Wardrobes are essential in our homes. These furniture with doors are key to storing and organizing both clothes and other personal items that we do not want to leave in sight, thus contributing to make the rooms look more orderly.
Living as most of us live in relatively small apartments, creating the necessary storage space for all these objects is key to maintaining order. Taking advantage of those corners that in other circumstances would be wasted is important and a corner wardrobe It is the perfect type of wardrobe for it.
Why bet on a corner wardrobe?
A corner closet takes up little space and it allows us to gain storage space by taking advantage of those corners in which it would be difficult to fit another piece of furniture. They are especially useful in small and narrow spaces, but we should not give them up in large spaces. You want to know why?
- They make better use of space. The first advantage of this type of wardrobe is that it allows us to make better use of the available storage space. They occupy a space, a corner, which would generally be totally wasted. They are meters that we earn, whether it is to hang clothes, store pans or organize books and documents.
- Sin saturating the room. Being located in a corner of the room, these types of cabinets neither interfere with the passage nor saturate the room.
- Possibility of extension. As we will see later today, corner cabinets are generally modular, so it is very easy to adapt them to specific needs by adding new modules, as many as we need.
Types of corner cabinets
Some years ago the most common corner cabinets were those with a single body and a chamfered front. Today, however, the modular cabinets. Those that, in addition to a corner body, offer us others that attached to it allow us to expand the storage space.
- Independent. They are cabinets designed to decorate the different corners of our home alone. That does not mean that they do not belong to a series of pieces of furniture that keep certain aesthetic characteristics and combine with each other. Formerly, its design was robust, worked and generally presented a wider upper area. Today, they have a lighter and more minimalist design.
- Modular. They are made up of different modules, including a corner module, which allow us to play with different layouts. They are the most popular today since in addition to playing with different configurations, they allow us to expand the closet in the future.
- Configurable. There are express that allow a high degree of customization in these cabinets, either because they offer a wide variety of modules that you can configure yourself through simple online tools, or because they design them from scratch, to measure.
Where are these cabinets used?
In the bedroom
The need to have a wardrobe closet in bedroom it is unquestionable. It is in the bedroom where the largest closets in the house are generally located. Those who have space, allocate an entire wall to these cabinets, but when the room is small it may be necessary to allocate two and place a corner cabinet.
Modular type corner cabinets, such as the wardrobe PAX from Ikea, they are the favorites to furnish adult bedrooms. In children's bedrooms, a small wardrobe like the ones you can see in the images, allows the child to have more space to play while it is small. The key to making the most of the space is to place it on the same wall as the bed, thus leaving the other side of the room uncluttered.
In the living / dining room
Modular wardrobes, which are so practical in the bedroom, are also a great choice for the living room combined with other base units and open storage solutions as bookshelves. The living room is usually the largest room in the house and therefore, the one that will allow us to implement a larger storage solution.
In the dining room, however, a corner cupboard with the capacity enough to store a tableware it is usually the most popular choice. An independent vintage-inspired design could bring a lot of character to the room in contrast to other more modern furniture, dare!
In the hall
Have a space in the hall where hang up the coat and leave your shoes when you get home the desire of many. And a small but well distributed corner wardrobe can be the solution to make it happen. You will not need more to have the hall always orderly.
In the bathroom
A separate corner cabinet in the bathroom will provide you with extra storage space to store hygiene products and even some towels. It is common for the cabinets for this room to be elevated to avoid humidity and combine closed and open storage for convenience.
In the kitchen
Corner cabinets are a great opportunity to create deeper storage space in your kitchen. A space in which to store pots and pans on rotating trays or create a small pantry. Nowadays, as important as a good distribution of the cabinets to achieve a functional kitchen is how we "dress" them inside.
There are many rooms that will benefit from a corner closet, especially if they are small or narrow.