The walls in the nursery
The question of choosing furniture for children is one of the most important among those faced by parents. Most often they stop at the children's wall. Why - we will tell in this article.
What it is?
Children's furniture should be comfortable, meet all the requirements of ergonomics, effectively fulfill its purpose, complement the overall style, have economical external dimensions. In general, to respond to all those appointments of the children's room, limited, as a rule, only by the imagination and energy of the child.
Children's furniture can be divided into a standard cabinet, to which we all have long been accustomed and combined, combining different modules for the purpose. It is carried out to order by the individual sizes.
A striking example of it is the modern children's furniture wall.It will meet the needs of the child, take into account his habits.
How to choose?
Here are a few requirements that you need to pay attention to:
- Matching age and height (ease of use due to compliance with the height and depth of the modules, ease of opening doors and sliding elements, a reasonable arrangement of handles). As the child grows, the furniture will have to be changed. Choose walls so that you can replace individual parts - this is more practical.
- Natural materials. Make sure that the product does not have a strong chemical smell, there are no elements that can be broken, for example, by hitting the toy.
- Reliability fasteners and quality accessories. Unreliable fittings may eventually unwind itself or will be promoted by children. The presence of a large number of low-hinged doors is traumatic, and lifters can be torn out under the weight of a child. Prefer sliding elements or make sure that the doors do not threaten the crumbs.
- Harmonious design. Refrain from using bright colors that cause eyestrain and nervous system strain.Prefer pastel, natural colors, and bright let there be small color accents.
A common criterion for choosing a wall is zoning a room into three parts:
- game;
- creative (including educational);
- recreational (intended for recreation).
As one grows older, one or another part becomes more significant. Depending on this, a bed, bookshelves, a writing desk or a computer desk, a place for storing sports and other items corresponding to hobbies will be added to the walls that store toys and things.
For newborns and preschoolers
In the first years of a baby’s life, parents who are driven by the desire to be constantly close to the child do not give him a separate nursery, but separate her part. In this case, on the advice of psychologists, it is necessary to create a certain boundary between the zones, the rational embodiment of which becomes shelving and cabinets.
If it is possible to allocate a separate room, then in addition to the bed, you will need an impressive closet for the children's “dowry”.
The furniture wall in this case should be equipped with the following sections:
- for storage of personal belongings;
- for toys;
- for various children's accessories;
- for hygiene products;
- for the equipment used in the nursery (for example, for a music center, heater, lamp).
Recall that the items of use of the newborn should not be stored with toys and clothing.
Such furniture should be made from natural materials without the use of toxic paints. Facades without sharp corners and with end roundings are welcome. If there are things that are potentially threatening to the baby, which he can reach when he begins to crawl or walk, they must be removed above or prevented from being accessed using special protective devices.
Along with the growth of the child, new tasks appear that the surrounding furniture must cope with. In addition to furniture that meets the needs of sleep and rest, there is a need to create and with it work surfaces, pull-out and built-in tables.
The height of all structures must be in accordance with the height of the child.
It is necessary to make sure that all the handles at swing and sliding elements also correspond to growth, and high-quality fittings make it easy to use them.This will help teach your child to independence and give confidence in their abilities.
It is necessary to anticipate the increased number of things and suitable compartments for them, bookshelves and shelves for toys, the number of which will also increase. Retractable shallow drawers will become a place for storing stationery, materials for creativity and other necessary trifles.
For schoolchildren
Most redevelopments and repairs of the premises occur when the child moves from kindergarten to school. Properly organized space will help him cope with the increasing responsibilities.
Depending on the model, the wall may include a writing table, a computer desk with a place to install the system unit, or niches for installing the equipment. The berth can be built in or be established in a niche.
The shelves must be located so that it is convenient at any time to find the desired item. The appearance of the furniture and the surrounding background should not distract from the educational process.
At this age, the child’s opinion as the main user of furniture must be taken into account. Properly selected beautiful and comfortable furniture creates a positive attitude to study and will help teach the younger schoolchild to order and discipline.
For teens
If we talk about the division of space in the room of a teenager, then in addition to the workplace and bed, he needs a kind of living room. The furniture wall here will act as a separator between the main zone, where friends and relatives will be allowed and a zone intended only for the owner.
Angular, L-shaped and U-shaped walls will successfully cope with this. Moreover, the element connecting the adjacent to the wall and the free-standing part can be both rectangular and trapezoid. Bent facades can give the appearance of such a headset aesthetics and streamlined.
To add lightness to such a partition, you can use a fencing off part of a smaller depth, add open through shelves, or even build an aquarium or TV.
Bevels or rounding in the place of passage from one part of the room to another will make moving around it more convenient. Bilateral access to the contents of the partition module will help to make more efficient use of space and save time.
One of the most popular choices for teenagers is to transfer the bed to the upper part of the wall.The lower part of such a piece of furniture can occupy a large working area with an installed computer and space for written work.
For children of different sexes
In the design of modern children's rooms, it is necessary to move away from the typical division of colors into strictly boyish and girlish ones. All sorts of shades of blue, green, and purple soothe the nervous system, while shades of red and orange will be another pathogen for the disobedient child.
If your child does not need color therapy, feel free to use neutral colors and shades (beige, coffee, milk, peach, brown). Proceed from the interests of the baby. The method of photo printing will allow you to decorate the facades with heroes from cartoons, films, books. If the child is interested in transport or butterflies, give him the pleasure of seeing them next to him.
The differences in the choice of furniture wall for children of different sexes can only be that in the case of the boys, given their more active games, it is necessary to take into account the reliability of the headset assembly and wall mounting (if required).
And in the case of girls, you can allow more decorative elements in the form of intricate pens,façades-lattices or using different types of glass, glossy shiny surfaces, and just the presence of a large number of open shelves on which you can arrange things so cute for a girl's heart.
If there are two or more children, they are of different sex and age, then you can use two methods of separation:
- Transverse (or longitudinal if the room is wide) - in such a room, with sufficient illumination, the wall may be a partition option.
- Diagonal - it is suitable for small-sized apartments, where the angle becomes an individual zone, and the middle is used as a common one.
Furniture, even in the most spacious room of the house, should be functional, take up little space, but be spacious and meet all the needs of the people living in it. Children's walls - the most beneficial in all respects the solution to the above problems.
This video will give you even more ideas for a successful design.