Features of choice and location
Several nuances to choose from:
- The cabinet is selected in accordance with the size of the room. For example, for a small toilet room in an apartment, small structures or narrow models located above the toilet are better suited.
- In a spacious toilet combined with a bathtub, you can install a more overall hinged structure, a curbstone or a pencil case.
- You should not choose too wide products that will hang over your head. The most optimal and harmonious option are cabinets 20 cm wide.
- It is also undesirable to save on fittings and prefer high-quality and proven products.
Types of toilet cabinets
There are a large number of lockers with different performance parameters and appearance.
Hinged
It is a universal solution for a miniature room, where it is most often located above the toilet. Such suspended furniture items on a mounting plate have a wide variety of sizes, depths, content and stylistic performance.
Built in
It features a fairly compact design, fits easily into the interior space and provides convenient access to filling.
Floor
It is a free-standing model that can be equipped with legs, open or closed shelves.
Retractable
These multifunctional products save valuable floor space and are therefore especially suitable for small toilets. Roll-out cabinets are often located near the toilet, which is very convenient.
Open shelves in the toilet
Such designs add a special style and comfort to the setting and are mainly used to accommodate various decor, for example, it can be a vase of flowers, wicker baskets, jars of cream or soap, etc.
Rack
It is a compact and ergonomic furniture element that can add versatility to even the smallest room. Forged racks are especially impressive in appearance, which not only represent a beautiful and elegant product, but are also suitable for storing towels, napkins and other hygiene products.
Pencil case
Quite spacious and at the same time not taking up much space, the pencil case, thanks to the shelves installed along the entire length, allows you to place all the necessary household accessories inside.
With doors
This option has various sizes, installation method and design. Cabinets with hinged or sliding doors perfectly hide all the contents and contribute to creating a neat interior.
With roller shutters
It can be a roller-shutter model, which is a practical option for a small room and allows you to save additional space, or a tamper-door cabinet that provides excellent ventilation for interior contents.
Purpose of the closet in the toilet
Main types of appointment:
- Plumbing. It is used to close pipes, meters or a boiler and thus add more attractiveness and neatness to the room. Plumbing hatch, provides free access to communications or a plumbing pipe for repair or cleaning. In addition, appliances hidden in plasterboard, wood or plastic construction have a longer service life and less condensation and dust accumulation.
- Economic. It can have sufficient overall dimensions and be a kind of pantry for a mop, broom, rags, buckets, basins or storage of other household items used in the household.
- Decorative. It performs an exclusively decorative function, it can have a very interesting design, the original color of the doors, a glossy or glass facade, through which neatly placed decorations will be visible.
A design with a specific purpose not only has a practical function, but also allows you to form a rather pleasant design.
Options for the location of cabinets in the bathroom
Most popular solutions.
Cabinet behind the toilet
Convenient cabinet behind the toilet, provides an excellent storage system for toilet paper, towels, air freshener and other little things.
Thanks to this arrangement, it turns out to free up space on the cabinet with a sink or shelves, which can be decorated with other beautiful decor.
Above installation
Such a solution will be an excellent addition to the toilet, which does not overload or clutter up the room. This arrangement not only allows you to hide communications, but also provides a sufficient amount of space to fill with other necessary things.
Hidden
It is distinguished by a very aesthetic appearance and due to the front part, which harmonizes and merges with the walls in the interior, it creates the feeling of a holistic plane, behind which there is actually a secret cabinet with a lot of things. Quite often, when decorating a toilet with tiles, the doors of a hidden box are also decorated with an identical cladding.
Side
Perfectly complements the atmosphere and, due to its thin and light forms, does not overload the space. This piece of furniture can be left or right-sided.
Angular
It is considered the most suitable option for small washrooms, which can be located in any corner of the room. Two corner shelves installed on both sides of the toilet will look very organic.
In a niche
Such products are equipped only with shelves and doors, and the back and side walls represent the niche itself.
Design of a small toilet with a locker
A small toilet room is equipped with narrow shelves that take up space above the toilet bowl, or a side wall or mini-models, with open or closed shelves that look very harmonious and neat.
Quite often, products with mirrored facades are used here, which make it possible to visually increase the dimensions of the room. Such cabinets do not contribute to the clutter of the space, endow the atmosphere with special lightness and allow you to radically change the design of the room.
How to arrange a locker?
In the color scheme for the wardrobe, you can choose both delicate white, beige, blue pastel tones, perfect for a small toilet, and brighter and more contrasting green, red, black shades that will form a catchy accent in the interior and thereby also create the appearance of an additional spaciousness.
Models made of colored, acrylic plastic or frosted, transparent glass, as well as metal structures, especially often used for a loft-style toilet, look very interesting and original.
Home-made cabinets or products decorated with drawings, 3D images or photo prints are distinguished by a rather unusual design, which are suitable for a toilet in almost any style direction. An even greater effect can be achieved when equipping the structure with the help of a backlight that automatically turns on when the doors are opened.
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The wardrobe is an equally useful and unique piece of furniture, which undoubtedly becomes a harmonious detail of the entire interior and creates the effect of a complete design.