How to make a dressing room

10-04-2018

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A wardrobe room in an apartment is a great convenience, but, unfortunately, desires do not always coincide with our capabilities. In some apartments the dressing room is provided for by the project, in others it will have to allocate useful space and think how to arrange the dressing room so that it is as comfortable and presentable as possible.

Optimum wardrobe sizes

So, let's determine where your dressing room will be in your apartment and how to correctly determine its size. What are the criteria to do this? As you know, the dressing room is designed not only for storing things, but also so that at any moment these things can be put on. And this means that, firstly, a large amount of clothing should hang on hangers, and secondly, a significant part of it should be visible.

In the classic dressing room are stored:

casual wear,
seasonal clothing
Underwear,
socks,
footwear,
handbags
handkerchiefs,
accessories and decorations.

In general, all things used in daily wear. In addition, in the dressing room, which is located in the apartment, often find their place large household supplies and household appliances, such as a vacuum cleaner, ironing board and so on.

The size of the dressing room should ideally be 10–12 m² for each person living in the apartment, and the feature of its arrangement should be a large number of open shelves. Agree, such dressing rooms can not afford all. Not only is it an area of a standard living room, it is also often necessary to do cleaning in them, which takes a lot of time. Owners with good incomes usually entrust this work to a housekeeper.

It is clear that in a regular apartment a dressing room will be much smaller. But, nevertheless, let's decide on the size. It would be nice to allocate at least 3-5 m for the dressing room.²and leave a small space free, so that you can comfortably change clothes. It is advisable to make a fairly spacious entrance to the dressing room. Its width should be at least 1 m. Doors are best to choose a coupe to save space and dressing room, and an adjoining room.

It is important to make the basic elements of a dressing room so that those who will use it are comfortable:

shoe rack should be on average 40 cm deep and 50 cm from the floor level;
the clothes rail is set at an average height of 170–190 cm;
additional shelf is located at a height of +10 cm from the height of the rod.

The height of the bar and top shelf may vary depending on the person's height.

For convenience, the shelf for shoes must be placed in one row perpendicular to the wall.

It is desirable that the dressing room was attended by ventilation.

Knowledgeable people are advised to choose built-in furniture in the walk-in closet, rather than free-standing wardrobes. The advantage of such furniture is that no dust accumulates in the gaps between the cabinets, and the design itself can be securely fastened to the wall.

Video: about dressing rooms and storerooms

If you find it difficult to calculate all the necessary parameters and determine with the cabinet system, then invite a designer who will make the project according to your wishes.

Ways to organize the space in the dressing room

Placing closets in the dressing room can be one-sided, double-sided and three-sided.

One-sided layout is preferred in very small walk-in closets, where the closet is located along the longest wall.

The arrangement on two sides is convenient in the corner dressing room or in the dressing room of medium size.

And, finally, the three-wall cabinets can be afforded by the owners of large dressing rooms. Of course, this option will allow to accommodate a much larger number of things, but it is not suitable for everyone.

In ordinary apartments, spacious walk-in closets are not provided and there is often no place to organize them, which means you have to find places to store things and organize single-tier, two-tier and more storage, depending on the height of the ceilings.

A single-tier walk-in closet is an ordinary bar for hangers, at a height of about 1.5–1.7 meters from the floor. In fact, it is a little more spacious wardrobe. But this arrangement wardrobe unprofitable.

Двухъярусная компоновка намного удобнее. Она бывает в двух вариантах исполнения. Первый вариант — когда два яруса заняты одеждой. Первый ярус предназначен для длинной одежды, второй – для короткой. Второй вариант — гораздо интереснее и практичнее. На нижнем ярусе хранится footwear, а на верхнем – одежда. Верхняя штанга находится на высоте 2 м, что очень удобно в использовании, нижняя – 1 м.

One of the most convenient layouts is the layout in three tiers. Lower tier for shoes, medium for clothes, on top of the extra space.

Video: Corner small dressing room / pantry

Devices for storing things in the dressing room

There are several storage areas in the dressing room.

	Things that are rarely used are placed in drawers installed in cellular shelves.
	For storage of linen is convenient to use drawers with internal division.
	Convenient to store things in mesh retractable baskets. To find out what lies there, you do not need to look into each.
	Also used special shelves for storing shoes so-called shoemakers. With such an arrangement of shoes, the dressing room looks neater, however, on ordinary shelves shoes fit twice as much.
	To accommodate the trousers use the bristles. They also look presentable, however, they do not save space.

To optimize the space, you can use vacuum bags to store various things. Any thing folded into such a bag, by pumping air out of it, is reduced in size, and is folded in the lower part of the dressing room.

Wardrobe room from the pantry

Sometimes, of all the options, the organization of the dressing room in the closet is preferable. The old storage room in this case must be cleaned of everything, we throw out the trash, leaving only the walls. We do the repair with our own hands, then order the size of the shelves to the ceiling, hang a mirror and put in order the floor. The most important thing is ventilation! The arrangement options are many. Even such a small wardrobe can be arranged comfortably.

Video: project and assembly of mini wardrobe

Arranging a dressing room in the bedroom

A dressing room in the bedroom is ideal. But according to all classical laws, it must be separated by a wall or partition, which cuts square meters. If you do not refer to building codes, then the wall can not be set. Simply order floor-to-ceiling modular designs. Baskets, drawers and other accessories that come with wardrobes can be kept open. The bedroom is the closed place where the entrance to unauthorized persons is forbidden, so you can always hide everything here.

You can put a dressing room in a niche, if it exists or along a wall, separating this part with a compartment door, you can also divide the bedroom with a beautiful curtain. The design of the dressing room can be varied, it all depends on the area of your bedroom:

The corner dressing room, the entrances to which are located on both sides, looks original.
If it is small, then put a mini-dressing room, where you will find the most necessary things and nothing more!
Doors of the dressing room can be made mirror smooth, with sandblasted pattern, stained glass. Here, of course, design is important. It should be in harmony with the design of the bedroom.
In a spacious dressing room, place a full-length mirror; a dressing table will not interfere, where you can clean up in the morning, getting ready for work, while, for example, the spouse is sleeping.

Lighting choose bright. With the advent of new technologies in our lives, the choice of all kinds of lamps is simply huge.

Video: features of the organization of a dressing room in the bedroom

Registration of the wardrobe room on a loggia

The loggia serves as an additional area in the apartment, so it’s a great idea to arrange a dressing room on it! It is necessary to carry out the preparatory work before the dressing room:

it is necessary to warm the loggia;
level the floor;
make electrical wiring.

When these works are completed, you should proceed to the purchase or independent production of a narrow wardrobe. With the independent manufacture of the cabinet, spare parts and components can be purchased in specialized stores. On the door of the locker, you can install a mirror. Place a cabinet with retractable drawers, shelves or baskets under the window, and also place a special breeder box.

Loggias in new houses are big, a lot can be put here. If you do not want to use special equipment for a dressing room, you can get by with small things: metal hangers, horizontal bars, shelves for shoes, a rug, a mirror - that's all you need.

You yourself must choose an option that is acceptable to you. Lighting on the loggia can be made with the help of halogen bulbs, LED and decorative fiber-optic lamps - there are many options, it all depends on the design. Vases, flowers, paintings, tinted glass, you can even connect the loggia with the living room and install a beautiful arch with flowers and shelves.

This is how you can arrange a dressing room in the apartment. We hope that from the proposed options, you will choose something suitable. See a selection of photos that can serve as a source of new ideas.