During repairs, people often face a choice: make a dressing room or put a wardrobe. Much of course depends on the square meters of the apartment or house. If the area is small, then of course the wardrobe will be a great option. And what if with a small area you want a dressing room. It is worthwhile to understand these structures in detail.
What is a dressing room
The content of the article
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What is a dressing room
- Room organization
- How to think through functionality
- Dressing room layout
- Equipment and interior
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What is a wardrobe
- Organization of the internal space
- Dressing room and wardrobe: differences
A room allocated for storing clothes and personal items with a space where you can change clothes. A small room with fitted wardrobes or racks replaces most of the furniture arranged around the apartment with things laid out there. A dressing room is a system for storing things and saving time on their search.
Room organization
The ideal option is planning a dressing room at the beginning of a repair. Creative, impulsive natures who consider fashion a priority in their life, prefer an open dressing room. The spacious bedroom or hallway has convenient swing doors. The most popular compartment doors.
There are several options for placing a dressing room in a house or apartment:
- zoning the space of a large room;
- equip a part of the attic or pantry, allocating an area for personal belongings;
- use free space near the hallway, bathroom.
Comfort depends on thoughtful internal functionality, layout, equipment and interior.
How to think through functionality
It means:
- make a detailed list of things intended for storage in the dressing room;
- to take into account the opportunity to comfortably change clothes, put on shoes, correct makeup, choose accessories;
- it is important for someone to clean, iron and tidy things up on their own;
- creative natures need a designer interior and good lighting to create new “bows”.
Important! Calculate the amount of clothing in advance, the qualitative composition of things, for example, knitwear and suits are stored in different conditions, boots and shoes occupy a different volume.
Dressing room layout
The furniture content of the room consists of floor, roof and vertical racks, then add the necessary modules at the request of the customer. Comfortable and compact placement of things depends on filling cabinets or racks with a sufficient number of departments.
The designer’s task is to place shelves and hangers, racks and drawers in such a way that everything you need is at hand at the right time. The upper shelves can be occupied with things that are not relevant this season, equipment for sports events and travel, suitcases. The lower sections are home, day off, everyday shoes, a vacuum cleaner.
Calculating the minimum size of this room is quite simple:
- the width of the cabinet should not be less than 50 cm, otherwise things hanging on the shoulders will wear out quickly;
- free dressing space from 120 cm.
Important! For owners of a small bedroom. If you fold the free approach to the bed (70 cm), the depth of the closet and the dressing room 1.2 m, then it remains to install only a spacious wardrobe.
Equipment and interior
The room can have not only built-in racks, but also furniture in the center, a chest of drawers, a table, an ottoman. A full-length mirror can be placed on the wall or cabinet door.
Electrical equipment is especially important in a windowless room and is always multifunctional:
- general overhead lighting;
- cabinet lighting;
- sockets for electric gadgets;
- backlight around the mirror.
Wardrobe for men is characterized by strict forms and a special systematization of things, accessories, shoes. The makeup table takes pride of place in the women's room. The rich tone of the walls in a small room will create a feeling of spaciousness, smoothing the boundaries of space.
What is a wardrobe
This is a compact option for storing a large number of things behind a beautiful facade. It is installed in the dressing room, bedroom, bathroom, office or hallway. A sliding wardrobe is an independent furniture module or built-in, then the walls of the room play the role of a body, the load-bearing racks in the form of a rack are installed inside.
Organization of the internal space
The facade of such furniture has a compact opening that does not hurt the surrounding objects, and is selected in a harmonious combination with the interior of the room.
Important! Recommended housing depth at least 50 cm.
The interior space of the wardrobe for clothes and personal items is conditionally divided into zones.
- Central - the most affordable - for clothes that are often used.
- The lower zone is for socks, shoes, bags, sets for the care of things.
- Top shelves are for next season's items.
Important! On open shelves it is convenient to hold the phone, remote control and other essentials.
Facades with a mirror canvas are very popular because they visually expand the space of the room and allow you to see yourself to your full height. It is necessary to think over the general lighting for the room and the internal zone lighting.
Dressing room and wardrobe: differences
The area of an apartment or house determines the benefits of a particular storage method. For a small living space, the compactness of a sliding wardrobe is an obvious advantage. A large number of relatives or guests in the house will certainly lead to the decision to acquire a dressing room. Therefore, we consider only the distinguishing features of these storage methods.
- The main difference between the dressing room and the wardrobe is the availability of a place of privacy for changing clothes.
- Sliding wardrobe is first of all a facade. Door leafs constantly hide part of the shelves. Design is chosen in accordance with the style of the room. Wardrobe sections of facades are optional.
- These two systems differ in content. In the dressing room: several mirrors giving a multifaceted reflection; ottoman, chair or pouf; ladies table; comprehensive coverage.
It remains to take a tape measure, calculate the available meters and make a choice.
