Wardrobe is an integral part of any apartment or private house. No matter how small the dwelling is, people will always find a place for a chest of drawers or its older brother. After all, this is the most important place for storing not only clothes, but also various items (home accounting, boxes with appliances, shoes, and so on). Today you can not only buy a ready-made wardrobe, but also order furniture according to individual parameters. We invite you to find out how you can make a wardrobe with your own hands.
Dressing room or closet?
Many, when they hear the word "dressing room", imagine a room filled with racks and hangers with clothes and shoes. In fact, it can even be an equipped niche. By the way, it can also be done at the place where you plan to put a regular cabinet. The wardrobe that you get will be much more spacious and roomy. And visually, it will not “eat up” precious space. In other words, an ordinary closet can serve as a dressing room.
The process of creating a wardrobe with your own hands is not fast. It consists of such stages as:
- seat selection;
- measuring sizes;
- creating layout anddrawings;
- selection and purchase of materials;
- assembly wardrobe.
Storage features
Have you noticed that when you open the door of an ordinary cabinet, some kind of aroma comes out? This is due to the fact that ventilation is not provided in the usual wardrobes. In a modern wardrobe, an air ventilation system is a prerequisite for designing a wardrobe. There is no need for complex and intricate systems. Enough to have natural ventilation. And then there will be no smell of mustiness and other amber. Ventilation can be implemented by indenting the doors from the top of the cabinet, creating special slots or creating a small ventilation hole.
You also need to think about lighting. If the wardrobe with your own hands is made shallow, then you can do without light. But if the dressing room is wider than a regular closet, then for convenience you need to wire at least one spotlight.
Ventilation and lighting are important. But the main point is the organization of the storage system. A do-it-yourself wardrobe can be made in one of the following types:
- rack;
- wardrobe corner;
- pencil case;
- niche.
Storage designs are different for each species. Somewhere hanging clothes can be stored only on retractable rods, somewhere the usual one is provided. The dressing room may have drawers or shelves. All this depends not only on desires, but also on the possibilities of the premises and the size of the structure itself.
Materials
When making a wardrobe with your own hands, you choose what materials you will use. At this point, by the way, you can save. After all, even what is already at home can be used.
The best material for the base of the structure are wooden sheets (particle boards). They are able to withstand the entire load of the structure, and also have a number of useful properties. Among them - the absorption of moisture and its gradual return.
If you need dock doors, it is better to buy new material. For the internal filling, chipboard sheets that are at hand (for example, from an old wardrobe) are suitable. By the way, in many stores there is a free service for cutting material. Therefore, already on the spot, you can cut the tree, and at home it remains only to assemble the structure.
What will be the dressing room - design dimensions
The size of the smallest dressing room is from 1.2 to 1.5 square meters. meters. That is, it is a rectangle, in which one side is 1.2 or 1.5 meters, and the other is 1 meter. By the way, there is one trick that will allow you to put more things in a small dressing room. Just make it angular, not rectangular. Most often, with a width of 1 meter, customers choose a cabinet length from 2 to 2.5 meters. A lot of things will fit in such a wardrobe, and it will take up almost the same area as a three-door wardrobe.
In addition to the dimensions, you also need to know other parameters of the cabinet:
- The height of the outerwear compartment varies from 100-150 cm from the floor to the level of the bar. Plusyou need to throw another 10 cm from the bar to the top bar.
- Height of shoe and hat shelves - from 10 cm.
- Linen shelves in height are usually made from 250 to 450 mm.
The depth of the wardrobe is from 65 to 100 cm. As a rule, this is enough for the hangers to be located functionally and the doors to close normally.
Knowing these parameters, you can easily understand what size cabinet is needed and how the project will look.
Closet layout
Any dressing room should consist of at least two compartments - for hanging clothes and for folded. That is, one will have a bar for hangers, and the other will have shelves and / or drawers.
As for the penultimate element, it is best to buy special iron shelves for dressing rooms. They have the appearance of a lattice, so that the clothes will be well ventilated. But if you are an adherent of the vertical way of storing things, then it is better to stop at the classic version of the shelves - from chipboard.
Boxes can also be bought ready-made in the store or ordered to be assembled. But they are easy enough to make yourself. To create them, you will need sheets of chipboard and plywood, which will go to the bottom. The cut can be ordered at the same place where you buy the material. It is convenient when the drawers are put forward on rollers. Therefore, do not forget to buy this mechanism as well.
Additional internals
Today it is quite easy to make a wardrobe with your own hands, because everything can be bought separately, includingadditional accessories for storing various things.
There are the following devices for organizing and storing clothes and other wardrobe items:
- Horizontal skirts and trousers: have the form of transverse strips, which are fixed on special rails. Sometimes they also have clips. Skirts and trousers can be easily hung on such slats. Things will hang straight. The system slides forward, making it easy to hang up and take off clothes.
- Vertical hangers for skirts and trousers: they look like a hanger with several crossbars located one under the other. Such a system is characterized by a lower price and a compact way of placement.
- Horizontal and vertical tie hanger. The principle is similar to trousers and skirts. Only the tie hangers are much narrower.
- Retractable arms for hangers with clothes. This is a more expensive alternative to the usual barbells. Ideal when you have a narrow dressing room. The size of this bracket is small, but thanks to the sliding system, you can place a large amount of things deep into the cabinet.
- Pantograph. This is a bar that has the ability to go down. A great option to make two levels of hangers. Thus, it turns out to use the cabinet space to the very top, while getting things out, you do not have to go for a stool or stairs. The system of such storage is equipped with a special handle, by pulling which you can lower the bar. True, the pantograph has a weight limit - up to 18 kilograms.
- Various systemsshoe storage. These can be special mini chests of drawers, hanging organizers, hooks and hangers with clothespins for boots, a mesh with hooks, and so on. You can find an option for any wallet and for any size dressing room.
Doors
A sliding dressing room takes up less space than a closet with doors. And it's not about the size of the wardrobe. Just such a cabinet can be placed even in the narrowest place, you will still have access to its contents. After all, sliding doors do not need a place to open, as is the case with sashes. Therefore, this option of closing-opening the wardrobe is especially appropriate in corridors, hallways and small bedrooms.
Also when using sliding doors, there is a wide choice of cabinet design. You can choose a mirror surface, thereby using a trick with a visual expansion of space, or order photo printing on the doors, or come up with any other design method. It all depends on your fantasies, wishes and financial capabilities.
Drop-down doors also have their advantages. One of them is that you can make shutter doors. Then the question of ventilation will disappear.
Creating a project
How the dressing room project will look like depends on many factors: the size of the space allotted for the closet, design features, storage options.
So, first, decide on the place where you put the wardrobe. The drawings of the future project directly depend on whetherwill the wardrobe be under the wall, or will it be made in an existing niche, additional walls and a top cover are needed or not, and so on.
When the place is chosen, decide on the following question: what will be the doors. The sashes can open or move apart along special guides. If the doors open, then they need additional space. Same as for drawers.
After drawing a draft of your ideal wardrobe, proceed to the creation of a working sketch. It is necessary to clearly calculate the depth and height of the cabinet, as well as the height of each compartment and drawer. This can be done based on the recommended parameters mentioned above.
Determine your wardrobe layout. Calculate how many drawers, shelves, shoe compartments, the size of the rod and other accessories are needed for your needs (we have already reviewed what additional storage compartments are). Also try to imagine where you would be most comfortable using certain storage systems. For example, it is better for you to place the boxes in the left corner, and the bar for placing outerwear and suits on the right.
Tip: when drawing up your dressing room, use ready-made plans that were developed by professionals. Sometimes it's easier to fix something than to draw everything from scratch.
Design and implementation in case studies
The dressing room plays an important role, but still remains a utility room. Therefore, the main principle when creating a wardrobe design is - we will do it in such a way that it does notwas noticeable. This implies the features of choosing a place for a closet, and its appearance.
As a rule, the dressing room project is developed at the beginning of the repair, and its design is at the very end. When the style of the entire room is already clear, the main palette is defined, and so on.
As for the features of the appearance of the dressing room, which depend on the place of its implementation, we will consider specific examples below.
Wardrobe from pantry or any other niche
A do-it-yourself dressing room from the pantry is the easiest option you can think of. The question of place and size goes aside. It remains to consider only the ventilation and lighting system, as well as the configuration option. It also turns out to save a lot on materials - the cabinet box is already there, and it is very durable, you only need to buy wood for shelves and additional accessories for organizing storage, and also make doors.
Such a wardrobe can be created not only in the pantry, but also on a glazed loggia or in niches in the walls. The principle of work in these places is the same as when arranging a dressing room in a closet.
Wardrobe corner
This option will turn out a little more expensive than the first, but it will be more optimal. Indeed, most often pantries are located in the hallway, and there it is not always convenient to make a dressing room. Therefore, it is better to assemble a dressing area in the bedroom. True, if the sleeping room is less than 16 square meters, then there is space for such a closet in it.almost none left.
An embodiment of a wardrobe corner can be seen in the photo above. As you can see, storage compartments are placed on the walls in the corner of the room, and the doors are fixed on the sides. In creating such a dressing room, a minimum of auxiliary materials is used.
Wardrobe-pencil case
Penal is a narrow and tall cabinet. It takes up little space, so it is suitable for small rooms. An example of the implementation of such a wardrobe can be the placement of a wardrobe on the sides of the bed (instead of bedside tables).
The interior filling of the wardrobe-pencil case is slightly different. No, the compartment with shelves and drawers remains the same. But to store outerwear, blouses, trousers, skirts, dresses and other things that are best kept hanging, you will have to buy a retractable bar.
By the way, the doors will be wide open here, since there is no room for retractable ones. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a place for their opening.
Rack
Wardrobe rack is a classic design option for cabinets. The materials for its creation are the most, since it is necessary to make the side walls - the basis of the wardrobe. But with a complete set and internal stuffing, the situation here is much simpler. You can even save some money. For example, make only compartments for shelves and a regular rod, and abandon other accessories and designs.
It is worth noting that when creating a wardrobe-rack, all profiles and guides, to which all the contents of the wardrobe are attached, are attached towall. Therefore, it should be made of concrete or brick, and not drywall. Since the load on the profiles and the guide is very large. Drywall just won't do the job.
As for the exterior design, shelving wardrobes are usually made with sliding doors. And, as mentioned above, they can be ordered absolutely any kind. Therefore, such wardrobes fit perfectly into any room without attracting much attention.
