How to properly equip the dressing room with your own hands

The correct organization of space in the house is an important part of comfort. Every thing in the dwelling must have its place, and especially it concerns clothes and shoes. A rationally and correctly designed wardrobe will allow you to accurately and beautifully lay out all the garments, and in the rooms of the house there will always be order and cleanliness. In this article we will tell you how to properly equip the dressing room.

Closet device: choice of location, layout

There are 3 main types of planning a wardrobe room:

1. The corner layout means that the room is located in a free corner. Angular dressing rooms of small sizes are most often found in bedrooms, hallways, and sometimes in children's rooms.
2. The U-shaped dressing rooms are square or rectangular in 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. This wardrobe can be arranged in the living room, in the hall or in the bedroom, the main thing is that the room has enough space. The U-shaped layout is very convenient, since it allows the maximum use of every centimeter of the area. In this kind of closet will fit a lot of things, doors can be used as screens and mirrors. In addition, the zoning of the room for the male and female half will allow the occupants of the house to place their clothes with maximum comfort.
3. Linear layout is appropriate in small apartments, where there is no suitable place for the location of a full dressing room. In fact, the dressing room of such a layout is a narrow long cabinet, installed along the wall of the room.

Considering the idea of ​​creating a dressing room, first of all you need to choose a suitable place for it in the dwelling. Let's describe in more detail a few such options:

1. There are times when an 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 masters as a useful area, respectively, are not used effectively. It is in such appendicitis that you can make a small dressing room.
2. A storage room is another place in an apartment that you can find more worthy use than just a warehouse of unnecessary things. Make wardrobe in the pantry is very simple, for this you need to remove from the premises unused items and equip the room with the necessary elements for storing clothes and shoes.
3. If the house has no pantries, no appendices, for the dressing room will have to allocate space in the living room. In small areas it is best to occupy the corner areas, in spacious apartments, you can select a part of any room: bedroom, hallway, nursery. Angular layout allows efficient use of 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, a part of the glazing is replaced with an opaque material, and also a layer of insulation is laid in the walls of the wardrobe so that in the winter things are better kept and to wear them more pleasantly.
5. You can make a dressing room in the hallway or in the corridor, if their area allows. But the most popular place is the bedroom, because it is in it that we often dress and put ourselves in order. In a large bedroom, you can select for this purpose a separate area, placing a partition of gypsum board and covering it with finishing material. For installing doors, reinforced racks are equipped. It is not necessary to trim the dressing room from the inside, so as not to spend extra centimeters, but open metal profiles are convenient for installing shelves. Instead of gipsokartonnyh sheets you can use chipboard or MDF.These options are good in that they do not require shpaklevaniya and finish finishing, because they themselves are considered decorative lining. The only nuance is that the plates will have to be selected in accordance with the style and color design of the room.

Features of the arrangement of the wardrobe

In the dressing room every centimeter of the area should be used with sense. Even before you fill the room with tools for storing clothes, determine the composition and quantity of things that are planned to be placed there. Based on this, calculate the size of shelves and niches. When arranging the dressing room, create several zones to hide things there according to the frequency of their use.

Various clothes and footwear storage systems will help to fill the dressing room:

1. A mesh or cellular system is a carrier rail attached to a wall on which various elements are mounted: shelves, compartments, drawers, etc. Such a system today is considered a very popular option due to its dynamism. All its details can be swapped, rearranged, supplemented with something new. Such a system will fit into a room of any size and configuration, because, in fact, it is something like a designer, from which you can collect anything. Mesh systems are widely used not only in dressing rooms, but also in pantries, cabinets and other storage areas. If necessary, the design can be expanded or trimmed, and can be dismantled and moved to another location.
2. For those who pay much attention to the design of the dressing room, mesh systems finished with natural wood are suitable. With the same functionality and practicality, they will look more prestigious and attractive.
3. Unlike the honeycomb system, trimmed with natural wood, the design of chipboard will be much cheaper. This budget option is suitable for those who want to create a cozy room for a reasonable price. The dressing room with drawers and shelves made of particle board looks textured, natural and warm, but in practicality and convenience it is inferior to the grid systems. When creating such a design, it is necessary to anticipate and plan in advance the placement of all elements of the room, as changing something later will be problematic.

For the convenience of storing things in the dressing room, various shelves, racks, hangers, hooks, baskets, pantographs, boxes and other accessories are installed that will help to place clothes and shoes with maximum practicality and comfort. Very convenient elements are retractable hangers and rods, which are often used to fill small-sized dressing rooms. The pantograph is a special retractable rod, which can be lowered or raised to the uppermost tiers of the structure to hide out-of-season things there. Pantographs are extremely convenient to use, they can be built into any wardrobe, and their only significant disadvantage is considered to be high cost.

Thinking over the design of the dressing room, pay attention not only to the functionality of the parts, but also to their appearance. Today, decorative baskets and shelves decorated with wood, textiles, straw weaving, etc. are very popular. They look much more attractive than ordinary mesh details, 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 the pull-out basket to find the right element of clothing is much easier, and for greater comfort some baskets are even equipped with wheels. Shelving, which equip the dressing room, if possible can move, so that you can install them at the optimum height.

For the storage of shoes in the cloakroom provide special shelves "shoe", for ties, trousers and belts in the room should also be a special hanger.

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

Zoning of the dressing room

Regardless of the size, any wardrobe room should be divided into zones. As a rule, they are distinguished by three:

1. The lower zone of the room is designed to save those things that are used less often. It is most convenient to place in this place drawers, where you will hide bed linen and various trifles. 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 dressing room, try to make the shelves high enough, at least 45 cm. This is the height indicator that will allow you to store women's boots without breaking their bootlegs.
2. The middle zone serves to store the most frequently used clothing. Here we place barbells with hangers, shelves, drawers. The rods in the wardrobe can be hung in parallel or perpendicular to the wall, the choice of options depends largely on the depth of the cabinet. Mount the bar at such a height that the distance from it to the floor was equal to the longest thing. Typically, this distance is 1.5-1.8 m. In a large dressing room you can make a lifting mechanism, so that the hangers with clothes would rise almost to the ceiling. There is such a mechanism not cheap, besides, does not withstand such loads as a stationary bar. As for the shelves and drawers, they should be equipped at eye level or slightly below, so that you always see what is inside. For a better view, you can use boxes with a transparent pediment made of plastic or a basket of wire. Wire structures are also good in that they allow things to be constantly ventilated. Hooks can be hung in the middle zone of the dressing room. It is not necessary to constantly store clothes on them, as it is stretched, but for temporary use, for example, when changing clothes, they are very convenient.
3. The upper zone is designed to hide temporarily unnecessary clothes, hats, hats and other headgear. As a rule, such a zone is equipped under the ceiling, and access to it is provided by means of a ladder. For storing headgeares, shelves with a height of more than 20 cm and a depth of at least 25 cm are provided. It is also appropriate to use drawers where small items can be stacked. In some rooms, the upper zone is equipped with shelves for saving off-season footwear.

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

Doors in the dressing room

If the dressing room is equipped as a separate room, it must be equipped with a door. Doors should be chosen such that will fit well in style in the overall interior of the home. It is also desirable that the door leaf looked 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 a fully transparent or frosted glass, and can contain any pattern. Doors with a reflective surface are not only attractive, but also practical, since they save money and room space on the installation of a separate mirror.

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

Door systems in the modern construction market are represented by two options, they are steel or aluminum. Aluminum are considered more expensive analog, but they are noiseless, attractive in appearance and work very smoothly. Doors for cloakrooms are also classified by type of construction, highlighting such types:

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

The choice of option depends on the size of the room and personal preferences. For example, for swing systems, you need to have a lot of space in the room, while sliding doors can be installed even in a narrow and cramped space.

Lighting in the dressing room

Lighting in the dressing room plays a very important role, so it is necessary to provide for the location of the fixtures already at the planning stage of the room. Very often in such rooms use ceiling lights, which allow you to view even the most remote corners of the upper shelves. Backlight can be equipped and on the walls, so you can see the contents of shelves and boxes located in the middle and lower zones of the dressing room. In this case, the lamps can be built directly into the boxes or placed on brackets along the walls.

In the cloakroom angular configuration often used fixtures on clothespins. They are convenient in that they allow you to change the angle of inclination, directing the rays in the right place. Fixtures in the dressing room it is desirable to equip the system of automatic switching on and off - so you will save electricity.

For such rooms it is better to choose LED lighting. With sufficient brightness, such lamps do not heat up, because they are fireproof. The brightest are halogen lamps, but they can not be placed close to clothing, since they are heated to very high temperatures.

Arrangement of a dressing room.

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