Creating a Wall Niche: Rooms You Can Use Them in and Things You Can Store

A niche placed into a wall is one of the greatest compromises in helping fill blank wall space while also providing a unique way to store things.

It’s basically a hybrid of a cabinet and shelf that’s installed directly into a wall so you don’t have to worry about obstructions. Here at Edgewood Cabinetry, our wall niches are popular, though customers sometimes can’t decide right away where the niche should be placed in their homes.

Take a look at some suggestions on where wall niches usually work the best. And you’ll be amazed at how much space they provide to store things you wouldn’t expect.

Which Rooms Work the Best for Wall Niches?

It really doesn’t matter where you place a wall niche, though common places we build them are in bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. A bedroom is an excellent place because you can store items you want to see regularly without worrying about them being knocked over on a nearby nightstand or dresser. With the ability to place multiple shelving within a niche, you can also have several layers of items on display. Plus, the niches can be made deep enough so they won’t be along a narrow edge.

Along with bedrooms, kitchens are an excellent place to have a wall niche. You can store everything from a small, flat HDTV to kitchen items there without needing to store things in a cupboard. In a kitchen, it can also help fill in for excessive blank wall space that’s been an eyesore for much too long. With easy installation, it’s a perfect location for a niche.

Then again, bathrooms are also an exceptional place to use niches. With so many bathroom items frequently strewn on counter spaces, having a bathroom niche can mean an easy reach for an item without needing to open a single door. It’s what you store on each niche, though, that can say a lot about you when you have guests around.

What Items Should You Store in a Niche?

As you can see above, it doesn’t matter what items you store in a wall niche, just as long as you’re aware that they’ll be seen by guests. That means any bathroom items you store there should be ones that aren’t overly personal, unless you’re open to honesty. As with shelving, however, you can store books in a niche or general nicknacks that you want in a secure place.

Niches can also be installed up higher on a wall so you can be sure kids won’t be able to reach up there and grab something valuable. But they overall pull double duty as a way to display things you’re proud of while also being an alternative storage device.

Contact us here at Edgewood Cabinetry so we can design and build a wall niche that fits your style. With our careful attention to detail, you’ll have a permanent wall niche you’ll love using for decades and made of quality materials.

Creating a Wall Niche: Rooms You Can Use Them in and Things You Can Store