How to equip a dressing room with your own hands

The correct organization of space in the house is an important component of comfort. Each thing in a dwelling should have its own place, and especially for clothing and shoes. A rationally and well -designed wardrobe will allow you to carefully and beautifully decompose all clothing items, and order and cleanliness will always reign in the rooms of the house. In this article we will tell you how to properly equip a wardrobe room.

Wardrobe device: selection of a place, layout

There are 3 main types of layout of the dressing room:

1. The angular layout means that the room is located in the free corner. Small -sized corner dressing rooms can most often be found in bedrooms, hallways, and sometimes in children's rooms.
2. The wardrobe P-shaped layouts have a square or rectangular shape, and the shelves and rods in them are installed along three walls. The role of the fourth wall, as a rule, is played by the door. Such a dressing room can be arranged in the living room, in the hall or in the bedroom, the main thing is that the room has sufficient space. The P-shaped layout is very convenient, as it allows you to use every centimeter of the area as efficiently as possible. In this kind of cabinet, many things will fit, the doors can be used as screen and mirrors. In addition, zoning the room on the male and female half will allow the inhabitants of the house to place their clothes with maximum convenience.
3. The linear layout is appropriate in small apartments, where there is no suitable place for the location of a full -fledged dressing room. In fact, such a dressing room is a narrow long cabinet installed along the wall of the room.

Considering the ideas of creating a dressing room, first of all, you need to choose a suitable place for her in her home. Let's describe in more detail several of these options:

1. There are times when the apartment is planned in such a way that in some of its rooms there are so -called “appendicitis”. They are small niches in the walls, which are often not considered by the owners as a useful area, respectively, are not used effectively. It is in this appendicitis that you can make a small dressing room.
2. The pantry is another place in the apartment that can be found more worthy use than just a warehouse of unnecessary things. It is very simple to make a dressing room in the pantry, for this you need to remove unused objects from the room and equip the room with the necessary elements for storing clothing and shoes.
3. If there are no pantries or appendixes in the house, for the dressing room you will have to allocate a place in the living room. In small areas, it is best to occupy corner zones, in spacious apartments you can distinguish part of a room: bedrooms, hallway, and nursery. The corner layout allows you to effectively use unnecessary space, for example, “dead zones” between two closely located doors, two windows or a window and a door.
4. A good idea for the dressing room is its arrangement on the balcony or on the loggia. To do this, part of the glazing is replaced with opaque material, and also lay in the walls a dressing room of insulation, so that in winter things are better stored and to wear them more pleasant.
5. You can make a dressing room in the hallway or in the corridor, if their area allows. But the bedroom is considered the most popular place, because it is in it that we often dress and put ourselves in order. In a large bedroom, a separate zone can be distinguished for this purpose, placing a drywall partition and lining it with finishing material. For installation of doors, reinforced racks are equipped. It is not necessary to sheathe wardrobe from the inside, so as not to spend extra centimeters, but it is convenient to use open metal profiles to install the shelves. Instead of drywall sheets, you can use chipboard or MDF. These options are good in that they will not require putty and finishing, since they are considered a decorative cladding. The only nuance is that the slabs will have to be selected in accordance with the style and color design of the room.

Features of the arrangement of dressing rooms

In the dressing room, every centimeter of the area must be used really. Even before you fill the room with devices for storing clothing, determine the composition and number of things that are planned to be placed there. Based on this, calculate the sizes of shelves and niches. When arranging a dressing room, create several zones to hide things there according to the frequency of their use.

Various systems for storing clothing and shoes will help to fill the dressing room:

1. The mesh or cellular system is a supporting rail attached to the wall, on which various elements are mounted: shelves, compartments, boxes, etc. Such a system today is considered a very popular option due to its dynamism. All its details can be changed, rearranged, supplemented with something new. Such a system will fit into a room of any size and configuration, because, in fact, it somehow resembles a designer from which you can assemble anything. Mesh systems are widely used not only in dressing rooms, but also in pantries, cabinets and other storage rooms. If necessary, the structure can be expanded or cut, or can be dismantled and transferred to another place.
2. Those who pay a lot of attention to the design of the dressing room, mesh systems trimmed with natural wood are suitable. With the same functionality and practicality, they will look more prestigious and attractive.
3. Unlike a cellular system, finished with a natural tree, the design of chipboard will be much cheaper. This budget option is suitable for those who want to create comfort in the room for reasonable money. The dressing room with boxes and shelves made of woody plate looks textured, natural and warm, but in terms of practicality and convenience it is inferior to mesh systems. When creating such a design, it is necessary to foresee and plan places to place all the elements of the room, since it will be problematic to change something later.

For the convenience of storing things in the dressing room, a variety of shelves, stamps, hangers, hooks, baskets, pantographs, boxes and other accessories are installed, which will help place clothes and shoes with maximum practicality and comfort. Very convenient elements are sliding hangers and rods, which are often used to fill small dressing rooms in size. A pantograph is a special retractable bar that can be lowered or lifted to the upper tiers of the structure to hide non -seasonal things there. Pantographs are extremely convenient to use, they can be built into any dressing room, and only high cost is considered their only minus.

When thinking about the design of the dressing room, pay attention not only to the functionality of the details, but also to their appearance. Today, decorative baskets and shelves trimmed with wood, textiles, straw weaving, etc. are very popular. They look much more attractive than ordinary mesh parts, and the decor can always be selected in accordance with the stylistic direction of the interior.

Baskets and shelves in the dressing room are both stationary and sliding. The second option is much more convenient, therefore it is used much more often. In a retractable basket, finding the desired element of clothing is much easier, and for greater comfort, some baskets even equip wheels. The racks that are equipped with the dressing room should move if possible, so that they can be installed at the optimal height.

For storage of shoes in the dressing rooms, special shelves “shoe” are provided for, for ties, trousers and belts in the room, special hangers should also be present.

If the dimensions of the dressing room allow, it can be saved not only by clothes and shoes, but also some household items: vacuum cleaner, iron, ironing board, etc. For these items, it is also advisable to select a special place, for example, for an ironing board you can equip a narrow niche near the wall, and make a separate shelf for an iron.

Zoning of the wardrobe room

Regardless of the size, it is advisable to divide any dressing room into zones. As a rule, there are three:

1. The lower zone of the room is designed to save those things that are used less than all. It is most convenient to place drawers in this place where you will hide bedding and various little things. Often in the lower zone, a space for storing shoes is equipped. If you decide to allocate a place for shoes not in the hallway, but in the wardrobe room, try to make the shelves quite high, at least 45 cm. This is the height indicator will allow you to store women's boots without wringing their shafts.
2. The middle zone serves to store the most commonly used clothes. Here are placed rods with hangers, shelves, drawers. The rods in the dressing room can be hung in parallel or perpendicular to the wall, the choice of the option largely depends on the depth of the cabinet. The rods are mounted at such a height that the distance from it to the floor is equal to the longest thing. As a rule, such a distance is 1.5-1.8 m. In a large dressing room, you can make a lifting mechanism so that the shoulders with clothes rise almost to the ceiling. Such a mechanism is expensive, besides, it does not withstand such loads as a stationary bar. As for the shelves and drawers, they should be equipped at eye level or a little lower, so that you always see what is inside. For a better review, you can use boxes with a transparent gable of plastic or wire basket. Wire structures are also good in that it allow things to constantly ventilate. In the middle zone, you can hang hooks. It is not worth constantly storing clothes on them, since it is stretched, but for temporary use, for example, when dressing, they are very convenient.
3. The upper zone is designed to hide temporarily unnecessary clothes, hats, hats and other hats. As a rule, such a zone is equipped under the very ceiling, and access to it is provided using a stairs. For storage of hats, shelves are provided with a height of more than 20 cm and a depth of at least 25 cm. It is also appropriate to use drawers where small objects can be folded. In some rooms, the upper zone is equipped with regiments for saving off -season shoes.

The dressing room must be equipped with a ventilation system to provide clothes for a long service life. If the room has sufficient dimensions, there is enough space for free air access. But if in the dressing room closely and things are stored close to each other, it is better to artificially create an exhaust ventilation system. Remember that humidity spoils the clothes, gives it an unpleasant odor, reduces the life of the service. In such a room, if its dimensions allow, it is better to create a special zone for wet clothes and shoes and make a separate ventilation there.

Doors in the wardrobe room

If the dressing room is equipped as a separate room, it must be equipped with a door. Doors should be selected by those that will fit well according to the style in the overall interior of the dwelling. It is also desirable that the door leaf looks attractive not only from the outside, but also inside the room.

Modern manufacturers offer a huge range of products. Today, mirror surfaces are very popular, which can be equipped with completely transparent or matte glass, and may contain any pattern. Doors with a reflective surface are not only attractive, but also practical, since they can save money and the space of the room on the installation of a separate mirror.

An alternative to mirror doors will be wooden, rattan or glass surfaces. Doors with a stained glass pattern or made of matte glass look stylish and expensive. In the production of such structures, plastic is often used, which can be given any color and texture, apply a beautiful pattern. In large wardrobe doors can be combined and combine several shades and types of materials.

The door systems in the modern construction market are represented by two options, they are steel or aluminum. Aluminum are considered a more expensive analogue, but they are silent, attractive externally and work very smoothly. Wardrobe doors are also classified according to the type of structure, highlighting the following types:

• sliding;
• swing;
• doors in the form of an accordion.

The choice of the option depends on the size of the room and personal preferences. For example, for swing systems, it is necessary that there is a lot of space in the room, while sliding doors can be installed even in a narrow and cramped room.

Lighting is dressing room

Lighting in the dressing room plays a very important role, so you need to provide places for the location of the lamps at the stage of planning the room. Very often in such rooms, ceiling lamps are used, which allow you to view even the most remote corners of the upper shelves. The backlight can be equipped on the walls so that you can see the contents of the shelves and boxes located in the middle and lower wardrobe zones. In this case, the lamps can be built directly into the boxes or placed on the brackets along the walls.

In dressing angular configuration, lamps on clothespins are often used. They are convenient in that they allow you to change the angle of inclination, directing the rays to the right place. It is advisable to equip the lamps in the dressing room with a system of automatic inclusion and disconnecting - this is how you will save electricity.

For such rooms, it is better to choose LED lighting. With sufficient brightness, such lamps do not heat up, therefore they are fireproof. The most striking halogen lamps are considered, but it is impossible to place them nearby with clothes, since they are heated to very high temperatures.

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