Interior of the cloakroom with their own hands

Each hostess aspires in the most functional way to equip a zone for storage of clothes and footwear. In modern conditions, a comfortable dressing room acts as an indicator of functionality and practicality. Selecting a suitable place in the house, special designs for the dressing room can be made to order, and then mount them. If there is a desire and armed with carpentry tools, such a storage area in your home can be issued independently.

Advantages of arranging the wardrobe

The history of the use of the cloak room is many centuries old. The ancient Greeks and inhabitants of ancient Rome used such premises extensively, in medieval Europe carefully thought-out dressing rooms were an integral element of boudoir culture. In tsarist Russia, in well-to-do families, specially equipped premises of this kind acted as an indicator of respectability. After the revolution, the presence of a dressing room in a private house or apartment was declared a bourgeois remnant and a sign of impermissible luxury. Nevertheless, gradually the wardrobe began to restore lost ground. In modern residential projects often provides for a compact room or a spacious niche for a dressing room. At present, the presence of a specially designated zone with well thought out storage structures can be appreciated by many people.

The advantages of arranging a dressing room include the following:

• carefully planning what, where and how it will be stored, you will get a conveniently structured space where all items are placed in their assigned places. If necessary, it will not be difficult to quickly find a certain thing;
• the appearance of a storage area in which things can be neatly placed in a straightened form so that they do not crumple, spoil, are not exposed to the effects of dampness and pests. In the case of thoughtful placement, clothing and footwear do not lose their shape for a long time. Thus, things are less exposed to wear - placing them in storage in the dressing room, it is realistic to extend their service life by at least 15%;
• equipped with a special area for storage, you can save money on the purchase of several voluminous cabinets, as well as place in other rooms, while avoiding cluttering them and cluttering furniture. In addition, thanks to the equipment of a separate dressing room, there are additional opportunities for design of different rooms;
• placement of components for the wardrobe is easy to plan in such a way as to maximize the use of space of any configuration, including various niches, corners and sections of ceilings, which is not always possible with cabinet furniture.

General principles of dressing room

If you are depressed, that your storage systems in the house are not structured enough, and you have to constantly remove the scattered things, it is worth considering the arrangement of a dressing room, in which clothes and shoes can be stored for a long time. Even if your budget is limited to a small amount, it is quite possible for many owners to organize a compact functional area for placing various things by their own hands, including in an ordinary apartment. To do this, you first need to decide which things and in what quantities you are going to put in storage in the dressing room. It is not necessary to plan it as a backup option, you will need to clearly define the purpose of the arrangement of this room. As a rule, the organization of the storage zone is the last step, after finishing and decorating the living quarters. The choice of the style of the interior of the dressing room depends on the personal taste of the owners, nevertheless, it is required to achieve that it harmoniously fits into the style decision of the dwelling as a whole.

First of all, it is necessary to take into account the availability of free space. To equip the dressing room will need to allocate space with dimensions not less than 1x1.5 m. In this case, it is quite possible to compactly place all the necessary shelves, racks and hangers. Excellent, if the area of ​​this functional area allows you to provide a place for dressing in front of the mirror( it is desirable that it could consider itself in full growth).

Selection of

materials. When fitting out the dressing room, various furniture and decoration materials can be applied:

• many home craftsmen choose their plasterboard sheets, which are attached to a strong frame made of metal profiles. This material is vapor-permeable and absorbs excess moisture, which helps maintain an optimal microclimate in the dressing room. In addition, it provides ample opportunities to design rooms of different configurations. Nevertheless, after the installation of such a structure will require additional finishing work for the design of the interior of the dressing room. It should also be noted that under the influence of significant loads gypsum boards with a thickness of less than 5 cm can sag;
• natural wood has the necessary strength, as well as porosity, necessary to absorb moisture and give it in the right quantities;
• wood-like properties( except porosity) has a laminate, as well as lining, MDF panels. To reduce the cost of building a dressing room from these materials is easy, having ordered cutting and processing of the edges of the cuts of the necessary dimensions in the workshop. It should be taken into account that the laminate is not distinguished by steam permeability, therefore moisture can accumulate on it, which negatively affects the state of things put on storage. Avoid these situations can be using silica gel - it will need to be packaged in bags of cotton fabric and placed in different sections of the dressing room.

Design elements

When planning the arrangement and design of the dressing room, it is worth considering that this room needs sufficient ventilation. Door constructions should be placed in such a way that there is a small gap providing air exchange - for this purpose it is necessary to provide slots from above and from below on 1,5-2 cm, or a number of apertures. In the cloakroom closed type it is necessary to use mesh or perforated shelves. The design of an open type wardrobe in the form of shelving provides the necessary air exchange in the presence of shelves of any type. Ready-made sections for a wardrobe of various sizes and configurations can be purchased in stores. In addition, they can be made independently of a stainless welded wire mesh with small cells.

Dimensions of the

wardrobe elements Before starting the construction of this room, you will need to think over the number of sections and their sizes necessary for convenient placement of things.

In the design of the dressing room may need to provide:

• compartment for outer clothing with a height of 1.5 m to the level of the bar, above it - another 10-15 cm;
• department for clothes on shoulders at least 1 m high( and 10-15 cm above the bar);
• shelves for shoes and hats with a height sufficient to accommodate the most dimensional object, with the addition of a few centimeters;
• compartments for clothes with a height of about 30-45 cm.

The required depth of the compartments can be determined by measuring the width of the widest shoulders and adding to it 10-15 cm. In case of a shortage of free space, you can limit it to a distance of 45-70 cm.

WidthIt is easy to count the compartments as follows:

• 18-25 cm for each piece of warm clothing for the cold season;
• 10-16 cm for a light windbreaker or a raincoat;
• 6-12 cm for blouse or shirt;
• for hats, shoe and linen shelves - in accordance with adjacent garment compartments.

It should be noted that the lowest value of the separation width should correspond to the maximum depth. In order to ensure air circulation, it will be necessary to provide a clearance in the compartments filled with things, at least 5 cm. For convenient use it will take about 10 cm.

Ways to equip the wardrobe

. As a dressing room there can be both a separate room specially designed for the layout and a converted storage room. In addition, a well-equipped niche, an attic or an allocated part of the premises, for example, a corridor or a bedroom, will also suit. In any case, in order to avoid the appearance of musty smell and spoilage of things, it will be necessary to provide fresh air in the dressing room.

Depending on the availability of the area, you can use various ways to equip the dressing room:

• allocate a separate small room - for this you can use a closet or a closet. This option is quite convenient - it will remain to perform finishing work and equip suitable storage systems;
• fence part of the room( for example, a bedroom, a corridor "appendix", an attic, a children's room) under the dressing room or make a suitable redevelopment.

Save space in a small room is easy, providing in the interior of the room corner wardrobe. It can be built using partitions made of plasterboard, glass or plastic, as well as sliding and swinging doors. For the arrangement of shelves it is recommended to use chipboard, they can be supplemented with net baskets of various sizes. This wardrobe takes up very little space, while being multifunctional and convenient to use.

Interior of the dressing room - photo

Cloakroom in the niche or pantry

You can use the storage space( closet) as well as the niches with a depth of at least 1 meter and a width of 1.5-2 m to decorate the dressing room. If the free space allows you to arrange a dressing room,having established in a convenient place the modular modular case with necessary branches. In this way, it is easy to achieve orderly storage of things. Such a design can be assembled from ready-made modules or made to order.

In order not to clutter up the limited space, you will need to abandon the installation of cabinet furniture. In such cases, it is worth to choose one of the designs described below:

• light frame-struts made of metal in the loft style( from floor to ceiling or walls) with suspended shelves and storage systems. To mount the pillars, a monolithic wall is not needed, they can be fixed on a plasterboard partition or in the middle of the room. If necessary, such a construction is easy to disassemble and install in a new location;
• paneling of walls with panels "buazeri" on which in a horizontal plane regiments and dividers are fixed. For such structures do not need a bearing ceiling, they are mounted on walls, capable of withstanding significant loads. If necessary, the storage elements can be swapped. In addition, for the arrangement of the interior of a small walk-in wardrobe, mobile pedestals that can be rolled out of the premises are suitable.

In the dressing room, equipped from a niche or pantry, it will be necessary to build an entrance structure and choose the way of interior decoration, as well as provide ventilation and lighting. For a niche in the bedroom, equipped for a wardrobe, you can use doors made of translucent glass. If the niche is located in the corridor, it is advisable to place the entrance to it in the form of a doorway or in the tone of the wall.

Wardrobe in the living room or corridor

For the design of the dressing room in the children's room it is convenient to use a two-storeyed structure located at the stationary wall with a bed at the top. In this case, below the building is a mini dressing room with cabinets attached to the wall, as well as a chest of drawers, drawers for toys and sports equipment. It should be noted that it will be necessary to provide artificial lighting at the level of the lower tier of the structure.

Arrangement of the interior of a small dressing room must be thought out in such a way that it is convenient enough for them to use various family members. In order to organize a dressing room, you can carry out the redevelopment, adding or moving the wall( note that in case of living in an apartment building you will need to obtain permission to make such changes beforehand).In addition, you can partition off part of the space in the bedroom or corridor.

The interior of bedrooms with built-in wardrobe can be decorated in various ways. Harmoniously look and very convenient to use wardrobes with mirrored doors, as well as structures in which part of the bedroom is separated by sliding along the guide doors. Quite stylishly looks the interior of the bedroom with a dressing room, separated from the main space of the room by a partition of translucent or frosted glass, as well as with a drawing. In addition, if you set the center of the bedroom shelving and put a bed to it with a headboard, then you can equip it with a dressing room.

Bedroom interior with wardrobe - photo

Wardrobe in the attic

Attic are distinguished by non-standard layout. First, you need to decide on which of the walls will be equipped with a wardrobe:

• if you chose a low wall, it is worth considering that it is advisable to install structures for storing things at a height of not less than a meter. For this purpose, the curbstones, equipped with drawers, as well as open shelves. In such cases, it is convenient to use low constructions in the form of racks in the style of "loft", as well as custom-built compact furniture, optimally suitable for the sloping form of the ceiling;
• combine in the attic bedroom with dressing room is easy, placing a bed or sofa near a low wall, near the window. In this case, the storage area will be located at the high wall. The type of filling of the dressing room in this case can be any.

How to arrange a dressing room with your own hands

If you are planning to make a custom-made wardrobe in the workshop, you can also allocate some money to pay for installation work. Arrangement of a dressing room on its own, no doubt, will be much cheaper. If desired, to build it out of drywall sheets is even able to build a novice in the construction industry.

For this you need to prepare:

• metal profile for the construction of the supporting frame;
• drywall;
• self-tapping screws and screwdrivers;
• tape measure;
• scissors for cutting metal.

First, you need to find the right place for a dressing room and decide on its design. After that it is necessary to calculate the necessary number of compartments and their dimensions, and then draw a plan for the placement of structural elements and apply marking.

Next, you need to perform this workflow:

• mount a sturdy frame frame from the metal profile - for this you need to cut it into pieces according to the dimensions of the room and attach it to the screws to the surface of the floor, walls and ceiling. First, the floor profile is mounted, then the vertical racks and horizontal ceiling parts. To strengthen the frame and give it the necessary stability, the vertical posts must be fastened with transverse sections of the profile;
• further prepared design will need to be sewed on top and on the sides of plasterboard. As the skin of the frame it is recommended to use two layers of this material, placing between them a layer of any insulation to ensure sound insulation. Inside this design, you will also need to arrange the wiring. Seams of plating should be sealed with putty;
• will then need to install the fixtures. In the wardrobe room, the point lights seem to be winning. If desired, you can equip it with a stretch ceiling;
• for decorating the walls of the dressing room, you can apply painting, pasting with washable or bamboo wallpaper, and also drape them with a cloth, lacquer lining, panels of mirrors, wood or chipboard. In most cases, you need to adhere to the general style of decorating an apartment or a house. If desired, it is also easy to arrange a dressing room in the form of an interior accent - for this you will need to apply a contrasting decoration of the walls;
• further it is necessary to fasten the doors - it is recommended to give preference to a sliding structure equipped with rollers in the upper or lower part and, accordingly, suitable guides for them;
• for the design of the dressing room is easy to wash, durable and wear-resistant flooring - linoleum, laminate or tiles.

As can be seen from the above, it's quite possible to decorate your wardrobe yourself. It remains to choose the most appropriate option and proceed with the implementation of the plans.

Interior of the dressing room with your own hands - photo

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