Multigenerational homes
Bedroom Dressing Zone for Multigenerational homes
Create a compact dressing sequence between wardrobe, mirror and the items used to get ready.
Explore the ideas
Plan in this order
- Place the mirror where natural or well-controlled light reaches the face.
- Keep a surface for daily accessories beside their storage point.
- Protect a clear standing area in front of wardrobe doors and drawers.
Worked example
Getting dressed means opening wardrobe doors into the bed-side passage.
Place a mirror and clothing landing area near the wardrobe, and test the standing space with doors and drawers fully open.
How to test it
Act out a normal dressing routine with doors, drawers and lighting in use.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Locate quieter sleeping rooms away from late-night circulation and give each resident a clear storage zone.
- Detail
- Use blackout layers and individual bedside controls for light and charging.
- Trade-off
- Extra acoustic separation may reduce room flexibility or closet capacity.
- Map quiet and active schedules
- Check door, wardrobe and bedside access
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