Storage room in an apartment: design, selection of location, arrangement

Fashion trends of recent years and the desire to increase the usable area of ​​our modest apartments in secondary apartments have led to the fact that we often choose to expand by demolishing what owners and designers consider unnecessary partitions. In new buildings, in most cases, studio apartments predominate, where these partitions are not initially present. And an interesting situation is emerging - the space has been expanded, but the ergonomics of the room have suffered. This forces us to look for solutions on how not to clutter up the resulting space, where to put away the jam made by our beloved grandmother or mother, supplies of other products, and hide seasonal items and items for keeping the home clean from prying eyes.

And the answer lies on the surface - any house or apartment needs a storage system, which includes a pantry. And this is not a warehouse of unclaimed items, but a functional room with special arrangement rules. We will talk about where to place and how to arrange such a necessary place in this article.

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.

Layout

And although the pantry is just a small room behind a closed door, you shouldn’t clutter it with unnecessary items. The correct layout looks very aesthetically pleasing, so even a spacious room should be divided into separate zones, and all things should be organized. There is no need to try to fill the available corner with anything. The space should be organized in such a way that each thing has its own place. It is important to remember that in the closet, as in the entire apartment, there is no room for trash, so without getting rid of old things it is impossible to use the space rationally. Otherwise, chaos and chaos cannot be avoided.

If you don't need an item, it's better to give it away or throw it away rather than store it in a dark corner for a long time. It is important to organize the space in such a way that any item can be reached in one movement.

In a large country house there are many possibilities for placing a spacious storage room. Nevertheless, it is better at the construction stage to think about how to organize the internal space, where and how certain things will be stored. It is worth remembering that every square centimeter counts in a pantry.

Storage rules:

• To keep your shoes in excellent condition, it is best to store each pair in a separate box. It's a good idea to label each box so you don't have to look through each pair when the season changes. The ideal option is to print out photos of the shoes and glue them to the side of the box. To save space, you can place the shelves at an angle.
• On the middle shelves it is better to store things that are often used, for example, sports bags, laundry baskets, and tools. You can also install special drawers for things at arm's length.

• It is better to store suitcases, a vacuum cleaner and other bulky household appliances in the lower part of the pantry under the shelves.
• It is recommended to remove the artificial Christmas tree and New Year's decorations on the top tier.
• If there is a need to store outerwear out of season, you can place a hanger along one of the walls. The optimal height is 1.7-2 meters. And for hats it is worth setting aside a separate shelf.

The most rational and practical way to organize space would be shelves. For a pantry, a shelf depth of 40 cm is sufficient. But this width can be adjusted depending on the layout. And it is not necessary to use shelves of the same size and there is no point in placing only large and roomy ones. And at the same time, the expected load on each section should be taken into account. The shelves installed on special guides can be swapped and moved over time, thereby increasing or decreasing the size of the sections.

Dimensions

“Stalin buildings” usually have a good area, so such apartments often have two storage rooms. But, mostly, apartment owners dismantle partitions and use storage rooms to expand the living space. With the right approach, you can equip a dressing room, laundry room or office here.

Small storage rooms are found in other old houses. For example, a storage room in a Khrushchev building can occupy only 1 square meter. m. It can be used to store household appliances, cleaning products, an ironing board, etc. And in a “Brezhnevka” storage room, as a rule, the storage area does not exceed 2.5x1x3 meters. This is a good option for a walk-in closet that can also store some household appliances. Often the project included storage rooms in the hallway or next to the bedroom. It makes more sense to use the free space in the hallway as a wardrobe for outerwear. And the storage room next to the room can have the function of a dressing room.

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.

Where to place a pantry: layout ideas

Finding a suitable place to store various household utensils and things in small apartments is quite difficult. However, organizing your pantry is the best way to keep rarely used items out of sight and organized. If you take a good look around and apply some imagination, then even in a small Khrushchev you can carve out a couple of square meters.

Niche

The presence of a niche in a living space greatly simplifies the issue of equipping a pantry. Such recesses in the walls can often be found in old buildings - they are located in hallways or living rooms, have different dimensions, but in any case they will successfully serve as a storage area. Depending on the shape of the mini-room, you can place U-shaped or L-shaped shelves in it, install a hanger bar, or place household appliances. A tiny niche will be a good place to place a washing machine or refrigerator, and a large space can be decorated as a dressing room.

Dead end of the corridor

If there are no niches in the apartment, do not despair - a pantry can be equipped using the empty space. This opportunity exists, for example, for owners of long corridors that end in a dead end. In this case, it is enough to install a plasterboard partition or simply sliding sliding doors, which will limit the space of the pantry. Inside, as well as in a niche, the space is arranged depending on its purpose.

End of the balcony

An equally popular place to create a storage system is the end of the balcony. Here, too, owners of small-sized apartments often equip storage rooms. However, it is necessary to take into account the specific microclimate, which is very different even on a glazed balcony - this includes increased humidity and sharper temperature changes. It follows from this that a pantry equipped on a balcony should not be used to store food or clothing - it is best to place household supplies here.

In the kitchen

It is convenient for any housewife to have a food storage system directly in the kitchen, where you can place various canned goods, vegetables, cereals and other products. At the same time, it is not necessary to allocate a large area - the pantry can be organized along one of the walls and have a depth of no more than 20 cm. To save space, you can leave the storage open or install a sliding door structure. In such a pantry, in addition to food, there is space to store rarely used kitchen utensils.

In the bathroom

In the bathroom you can also arrange a small niche-storage room where hygiene, cosmetic, and cleaning supplies will be stored in an orderly manner. The space of an empty corner, which is fenced off with partitions made of moisture-resistant plasterboard and a curtain, is quite suitable for this. Sometimes a small laundry room is installed here, with a washing machine installed, or an ironing board is installed.

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.

What to pay attention to

Some points are not always taken into account when arranging such a shelf, but if you foresee them in advance, using a hanging cabinet will become much more convenient, and the things stored there will be more safe. The most important of them are the following:

• Correct load calculation. When installing, it is better to provide some margin of safety, since you never know what you will need to put in this cabinet. Therefore, it is better to mount everything on strong suspensions.
• Ventilation. Not everyone thinks about this, but by making several ventilation holes in the shelf, you can ensure better preservation of winter things and avoid the appearance of a musty smell.
• Lighting. In most cases, when a storage room is installed on the ceiling, they don’t think about lighting, but in vain - if the mezzanine is deep enough, it will be much easier to get something without errors if the interior of the cabinet is properly lit.
• Space dividers. Even one partition dividing the volume into two halves will allow for better organization of storage.
• Doors. Some craftsmen do not bother with such a thing as making special lockable or fixed doors for the mezzanine, but simply make a drop-down curtain. This should not be done - some things may stick out from the closet or simply fall out if there is no door with a lock.
• Finishing. To prevent such a shelf from looking like a wooden box attached to the ceiling, all visible sides must be decorated in the same style as the rest of the room.

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.

Purpose of the storage room

First, you should understand why exactly you need a pantry. Typically this room is used:

• as a wardrobe;
• as a food pantry;
• as a room for household supplies;
• like a small laundry;
• as a home workshop;
• as an office or workplace;
• as a library;
• as a universal pantry for storing things that do not belong in the living room.

Home storage room with shoes, clothes and bed linen

Small storage room in Provence style

The size of the pantry does not really matter - even in a small room you can arrange a wardrobe

Wardrobe

A container for even small clothes will be more spacious than a closet and will accommodate more clothes. Each family member can be assigned certain shelves, storage racks and boxes (for shoes) and store clothes there for all seasons.

The closet-wardrobe is a convenient place to store an ironing board, bed linen, blankets, pillows and towels. Thus, the living room and bedroom will be freed from bulky closets.

Food pantry

There are always a lot of things in the kitchen, and in fact they can all be moved to the pantry. Then cereals, spices, canned food, vegetables, even dishes will be stored in the pantry and will free up a lot of space in the kitchen. In some houses, the layout provides for such storage right in the kitchen (this could have been a refrigeration room at the beginning of the twentieth century), and this is even more convenient: you don’t have to go far.

You can arrange a storage room in the kitchen yourself: build it into a niche, for example. The only thing is that it is important not to forget to ventilate the pantry so that the vegetables do not rot and bugs do not infest.

You can make a pantry in the kitchen from a niche or other unused space

Room for household supplies

A vacuum cleaner, ironing board, cleaning products for floors, windows, dishes - all this can be conveniently placed in one place and hidden from view. You can also store a bucket, pots for seedlings, the seedlings themselves, suitcases for trips, and a clothes dryer there.

You can place an iron, glass jars, and unnecessary vases on the shelves.

The pantry is convenient for storing household items: washing powders, softeners, toilet paper, matches, pots, towels

The main thing is not to forget that the pantry is not a warehouse of unnecessary things, and periodically check whether you need all the items. If one of the items has not been used for a year, then it is worth giving it to friends, to a thrift store, or for recycling.

Mini laundry

In small typical apartments there is no space in the bathroom for a washing machine. If the pantry is located close to the drain, then the washing machine can be placed in it. You can also put a dishwasher there, as well as leave a mop, bucket and vacuum cleaner there. It makes sense to nail shelves on the door and place household chemicals on it. You can hang fabric pockets on the walls for all sorts of household items, and attach a mop and broom to the door so they don’t get in the way.

Photo of the pantry-laundry room: everything for washing and cleaning

For example, you can purchase a hanging pocket organizer made of Qwerty felt, rectangular and square - for a space of any shape.

Workshop

If you do carpentry or sewing, then you can put a sewing machine or a carpenter’s table in your mini-workshop. On the walls and doors it is worth equipping shelves and fabric pockets with threads, needles, fabrics, tapes or carpentry supplies and tools.

Pantry: photo of the workshop

Pantry: photo of a mini sewing workshop

Cabinet

In small apartments there is often no room for an office. In this case, the pantry will again help. It needs to be decorated like the rest of the rooms in the apartment - with laminate flooring and cozy wallpaper on the walls. Place a table, a computer, a lamp there, and the workplace is ready. It is worth hanging lamps on the walls, because you need to work in bright light.

A closet converted into a cozy office

A full-fledged office with a computer and printer is located in a small niche

A small table with hidden storage space by Claudio Bellini will fit into the closet. It is convenient, does not take up much space, and you can put work documents and books in it. The Topchairs Space computer desk will fit into even the smallest closet.

Library

A convenient place to store books, newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias. Children's notebooks for different grades, dissertations and scientific papers will also fit harmoniously into the storage room. These items are not used every day, but they are found in every home.

It is important to keep in mind that you need to have strong shelves to store books.

Universal pantry

A place where skates and skis are stored in the summer, and a skateboard and children's scooter in the winter. A ball, a sled, a set of construction tools, an ironing board, an umbrella, a set of board games - all this goes into the pantry. Now the main thing is to create a convenient storage system (boxes, shelves, hangers) so that you can always find what you need. For example, a snorkel in January for a trip to Egypt

A convenient closet where everything is at hand: sleds, rollers, skateboards, cans, car tires

The Wave universal hanger is suitable for such a closet. It is convenient to put shoes and the same mask with a snorkel in a rattan box.

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.

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.

Finish options

The design and preparation of the premises includes the following components:

• surface finishing;
• ventilation device;
• organization of lighting;
• selection of doors and furniture.

Since the storage area is limited to a few square meters, there are not many finishing options. The choice is mainly between budget execution and stylish design. Paint, wallpaper and panels - this is how the walls and ceiling are decorated. The flooring is usually tile, linoleum or laminate. Ventilation is necessary, both artificial and natural, to improve storage conditions. Among lighting fixtures, you should choose the safest, preferably adjustable, models. In dressing rooms, lighting can be installed in all closed sections.

The choice of doors is made from a standard set - swing, sliding or folding. And finally, the storage system is selected among cabinet, mesh and frame variations. If there are a lot of things, then you should prefer cabinet ones, and if order is a priority, one of the last two.

Floor

If the closet is an open part of the living rooms or kitchen, then changing the flooring to another is not recommended. In other cases, tiles or linoleum are used. The floor will definitely be subject to destructive effects, so the key aspect is the wear resistance of the materials. It is strictly not recommended to make carpeting: it gets dirty quickly, and it is difficult to move objects on it.

To avoid possible damage to the floor, be it tiles, laminate or linoleum, you need to do the ceiling and walls first. Which one comes first depends on the dimensions. In a large storage room, the ceiling is tiled first. When finishing the floor, you should also take into account the ambient temperature. If direct sunlight enters the room, the tiles will be able to partially compensate for the rise in temperature.

Walls

The work is carried out in the following sequence:

• Cleaning.
• Drying.
• Disinfection.
• Applying a facing layer (in some cases, lathing will be required).

The walls become dirty from objects in the case of open structures and, on the contrary, are hidden from view if the furniture is cabinet-made. With the second option, there will be no need for drawings on the wall and so on. In the first case, the surface must be dirt-repellent. Wallpaper and lining are ideal.

However, for some, whitewash will look more familiar. If the chosen material is clapboard, you will need lathing. In any case, finishing begins with grouting: uneven surfaces are removed from the walls. In this case, abrasive meshes are most often used. This stage is especially important for wallpapering, since even small irregularities will appear in its texture. Next, the walls are cleaned of the slightest signs of fungus and sprayed with a spray bottle. Then you will need to dry it with a hair dryer. After this, the U- or C-type lathing is installed and the final stage of finishing begins.

Ceiling

The top, as usual, is made light: it won’t be bad if you paint it white. However, there are no special requirements for the utility room. Wherever it is located, the main thing is to maintain illumination at an optimal level. Putty is the first option, in shades from white to light green. Of course, ordinary acrylic paint can replace it. A suspended ceiling is another solution. Lighting fixtures are also mounted on it. Less commonly, but plastic and MDF panels are also used. These options are typical for finishing in an “expensive”, exclusive style. Regular wallpaper is also applicable. And besides them, there are also non-woven and liquid ones.

The most non-standard and beautiful option is a self-leveling ceiling with a bright 3D pattern. This is an alternative to MDF panels for expensive finishing. There are many design methods, but in any case the materials must be environmentally friendly and smell good.

Ventilation

The pantry, as an open part of the room, does not require forced ventilation. Enclosed rooms are usually ventilated during construction. However, this is not enough, and in the closet there is a constant accumulation of dust and microparticles in the air. Openings near the ceiling and floor will help to cope with the problem. The situation will be partially improved by expanding the provided ventilation duct. It is better to replace a solid door with a door with holes. It is better to secure a barrier between the door frame and the leaf so that the door never closes completely.

A small air conditioner or ionizer is installed in the utility room itself. You can also organize the supply of air from the street. A thick curtain is an excellent option for a wardrobe - it reliably protects from foreign odors, but does not impede movement.

Lighting

Without lighting fixtures, the pantry becomes gloomy. And without good lighting, all actions are performed more slowly. Based on many years of experience, table and built-in spotlights should be used as lighting. At the very top of the room, a rotating lamp or panel with several rotating lamps is installed.

It is better to purchase furniture sections with built-in lighting that is triggered when opened or approached. Automatic lighting with LED lamps may come in handy. Hanging chandeliers and wall sconces, as well as other lighting devices, the use of which has a high probability of damage, should not be used either in a regular storage room or in a closet-wardrobe. You should also not mount lamps at the bottom of the closet, because they can break from impacts from falling objects. The lighting effect is enhanced by mirrors.

Filling with storage systems

Storerooms are filled with systems:

• frame;
• mesh;
• hull.

The first subtype is a structure of racks and horizontal elements: shelves, drawers, rods. The second type is a collection of compartments, mostly open. Hull systems consist of a base (or bases) with various sections. Sometimes such frames are assembled from several housing modules. For the kitchen area you will need mesh baskets and hooks. In the dressing room, you should provide inclined modules for shoes, organizers for ties and belts. The same applies to amenities for outerwear and suits. Preference is given to open storage options. Protection from dust is also necessary - spacious compartments will help. Don't forget about modules for shoe and clothing care products. In any case, the storage room is divided into 3 conventional zones. Lower for large/heavy items, wide main area in the middle and upper for rarely used items.\

Door selection

There are three main options: swing, sliding, folding. The swing door leaf ideally has holes. However, in the case of a rollback, they are not so necessary. The third most common option is a design with folding doors, the so-called. "harmonic". The specific type, model and size are selected taking into account the characteristics of the opening, the functional load and the possibilities of the situation. The styling should not be overlooked.

If the walls and furniture in the adjacent room are already finished in a certain way, the door will have to be selected based on these considerations. Therefore, it is better to choose the door structure in advance. Recent trends point to the need to coordinate the colors of doors and walls, rather than contrasting them. Don't get too hung up on the need for doors. Sometimes something like a partition or curtain is better.

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.

Decor

Decoration is more functional than aesthetic, and despite this, the design of the pantry deserves special attention. The purpose of the storage room plays an important role. Before you start decorating, you need to decide what you will store in it. The free space can be used as a dressing room, a place to store or use household appliances, or as a small warehouse for food and household chemicals. Based on the task, it is worth moving on to the plan for utilities - electricity and ventilation.

The design of the pantry should be economical and convenient. And since the pantry is considered a kind of dust collector, it is wiser to choose simple and durable finishing materials in order to easily maintain cleanliness and order on the shelves without having to make repairs every year.

The most popular ways to finish a pantry:

• Painted plaster is a simple and effective way to decorate walls. It looks especially appropriate if the walls of the adjacent room are also covered with decorative plaster.
• Wallpaper is the most economical and simple way of finishing, but you should choose fabrics that can be easily cleaned with a damp cloth.
• Plastic panels are the most practical option. PVC panels are easy to clean with a dry or damp cloth.

• Drywall is a good option for a pantry, although designers argue that this option is less practical because chips, scratches and abrasions appear on the coating more quickly.
• To finish the floor in a closet, you often choose the same type of flooring as in the next room. But linoleum and tiles are considered the most practical. Laminate is a less durable and reliable material.

Since the pantry is usually small in size, it is better to choose light shades for finishing the walls and floors; they will visually expand the space. And if you plan to use the room as a laundry room with a washing machine, then it is better to choose materials that are not afraid of moisture.

The door should not stand out from the overall style of the apartment. On the inside, you can provide additional shelves and hooks on the door. From a practicality and space-saving point of view, sliding or folding doors are best suited.

Immediately choose the type of lighting , since it will be difficult to remake the lamps and swap the lamps in the next stages. In addition, looking for the right thing or object in the twilight is a dubious pleasure. If it is not possible to run a separate cable for electricity into the closet, you can use LED strip or battery-powered spotlights for lighting. Built-in lighting along the ceiling and on the shelves will make the pantry not only cozy, but also more convenient.

If you plan to store fresh vegetables in the pantry, then you should make sure that there is ventilation. But even if shoes and clothes are stored in the room, it is still worth considering proper ventilation. The ventilation system will eliminate unpleasant odors and high humidity in the room. Ventilation openings should be covered with mosquito nets to prevent insects and other pests from entering.

Tall shelving to the ceiling will double the useful area of ​​the pantry. Just like the built-in structure, it will not take up much space and will make the interior of the room more spacious and comfortable. You can also install individual shelves yourself - this is the least expensive way to build a pantry. It is better to place them from floor to ceiling. To do this you will need corners and the shelves themselves. A corner or U-shaped shelf will hold several times more things. And to make the pantry more functional and spacious, you can work out the design of the rotating corner block.

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.

How to do it yourself?

When renovating, you can save a lot if you convert the pantry into a dressing room yourself.

Tools and materials

For finishing you will need:

• Roulette.
• Plaster.
• Sandpaper.
• Putty knife.
• Putty.
• Primer.
• Wallpaper with glue or paint with a roller and brushes.
• Floor covering (laminate, linoleum or parquet).

To create shelving you will need:

• Wooden boards or chipboard.
• End tape.
• Jigsaw.
• Screwdriver, dowels and screws.
• Metal furniture corners.
• A clothes rail and special fastenings at both ends.
• Hammer.
• Self-tapping screws with dowels, screwdrivers.
• Pencil.
• Level.
• Angle clamp.

The type of lighting and ventilation you choose depends on your budget and the location of your closet.

Step-by-step instruction

To make a dressing room in a pantry with your own hands, you need to follow a certain sequence. Let's get started:

1. We dismantle the pantry door. We completely clean the interior space, including removing old finishing materials. If necessary, level the walls with plaster.

2. We carry out finishing work. The ceiling is painted and a suitable covering is laid on the floor. The walls are covered with paint or wallpaper. It is necessary to choose modern paint compositions that do not stain clothes. Wallpaper must be washable. It is better to decorate your future dressing room in light colors. If you plan to install cabinet furniture, the finishing can be done inexpensively, since it will not be visible anyway. At this stage, ventilation and lighting are done.

3. We take measurements for the manufacture of shelves. First you need to plan their location, draw a sketch, then draw up a detailed drawing. The number of shelves, rods and the dimensions of the racks depend on the real needs of the owner of the house, we will give only approximate figures: the height of the upper compartment is 20 cm, the middle one is about one and a half meters, the lower one is 40 cm. The length is determined based on the number of things and free space, the depth is in according to the size of the hanger plus 10 cm (total approximately 60 cm).
4. Let's start cutting the laminated chipboard. This material is considered optimal for making a homemade shelving unit. It is not afraid of moisture and has high strength indicators. In addition, the slabs look aesthetically pleasing, imitating a wooden surface. The cutting is done with a jigsaw using sharp chipboard files. It is necessary to increase the speed, reduce the feed and set the pumping to 0. An even simpler solution is to cut it in the store when purchasing the material. Remove roughness on the edges with sandpaper.

5. We fix the sides to the wall. To do this, mark vertical lines on the walls of the dressing room in accordance with the drawing. We fix 5 metal corners along the line at the same distance from each other (drill mounting holes, hammer in dowels, fix the corners with a screwdriver). We install the side panels from laminated chipboard, securing them to the corners with self-tapping screws.

6. We make horizontal markings. We fix the shelves using small furniture corners: screws with dowels fix them to the wall, and wood screws to the chipboard.

7. We continue to assemble the rack:
8. We install the rod, securing the brackets with self-tapping screws between the two sidewalls.

9. The pantry remodel is complete.

The photo shows a do-it-yourself dressing room, converted from a storage room.

Photo of the storage room in the apartment