Features of built-in cabinets, how to choose

Furniture should be installed in any room of a house or apartment with the fulfillment of an important condition - saving the interior space of a room. To make room in the room, built-in wardrobes are ideal, which can be mounted in niches, corners, giving the product a shape that repeats the design features of the room. The most relevant equipment is the built-in furniture of small, narrow or low rooms.

Advantages and disadvantages

When arranging a living space, property owners think about the choice and arrangement of furniture, consider different options so that the products are functional, do not take up much space in the room. The best solution is to install built-in cabinets designed to fit the size of the room. Furniture designs organically look in the interior, create an atmosphere of comfort, coziness. Particularly popular are built-in coupes that can be installed in any room. Advantages of embedded structures:

• monolithic connection with walls, ceiling, floor;
• compliance of all sizes of the model with the dimensions of the room
• high structural stability, lack of gaps;
• capacity and content can be adjusted in the project;
• built-in furniture saves space;
• furniture can be mounted on uneven wall sections;
• have different functionality and internal content.

Built-in furniture is developed according to an individual project, which allows you to calculate any sizes of products according to previously performed measurements, take into account the depth, width of a niche, the length of adjacent corner walls. At the design stage, using computer simulation programs, the design of the model, its color, and with what style decorative design is combined, are taken into account. An important advantage in built-in cabinets is the ability to mount the product on any part of the room - a niche, a corner, a free area around a window or doorway.

Among all the advantages of built-in furniture, one can distinguish minor product flaws. Mounted structures (walk-in closets, hallways, children's rooms) cannot be moved because they are installed for a specific area. In addition, the cost of furniture made to individual sizes is an order of magnitude higher than finished factory products.

Installation of built-in furniture is carried out in the walls - due to this, structural details are fixed - internal shelves, sliding system. The assembly of products should be performed by experienced furniture makers who select fasteners, filling elements, customize the design so that technological gaps in niches and corners remain between walls and cabinets.

A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of models allows us to understand that if the furniture is built-in, it is undoubtedly more practical than other options. In addition, if you compare similar products with others, you can install them anywhere, leaving a window for doors or a useful opening.

Varieties

Models of built-in wardrobes with hinged doors or a sliding system combine into an extensive group of compartments - an actual solution for both large rooms and small rooms. Free-standing structures are called stationary - they can be moved, installed in another place, since the products are not fixed by fasteners to the wall. A distinctive feature of the cabinet built into the niche is that the furniture is attached to the walls of the base, there may be no roof, side elements. The built-in swing cabinet has a lot of advantages, which are in the wide functional features of the products - they are suitable for any room, look interesting in the interiors of houses and apartments, do not take up much free space. Given the design, models can be deeper, wider, shorter, longer. They can be classified into several categories:

• wall-mounted products occupy part or all of the room’s wall, may have swing doors, a sliding system, contain several sections, tiers, superstructures, be equipped with shelves for built-in appliances or appliances such as ironing boards, changing tables, pull-out bar counters. In the hallways, an additional element is a cabinet or shoe rack with a seat;
• partition cabinets are installed for visual zoning; floor-to-ceiling products are mounted so that the room is divided. With their help, you can effectively change the interior of the apartment / house, using facades with photo printing, sandblasting, prepare a place for the orderly storage of things, household appliances, appliances, utensils, fill with clothes;
• classic corner constructions - two-door swing cabinet, model Г of the figurative type using sliding systems, products of a triangular, trapezoidal shape. They require a minimum of installation space compared to stationary models. Small, narrow rooms can be equipped with a corner cupboard, using the ceiling of the room as the roof of a structure;
• radial compartments on a sliding system - the facades are curved, it is convenient to install furniture in a niche, along the wall, equip in the corner due to the strict correspondence of the cabinet dimensions to the parameters of the occupied space. Radius models are concave, convex, combined. Decorative design - panels with photo printing, triplex, rattan;
• classic hinged wardrobe equipped with one or two doors. The model is used if there is free space for a full door opening. Can be installed in the hallway as a shoe cabinet, decorated in the attic room, used to complete wardrobes.

For built-in cabinets, you can choose any installation location. At the same time, models can be made without a roof, floor and side walls, which helps to save on material consumption. Front panel - sliding systems, swing type doors, combined options. In the bedroom, dressing room, hallway is convenient if the furniture is equipped with mirrored doors. The attic level of the house contains a roof slope ceiling, decorated inside with finishing materials. In the attic you can build a cabinet in the window area or install furniture on the entire wall from floor to ceiling under one of the ramps.

There are many varieties of built-in furniture for functional purposes. Elements of additional equipment - a shoe rack with a seat in the hallway, a bar counter in the hall, in the kitchen, in the dining room. To save space for a washing machine, gas cabinets, installation of a freezer, the drawing provides for a separate furniture compartment of sufficient depth of an open type or install a built-in swing cabinet. In the hall, the model is carried out with shelves for TVs and digital audio and video equipment, they think over niches for mounting aquariums.

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It is possible to equip a room comfortably with the help of built-in furniture, while the products are distinguished by variable internal content, compact dimensions, and aesthetic appeal. The layout of the built-in cabinets depends on the purpose of the model, the dimensions of the room, the availability of free space. You can install the design almost anywhere at the request of homeowners - it all depends on the idea. It is necessary to consider the layout of the apartment if the living space is located in the houses of the secondary real estate market - in Brezhnevka, Stalin, Khrushchev or in an old panel house. Features of the internal apartment layout:

• Khrushchev’s rooms are small in size with low ceilings. With Khrushchev, apartments are associated with a small narrow kitchen combined with a bathroom. To win extra centimeters of area in Khrushchev, they install embedded products, fixing furniture in brick walls. Since the rooms are walk-through, you can mount a built-in wardrobe in Khrushchev as a dividing screen, equip a small kitchen, build washing machines in a narrow kitchen space, equip a hall with lockers, place wardrobe systems;
• Stalin - large apartments with high ceilings, large windows, fairly spacious kitchens, hallways compared to the Khrushchev. On a brick wall, you can build a closet in any room of Stalin. The overall area allows you to mount a compartment of various designs. A washing machine is located in a small bathroom cabinet, and shelves and mirrored doors can be equipped on the upper compartments. In the kitchen space, a built-in gas cabinet is mounted, in the hallway there is a compartment with several compartments, a mirror, shoe boxes with seats or a separate shoe cabinet are installed;
• Brezhnevka - more "young" houses relative to Stalin and Khrushchev. They have a good layout of the internal space, isolated rooms. The installation of furniture is convenient due to the fact that the walls of the panel board panels have a flat surface. In Brezhnevka, redevelopment is allowed, and a compartment without a roof and floor can be used as a partition for zoning a room. The area of ​​brezhnevka cannot be called extensive, but the apartment has a built-in wardrobe with hinged doors, coupes with a system of louvred doors, a shoe cabinet are organically looked, the built-in washing machine will fit in the kitchen or in the bathroom;
• private house - great opportunities for building furniture. In a two-story building, a built-in wardrobe under the stairs is equipped. Here you can organize a dressing room, a full spacious hallway in individual sizes. Household appliances take up less space if located on the interior shelves of the cabinet: a washing machine in the cabinet in the bathroom, kitchen, shelves with televisions in the compartment halls, bedrooms, children's rooms, microwave ovens are built into the shelves of the kitchen set. In a private house, it is possible to install built-in wardrobes in the attic, if the roof is built with an attic.

The dimensions of the furniture depend on the size of the room. When embedding models according to individual sizes, you can save free space, accurately arrange things, objects, household appliances (washing machines, freezer, microwave ovens, TV). In the kitchen, in the living room, bar cabinets with a rack look spectacular, an aquarium built into the closet, in the bedroom you can install a built-in structure with a table, an oversized compartment with a mezzanine, and in the hallway you can mount a shoe rack with a seat.

A built-in drywall cabinet is an idea for room partitions. The product additionally isolates the room from extraneous noise, zones the room, holds a large number of things, objects.

Cabinets with built-in tables are simple designs that are convenient to disassemble and fold, using them as needed. There are a huge number of ideas for the implementation of built-in furniture for individual sizes - you just need to take measurements, choose a design, color, facades, furniture material.

Materials of manufacture

The list of materials that are used in the manufacture of built-in furniture is extensive, since the cabinets are wooden, metal, combined. Style depends on the preferences of the homeowner, as well as color, design, decor of the structure. The purpose of the furniture determines the choice of materials according to the individual dimensions of the model. List of the main materials used in the manufacture of built-in furniture:

• solid wood cabinet - an elite model for the manufacture of which beech, oak, pine and other high-quality wood species are used. Advantage - high strength, durability - this is a classic of exclusive furniture. Suitable for equipping halls, bedrooms, less often hallways. A wooden cabinet is not installed in wet rooms;
• built-in furniture from chipboard, MDF, fiberboard - wood materials are widely used in the furniture industry. LDSP - moisture-proof stove, suitable for equipping a bathroom with a washing machine, a kitchen with a gas cabinet, a freezer, a refrigerator, a microwave oven. Facades are made of MDF profile, complete with a mirrored door, panels are decorated with photo printing elements;
• metal cabinets within living rooms, offices do not use. It is convenient to equip them with production, trade, and storage facilities. Metal models are characterized by a simple design, lack of decor, impressive weight, so it is not customary to embed products at home. A metal cabinet on the entire wall is used for locker rooms, utility rooms;
• wooden board - a durable material made up of small lamellas with glue connection. Well suited for attic equipment, hallways. It can be used for embedding overall household appliances in the kitchen - gas ovens, freezers. The shield is made of wood, the material is environmentally friendly, a beautiful shade;
• a mirror panel is the main element of built-in furniture for bedrooms, corridors, children's rooms, wardrobes. In the mirror version, direct coupes are drawn up, visually increasing the dimensions of the room. For small rooms, mirror panels (facades, doors) are the best design solution. Entrance hall, dressing room, bedroom must be equipped with a wardrobe with mirrors;
• sash louvre system - a built-in closet requires opaque doors. For the manufacture of louvre systems, a base frame with fixed transverse slats is used. Louvre material - wood, bamboo, plastic, metal. The lifting mechanism is responsible for opening the wings. Dressing room, hallway, bedroom with blinds looks expensive, effective and neat.

In addition to the basic materials, in the manufacture of embedded products they use mirrored facades, mounting, mounting hardware, decorative elements. The standard compartment built into the wall is a model with a sliding door opening system. The facades of the door leaf are enclosed in an aluminum profile, the doors move on rollers along the lower guide of the systems or on bearings along the upper bar.

There is a compartment with photo printing, fusing, a system of mirror doors, with tambour doors, sandblasted facades. The products are presented in a wide range of shades - from pure white furniture to bright models. Internal filling - classic shelves, drawers, depth, width, the height of which varies, full dimensions depend on the size of the room at the installation site.

An important detail in the assembly of the built-in cabinet is the fittings. Smooth opening of the doors is provided by a sliding system with direct or radius guides. To equip the bar, use railing pipes for mounted elements (glass holders, rotary shelves, baskets). The dressing room should be equipped with high-quality filling fittings - pantographs, telescopic racks, swivel hangers, clothing holders, railing pipes. No less important are the strength and reliability of the fastening and mounting accessories - among which are anchor bolts, awnings, guides, shelf holders, glass clamps. And the decorative furniture - pens, metal inserts, lining, moldings, crossbars gives a highlight of the furniture.

Shape and size

Using a cabinet for built-in appliances helps to compactly install freezers (freezers), microwave ovens, televisions, equip bars with drinks, and mount models with a table and a built-in aquarium. Furniture dimensions should be developed taking into account the dimensions of equipment with technological mounting gaps. Models of household, digital, video and audio equipment are significantly different, so the design is best done after its acquisition. Typical sizes of niches and modules, taking into account the equipment placed in it:

• horizontal drum washing machine - standard height 850-900 mm. The meter section is suitable, the depth depends on the model - the size of the machine in depth is at least 500-600 mm, the width is narrower - 350-400, but 3-5 kg ​​of laundry fits in the drum. The narrow washing machine looks great in kitchen and bathroom models of the built-in type. Deep compartments accommodate all types of machines. It should be noted that a high model is usually narrow and a low model is wide;
• the freezer looks organically when the product is built into the cabinet. Most often, freezer models are installed with a built-in size of 820x600x550 mm, 720x560x550 mm, 900x600x550 mm. The depth of installation of the freezer is determined by the parameters of the angle, niche. A high freezer is built into the free space of the pantry, if possible, or installed in a corner so that the freezers do not take up much space;
• the microwave oven has a rectangular shape, so a niche of the same size is suitable for installation. Traditionally, the depth of microwave microwave ovens does not exceed 400 mm; they are built in at the level of the upper shelves to make it convenient to use the equipment. The optimal location is 1 meter from the floor of the structure. A microwave of small depth compactly fits on the upper tier;
• TV set at a convenient viewing height. A wardrobe with a built-in TV is the central place in the interior of the hall. The depth of the niche, its height and width completely depend on the dimensions of the TV, the diagonal of the screen. A small TV is suitable for the kitchen with installation on the upper shelves. The optimal size is 455x594x200 mm for the kitchen space. Dimensional models in the living room are built in based on the specification of the size of the equipment.

Built-in appliances, digital appliances usually with rectangular cases. The shape of the cabinets is triangular, trapezoidal, pentagonal with straight or radius facades. Concave or convex sashes take part of the usable space when filling the cabinet. It is more convenient to embed the equipment in niches that repeat the shape and outline of the equipment. The size of the module or niche, corresponding in height to the meter, will accommodate any model of the washing machine, suitable for the dimensions of the freezer, oven, LCD TV.

For curved sliding systems of the living room, bedroom, nursery, you can choose aquariums of the same shape to emphasize the design of the structure. If there is a need to close the compartment completely, the cabinet door is complemented by a mirrored facade, louvred shutters, a system of swing doors. The shape of the cabinet is determined by the installation location - an angular model, a cabinet partition, a curvilinear design using sliding systems, a direct cabinet in a niche.

How to fit into the interior

Thanks to the built-in design, according to individual sizes, it is possible to mount cabinets for various purposes, design, construction for any room, including an attic, a loggia. Space saving and compact products are decisive factors if there is not enough space for installation. There are no difficulties with a large room, and a narrow corridor, a small kitchen space require innovative solutions. Options for product layouts and designs:

• kitchen - a built-in gas cabinet, a niche with a washing machine, a counter with a bar, a shelf with freezing equipment. The design is dominated by a white, pastel palette, so that the color is combined or contrasted with the shade of the hulls and frames of the technique. Models in the Provence style look spectacular, kitchen cabinets in the classic style with built-in freezing equipment and other appliances. For the panel, you can select a thematic picture;
• hallway - a shoe cabinet along the wall, around the door (built-in modules) or the location of the compartment for the shoe compartment. A shoe cabinet in a private house can be built under the stairs, the steps serve as the roof structure. Classical design - a shoe cabinet with sloping shelves, the upper tier of which is used for accessories;
• dressing room - occupies a separate room or part of it. A wardrobe is equipped with shelves, drawers, hangers, racks. Pantographs, gas elevators, several systems of hooks, hangers, baskets for shoes are used for wardrobes. The wardrobe is used for orderly storage of things, you can equip it with built-in mezzanines, set the door with photo printing;
• attics - attics are made with slopes, so it’s convenient to build a cabinet around the window on the roof. Structures made of solid pine, MDF, chipboard are suitable for the attic. For the attic room with a slope, you can use the sliding view of the systems, place a cabinet with louvred shutters on the attic space, an integrated classic-style table;
• living room - the model for the built-in aquarium looks interesting, the interior is complemented by a bar cabinet, a niche for a TV, a cabinet built into a niche. The studio apartment can be zoned using original Provence-style furniture, classic options, using photographs on the facades. For luxurious interiors, the classic version is suitable, a product from solid wood, an elegant white instance;
• bedroom - installation of deep compartments is justified, since the furniture is very spacious. Design solutions - built-in table, mezzanine, mini dressing room. The bedroom cabinets look neat and stylish in white versions - dairy, cream, beige, pearl, porcelain. White colors set up for positive emotions and a calm mood.

For the children's room, there are many creative ideas for built-in wardrobes. The advantages compared to stationary furniture are obvious - installation of built-in structures frees up a lot of space for the device of the playing, sleeping, training area. An interesting option is the equipment of a built-in wardrobe with a desk or computer table, bed.

Built-in furniture is a good solution for equipping large and small rooms. The constructions conceal the irregularities of the walls, visually expand the space, and compensate for the architectural nuances of the layout. The dimensions of the cabinet completely depend on the dimensions of the room and the installation location of the furniture.

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