The smallest room in my house. Since there is not a lot of talk about this space, I am taking a short break from the daily stresses in my life to fill up this portion of my guide.
Know your Household Shelter. Check out why we have this small little room in every HDB in Singapore at SCDF's website on Household Shelters. You should also know about types of renovation works permitted within your shelter. Key thing to note, you need to be able to move the shelves out and hide inside the bomb shelter in times of crisis.
You must leave at least one of two ventilation openings unblocked. You are not allowed to seal off both.
You must leave at least one of two ventilation openings unblocked. You are not allowed to seal off both.
Ready-made vs custom-made. You might want to think a bit about this. Ready-made ones, means you just go into some shop, see the shelves you like, and buy it. Make sure you can assemble it yourself, cause most of the time it requires some DIY skills. This type of shelf will not fit in your storeroom perfectly. There will be some space on the sides, which maybe you can use to place your very bulky items.
A custom made one, will fill two walls, end to end. giving you more storage space. And it might be cheaper than ready-made ones, depending on the material of the shelves.
My contractor provided me with my shelves. Basic metallic frame, with a wooden plank for each level, cut to the exact width of the walls. The shelves form an L-shaped design, giving me one corner to keep my foldable table and other big items.
Keep some space between each level. I find my perfect spread, is with three planks of wood. This gives me enough height to put big boxes, yet enough levels to dump my thing in. Don't go and squeeze as many levels as possible into this space. If you plan to use this space to store things, you are going to need to
Lighting is cheap. I don't really recommend buying any expensive lighting for the storeroom. I just kept mine cheap and simple.
There are connectors in the storeroom. There are power and TV connectors in the storeroom, meaning if you want to convert this space into a mini lounge or game room, you are halfway there!
Check out the rest of my Renovation Blog
Master Bedroom | Bedroom 2 | Bedroom 3 | Bathrooms | Dining Room | Living Room | Shelter | Service Yard | Kitchen
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