Our advice to plan your cellar

Are you looking for a storage space for your domestic machines? Washing machine, dryer … so many equipment that you can keep in a cellar. So that it can contain all your treasures, here are some suggestions to develop this space and maintain its practicality and functionality.

What is a cellar?

Also called rear kitchen, the cellar is known to be the juvenile room in the kitchen. We often meet in Master's homes or bourgeois buildings. It is a space that acts as storage and conservation of the provisions.

The rear kitchen is appreciated for its practicality and functionality. Today this space is always smaller, but it has not lost its practical side. It systematically welcomes everything that is not used on a daily basis. In addition to welcoming the provisions, the cellar can also act as a cellar or laundry.

There is no special layout for a cellar or precise type of lighting (natural or direct). However, Make sure your room is adequately ventilated. The place should be dry with an easy easy floor, so that the room can remain clean without making too much effort. For optimal development, the ideal is to have a space of at least 4 m².

• Where is the cellar?

For the practicality, the cellar must be in a room adjacent to the kitchen. If you don't have this possibility, this is not mandatory. More and more, more and more families opt for a cell phone agreement in the basement.

The advantage is that you will have enough places to welcome your provisions and appliances. A cellar close to the garage will be more accessible to archive your provisions, returning races.

In the absence of a basement, do not despair! There are several places that can host your cellar:

• Under the scale: the cellar can accommodate a vacuum cleaner or part of the provisions
• In the kitchen if it is large enough. Your cellar will separate it in half, with a glass roof for example. For this type of development, you must always archive your cellar and avoid overcoming it too much.

Anticipate back and forth between the kitchen and the cellar

Needless to say, you will have different back and forth between the kitchen and the rear kitchen. It is therefore necessary to focus on the separation between the two rooms. It is therefore necessary to provide the type of opening. The ideal is to opt for a classic door, which is simple but effective. In addition, for more practicality, a sliding door, like sliding panels, is ideal. If you don't have enough space, the curtains are sufficient. This provision is also decorative, because you can replace them as you wish.

Several parameters consider choosing this opening. Therefore, for a house with children, an oscillating door or a bad dispute opening represent some risks.

• Anticipate the volume of the provisions

Obviously, a child without children will not have the same preservation needs as a family with 2 children. You must therefore predict the amount of food you will have to keep in your cellar. Depending on your needs, you will have to choose between the shelves with the editing of the kit or even choose custom furniture, to make every centimeter profitable.

• What can we put away in the cellar?

The cellar acts as space for all these everyday things that can be bulky for our kitchen. We place all the equipment that is not needed every day as the raid apparatus or the sorbetière.

It will also have to contain objects and tools capable of staining the aesthetic of the kitchen such as home products, absorbent paper, toilet paper, broom, cutlery or vacuum cleaner. The cellar is also destined to receive devices that occupy too much space in the kitchen as a fryer, steamer or bread machine.

As for food, the rear kitchen welcomes:

• Those who emit a strong smell of apples or bananas.
• Those who do not support light like potatoes.
• All provisions in general: cans, milk packages.

A cellar is easy to organize, especially by installing accessories that will help you find you easily. However, make sure everything is in place. To bring style to your room, remember to keep jars of different shapes, of colors so possible. In addition, a dark parquet is also very decorative for a cellar.

• How to organize a cellar in general?

At first glance, a cellar can keep everything! Put the dispositions to the gaze, so as not to waste too much time looking for the foods you need. You can insert them quickly. In the upper part, install the small appliances that you only need occasionally, even rarely. Be careful, do not overload this part too much to make sure that your cellar remains pleasant to see.

To optimize the aesthetic plane, we wear the walls with pastel shades. This will also improve the room and optimize the lighting. On the side of the aluminaire, opt for an incorporated LED bulb in the ceiling.

What if the space for the cellar were too small?

Over 40% of the French have an open cuisine. For this layout, the dining room, the kitchen and the living room are not divided. However, this provision does not allow to accumulate provisions and even less to keep them.

In addition, it does not allow you to install household appliances or bulky machines. Even for a kitchen closed in an apartment, it is not easy to keep everything, due to lack of space. This is how to own a cellar takes on its full meaning. This small piece will be able to contain all these things that do not contain in our cuisine.

In most accommodation, rear kitchen is a narrow room, scarcely arranged and dark. In short, this is a place left behind, which is a mistake! To remedy this, simply use the right equipment and good development, ensuring a good level of brightness.

For a small surface pantry, the ideal is to keep only the essential elements, which cling your kitchen. For hygiene, opt for the tile, which is easy to clean.

• How to develop a pantry?

Since the cellar is generally close to your kitchen, it is practical to keep everything that does not keep in the kitchen. This space is certainly practical, but you have to be careful that it does not turn into a tote! It will take a good organization in a cellar of pantry. Start by hanging hooks on the wall, to keep your racing bags.

For the provisions, provide modular shelves. In this way, you can store your provisions by type on each level. You can also organize bottles with bottles to transform part of the cellar into a cellar. However, think about the temperature and humidity of your room for this agreement!

• How to organize a cellar in the laundry?

A rear kitchen can also be rejected in the laundry. He will welcome the washing machine, chest or dryer. Because of this, It will be necessary to ensure that the part has enough electrical outlets to support all machines. For this type of cellar, only one rule: everything must be at hand!

Plan a wall assembly system and install different levels of shelves. In this way, leave room for your appliances. To check your little things, remember to install lockers and transparent drawers. A pantry for linen will also have to accommodate a ironing table or simply a space to bend the linen.

A cellar can be multifunctional. If your space allows it, you can organize a cellar that will be both a laundry and a ironing angle. You can also opt for a cellar of pantry with a refrigerated corner, dedicated to the conservation of the bottles.

What are the essential elements in a cellar?

Those who say that the well -named mobile phone says several storage spaces!

The shelves are presented as the essential element in a good development of a rear kitchen. The fastest and easiest would be to hang them directly on the wall.

The advantage is that the shelves occupy less space and can be satisfied with the height you like. If you have a lot to put in the cellar, opt for the shelves that occupy the entire height of the wall.

If you can't hang your shelves, prefer the shelves on your feet. The ideal is to choose a fairly high model, so that it can accommodate a large number of things, even if this means using a step to reach the top.

Also opt for tailor -made shelves! Design spaces of different sizes, depending on the elements you are to archive. For example, they plan shelves that welcome only large jars or bottles, even small spaces for salt agitators.

For a gain of space, opt for a wardrobe with drawers and lockers of all sizes. If you have enough space, opt for a closed furniture with sliding doors, which are more functional than the hinged doors. In this way, the storage space and your most fragile objects are protected from dust. If your space can accommodate two wardrobes, install them side by side, on the same wall.

For the decorative side, make sure the sliding door is stained. This is also practical because you will immediately see its content. On the other hand, it will be necessary to ensure that this content is well ordered, permanently.

On the other hand, install less shelves or deep hooks to hang the baskets in the wire or even the fabric bags.

Plan several baskets in your cellar! To find your way, add decorative labels so that you can know exactly what every basket contains. The advantage is that these accessories can host everything, in particular the elements you want to keep in the eyes:

• Bottles
• Domestic products
• Rag
• Fruit
• Vegetables
• …

Remember that a well -decorated and well affected cellar is more pleasant and easier to clean. Do not hesitate to design personalized accessories. By combining shelves and baskets suspended, you can have a practical and well decorated space.

In wood or metal, the boxes derive as a complement of the shelves. Combine the baskets to keep fruit and vegetables with the boxes that will be used to contain foods that are not likely to rot Such as garlic or potatoes.

The boxes are therefore presented as essential elements, for your provisions and to complete your decoration. Please note, do not place them directly on the cards, whether it is a wooden or metal box.

Install your boxes in the lower level of shelves or earth.

A staircase in a cellar may seem absurd and yet it is among the essential elements for this room. A staircase or stool is essential to reach the heights and your things permanently there.

Among the models, a escalator is the most practical. It allows you to quickly and easily access your highest shelves. Thanks to this accessory, you can keep the kitchen books outside the sight, remaining accessible at the top of your cellar. In addition, the sliding models are aesthetic.