Dressing room in the hallway

A dressing room is the best option for neat placement and storage of clothes, shoes and other things. It can be spacious or tiny, have different shapes, content, design and location. However, the most familiar and convenient place for a dressing room is the entrance hall.

A wardrobe can be an entire room or a small closet. And in fact, and in another case, it has a number of its features and advantages:

1. Compactness. A small, neat wardrobe can fit even in a very modest hallway. Inline models are most commonly used for this purpose.
2. Availability. The modern variety of building and finishing materials allows you to create very inexpensive models that will not hit the family budget hard and, at the same time, will perfectly cope with the tasks assigned to them.
3. Convenience. A wardrobe is a place for the simultaneous storage of a variety of things (clothes, shoes, gloves, hats, umbrellas, bags). It is much more convenient when all these items are in one place, and not laid out on different shelves, pedestals, shelves, as is often the case.

The advantages of the dressing room are:

1. Aesthetics... Thanks to the work of designers, today everyone has a unique opportunity to beautifully, originally, creatively decorate their hallway with a piece of furniture, which also performs a significant functional load.
2. Practicality. Dressing rooms are usually made of very strong, durable, wear-resistant materials that do not require too much maintenance.
3. Room correction. A built-in wardrobe is the perfect solution for filling a niche or small pantry that was not intended to be used otherwise. A wardrobe can perfectly mask irregularities and imperfections in the wall. A mirror decorating a furniture facade will add light to a small room and visually expand it.

In addition to the advantages, there are several disadvantages:

1. The inability to transfer the built-in wardrobe to another place;
2. Complexity of installation (built-in model);
3. Despite its compactness, the wardrobe takes up enough space. This is especially noticeable within a narrow or small corridor.

Dressing rooms can differ from each other in several ways (configuration, size, design, content, material, decor).

This option is most often used in small hallways. Often, it is the only optimal option for arranging the Khrushchev corridor, for example. Competently thought-out internal filling allows you to accurately and most efficiently place the clothes of all household members.

Open dressing room. It is used for hallways of different sizes, but it is preferable for small rooms. Of the advantages of this design, it should be noted the feeling of a free, light space.

Such a system consists of wooden or plastic shelving, spacious open shelves (in the lower part there may be several shelves with doors), wicker baskets, boxes. A small soft sofa or pouf can be placed along the shelves or drawers with shoes. Very often, an open-type dressing room is a smooth continuation of the room, therefore it is designed in the same style as it.

This storage system looks perfect in spacious rooms. The wardrobe can be very small or have several sections isolated from each other. The advantages of this type are obvious - things are laid out in a neat order, hidden from prying eyes, dust from the outside does not fall on them.

If a closed dressing room is not just a wardrobe, but a whole room, then it will be convenient to try on a new outfit or change clothes in it. The dressing room can be equipped with hinged or sliding doors.

The first option looks perfect in a classic interior. Of course, swing doors require a lot of space, but they can be given an original and stylish look with the help of interesting decor items or beautiful fittings.

Sliding doors do not “eat up” space, are convenient to use, and their wide, even and smooth surface can be an excellent basis for various decor options.

The built-in wardrobe has a number of advantages over cabinet counterparts. Among them:

1. The cost of the construction is significantly lower due to the saving of material on the frame, which is often replaced by the walls, ceiling and floor of the closet or niche itself.
2. Stability. It is impossible to overturn a niche, which cannot be said about a free-standing cabinet.
3. Feeling of a holistic, monolithic structure. All wardrobe elements fit very tightly to each other and to the room itself. In addition, a wardrobe arranged in a niche or pantry visually enlarges a small space.
4. Organic. The built-in wardrobe fits perfectly into any interior.
5. Optimality. The option with a built-in wardrobe can sometimes be the only option for a room with a complex architectural shape.

There are few disadvantages, but they are:

1. The inability to use a standard design (built-in wardrobes are made individually for a specific niche size);
2. Difficulty in installation and assembly.

Today, there are practically no restrictions on the choice of materials for creating and decorating a dressing room. These can be budget and luxury options for every taste and wallet. Among the most used materials today: laminated chipboard, MDF, natural wood, metal, plastic, glass, mirror.

Wood is a wonderful natural material that has long been very popular in the construction and decoration of houses, furniture, and interior design. Today, few people choose to use the array to create wardrobe spaces, choosing more budget materials.

Wardrobes made of solid oak, beech, alder, ash, pine, maple are made to order. Such models have a number of advantages:

1. Strength, durability;
2. Excellent decorative properties;
3. Environmental friendliness, safety.

Wood is a very malleable material. It is possible to create the most architecturally complex structures and carved decorative elements from it. It looks great in its natural state and is suitable for coloring, pasting, toning, artificial aging.

You can place a dressing room in the hallway or corridor in different ways. It all depends on its layout, size, design project, dimensions of the furniture itself:

• In a niche... An architectural element such as a niche helps to create a separate, compact and perfectly organized dressing room, even in a one-room apartment. Of course, it should correspond in style and color scheme to the interior of the hallway.

• If the design does not provide for a pantry or a niche, then a wardrobe can be arranged in an empty corner of the hallway. Even a small wardrobe will do its job quite well, the main thing is that it is as high as possible. On the top shelf you can place hats, bags, suitcases, boxes with seasonal items.

• If the dimensions of the hallway allow, then the wardrobe system can be placed along one of the walls. It can consist of a wardrobe, open or closed rack, mezzanine and other elements.

The general appearance of the dressing room and the ease of use of it depend on how well the space is organized and the smallest details are thought out:

1. The layout begins with designing the largest and longest clothing compartments. Shelves, drawers, baskets are designed according to the leftover principle.
2. The depth of a standard shelf usually does not exceed 1 meter. More spacious shelves should be pull-out.
3. The length of the bar for hangers should not be more than 1-1.2 meters due to the possibility of sagging under heavy outer clothing.
4. The passage between the shelves should not be less than 60 cm, and if the design features provide for drawers and shelves, then about half a meter should be added for comfortable use.

As for the design, the dressing room should be in harmony with the overall interior of the hallway. Classics are always appropriate - natural materials, traditional colors, mirror design.

A properly organized inner space of the wardrobe will help to beautifully and neatly lay out and hang the necessary clothes, underwear, shoes and other things.

Among the main functional elements that will help to cope with this task, the following can be distinguished:

• A bar or pantograph (for placing clothes hangers);
• Trousers and skirts;
• Boxes;
• Shelves;
• Baskets;
• Hangers for ties, umbrellas, belts;
• Storage compartments for household and sports equipment.

Boxes, shelves, baskets are used for storing bed and underwear, and other things. They can be solid or cellular, open and closed, stationary and retractable.

In order to equip the dressing room as competently as possible, it is necessary to pay attention not only to design, materials, but also to such important things as lighting and ventilation:

• Lighting... The ideal option is spotlights that give a bright, diffused light. It is undesirable to use bulky chandeliers - they "eat up" an already small space, they can be accidentally touched by your hand when trying on clothes.

• Ventilation. Constant air circulation is essential to protect clothing from unpleasant odors. Consider a small air conditioner or fan.

The materials from which the wardrobe will be made should be practical and not require special care, because particles of water and street dirt will be brought in here.

Do not overload the room with an abundance of decor. The dressing room, first of all, must fulfill its functional tasks. Mirror, frosted glass, sandblasting ornament, lacomat, lacobel, bamboo or rattan inserts - these modern finishing materials will help you decorate the room in a stylish, elegant and original way.