Wall cabinets for the living room

 Wall cabinets for the living room

Owners of apartments and houses with spacious living rooms have the opportunity to translate into reality a variety of design ideas, you can use absolutely any furniture and accessories. If the living room in your home is small enough, it will not be possible to use dimensional furniture in it (for example, cabinet wall).

In such situations, there is a great option - to use wall cabinets for the living room.

Features and benefits

The peculiarity of wall cabinets is that they occupy a minimum of room space, thus there will be much more free space (compared to the option of installing floor models of cabinets and walls).

Hinged cabinets are mounted at any height - you can place them under the ceiling or in the center of the wall.You can choose the location of the lockers so that they do not interfere with the free movement around the room. And under the lockers you can also install any other furniture.

With the help of wall lockers you can achieve a very stylish interior design, the most important thing is to harmoniously place them in the room.

The few drawbacks of wall cabinets include the following nuances:

  • These pieces of furniture are not designed for very large loads, it is impossible to place too heavy items in such lockers.
  • Fixing the product on the wall, you need to consider what materials it is made of. The wall must be strong enough and strong enough to support the weight of the wall cabinets.
  • Another difficulty is to find the perfect balance between the functionality of the furniture and its appearance. A deep closet will be more spacious, but the appearance may not fit into the interior. A narrow long locker will look stylish and modern, but at the same time there will be much less space for storing things in it.
  • Since these products are usually hung high enough, it will be difficult for younger members of the family to reach them.However, when the kids are still very small, it may even be an advantage.

Design

To date, there is a large selection of wall cabinets and shelves for the living room. You can choose a suitable model for every taste and color.

Products come in all shapes and sizes - they can be horizontal and vertical, narrow and wide, made in the form of various geometric shapes. The depth of the lockers can also be any. On sale you can find corner models of cabinets, trapezoid, as well as classic straight models.

Different models of wall cabinets can be with shelves and without them.

There are different lockers and options for opening doors - they can swing open up, down or sideways. There are even such interesting varieties of products, the doors of which swing open automatically. Even more original models can be equipped with a backlight, which is triggered automatically (at the time of opening the doors) or using the control panel.

Such cabinets perfectly fit into a variety of interior styles, but they will look especially stylish in an interior designed in a minimalist style, with a small number of pieces of furniture.It is possible to design wall lockers so that they are inconspicuous, are like a part of the wall.

In the minimalist living room, you can choose a model of a horizontal wall cabinet - with glass elements or inserts.

How to choose?

Before choosing a wall cabinet, you need to decide what the overall visual composition of the living room will be. When the design of the room is selected, you can proceed to the selection and purchase of furniture.

If your living room is small, you should not buy wall cabinets that are too large. A better option would be to place a modular composition of medium and small size cabinets. Successfully look narrow horizontal models. Depending on the height of the ceilings and the layout, other shapes and sizes may be suitable.

When deciding on a choice, be sure to consider the color range that will prevail in the interior. The color of the wall cabinets can be in tune with other interior items, and vice versa - to contrast with them, thus attracting attention to itself.

It is also important to choose not only the color, but also the texture of the material.Before buying wall cabinets, carefully study all the options for models to choose the one that fits your room the most.

Installation

Hanging closet on the wall is quite simple. If you doubt that you can do it right, you can always ask for help from specialists.

Wall models of cabinets are attached with special hangers that are screwed to the back surface of products. Then the cabinet is fastened to the wall with screws. They must be prepared in advance, screwed into the wall.

The second option for fixing wall cabinets is with canopies that can be adjusted. Such canopies are mounted from inside the products, they have hooks, with the help of which they are firmly engaged with the fastener plate - it is placed on the wall. This option is very convenient in that it allows you to adjust the location of the wall furniture - without the need to disassemble the mount.

We can safely say that the hinged modular cabinets are practical, beautiful and stylish furniture for the living room. It allows you to significantly save space in small rooms, while it is an original design solution.

It is quite simple to install such products, it does not need any special skills, so everyone can cope with this task.

You can find out how to make a mini wall cabinet with your own hands from the video below.

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