A small storage room in an apartment can become a truly irreplaceable room if it is properly organized. Maximum use of space and the use of convenient storage systems will allow you to place a large number of items in the pantry and relieve living rooms. The design of a room directly depends on its purpose.
Storage room in an apartment - design (small)
Pantry remodeling
In mass-produced panel houses, such a room was built between a large room and a corridor and had two doors. This option can be changed by combining both existing niches into one and providing them with a sliding door.
In a similar way, you can rebuild any other storage room provided for by the apartment layout. The changes involve both remodeling the premises and moving doors.
Kitchen pantry
A convenient place in the kitchen for storing food, dishes, groceries, used household appliances and a lot of necessary little things. When placing items in niches and cabinets, it is necessary to take a systematic approach.
Containers with cereals are placed in one cabinet, dishes are placed in accordance with the size and frequency of use on other shelves.
Vegetables and jars with preparations are placed as far as possible from heat sources. Small kitchen utensils are placed in drawers. All things in the kitchen should be at hand, and the room should have good ventilation.
Workshop
If the storage space allows, then it can be used as a workshop. For example, you can put a sewing machine and a table for the convenience of a female needlewoman. For men, it is possible to organize a workplace with the necessary equipment.
The interior of a modern pantry involves targeted use of space depending on the individual needs of family members.
Office
If the area of the apartment does not allow you to organize a full-fledged workplace, you can use a storage room. Modern design options for a storage room in an apartment allow this room to be used in a similar way.
It is important to provide ventilation and adequate lighting.
Lighting and ventilation
When arranging any storage room in an apartment, you need to think about the air ventilation system and select lighting fixtures.
A well-organized air ventilation system will help avoid the formation of mold and harmful fungi, and light will make it easier to use the pantry and find the necessary items.
Ventilation can be ensured by regularly airing the room. If there are no windows in the pantry, it is recommended to install a hood. In case of high humidity, it is reasonable to provide the pantry with a forced ventilation system.
Lighting the pantry with one light source located on the ceiling is not the most convenient option. The shadow from the upper shelves covers the lower ones and makes it difficult to find the things you need. It is convenient to equip the lower shelves with LED strips.
Good light is essential when using a closet as a laundry room or for any activity. It is also convenient to use LED lamps as light sources. They are economical and do not heat up during operation.
Organization options
A small but well-organized storage room can be the main factor in maintaining order throughout the apartment. In modern apartments, a storage room is almost always provided during the construction stage. If there is no room or its layout does not meet the wishes of the residents, you can always create the necessary conditions for storing things yourself.
Today, storage rooms are provided during the construction stage
There are different options for organizing a pantry.
In a free opening
Often in apartments there are certain areas of free space (dead ends) near the front door that can be converted into a storage room. To do this, it is enough to make the necessary boundaries of the room and mount the front door. The best entry option is sliding doors.
Photo of a nice storage room
Sliding wardrobe from the pantry
In the mezzanine
In small-sized apartments, in which there is absolutely no space for organizing a full-fledged pantry, you can use mezzanines for storing things. This method of systematization is significantly inferior in convenience to a full-fledged pantry, but still allows you to solve the storage issue to some extent.
An example of using a mezzanine
In the closet
Often the layout of apartments implies the presence in the corridor of special niches for built-in wardrobes. You can install the most spacious closet and organize a storage room inside it.
Organizing a storage room in a built-in wardrobe
Spacious storage room design
In part of the room
Part of the room or kitchen can be fenced off and converted into a storage room. In this case, the walls of the storage room are made of plasterboard, and the entrance is equipped with sliding doors or various screens.
Pantry without doors
Large white dressing room
On the balcony or loggia
A popular option for organizing storage is to equip a storage room on a balcony or loggia. Spacious and functional storage cabinets can be located along the side walls. Additional sections and drawers can be installed directly under the window openings.
Storage room on the balcony
Similar storage room design on the balcony
In a small room
If the apartment has a small room that is not residential, it can be successfully used as a storage room. The advantage of this solution is the possibility of creating a multifunctional room. Here you can simultaneously store clothes, various household items, sports equipment (bicycles, skateboards, etc.), exercise equipment.
Pantry room
Design ideas
The presence of one pantry in the house inevitably implies the presence of various things in it. For example, skis and skates, a vacuum cleaner and jars of household ingredients may be in one room dedicated to storage.
Therefore, when starting to arrange a pantry, it is logical to start with the design of this room.
Designer tips for decorating a windowless bedroom
With a competent design, creating the bedroom of your dreams in a room without windows is not difficult. You don’t have to be a designer; it’s important to take into account the main design nuances. To get a suitable result in a bedroom or living room without a window, professionals advise using the following solutions:
- By creating a niche with built-in lighting directly in the wall. Moreover, when decorated with frosted glass, the effect of having a window is completely recreated.
- By designing a false window right in the ceiling.
- The bedroom is complemented by an artificial fireplace with lighting.
- Installation of a suspended ceiling in a room with an imitation of a starry sky or clouds.
In addition to the examples presented, there are many more opportunities to decorate a dark room without a window. It is necessary to remember that loading the interior will not lead to a positive outcome and adhere to measures in everything.
Design
The storage system plan is designed to help make maximum use of all the usable space in the pantry. Useful tips for organizing storage rooms are easy to find on the Internet.
It is necessary to think over the layout of the shelving, the size of the shelves and drawers, and the plan for placing items in order to rationally use the free space and ease of use.
A well-executed drawing will help calculate the consumption of building materials.
Deciding which design is best for the pantry is also important at the project development stage. A stylish dressing room or a cozy room for storing numerous household items requires different contents and storage systems for items.
How to decorate a bedroom without windows
When the main structural elements in the bedroom are installed, it's time to think about its external design. Be sure to choose the color scheme of the dark room in advance so that you can build on it later. Light shades of neutral colors have an advantage due to their ability to visually expand the space.
The preferred option for a cramped bedroom without a window is white. But it is important not only to choose the shade wisely, but also to complement the interior with an accent palette. Otherwise, you will end up with a boring room with nothing to please the eye.
Here are the features that are important when creating the interior of a bedroom without a window:
- Decorating the ceiling and walls in one shade or similar in sound. So, if the surface of the ceiling is white, then the walls should differ from it by at most a few tones in order for the transition to be smooth.
- A glossy light coating that can visually increase the area of the room looks ideal as a ceiling. There is no need to add any extra decorative details or stucco moldings.
- The floor is also made of light-colored material. This is a laminate in light gray or beige tones or linoleum, as well as an expensive analogue of flooring - parquet.
Important! Using carpet will not be the best option for this type of room. - The walls are covered with suitable wallpaper or simply painted. The use of decorative plaster, which conceals space and illumination, is not recommended. Even the bedroom is 10 sq. m without a window it will create a feeling of crampedness.
The most interesting color combinations for this room:
- cool white with sunny yellow;
- orchid color with soft sand;
- gray with cream;
- bleached mustard with turquoise;
- soft pink with pale blue.
Placing mirrors or other reflective surfaces will help reduce the negative consequences of a lack of sufficient daylight. Moreover, the design is used spot-on, not on all walls. There is no need to allow reflections of the bed in them. Long mirrored stripes on cabinet doors or walls look impeccable, and if you decorate them with relief or sandblasted images, this will add charm to the bedroom.
Imitating a window opening is a frequently used technique to diversify the interior of a small bedroom without windows. There is plenty of room for imagination, because there are many ways to perform this spectacular trick. For example, it becomes simple to decorate one of the walls with curtains, which gives the illusion of a real window opening behind them. If the adjacent room has sufficient illumination, it is possible to recreate an artificial through niche in the wall, allowing light into the dark bedroom.
Images of a window directly on the selected wall are also possible. It all starts with a simple option, for example, a poster on a surface and ends with real masterpieces made by painting professionals. When you add lighting to your design, the effect will not take long to appear.
Finishing work
After careful calculations, it is necessary to repair the pantry.
Work begins with the installation of ventilation, electrical wiring and fastening of sockets and switches.
After this, the walls and floor are leveled so that there is no distortion of the racks. At the final stage of renovation, the walls, floor and ceiling are painted, covered with wallpaper or covered with panels, depending on the idea.
Instructions for decorating closets with your own hands suggest any option for wall decor, depending on the individual wishes of the owner.
It is better to give preference to light colors and environmentally safe materials.
Main settings
The optimal depth of shelves for storage in a pantry is at least 40 cm.
- Their width and height will depend on the size of the boxes.
- It is advisable to buy them of the same tone and parameters.
- The minimum height of the crossbar for outerwear is 160 – 170 cm.
It is important to take into account the load on the rod and choose a reliable steel rod, or one made of wood, sanded and painted.
Storage system installation
After completing the finishing work, the stage of installing shelving, attaching shelves, drawers and hangers begins.
When deciding how to arrange a large storage room in an apartment, it is better to give preference to shelving storage systems. For small areas, it is wiser to use shelves; they will help save space.
To make shelves, you can use not only wood and its derivatives, but also laminate.
The storage system can be of any configuration and occupy either all the walls of the room or part of them. The main thing is that the pantry is convenient to use.
In a large pantry you can place a chest of drawers, a clothes hanger, and even a mirror if you are building a large dressing room.
The entrance is designed in accordance with the overall design of the entire living space.
You can come up with a design option for a pantry and the design of its entrance yourself or take ideas from the Internet as a basis.
Arranging a convenient storage room in your apartment will help free your living space from unnecessary things and make your stay more comfortable.
Materials
When choosing materials for finishing the room and for the wardrobe system itself, follow the following rules.
- This room is, first of all, functional. Almost all surfaces will be covered by shelves, hangers and the clothes themselves, so visual decoration can be simple. There is no point in a complex design - beautiful patterns on wallpaper or original plaster simply won’t be visible behind the things.
- Necessary characteristics for finishing materials: reliability, strength, moisture resistance. The latter is important, because sometimes there may be damp, under-dried items in the wardrobe, and this, in turn, will provoke a musty smell and, in the worst case, the appearance of mold. Moisture-resistant paint, plaster, as well as non-woven, vinyl wallpaper or fiberglass are suitable.
- All surfaces of the former pantry should be easy to clean or wash. It is best to lay tiles or porcelain stoneware on the floor; laminate is also suitable, but it is better to avoid carpet.
- The same goes for the material of the structure itself. It must be strong, durable, not afraid of mechanical stress and moisture. The most popular materials are MDF, chipboard and chipboard, as well as metal for frame systems. If the body is planned to be made of wood, it should be coated with a protective varnish on top.
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