A trouser rack is not considered a necessary element of a home storage system. However, it makes life easier for its owners by preserving the ironed creases on dress trousers and optimizing closet space. There are stationary and retractable models. The latter are especially relevant as they provide easy and quick access to clothes. Let's look at the types of retractable trouser pants, their sizes, and give advice on choosing a model and making them yourself.
Orange trouser hanger.
Do-it-yourself trouser maker
High-quality trouser racks in furniture stores are not cheap, and if the cabinet dimensions are far from standard, then installing purchased models will require ingenuity and skill.
It’s much more pleasant to direct your engineering talents to making a retractable hanger yourself, especially if the costs of materials and equipment are lower than the price of the finished structure. To work you will need:
- telescopic guides,
- round rods (for holders),
- rods with a square cross-section (for the frame),
- plugs (7 - round and 2 - square).
Stages of work:
- For the frame, take 2 square-section rods with a length equal to the width of the module (minus the size of the guides), and 2 pieces with a length equal to the depth of the cabinet.
- In the transverse parts, at equal distances from each other, make holes for round holder rods. In our case - 7 pieces. The holes in the cross bar must be through, but not in the rear one.
- Weld a frame in the shape of the letter “P” with a cross bar at a distance of 10 cm from the back. It is needed to make the holders more stable and not dangle.
- From rods with a round cross-section, make 7 holders 2–3 cm long less than the depth of the cabinet. Insert the holders through the holes in the cross and back bars. Cook it.
- Install plugs on the rods on the free edge side. Now the frame and holders should be primed and painted. You can use enamel primer. Primer of trousers. Painting in gray color.
- At a height of 60–70 cm from the bottom of the cabinet, screw the ball guides onto the side walls using self-tapping screws.
- Install the structure on the guides. The pantsuit is ready. The pants are hung up.
Expert opinion Alexander Didenko Furniture assembler at Mabax
The reliability and convenience of a homemade pantsuit depends on accurate measurements. It is better to make calculations in advance, and then start cutting and welding parts.
Facade materials
The first thing any person sees when looking at furniture is its facade. Depending on the appearance, a built-in wardrobe can look harmonious in the room, be in flashy colors or completely nondescript. The facade of furniture usually means the design of doors.
Mirrored facades help increase the space in the room, so this technique is often used in small or dark rooms. Built-in cabinets with a glossy facade are the most budget option. This model has a huge number of different shades. In addition, the technology and materials used for this design are quite simple. Often such models are ordered to create some kind of background in a room.
Natural finishing materials have been in fashion lately. Models made of solid wood or bamboo are popular. Facades designed in this way retain their original appearance much longer and are not afraid of humidity and temperature changes. Rattan facade decoration has also begun to gain popularity. Just like bamboo, it is an environmentally friendly material and creates a unique atmosphere of comfort in any room. For classic or more solid interiors of offices and living rooms, you can use veneer with a beech, oak or cherry texture.
Trouser hanger sizes
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Despite the wide variety of storage systems, the sizes are regulated by furniture standards. For example, for sliding wardrobes:
- The standard height is 210 cm, the maximum is limited by the size of a standard chipboard sheet (278 cm).
- Minimum depth - 35 cm (with a shelf depth of 25 cm), maximum - 90 cm, optimal - 50 cm.
- The minimum width of the shelves is 40 cm, the maximum is 100 cm.
- The distance between shelves is 30 cm.
- The height of the rod for vertical storage of clothes is from 80 to 170 cm.
Pants are built into a ready-made closet, so their dimensions must fit into these standards:
- Manufacturers produce systems with a width of at least 30 cm - the average width of a trouser leg should fit on the rod. The maximum width of the frame is limited by the width of the cabinet shelf - 100 cm.
- The length of the trouser leg depends on the number of holders (from 4 to 12), between which there must be a distance sufficient so that the trouser legs do not touch each other.
- The depth of the structure should be less than the depth of the cabinet so that the retractable mechanism does not interfere with the closing of the doors.
- To determine at what height to mount the device, you need to take into account the length of the trousers, divided in half, and add the height of the trouser (from 8 to 12 cm). That is, the height will be from 55 to 70 cm.
What to look for when choosing
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A trouser hanger has always been and remains one of the main attributes of any closet. A simple device allows you to maintain ironed arrows and avoid small wrinkles and folds on the fabric. Sometimes choosing the wrong hanger can ruin your clothes. Thus, a retractable hanger is used only for the closet and is used as directed by the manufacturer. Therefore, when purchasing you need to consider:
- quality of material;
- design power;
- size and number of crossbars;
- the presence of locks on wheels;
That is why, when choosing, it is worth taking into account such factors as the number of trousers that you plan to store, this will allow it not to exceed the possible load weight that each of the trousers has. In addition to their intended purpose, trouser boxes are often used to store belts, towels, ties and scarves.
It is also necessary that the frame is not curved, the distance between the crossbars should not be more or less than the established parameters. The rods themselves must be covered with enamel and have a flat, smooth surface. Any type of retractable hanger must match the size of the wardrobe. Having understood the disadvantages of the retractable system and learned how to store trousers, you don’t have to worry about their aesthetic appearance.
An integral element in the wardrobe of a representative of the stronger sex is a business suit. Proper storage of expensive items means having a spacious closet and special hangers, which not only preserve the presentable appearance of clothes, but also protect them from dust and prevent clothes from becoming deformed. For trousers there is a special hanger with two metal clips or a retractable trouser hanger installed in the closet, which will ideally retain the shape of outerwear and will not wrinkle it.
Proper care and compliance with storage rules reduces the cost of dry cleaning, smoothing, and restoring the structure of the material. A business suit in your closet will retain its presentable appearance for many years. The presence of basic, necessary household items makes it easier to store your favorite things, creates comfort, convenience, and harmony of life.
What will help you use the space with maximum convenience?
Another interesting point has arrived: designing a closet is not everything; you need to correctly arrange things in it. So that you can immediately see where everything is, so that it is convenient to get any thing.
What can help resolve this issue? Today, many remarkable devices have been developed that solve these problems. Let's get to know them better.
As we already know, the longitudinal bar for outerwear is placed at a height of 150-160 cm. But you can place dresses and suits at a higher level (especially since the built-in wardrobe allows this). Do you think it will be inconvenient? No, the elevator (pantograph) system will help us here. By pulling the handle, we lower the bar to the desired height, after which it independently rises to its original position.
Belts and ties... There is a known problem with them - they are everywhere! To forget about this inconvenience, hang them on the retractable belt and tie rack. It will not take up much space, but will accommodate the entire supply.
Shoes are often placed in the lower tier of closets. Roll-out shoe shelves of several types are used for it - single- and multi-tiered.
- Try using transparent drawers or baskets - it will be very convenient. Without opening them, you can immediately determine what is in any of the sections.
The worst thing about little things is that there are a lot of them, they are everywhere. Small things are stored mainly in a pile, which has a habit of crumbling and creeping into all corners. By dividing one or two drawers into cells, you will get an excellent organizer for small things.
Summer shoes are packed in boxes for the winter, winter shoes for the entire warm period. It often takes quite a long time to find the right pair. It is much easier to number each box and label it. A more convenient solution is to photograph each pair of shoes and attach the photo to the box. You will forget about long searches.
Do you want even more order? Sort all the things inside the closet by color - it will be much easier to navigate. Or you can distribute them according to material: cotton with cotton, silk with silk. Here, choose for yourself - whichever is more convenient for you.
Tip: to organize the interior space of the closet, as well as to place things more compactly, use various accessories, such as multi-tiered hangers, hangers with clothespins and other small helpers.
Purpose and features
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The technical challenge of the design is to ensure easy and quick hanging of more than one product at the same time. Thanks to the universal fastening, the trouser hanger can be easily pulled out, does not take up much space, and is ideal for a wardrobe with hinged doors, a sliding wardrobe, or a niche.
The retractable hanger, compared to the classic one, is more functional; it is a universal retractable mechanism on ball guides, which ensure a soft, smooth forward movement. Their distinctive feature is the minimum and maximum width, which makes it possible to select a trouser holder to suit the individual parameters of the cabinet.
Hangers for trousers in a closet with slats of the same length with full or partial extension are installed where the height of the clothing compartment is 120 - 130 cm, the depth of the closet varies from 600 to 1000 mm. It is very convenient and easy to store trousers, skirts, scarves, stoles on such devices; you just need to pull out the mechanism.
It is important to know that if the depth of the wardrobe is less than 53 cm, then it is not recommended to install retractable furniture fittings. If the cabinet body is made of chipboard, the thickness of which is 2.5 cm, then special dowels and self-tapping screws are used for strong fixation
Cabinet filling
As a rule, companies offer standard content for a built-in cabinet model. However, it is worth considering the features of the room layout and the purpose of the rooms
This will allow you to keep your trousers in good condition. At the bottom of the built-in closet there is usually a place to store shoes. The ideal option is when each spouse has his own personal compartment in the closet.
In the built-in closet located in the hallway, not only ordinary clothes are often stored, but also outerwear and seasonal shoes. Often umbrellas, suitcases, bags and hats are stored inside. When it is not possible to install a standard structure size of sixty centimeters in the corridor, then models with a width of forty centimeters are often chosen.
For better functioning, experts advise placing stationary or end rods there. Many designers recommend installing built-in corner wardrobes in the hallway. This will make an excellent storage system. Many housewives place household items such as an ironing board, vacuum cleaner, computer desk or safe in hallway cabinets.
Often built-in wardrobes located in the living room store not only items of clothing, but also jewelry and various services. At the customer's request, a TV can be mounted into the housing. This technique will be a great way to save space in the living room. The filling of such a built-in cabinet must be carefully planned. According to the designers, it is good if open shelves are combined with closed compartments; glass doors are allowed.
When developing a design layout for a children's built-in wardrobe, you should think thoroughly about everything. The interior of the closet should be organized in such a way that the baby can independently get the necessary things. Planning the inside of a cabinet is a long and painstaking task. But once everything is carefully thought out, there will be no problems with the storage system in the future.
Kinds
The retractable trouser compartment for the closet, allowing optimal use of the internal space, provides a complete overview of all the things on it. Meeting high quality standards, it allows you to store a large amount of clothing in an upright position, not very tightly. The trousers in this position do not wrinkle and always look good. Advantages of the retractable mechanism:
- rational storage;
- ease of use;
- elimination of distortions of the mechanism when loaded;
- easy, silent movement.
The ease of access to the trouser drawer in the closet depends on the nature of the design. Typically, a trouser hanger is a frame equipped with transverse tubes on which there are silicone rings that prevent outerwear from slipping. According to the arrangement of the rods, it can be one-sided, two-sided, combined, folding.
By location
A retractable accessory, designed to fit standard furniture sizes, can be easily installed in any closet in different positions without interfering with the movement of the doors. Simple and compact, they are used to get things out without additional devices. The pleasure of use depends on the correct location of the module in the cabinet.
Typically, retractable hangers are attached to the top shelf or to one or two sides of the compartment. The most convenient and economical is their lateral location. Fitting tightly to the wall, the design does not take up much space under the central rod, easily extending, providing free access and convenient placement of clothes.
On the top shelf
On the closet wall
By mounting method
The trouser hanger is equipped with guides that can withstand heavy loads, characterized by quick, simple installation and trouble-free operation. The most common, popular fastener elements are roller guides with closers or clamps.
Telescopic guides, working with the help of balls, ensure full extension of the structure, are attached symmetrically to the side wall of the furniture using special dowels, and do not require adjustment. The presence of closers allows you to install the fittings at the top, making the mechanism invisible. The advantage of the guides is smooth running and reliability.
By material
Today, new technologies improve the aesthetic and performance properties of metal for the manufacture of mobile hangers and their components. Manufacturers, adhering to standards, surprise with the novelty and practicality of their products. Using chrome plating, silicone coating creates a textured surface that prevents clothing from slipping, increasing the level of comfort. The trouser hanger is made:
- made of aluminum;
- become;
- durable plastic;
- a combination of steel and plastic.
Plastic modules are considered the lightest and less practical; under heavy loads they are subject to deformation and breakage. Hangers manufactured at low cost require careful and careful handling.
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Metal
Plastic
Devices for convenient storage
Carousel for shoes
A great way to use deep corner niches. And it’s easy to compactly store a couple of dozen shoes. You can easily browse the available stock and choose the right model for your morning or evening outfit.
Pull-out shelf with compartments for ties and underwear
It is convenient to put small accessories and underwear in small cells so that you can see everything that is in stock. Pull-out shelves and drawers allow you to quickly make choices and bring order to your storage organization. Now you don't need to rummage through boxes looking for the right pair of socks.
Pull-out trouser
When you have a large collection of trousers in your wardrobe, it makes sense to purchase a retractable trouser rack for them, thanks to which things take up the minimum possible space in the closet. At the same time, they easily float right into your hands. Some trouser models are designed to automatically extend when the cabinet door is opened.
Retractable rod for tramples
End rods take up minimal space in the closet and allow you to compactly store shirts, suits, trousers, etc. To inspect things, just pull the bar towards you, and the closet will helpfully provide you with a wide selection of stored items.
Pull-out shelves for linen
A corner cabinet allows you to create deep shelves. However, this is not always convenient. Everything that ends up under the back wall on the shelves gets lost, forgotten and wastes space. There is an exit. Just make the shelves pull out. In this case, the overview of what is stored will increase significantly. You will always be aware of what is where. And at the same time, getting to the right thing will be easy and convenient, no matter where it is.
Laundry baskets
Knitwear does not like to be disturbed once again. Transparent containers and laundry baskets help extend the life of things. To make them convenient to use, order retractable models. In this case, any man will quickly navigate the depths of the closet and find the right thing without the help of his wife.
For vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaners are often stored in closets. All these hoses, tubes and nozzles strive to introduce an element of chaos into the ideal order that you have established. Therefore, for this cleaning assistant, set aside a separate place with hook holders for its parts. In this case, there will be order on every centimeter of your bedroom.
Shoe shelves
Typically, shoes are stored either at the bottom of the closet or in its drawers. However, this is not the only possible option. Take a closer look at how conveniently the pairs are located on store displays. Each one is visible. They take up very little space. Similar wire shelves can also be attached to the walls of the cabinet. And if there are a lot of shoes, but there is catastrophically little space, then you can resort to slider storage.
It would seem that what can be said about a simple wardrobe that is built into the corner of the bedroom? It turns out that this topic, like a good TV series, provides food for thought for more than one article. This time we touched only on the types of corner cabinets, materials and some tricks that make storing things convenient and practical.
Popular models of trouser holders
Furniture manufacturers offer systems for different tastes and budgets.
| Manufacturers of trousers | Size, cm | Material | Mounting type | Number of holders, pcs. | Color | Price |
| Compliment/IKEA | 50x58 75x58 100x58 | Steel | Double sided | 5; 9; 12 | Dark grey, white | 1600 rub. 1900 rub. 2200 rub. |
| Spaceo/Leroy Merlin | 39x41 39x50 | PVC coated metal | Upper | 12 | Grey | 896 rub. 1201 rub. |
| Home/Hoff | 42.5x49.7 | laminated chipboard | Double sided | 5 | Wenge | 1199 rub. |
| Larvij | 59.7x42.5 | Powder coated steel | Placed on a vertical profile using special brackets | 8 | White, shiny aluminum | 1800 rub. |
| Belle /Pulse (China) - full extension | 60x43 90x43 | Steel | Double sided | 10 | White | 2800 rub. 3550 rub. |
| Pulse (China) - incomplete extension | 33x46 | Metal | Attaching to one side (right or left) | 10 | Chromium | 1750 rub. |
| Dorwell Universale (China) - roll-out | 33×46,7 | Metal, plastic | Double sided | 9 | Silver | 2750 rub. |
| Roll-out – Alba/Amix (Russia, St. Petersburg) | 56.4x47.5 | Steel, plastic | Double sided | 7 | Silver | 1750 rub. |
| PARTNER/Vibo (Italy) - full extension with soft closing | 46.4x42 71.4x42 | Metal, plastic | Double sided | 9 | Silver | 5500 rub. 6500 rub. |
| DREAM ELITE/Vibo (Italy) | 45.5x51 73x51 | metal | Side, AT frame with hanging elements | 8 | Grey | 3800 rub. 6200 rub. |
| DREAM 360 AT/Vibo (Italy) | 49x38.3 73x38.3 | Metal, plastic | Side, AT frame with hanging elements | 8 | Grey | 4000 rub. 6700 rub. |
| Nomet (Poland) | 25x53.6 | Steel | Attaching to one side | 4 | Silver | 2700 rub. |
| FASHION TIME/ Barnini Oseo (Italy) | 440×458 590×458 740×458 890×458 | Aluminum | Double sided | 6 8 10 12 | Arabica | from 1810 rub. about 3190 rub. |
| TORNEDO (Italy) – retractable | 33.7x49 | Aluminum, plastic | Double sided | 8 | Aluminum, metallic gray | 9050 rub. |
| Retractable frame Servetto ARMADIO (Italy) | 21.5x50 | Aluminum, plastic | To the side of the case or shelf (mixed type of fastening) | 6 | Aluminium, brown | 5450 rub. |
| Kessebohmer (Germany) | 46.5x50.5 | Metal | The fan design allows you to attach the trouser to the side wall or to hinged facades | 7 | Chrome gloss, gray enamel | 6340 rub. |
