What Do Interior Designers Hide in Interiors?

Most often, a bookshelf is just a storage system for books and small items. In rare cases, it is something completely unexpected. However, our article will not only be about shelves.

Washing Machine in a Buffet

Storage can be organized with humor. For example, in this yellow buffet on the former balcony, designer Natalia Mitrakova hid a washing machine!

Attic Storage

Under the ceiling of the guest bathroom, architect Milla Titova placed an attic — an ideal place for storing a Christmas tree and suitcases of the apartment owners. Its door is completely invisible from the outside: it is made in the form of a hidden hatch, clad with the same ceramic granite tiles as the wall.

Secret Door in a Wardrobe

Behind the facades of tall cabinets on this kitchen project by Zhenya Zhudanova lies a hidden room. The leftmost facade is the door to the storeroom, where the homeowner, a big hunter, stores his prey in freezers.

Design: Zhenya Zhudanova... and to the Walk-in Closet!

Designer Anna Muravina used a similar trick when decorating her small apartment in Gelendzhik. Behind the left-side cabinet facade is a passage to the walk-in closet.

Design: Anna MuravinaWalk-in Closet on a Platform

The door to the walk-in closet is on the right side of the staircase. Convenient access by height is ensured thanks to a lifting mechanism, on which a mattress is placed. From the corridor side, the platform was equipped with sliding drawers.

Design: "Form of the House"Secret Bedroom

The main structural feature of the interior of this living room is an asymmetrical bookshelf for books, TV, and speakers. It occupies the entire wall opposite the sofa, and at first glance, there is nothing unusual in it. In reality, part of the shelves conceals a door to the bedroom.

Design: Aiana Ahmad and Tatyana Karyakina"Laundry Pipe"

In the bathroom of this country house, a pipe for the "laundry line," through which dirty laundry can be sent directly to the laundry room located under this part of the bathroom on the first floor, is hidden in the lower section of the right cabinet.

Door to the Bathroom

If you look closely, you can notice a neat door handle on the mirrored panel on the left. Where does this entrance lead? To the guest bathroom!

Design: Viktoria LazarevaKitchen in a Commode

The most unusual piece of furniture in architect Natalia Medvedeva's apartment is probably the kitchen-commode, inside which a refrigerator, cooktop, oven, and even a full-size dishwasher are hidden. There are also compartments for tableware and various kitchen utensils. It turned out to be a fully equipped kitchen with an extraction hood from the ceiling!

Design: Natalia MedvedevaBedroom on a Slide

Designers from the Geometrium studio hid a double bed in a platform, which slides out on rubber rollers!

Design: Geometrium