end. It can be painlessly fenced off from the residential part of the house, and it is rational to use this area, having equipped a dressing room on it.
2. Niches. The presence of a niche is a chance for those who want to arrange a dressing room in a small apartment. In this case, it should be understood that the size of the structure is strictly limited by the dimensions of the recess itself.
3. Balconies and loggias. As another option for placing dressing rooms, balconies or loggias will help to leave the untouched area of \u200b\u200bliving rooms. It is only necessary to notice that the balcony should be well isolated. In the opposite case, there is a risk that the walls of the structure will be deformed from high humidity. And what kind of preservation of things in such a place can be discussed.
4. The fenced part of the living room. If not one of the above advantages is observed in your apartment, you will have to sacrifice the area of \u200b\u200bexisting rooms. A good compromise can be an angular wardrobe made of drywall. Such a model “eats” less space and allows you to use the space in the very corner, which is usually empty. An example of such a wardrobe made of drywall can be observed in the photo below:

But, most often, the wardrobe made of drywall is traditionally built in the bedroom (so that it is convenient to change clothes) or the corridor (convenient proximity to the entrance doors).

Filling the dressing room

Internal content can be different, depending on the needs. But, nevertheless, there are a number of standard modules that are usually used to create a dressing room.

1. Tremplel crossbar. In this part, dresses, raincoats, coats, fur coats and much more are placed.
2. The lower shoe storage section. It can be one or more shelves or special boxes.
3. The upper section for placing hats and accessories. Such a regiment is divided by partitions. In the resulting cells you can place containers or drawers, in which it is much more convenient to store the "small things".

Necessary tools and materials

1. Drywall sheets;
2. Metal profiles;
3. Level;
4. Mineral wool (if you decide to do insulation);
5. Screwdriver and screws;
6. Punch and dowel;
7. Knife to give the drywall the desired shape;
8. Putty and spatula;
9. Primer.

The sequence of actions

Performing the drawing

In extreme cases, draw a simplified plan indicating the size. If you have very bad with geometry and drawing, then it is better to attract someone more aware in this matter to the implementation of this stage. The correct drawing is half the success when creating any design.

Marking

Make a pencil mark of the main nodes of the structure, based on the dimensions indicated in the drawing. For convenience, the location of the profiles can be marked with adhesive tape.

  Installation of the frame and casing

1. Attach to the wall the bearing bar with dowels, check its horizontality using the level.
2. Insert vertical profiles with brackets in her grooves, on which all kinds of shelves, crossbars and hooks will be attached.
3. Remove them, observing a distance of 60 cm and fix them.
4. Attach guide profiles to the ceiling and floor, using a punch and dowel.
5. Insert vertical racks into the supporting profiles, in parallel because they are fixed against the wall.
6. Fasten the shelves on the brackets with a screwdriver and screws, install the bar for tremple, hang hooks.
7. Using a knife, cut the drywall sheets of the desired size and shape.
8. Attach with screws of drywall on the inside of the frame, using a screwdriver.
9. Before sheathing the structure on the other hand, you can lay a layer of mineral wool, which will provide heat and sound insulation of the dressing room.
10. Take care of the lighting. It's time to lay the wiring, if this is provided by the project. Ideally, if in the wall on the basis of which you make a dressing room, there is a ready -made socket. Then it will be enough for you to choose a suitable lamp and turn it on. In the absence of a socket, you have to do it. It is better to call for the help of an electrician. With it, you can also discuss the possibility of installing spotlights in the ceiling or in the area of \u200b\u200bthe shelves.
11. Sew the structure with drywall sheets from the outside, fastening them to metal profiles.   If there are no wires inside the frame, and the project does not provide additional isolation, then the dressing room can not be sheathed inside, but simply pashed with wallpaper or painted.

Installation of the door

 The most suitable for this design is a sliding door. Often it is made mirror. Swing doors are not appropriate in conditions of saving space. Many people prefer to simply hang at the entrance to the dressing room, spectacular curtain made of dense fabric.

Decoration of the design and equipment of the territory inside the dressing room

1.   Process the joints and seams of GKL (ideally, the entire surface) with putty.
2.   Apply to the entire surface of the walls a dressing room.
3. Get the final finish.

As for the final stage of the decoration of drywall walls, there are several possible options:

• painting;
• wallpaper pasting;
• wood sheathing.

The choice of cladding should be based on a combination with the main decorations and furniture of the room. The outer walls of the dressing room should be a logical continuation of the main walls, their same decoration will visually increase the room. It is better to perform the inner surface in neutral pastel colors, multi -colored dresses, shoes and handbags, and so they will make the room a variegated room.

About filling the insides of the dressing room was said above.  The quality and material of the configuration elements is completely dependent on your material capabilities and taste preferences.

If desired, you can independently decorate containers and boxes. Decoupage, art painting, liver and many other newfangled directions of the decor are widely described on the network.  The new room must have a full -length mirror. It can be hung on the wall, or you can make the mirror surface of the sliding door.

If the place inside the structure is enough, then in the middle of the dressing room (or in the corner), put the ottoman. These elements will help to try on clothes and shoes most comfortable and pleasant. By the way, the ottoman can also be made hollow, and stored belts, clutches and other small things inside.