Installation location
The installation location is the first thing to decide. Most often, sliding wardrobes are installed in the corners of the room farthest from the window. This is a good choice if you want to keep maximum light and space, and convenient for daily use. However, a good designer will easily select the best designs and colors for a cabinet located anywhere in the room. With the help of cabinets, you can zone the space, divide the room into functional zones, create niches. The possibilities of the modern furniture industry make it possible to use the cabinet not just as furniture, but as an important modeling tool. Depending on the room for which the purchase is intended, the interior content and appearance of the cabinet will vary.
Cabinet design
There are several basic designs according to which you can order a cabinet. Each of them has its own advantages and features. How to choose the right form? Taking into account the characteristics that the room has.
Cabinets
This is an affordable budget option that is not subject to transformation or changes. In such a cabinet, you can not rearrange the shelves or swap modules. This is “one piece” furniture. Ready-made factory options do not differ in a variety of designs, but at the same time they are available in universal shades, which makes it possible to choose them for any room. In the case of custom-made, the designer’s possibilities are much wider, and even an ordinary wardrobe becomes a decoration of the room. Keep in mind that the cabinet after assembly is a single structure, which must be disassembled again if necessary to move. Unlike built-in models, it has walls and a top panel.
Modular cabinets
Such furniture is great for small rooms, as well as for rooms whose functionality will change over time. In the children’s room, the modular wardrobe “grows” with the child, complemented by the necessary sections; in the bedroom, it can easily be placed between existing pieces of furniture. The modules that make up the cabinet are subject to replacement, can be rearranged to another place, and have small dimensions. Ready-made furniture is easy to expand by adding the necessary shelves, cabinets, racks. Made in the same style, such furniture forms a harmonious space and can be scaled depending on the current needs of the owners.
Produced only to order, installed once and for all, as they are created specifically for the niches, corners, under-stair spaces available in the room. They allow you to use parts of the room where standard furniture does not fit. Such cabinets may not have back or side walls – this role is played by the walls of the house. Thanks to individual planning, the furniture will clearly fit into the intended space. A built-in wardrobe is not easy to replace, so careful selection will avoid unnecessary expenses.
Shape of cabinet: which one to choose
There are several popular shapes, the choice of which must be made taking into account the geometric features of the room. By following the rules for matching the furniture to the room, you will get the best aesthetic result. These forms differ in appearance, manufacturing technology, installation features.
Straight cabinets
The simplest and most versatile form requires free space along the wall, but costs less than other options. Structurally, such cabinets are easy to make, so the production time can be the shortest. However, direct does not mean primitive. The designer can offer various types of processing of door panels, applying photo printing, drawings, mirror paintings. The result is an original model that compares favorably with factory-made products. A straight cabinet consists of one or more sections, can be equipped with hinged or sliding doors, and have a mezzanine. Often they are made two-, three- and four-door.
Corner cabinets
They take up a minimum of space, allow the use of little-used parts of the room – corners, can have a variety of designs, which determines a large choice of design. Such cabinets are often made with open corner shelves, lighting, mirrored doors, and thereby visually beat the space. These are roomy models that allow you to store clothes, home textiles, and off-season items.
Radius cabinets
Due to the elements of a circular shape, radius cabinets look elegant and unusual. The radius part becomes an accent, and the cabinet immediately attracts attention. Such models require good training of craftsmen, careful calculations and the availability of special equipment for production. Radial cabinets will cost more than others, which is justified by their high aesthetics and excellent functionality.
Filling the closet
The internal content of the closet depends on the things that are planned to be stored in it:
- high shelves on the mezzanine – for seasonal items, skis, air mattresses, a Christmas tree;
- narrow shelves – for knitwear and other things folded in piles;
- drawers – for small items such as underwear, scarves, socks;
- Racks for clothes on hangers – can be presented in several versions, at a height of 1.5 m from the bottom shelf – for long things, at a height of 1.1 m – for short ones;
- trouser pocket – a compartment for storing trousers, organized in such a way that all of them retain the arrows, do not wrinkle and are easily accessible;
- a place to store small items – jewelry, ties, scarves;
- shelves for shoes – open or in the form of a retractable shoe rack.
Also, an ironing board, pull-out baskets of any size, pantographs for jackets and other mechanisms can be built into the wardrobe.
Mechanism selection
An important parameter is the door opening mechanism. How to choose it correctly? Cabinet design matters a lot.
Reference
The most common mechanism, it can withstand sashes weighing 40-60 kg, which allows the use of panels made of plates, glass, and acrylic. It glides smoothly, suitable for straight and corner cabinets.
Hanging
The rails are attached to the cabinet ceiling, and the doors slide on the outside of the furniture. This is an aesthetic option with good practicality – the space inside the cabinet is saved, and the furniture frame is hidden behind the doors.
Complanar
These systems, when opened, wind one door over the other, and when closed, place them in the same plane, which looks practical and impressive. High-tech mechanisms make the use of such doors easy and convenient.
Profile selection
There are two types of profile used in the production of wardrobes.
Aluminum
Supplied in a wide range of colors, lightweight, suitable for wide and massive profiles. The undercarriage is integrated into the profile and is therefore invisible, but the grooves of the lower guide must be cleaned regularly to prevent the roller from popping out.
Steel
The choice of colors for such profiles is limited, the running elements are located on the back side of the door leaf, and on the lower rail there is a protection against the door derailing.
Choosing cabinet design
Professional reviews can be found in specialized magazines, the designer will also suggest current trends in choosing a design. It is important that the cabinet matches the interior of the room and performs the functions assigned to it.
Accounting for the features of the room
Many cabinet options depend on where the cabinet will be installed.
For living room
A high-quality closet in the living room is always in sight and should be beautiful. For its production, cherry, oak, pine are chosen, as well as a style that matches the interior of the room.
For children
Children need as much free space as possible, and corner models can help with this. If the cabinet is intended for a nursery, it is worth choosing durable materials for it and providing for a stable design with low shelves.
Bedroom
The wardrobe should contain a maximum of things and accessories, so it is usually designed high, up to the ceiling, with mirrored doors, a large number of internal shelves and drawers. If space permits, it is convenient to build an ironing board and TV into such a cabinet.
Hallway
The wardrobe for the hallway must match the size of the room. No matter how much you want to fit more things, you will have to take into account the ratio between the area of \u200b\u200bthe hallway and the closet. Practical compartments for shoes, hats, outerwear.
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