Attic Knee Wall Closet
Mar 10 2017 looking for closet storage in an attic bedroom.
Attic knee wall closet. The higher the knee wall the greater the amount of useful wall space you create in your finished attic. If your attic room is very small recess some of the storage components into the knee wall to keep as much of the floor space open as possible. A knee wall is a short vertical wall roughly two or three feet high that blocks in that useless triangular space. Make sure not to block access to the space behind the knee wall.
These types of walls are common in older one and a half story homes with vaulted ceilings. See more ideas about attic bedroom attic rooms knee wall. Attic with child s wardrobe closet recessed into the knee wall. The attic kneewall is a section of the attic space that is most commonly identified with the formation of the space just below the roof in cape cod and bungalow style architecture.
Knee wall door hidden but accessible behind attic closet hanging sections. For those who have a relatively high knee wall at least 42 inches you can install closet sections with clothing rods and other storage against this wall. Essentially the positioning of the vertical studs where the slope of the roof meets with the short attic wall in the space creates the attic kneewall.