Placement of the dressing room under the stairs

A two-story or three-story mansion has a staircase, around which you can use to create a dressing room. Not every staircase will allow such a plan to come true, but there are options. And if there was no separate room for organizing a dressing room, you need to grab this opportunity.

The use of free under-ladder meters will allow you to store things there, saving the house from one or even several bulky cabinets. For example, off-season wardrobe can be stored at the highest point of the flight, and those things that are used more often at the direct access level.

If the size of the space under the stairs can be described as medium, a built-in wardrobe can be installed in this place. The choice of the facade in this case will depend on the way the doors are opened. Doors can be made hinged, sliding, sliding, as well as combined.

If the area of ​​the room is small, and the size of the space under the stairs is also quite modest, then a modular dressing room can be placed under it. It is an open system with no doors at all.

But at the same time, the area remains vulnerable to dust and moisture, to animal odors that can soak clothes.

The staircase to the second floor looks quite homogeneous and organic, under which drawers are built in to match the staircase itself. Lower steps equipped with additional strength ribs can be used for drawers and shelves. Several middle stages can also be used, but not going in a row. If these simple recommendations are followed, the step web will not sag above the cavity of the shelves / drawers.

You can organize a wardrobe under the stairs with your own hands by making a preliminary project.

Here are some tips for getting started.

• Closet. A fairly common option that is considered economical. And it will be a good way to store things that are not used as often. For example, such a closet can store seasonal outerwear, skis and snowboards, other sports equipment, irrelevant toys, and much more. The sliding wardrobe allows you to combine hinged doors with sliding doors within one system, while maintaining ease of use.

• Wardrobe rack. If a full-fledged dressing room does not work in this place (for example, the stairs are small), you can organize a storage point for certain things with a partially open system. What is open will be shelving. The rest are storage areas with doors. There you can store purely children's things or clothes that are no longer worn, but there is nowhere to put them. You can arrange there exclusively for shoe storage or something else. And decorate the shelves with something that will please the eye.

• Hallway wardrobe. If the space under the stairs intersects with the territory of the hallway, the very cabinets where it is customary to send jackets, boots and umbrellas can be organized in the under-stair area. Thus, another space is saved, and it will be possible to put a chest of drawers, a console or a comfortable sofa there. The system can be made open so as not to slam doors often, just by taking a jacket. It is nice to divide it into an upper part and a lower one.The top will be equipped with hooks for clothes, while the bottom can contain containers or wicker baskets for storing hats, mittens, umbrellas and the like.

• Pull-out wardrobe with mini dressing room. If there is an exit to the utility room under the stairs, then such an original wardrobe can also be arranged. The casters will be included in the base set, they will not scratch the floor, and the parts of the cabinet can be pulled out almost silently. But there is a significant disadvantage - such cabinets are almost always suitable only for storing clothes on hangers. Things stacked in a pile, alas, can fall when the cabinets are pulled out.

If a private house already has a separate dressing room, it is not necessary to arrange a large, branched system under the stairs. It is enough to shift some of the things there, preferably of the same order. If it turns out in this place to store all out-of-date outerwear, this can already be called disciplined storage. Or, for example, give this place entirely for storing bedding.

Both externally and internally, the dressing room should be thought out and organically integrated into the image of the house as a whole.

You can see how such interior tasks are implemented in practice using the example of real dressing rooms in different houses.

Here are 8 ideas that you can repeat.

• If the staircase is located near the front door, such a lightweight version of the dressing room seems to suggest itself. And it doesn't cost anything to do it yourself, having bought the necessary parts in the stores of a popular European brand or its analogues.

• This is what pull-out wardrobes look like in such an original wardrobe under the stairs. There you can store bedding, underwear, shoes, belts and jewelry, and much more. You can also send children's things there, from which the baby grew up.

• This is what an asymmetric cabinet under a staircase with slatted doors might look like. And it's airy, weightless, elegant. A fragment with open storage remains nearby.

• Another interesting option for a scandi-dressing room, with restraint, cozy shades and maximum brevity. In this case, the room is still adjacent to a small library, which looks nice.

• If a large dressing room does not fit under the stairs, a large shoe room can fit there. When closed, it disguises itself as decoration and is almost invisible.

• A very laconic replacement for the wardrobe in the hallway is an area for things under the stairs. There is enough space for jackets, shoes and other outdoor items.

• An example of how a closed dressing room looks, the doors of which merge with the walls in the room. The absence of visual noise always benefits the space.

• Nice light built-in wardrobe, even a whole modular systemthat echoes the panels on the wall. Everything is very laconic, and the eye does not cling to what is inside.

A place for a design feat always remains - creating a dressing room under the stairs is an interesting task for everyone who is interested in design and wants to try themselves in it by the example of their own home.