How to choose a closet in the hall?
A few suggestions for choosing:
- For a small hallway, you should choose compact designs with compartment or folding accordion doors that will not clutter up the room and hide the area.
- Since this room is characterized by increased pollution, it is not advisable to use models in light color versions, which are especially easily soiled.
- In a narrow and long corridor, it is better to place a cabinet near a short wall.
- For a square corridor, it is more appropriate to install the structure in the entire wall.
- The entrance hallway with a large number of doorways can be decorated with a small narrow cabinet with placement in the entrance door zone.
- When creating a wardrobe, the best option is to install louvred facades that promote free air circulation.
Types of Cabinets
There are several varieties that differ in their features and advantages.
Wardrobe in the hallway
This sliding design accommodates a sufficient number of things, provides their ordered storage and simplified search.
Hinged wardrobe
It is the most traditional and familiar version of the wardrobe, which can have any purpose, for example, to be clothing, business or even book. Before installing the swing model, you should correctly calculate the area in the room, given the opening of the doors.
Built in
It fits easily into a niche, pantry or corner space, forming a whole wardrobe in it. The built-in model represents shelves, crossbars and other components that are attached to the walls, which gives the product special reliability and monumentality.
Modular
Due to the special placement of individual modules, it turns out to construct a model that organically fits into the interior and will be characterized by high functionality.
Combined Models
A fairly popular solution is considered to be products supplemented with a mirror, hooks for clothes, a holder for umbrellas and other elements. For example, the most practical option is represented by models with a shoe rack, bench, ottoman or even with a small sofa, which provide proper storage of shoes, as well as facilitate the process of re-shoes.
No less functional are cabinets with a curbstone, fully meeting the requirements of the corridor. Properly planned design will provide convenient storage of things and a place for hats or bags. Models with shelves on the side or in the middle that can be filled with various necessary objects, books, figurines or other accessories have a very stylish and original design.
Case cabinet
It differs in rather modest dimensions, can have a wall hanging mount or be installed on the floor.Most often, a single-wing shallow pencil case is equipped with numerous drawers and shelves with closed and open compartments.
The interior of the wardrobe in the hallway
The occupancy of a sliding wardrobe mainly includes insides, in the form of a bar with hangers for outerwear, shelves, drawers or baskets in which you can store various small items or place umbrellas. Also, the design is equipped with a special lower narrow compartment for the location of shoes or even a separate place for household supplies.
Often enough for a more rational use of space, cabinets are supplemented with various hooks for clothes, hats or corner shelves, on which bags, keys, umbrellas and other small items are easily placed.
How to arrange the cabinet?
Several accommodation options:
- In a niche. The design built into the niche is a very convenient and unique solution that does not clutter up the space. Such designs look compact and neat, while contributing to the storage of a sufficient number of things.
- Above the door or around the door. Cabinets with a ceiling mezzanine, arranged around or above the doorway, not only beautifully frame the entrance, but also significantly save space, which is especially important in small corridors in Khrushchev.
- On the whole wall. This option is more appropriate in spacious hallways. In order to further emphasize the overall dimensions of the room, you can choose solid, rather than built-in products.
- In the corner. This arrangement has many advantages. The angular design takes up a minimum of useful space, does not clutter up the room and does not restrict movement in it.
- Under the stairs. A reasonably convenient, stylish, beautiful and practical solution that frees up additional square meters and makes the space as functional as possible.
In large corridors, high structures are also very often installed up to the ceiling. Such models are sometimes distinguished by built-in backlight, which gives them a particularly spectacular look.
In narrow and long corridors, structures are installed from wall to wall and decorated with a solid mirror or glossy surface, which creates the effect of the depth of space.
Dimensions and shapes of cabinets
An ideal option for almost any room is a corner cabinet. It can have a l-shaped, triangular shape, located obliquely, be diagonal, made in the form of a trapezoid with a rounded or beveled angle, or have a radius design that is especially suitable for decorating a square room.
Such corner products maximize the use of the space of the hallway of any size. A truly interesting shape is the radius model, which makes the surrounding interior more elegant. It can be semicircular, convex, concave, or even a non-standard curved wavy shape.
Large structures have significant dimensions, which are mainly installed in the entire width and height of the wall. These huge products are quite roomy.
In small corridors, there are often narrow single-door, bivalve or swivel models that not only rationally use the area and correspond to the ergonomics of space, but also look very stylish.
Color spectrum
The classic color scheme is brown, which is mainly characteristic of wood products. Designs in this color scheme may also differ in dark red, burgundy shimmer or a dark exquisite shade of wenge, often found in classic or English interiors. White, beige or gray cabinets are considered the most neutral, they do not visually overload the space, do not attract extra attention and do not violate the proportions of the room.
Especially effective compositions can be achieved using a black-and-white tint solution, and blue or blue products help to create an unusual, memorable and bold design, due to which the atmosphere is filled with special freshness, airiness, spaciousness and spaciousness.
In order to fill the hallway atmosphere with pleasant and cheerful emotions, colorful yellow designs or products in accent or soft and delicate green colors are perfect.
Photo of the hallway in various styles
Well-chosen wardrobe can be the perfect complement to the corridor, made in a specific style.
Modern
In the modern interior, there are mainly rectangular designs that differ in clear geometry and matte, glossy or glass facades. Sliding wardrobes in this style have a unique sense of style and have an individual and presentable appearance.
Classical
For classics or neoclassics, it is preferable to use wooden built-in models or massive solid structures, decorated with carvings or golden dusting, which are an indicator of the solidity of the interior.
Loft style
In the loft style hallway, dimensional cabinets with a combination of wood and metal, having strict shapes and a rude appearance or antique products made of untreated boards or metal grates, will be appropriate. Such a design solution always looks quite creative and stylish.
Provence style
This style is characterized by slatted facades, vintage furniture items or designs with imitation of antiquity. Mainly provence, complemented by wooden models in pastel shades, which can be decorated with carved or drawn patterns. Such decor is able to give lightness and weightlessness even to the largest multi-door wardrobe.
Minimalism
Furniture in the style of minimalism is particularly versatile. Facades most often have a natural texture or smooth surface and do not have accessories, such as handles, which makes the cabinet inconspicuous, integrated and visually invisible. In the manufacture of structures, wood, glass, chipboard or MDF is used, light, pastel white, milk or sand tones predominate in the coloring.
Scandinavian
For a scandi interior, they choose the most simple and modest cabinets with a primitive decor, various transformer models or combined designs with a hanger, ottoman or shoe cabinet.
Design ideas for cabinets in the interior
Facades with a mirror have a particularly attractive design; in addition to their aesthetic appearance, they provide a visual increase in space. Special flicker and volume, differs mirror plane with facet.No less original in the hallway look models with transparent, frosted, patterned glass or designs with a smooth glossy surface coated with lacobel, which, due to the reflective effect, add to the space of light.
Quite an interesting solution are products with an open part, made for a showcase or ordinary open shelves, which can be radial, straight or angular.
A very popular option for the design of sliding wardrobes is the use of sandblasting drawings, engraving or photo printing, which provides the application of a wide variety of images suitable for any interior direction.
To create an unusual design, elements with stained-glass windows are used, and to give the atmosphere an old look, products with a patina are perfectly suitable. Particularly presentable are models with various inserts, for example, from rattan, pleasant to the touch skin, with an elegant and expensive appearance, often made in the form of a carriage screed or bamboo, which gives the environment naturalness and naturalness.
If a child lives in a house or apartment, you can buy a separate locker for things for him. Such designs are mainly distinguished by a bright and colorful design and creative design, making them the main interior element. In addition, children's models must first of all be stable, safe and have a sufficient number of compartments.
Photo gallery
The cabinet is able not only to add comfort and functionality to the hallway, but also to give it a stunning aesthetic appearance.