Built-in wardrobes

The theater begins with a coat rack, and order in the house begins with a spacious dressing room. Usually, wardrobes are full of things, although clothes can be neatly placed on the shelves of the built-in wardrobe. So they will take up much less space with more benefit.

To order or make a mini-wardrobe with your own hands, you just need to choose the right place, decide on the type, size and design of the future clothing store.

The main advantage of the built-in wardrobe is its convenience. Competently assembled and thoughtful wardrobe can accommodate more than 40% of things, including shoes and dresses. Beautiful and compact storage is ideal for small city apartments, where the issue of saving space is very acute.

Depending on the type of built-in wardrobe, their features differ:

• In some, you can change the configuration of the shelves, raise or lower modules, add new ones and mount entire fragments for transportation.
• Others have enough space to hang mirrors, shelves and a vanity unit.
• Still others meet the needs of demanding buyers of style (assemblies for high-tech), and the fourth hide the contents from prying eyes behind sliding doors.

Conventionally, all built-in wardrobes are divided into four types:

• Cabinet dressing rooms. This is the most popular design that resembles a wardrobe. The system consists of elements that are interconnected by means of corners and ties. They give it strength and reliability. Spacious shelves (from 60 centimeters in depth), a variety of drawers, drawers and baskets allow you to use all the available space. Additional holders, hooks for belts and ties are attached to them, as well as special projections for hanging a hose from a vacuum cleaner or an ironing board on them.
• Panel wardrobes are distinguished by a special decorative facade. Due to expensive materials (noble wood species are used) and design requirements, they need a reasonable use of free space. For such dressing rooms, a large number of things on the shelves and in drawers are unacceptable - they will spoil both the aesthetic appearance and functionality.
• Frame (also called modular) dressing rooms are easy to install and mobile. Unlike monolithic cabinet furniture, which cannot be moved, modular products make it possible to arrange individual elements in any order. To install them, it is not necessary to call the masters - it is quite possible to cope on your own, the main thing is to know exactly what result is expected at the end of the work.
• Another type of dressing room is built into a niche. They do not have a roof or side walls, which greatly reduces the cost. A built-in wardrobe makes it easier to make room for other furniture. When choosing a wardrobe, you should take into account the internal content (the number of sections, the depth of the shelves), the characteristics of the doors (it is necessary to insert a mirror into at least one door to expand the space), color and height.

The choice of material for the built-in wardrobe depends on design preferences, financial capabilities and convenience. It is cheaper to use chipboard partitions with veneer overlays. To give an exquisite look, materials are suitable for ebony and mahogany with a natural pattern. A modern solution - metal, aluminum and steel, glass inserts in the doors and internal shelves.

If you choose between wood and laminate, then it is better to give preference to the former. It allows moisture to pass through better, "breathes", due to which the optimal level of humidity is maintained in the dressing room. For furniture covered with laminated film, you will have to buy additional bags of silica gel (one for each section for 20 kilograms of clothing).

Color solutions can be different, and they depend entirely on the taste and preferences of the owner of the apartment.

First of all, the dressing room is used for storing things, and only in the second - for the delight of the eyes. Therefore, it should not stand out from the general style of the room. It is advisable to use colors and materials that are already present in the interior for door and facade decoration. Experts recommend decorating the dressing room with mirrored inserts. They will not only provide additional lighting, but also visually expand the space.

Mirrors can be tinted and covered with any suitable patterns. For hi-tech lovers, dressing rooms made of open metal pipes, or chrome elements with many right angles and hard lines are suitable. The main thing to remember is that, depending on the location and type of dressing room, the design may change. For example, a walk-in closet built into the pantry is usually hidden from prying eyes and does not require an original design. And the storage in the bedroom or living room must be in harmony with the rest of the furniture and not attract attention with flashy colors.

It is convenient to place small built-in wardrobes in the hallway, pantry, use part of the loggia or balcony for them. You should not put a corner wardrobe in the living room - this will visually reduce it.

The area fenced off by a wooden panel also has pros and cons. On the one hand, it is not difficult to decorate a wardrobe so that it is not striking and looks aesthetically pleasing. On the other hand, a large, busy corner mentally “crushes”.

If, besides the room, there is nowhere to place the wardrobe, it would be more correct to give the corner wardrobe the shape of a parallelepiped with one cut corner. This will relieve pressure and, as it were, press the dressing room into the corner, expanding the space. Moreover, the spaciousness will not suffer.

Dresses, knitwear, bed linen, shoes and winter clothes - all this, with proper planning, can really be placed in one wardrobe. For ease of use, it provides a variety of shelves, racks, cabinets, dressers, mirrors and hanging shelves. In order not to suffer while trying to get a suit or dress, special systems with levers - pantographs - have been invented. Sometimes they are installed in two rows for a lot of things.

A spacious room can be made using open shelves and racks, as well as glass-aluminum inserts. Hangers are usually placed along the top tier. It is more convenient to put everyday things in deep open or translucent shelves at about eye level of each family member. Shoes and rarely used things are folded at the bottom, in chests of drawers and drawers with good ventilation.

Other items deserve attention too:

• the trouser will help not pomyatb pants;
• the shoe rack is ideal for storing shoes (it is ventilated with a mesh bottom).

Jewelry, belts and scarves should be hung so as not to wrinkle them: on the doors and side walls, where special hooks are easily screwed.

A separate roomy shelf is needed for bed linen, and for ties - a tie. In the built-in wardrobe rooms, you can not only change clothes and put additional items, but also place a small dressing table or a compact ironing board, which when folded takes up little space.

Moisture and temperature are the main enemies of wood. In a suitable microclimate, fungus and mold can take over the entire space in a matter of days, make the tree porous and loose.Poorly ventilated rooms have an unpleasant odor of dampness and mustiness, which also permeates things. To avoid this, it is necessary, even at the stage of planning the dressing room, to provide for two ways to let in fresh air: natural and forced.

In the first case, you need a window and constant circulation of oxygen, which will move to the hood through the room, thereby preventing dampness and microbes from settling on shelves and boxes.

In the second, a little more effort will be needed, including the installation of an exhaust duct, fan and wall valves. If one of the walls of the dressing room borders the street, then you can make a hole at the top of the wall, insert a plastic pipe there, and inside it - an exhaust duct fan of the required power. Air flow can be organized from other rooms with air conditioners and fans already installed.

Design is a creative activity that requires a rich imagination, spatial thinking and a sense of style. It is easier and more reliable to turn to specialists who will come up with a design much faster, but an ordinary person can also make the dream of an ideal wardrobe come true.

The main thing to remember is a few simple rules:

• Harmony. All elements should "support" each other and create a single space where it is pleasant to be.
• Convenience. In pursuit of originality and showiness, it is easy to forget about comfort. You should not install a mirrored floor in the bedroom just because a mirror hangs on the wardrobe door. A soft carpet is much more suitable, and to complement the design, it will not be superfluous to hang another mirror in front of the first. Mirror mazes will refresh the room.
• Unity. If the room is made in a classic style, then rough steel and heavy structures will look alien.