Many of us had to be late for work or study, in the hallway frantically looking for the keys to the apartment. Once again shaking the bag and feeling the pockets, the thought comes that the keys should be stored in one place. Wall key holders in the hallway will be the solution to such a regularly occurring situation. This will allow you not to waste time searching. Moreover, such a product can become not only a place for storing keys and other small and necessary things, but also a decorative element.
Features and types of key holders
The key keeper can be conditionally attributed to furniture. There are many varieties of key holders. It can be ordinary hooks for keys or specially equipped shelves or cabinets. Such devices allow you to keep the keys in the same place, which is very convenient. This is especially important for those who are not particularly pedantic, as well as for scattered people.
The housekeeper can be a wonderful gift for the holiday. Actually will be her presentation to the housewarming party. But store options are often quite expensive, so such a product can be made with your own hands. Having put imagination and using improvised means, in a few minutes you can build a suitable place to store keys. The manufacturing process does not require special material costs, time or effort. And he will bring a lot of positive emotions to creative personalities.
Mounted and desktop options
You can quickly build a desk key holder yourself. Even a small can or casket can be a good place to store bundles. Such products should be put on a convenient place in the corridor, for example, to use, as a stand, a shelf for shoes or a cupboard. In the event that the corridor is very small and there is not enough space, you can hang such an organizer on the wall.
These designs can be closed and open. Open housekeepers look very organic in the interior. In aesthetic terms, such a product fits perfectly into the design of the room. Modern trends suggest using hangers and various holders as an accessory for storing keys. A great place will be a special stand on which to place a table key holder.
The easiest way is to use a board as an open key holder and stuff hooks on it. Such a product is easy to carry, it can be attached in any convenient place in the hallway. This option is more suitable for small rooms, allowing you to save much-needed space in the room. A shelf adapted for small items would be a good option. In addition, it can store not only keychains, but also use it as a place to store umbrellas, gloves and shoe care products.
In large organizations, you can see large stands with specially adapted hooks or key boxes. Usually they are signed, which helps to quickly navigate and choose the necessary bunch for each particular room. A similar option can be used at home, for example, in the country. On such an improvised stand, you can hang hooks indicating where the keys for the barn, wicket, garage are located.
In a private house or apartment, it is better to choose the option of a wall shelf, placing it close to the front door. Considering that strangers may come into the house, it is worth considering the option with a built-in lock or other secret. This will allow the keys to always be in place, but they will not be able to take strangers.
A competitor of such a closed device can serve as a key locker, which is hung on the wall or placed in the most convenient place. The key keeper in the corridor can be of different shapes and sizes. Adapted small shelves, drawers and other designs will make storing keys convenient.
Materials
Organizer for storing keys can be made of different materials. Quite often they sell such products from wood or plastic. Such a product will fit a small number of keys. If you should leave a lot of keys for storage or hide them from the eyes of strangers, get an iron construction.
Metal structures can often be seen in offices and various institutions, as well as schools. In the apartment they should be used as an addition to the chosen style. Forged products look very beautiful and stylish, especially if they fit into the style of the room.
As a basis, you can take plastic. The application of various patterns on it with acrylic paints or varnish will make such a product a unique thing. To give the room sophistication and special color, use a product made of leather or its substitute. This design fits perfectly into the selected design. She will undoubtedly attract everyone's attention.
Wood products are rightfully very popular. With the proper design of this accessory, you can decorate the hallway, thereby emphasizing the taste of the owner of the room. For such a product, you can use either ordinary plywood with the use of additional decor, or choose rare noble varieties of trees.
How to choose a product?
The size of the product must be chosen taking into account the number of people living in the house. So, for a single person, a small housekeeper is also suitable. In this case, you can choose a desktop option or a cabinet measuring 15x15x5 cm. For a large family, you should choose a larger product. This will allow you to place not only the keys of each household, but also find a place for bundles of garage or work keys.
To keep the ligaments always safe, you can make a key holder with a built-in lock. This will hide the contents from prying eyes and restrict access to it by prying people. The lock on such a drawer or box may be coded, have latches or can be closed from the inside. Inside this design, special mounts are provided.
Benefits
The benefits of housekeepers include the following.
- They will save time. No longer need to spend precious minutes searching. The main thing is to teach all household members to leave keys in their place.
- This design can be moved or fixed in any convenient place.
- The metal key keeper will not suffer and will not melt from the effects of fire, it will not undergo deformation. Metal for such products is treated with special anti-corrosion agents that protect the product from temperature extremes, high humidity, and rust.
- The metal product will become a reliable mini-safe for storage. A built-in lock with a code or other device will reliably protect the structure from penetration.
In addition to its main function, key holders include a decorative function and serve to decorate the room. Such a product can be hung in a place that needs to be covered. For example, it can be a door lock or an electric meter.
Interesting ideas
A handmade product will undoubtedly look very stylish and unusual indoors. You can make an original key holder from any means at hand. For this purpose, a piece of old driftwood, branches of different lengths and shapes is suitable. Such natural materials should be well cleaned of dust and dirt, then clean the chips with sandpaper. At the end, the product is varnished or painted. It is important that the color of the product to be painted fits the general background. If you pick up a snag with small branches, you can additionally not nail elements for fastening to the product. Branches will serve as a place to place ligaments.
Often in the corridor you can see improvised devices, as the basis for which are taken old inactive cuckoo clocks. Although such a product will look very unusual and stylish, the design takes up a lot of space.
Such cute makeshift watches will also look stylish.
A lightweight product can be made of wood. You can also take fabric and thick cardboard as a basis. Various pieces of fabric, ribbons, knitted elements will decorate the canvas.
To independently make a housekeeper does not require much effort. It is enough to look for old things or products that would fit as a decor.
To accustom kids to be neat and use a special place to store keys will allow a brightly decorated key holder.
Romantic natures should pay attention to the following options.
Wall construction made in the form of a barn lock.
Such an accessory is suitable for a hall decorated in the style of Provence or country.
Desktop key holder.
Original and non-standard products for storing keys.
About how to make a housekeeper in the hallway, see the video below.