What are the pantries and how to equip them?

The pantry is a very useful additional space that you can arrange at your own discretion. There are so many options for using this small room that in every apartment where there is a storage room, you can implement the most unusual ideas. But for this it is imperative to consider what pantries are and how to equip them.

The definition of the word "pantry" suggests that this is a room designed to store any things. This, in fact, is its main function. But this does not mean at all that this room can only be used in this way. There are other possibilities - it all depends on the area allocated for this room.

In old apartments ("Stalinkas" and "Khrushchevs"), pantries were often present, and their volume was quite impressive. It was quite possible to place there the necessary tools and all kinds of pickles, and even equip a dressing room. There are also small pantries, which are located in the kitchen or in the hallway, and they can also be equipped at your own discretion.

In new buildings, these premises are also included in the overall project; they can be located in the hallway, in the kitchen, on the balcony. Often the owners themselves find a better place where they can equip such a room. By itself, the concept of "pantry" implies a separate room with a door, but in the modern interpretation it can be a certain niche, which is hidden from prying eyes with the help of roller shutters or blinds. In a word, the arrangement of such a room in an apartment or house can be limited only by your own imagination.

Pantries can perform a variety of functions, there you can store a lot of necessary and useful things, or, on the contrary, unnecessary ones, those that have not been used for a long time, but there is a chance that they may come in handy someday. Standard pantries are often used to store workpieces. A modern room for storing things or shoes implies a careful organization of the space where the storage system is present. The built-in pantry in the kitchen makes it possible to place utensils there that are not so often used.

A spacious corner convenient pantry allows you to organize even a mini-workshop there, where it is quite possible to arrange a device for the manufacture of certain parts. A space located in the basement of a house or under a staircase is ideal for a closet for storing wheels. Anything you want can be equipped in the closets, the main thing is that the dimensions allow.

This option is very convenient if the pantry is located in the bedroom. It can accommodate many open shelves and closed cabinets, where you can store a wide variety of things - from underwear to jeans and sweaters.

A good solution would be to provide special containers, various modules for storing things. Separate hangers should be installed for dresses and coats. Below you can place shoe shelves.

Storerooms in a private house or in the country are an irreplaceable thing. There should always be a separate place for tools and gardening equipment so that everything you need is at hand. A good owner in such a place usually has everything laid out on the shelves.

For a gardener, this place is also never empty. After all, a lot is required for a garden to bloom, bear fruit and please the eye. And all these things must be kept in order and in their place:

• shovels;
• rake;
• hoes;
• garden shears and loppers;
• buckets and watering cans;
• fertilizers and pest control products.

A spacious kitchen pantry is the ultimate dream of any housewife. After all, there you can place not only a stock of cereals or canned food, although this is also a good filling, but also boxes for storing vegetables collected from the garden. But the most important thing is that you can equip whole racks there, on which all kinds of jars with pickles, jams, compotes and salads will find their place.

In small apartments, small storage rooms are very often rescued, which they find very good use. It is not uncommon in a small kitchen that there is only enough space for a small work area and a tiny table. But in the closet, located nearby, a refrigerator or washing machine is perfectly placed, which does not fit in the kitchen or bathroom.

In a home where they like to read and have a large number of books, a good place to store them can be equipped in the pantry. To do this, you need to place high racks there. And if space permits, then you can arrange a full-fledged library by placing a small couch or rocking chair. Of course, for this you need to make very good lighting in order to read it comfortably.

If the pantry is large enough, and many people live in the house, the most seemingly unexpected options should be considered:

• cabinet;
• bedroom;
• toilet;
• mini gym;
• laundry;
• workshop;
• mini-hairdresser or beauty parlor.

A good place for an office where you can concentrate and work quietly. It is enough to put a small table, a comfortable chair and a bright desk lamp. The bedroom can also be equipped, but for a good sleep, periodic ventilation of the room is still required. If the pantry is adjacent to an external wall, you can make a small window there. It happens that a hole is already provided in advance in the storerooms.

When the bathroom is combined in the house, it is often necessary to arrange a second toilet. But in this case, you will have to take care of the drainage system, sewerage and ventilation. Although, if this is a toilet in the country, an option is also possible with the placement of a dry closet. A mini-gym for one person can also be arranged in a spacious storage room. One or two compact exercise machines, dumbbells, a rug - the minimum set that will satisfy the needs for physical activity. However, if there is no window in the room, you will have to install an air conditioner.

Home laundry will help any housewife to wash on time, sort out dirty laundry without any problems, and tidy up clean ones. Here you can install a washing machine, place shelves and cabinets, an ironing board, a basket for dirty linen. Of course, it will be necessary to think over the water supply system. A pantry is a great option for any craftsman, no matter what exactly he does. The carpenter will place his machine, tools there, make shelves for blanks. The artist will set up an easel and find space for drawers of paints and brushes.

If someone works from home and receives clients, for example, a hairdresser or a beautician, you can equip a completely cozy office, place a mirror, a tool cabinet, a sink, and a beautician chair there.

In fact, a pantry can be arranged in any room, if it is really needed there. But it is better to do it where certain conditions have already been created for this.

• Sometimes the layout of the apartment allows such a room to be located in a corner, it is enough just to install doors or a sliding system there.
• The pantry in the kitchen is always relevant, it will help save space in the closets, there may be things that are not used so often. And for thrifty housewives, such a room is extremely necessary.
• Often, a corner for storing seasonal items is equipped on a large balcony - sledges, skis, skates, rollers. At the same time, they make it out so that all things are in order and hidden from prying eyes. Due to the small storage room on the balcony, it will be possible to keep order and create a recreation area.
• In the hallway, pantries are often already provided, in which you can store outerwear, shoes that are not currently being used. In a small apartment in the hallway, you can equip a dressing room due to the pantry.
• At the dacha, a pantry can be equipped in any convenient place. It can be either a separate room or an extension to the building.

Before purchasing materials, you need to decide what function the storeroom will perform. Consider some finishing options based on the purpose of the room.

• In the laundry room, it is better to put tiles on the floor and walls, since moisture will be present here in any case. As for the tones, light options are preferable, especially if the room is small and does not have a window.
• In a carpentry workshop, it is appropriate to sheathe the walls with clapboard. Wooden floors will also look harmonious. The same design is quite suitable for storing homemade products.
• If this is a warehouse for gardening tools or tools, you can simply paint the walls, as well as place racks and cabinets for storing small tools.
• When arranging a library or study, it is better to give preference to wallpaper, suspended ceilings, and lay a laminate on the floor.

The design of the room depends entirely on what exactly is supposed to be placed there. Making the appropriate design with your own hands will not be difficult with any decision.

• In a small library, racks should be made to the very ceiling so that all the books find their place on the shelves. A cozy armchair with a blanket will not hurt here.
• You can organize the space in your office by placing only the most necessary furniture there: a desk, a comfortable chair or an armchair. It is good if you can place several shelves for the necessary books and documents.
• Equipping a rest room where you can retire is also quite feasible. It is enough to put a compact sofa or sofa there, hang a TV on one of the walls, put a coffee table for tea drinking.

Regardless of which room will be located in the pantry, light is needed there, especially if the room itself is dark and does not even have a small window.

• In an ordinary pantry, where homework, tools, or just things sent "in the link" are located, one source of light will be enough, for example, a bright lamp above. Spotlights can also be placed, which is also convenient.
• In the study, library, bedroom, in the rest room there will be by the way floor lamps, sconces, table lamps.
• If this is a creative workshop, a mini-gym or an office for receiving clients, you should take care of full bright lighting that will allow you to work productively and stay vigorous for several hours.

The premises can be different, both very small and more impressive in size.For large rooms, you will need full-fledged doors or sliding partitions: plastic, glass, mirrored, wooden. It all depends on the overall interior of the home.

Small pantries for storing certain types of things can be hidden with curtains, blinds, and roller shutters can be installed. If it's just a niche, you can close this space with a screen that matches the overall design concept.

A small room is very easy to clutter up if you do not provide storage systems for things. Depending on the purpose of the premises, these can be:

• lockers;
• racks;
• dressers;
• pedestals;
• shelves;
• boxes;
• chests;
• hangers.

Despite the fact that in the pantry, you can equip any corner at your discretion, most often these rooms are equipped so that it is convenient to store clothes or food there.

• Such a spacious and cozy dressing room can be equipped in a pantry. Shelves for shoes, hangers for clothes, boxes for small things will help keep the room in order. In addition, there is good lighting and a modern design.

• Simple wooden shelves can be simply irreplaceable when arranging a pantry with pickles. Well thought-out lighting allows you to see all the jars very well and find the products you need for dinner or lunch.