10 ideas for arranging an attic

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• The first idea is a workshop
• Second idea – a bathroom, a toilet, a sauna
• Idea three – bedroom
• The fourth idea – “club of interest” or just a reception area
• Fifth idea – kitchen
• Sixth idea – a full-fledged living room or home cinema
• The seventh idea – study
• Idea eight – dressing room
• Idea 9 – children’s room
• Idea ten – billiard room

There are amazing rooms in some houses that, on the one hand, may look unusual, out of the general style of the dwelling, and on the other, they are extremely cozy rooms with wonderful views, since they are located under the very roof.

Of course, this is an attic. Such a romantic name came to us from France, and in Russia these rooms under the roof were traditionally called simply – the attic.

In the 17th century, the French architect François Mansart, one of the founders of the classicism traditions in France, who built several palaces and churches that have survived to this day, suggested using usually small, but often quite spacious premises on the last floors of apartment buildings. However, until the 40s of the last century, attic most often became rooms for servants and storage of unnecessary old things..

Today, when literally every square meter of usable area counts in the house, not using the attic has become an impermissible luxury. In addition, the features of this room allow you to embody the most daring ideas of the designer here. In this article, Our site offers ten ideas for arranging a former attic, which can become the most unusual and very functional room in the house..

The room under the roof was named after the French architect François Mansart

Let’s make a reservation right away – all the ideas proposed below are suitable only for already insulated premises, which can be entered not only from the street, but also directly from the residential part of the house. It is much more difficult to turn an ordinary attic without a heating system, with a ladder and a too low ceiling into a functional room. In this case, you will need a serious restructuring associated with major repairs, including the rooms on the lower floor – you will have to break through the entrance for the stairs, raise the roof, and so on. This is already a topic for a large separate article..

The first idea is a workshop

Do you like to draw? Do you love sewing or crocheting? Do you like the feel of soft clay in your hands that is about to become a charming vase or a comfortable cup? It is the attic, due to its isolation from the rest of the house, that can become an ideal workshop.

Let the rest of the rooms reign in perfect cleanliness – it is quite possible to make a creative mess in the room under the roof, creating the perfect space for doing what you love..

A real art studio may appear in the attic, where several family members can spend time at once. When arranging a workshop under a roof, illumination is very important, it is better if there are several windows – just on the roof or on the sides, where attic windows are traditionally located.

An art or sewing workshop, a room for a lover of wood crafts – in the attic you can create a special, secluded corner where nothing and no one interferes with creating and creating

If there is still not enough light, you will have to place several lamps in different parts of the room. Otherwise, the interior of the attic workshop can be anything – after all, this is a place for creativity!

Second idea – a bathroom, a toilet, a sauna

In a large family, the need for an additional bathroom is especially acute. And if there was no place for another bathroom in the lower rooms, the attic can be turned into a spacious, bright bathroom.

The main problem in the case of such a choice will be the conduct of communications – water supply and sewerage, you will have to lay pipes upstairs, connecting to the general system of the house.

If the issue of water supply and drainage is resolved, otherwise, in the attic, you can easily equip a small combined bathroom, a spacious bathroom and even a cozy sauna. The room will be unusual if only because a bathroom with windows is a rarity. And no one will be able to look into the windows on the roof or under the canopy, so there is no need to fear prying eyes.

Idea three – bedroom

To sleep peacefully away from the rest of the family, to retire in a quiet and cozy corner – just such a chance is given by the bedroom, equipped in the attic. Even a very small room can turn into a bedroom – the main thing is that there is enough space for a bed.

An important nuance – the room under the roof will be very hot in summer, so if the attic turns into a bedroom, it is important to worry about a reliable air conditioning system. And the windows must necessarily open for ventilation to ensure the flow of fresh air..

Try to beat the main features of the attic – beveled walls, unusual, often just a triangular ceiling – and your bedroom will become a real love nest..

In this case, the interior of the bedroom under the roof is decorated in a retro style – an excellent solution for the former attic. In general, for the design of such a room, you can choose any style of interior – from classics to high-tech, the main thing is that this design option is liked by the owners themselves

The fourth idea – “club of interest” or just a reception area

Does the head of the family dream of a room in which to place his hunting trophies? There is no room in the house where you can gather with friends? It is the attic that can become a place where it will be pleasant to sit with guests at a round table, where mom can chat with her friends over a cup of tea, and the head of the family can boast of a good deal or a fishing trip.

It is very simple to equip the reception area in the attic – the interior can be anything from a real hunting lodge to a magnificent baroque. The minimum set of furniture – soft sofas, armchairs and a table.

A close circle of friends gathered at a round table – this can be the main purpose of your attic

Wicker furniture in the attic will look especially harmonious

Fifth idea – kitchen

Moving your only kitchen underneath your roof may not seem like a good idea. Indeed, the hostess will have to climb up every time to cook lunch or breakfast. And will there be enough space for a dining room too? Otherwise, it will be, to put it mildly, not very convenient to transfer plates with food to the lower level..

However, this option also has a right to exist and will free up space on the lower floors for another living room..

There will be a lot of problems with arranging a kitchen in the attic – water, sewage and gas supply will require additional engineering systems. In addition, the sloped walls, near which the furniture will be installed, will not allow the upper row of cabinets to be placed, so that all the places for storing food and dishes will be located only at the bottom..

Most likely, for such a kitchen under the roof, you will have to order custom-made furniture. And yet, the interior of the kitchen in the attic in any case will turn out to be very unusual, and the correct arrangement of furniture and household appliances will make the room also functional.

On the sloped walls, there will likely not be room for the top row of kitchen cabinets. But the problem with storage places can be solved with the help of additional cabinets of the lower tier, a spacious cupboard for dishes or roof rails, which can easily replace ordinary shelves.

Sixth idea – a full-fledged living room or home cinema

This idea can only be realized in a fairly spacious attic, since in a traditional living room there should be at least one sofa and armchairs, and the distance to a television panel with a diagonal of, for example, 32 inches, should be at least three, and preferably four meters.

But if the size of the room under the roof allows you to turn it into a living room – why not? Beveled walls and uneven ceiling can be very original to beat in the interior, create a room that will be strikingly different in style from the rest of the rooms of the house and experiment with the design.

The seventh idea – study

As in the case of setting up a workshop, the privacy of the attic and its remoteness from the rest of the house make this room an ideal place to focus on work or your favorite hobby..

That is why turning the attic into a home office is one of the most popular uses for this room..

In addition, the future office may be quite small – there will be a place for a computer desk, a comfortable chair and a couple of shelves for papers here anyway..

When choosing an interior design for your office in the attic, pay attention to the English style. Massive furniture, leather sofas and solid armchairs, wardrobes and shelves made of dark wood are the best fit for creating a respectable interior, a real “big boss” office..

It is better, of course, to put the table near the window. No room for a large table – no problem, the laptop will fit even on a small table, possibly custom made to fit perfectly into the space against the sloping attic wall

Idea eight – dressing room

In general, the attic has traditionally been used as a place of “reference” for things that are no longer needed in the lower rooms. So this idea simply organizes the storage space and transforms it from a “trash warehouse” into a convenient and modern clothing store for the whole family..

Of course, all the furniture for such an unusual dressing room will also have to be made to order, although you can try to find both ready-made modules and a set of cabinet furniture. But you don’t have to think about interior design – all the walls will be occupied by shelves and drawers, so only the ceiling needs to be improved.

A spacious dressing room in the attic will eliminate the need to purchase wardrobes, dressers and other storage areas. And things will be in order, and there will be a little more space in the remaining rooms

Idea 9 – children’s room

Have you decided to “evict” children to the top floor? Not a bad option that will allow parents and kids to relax a little from each other – noisy games will not prevent a parent from enjoying their favorite TV series, and children can focus on their lessons without being distracted by conversations and adult activities.

However, in this case, you just need not only a comfortable, but also a safe staircase, always with handrails and non-slip steps, because kids will run up and down it every day, and not just one, but dozens of times.

It is even better if a bathroom appears near the nursery in the attic, so that children do not have to go down the stairs at night.

It is already possible to move upstairs rather large babies, it is better for preschool children to stay below, next to their parents.

The interior of the attic nursery as a whole will be as bright and functional as if this room was on the lower floor..

A warm, bright attic can be a really ideal place for a children’s room, of course, if you took care of the safest staircase

Idea ten – billiard room

If your house has enough space both for separate bedrooms and for a dressing room, then you can choose the most “elite” option – to equip a real billiard room in the attic. Just before going to the main attribute of such a room – a billiard table – it is necessary to clarify the size of the room.

Remember – the billiard table itself may not take up so much space, there are special “home”, compact options. So, a seven-foot table takes up a space of only 2.3 m by 1.35 m. However, players simply need space to swing a cue. The standard cue has a length of 1.6 m (for Russian billiards), for “American” and snooker, a shorter cue is used, 1.45 m long.

Thus, there should be at least 1.6 m of empty space around the pool table..

Do not forget that an ordinary billiard table weighs a lot – up to one and a half tons, so each of the four legs of the table, for example, for a Russian pyramid, will press on the floor weighing about 200 kg. Therefore, the floor in the future billiard room must be super strong..

The ideal floor covering for a billiard room is a carpet with a short pile, you will have to put a rug on the parquet or laminate, and the tiles will not work at all, since the table legs can leave cracks.

And don’t forget about sofas or chairs for grateful spectators and gambling fans. A bar counter with high chairs will be quite appropriate in the billiard room – you will get an excellent relaxation area

And in the attic, you can equip a library, create a real gym, if the lighting allows, then a winter garden. This room under the very roof of the house has a huge potential, which allows you to create a unique interior, beautiful, cozy and functional.