Corner furniture has long been used in European interior designs. In recent years, our compatriots have also become interested in non-standard furniture. It is ergonomic, roomy, sparingly occupies an angle that would simply be empty. The rationality of this approach to interior planning was especially appreciated by the owners of small apartments.
Features
Corner furniture today is represented by walls, soft sofas and individual products - cabinets, sideboards, TV cabinets, display cases, shelves and even triangular aquariums with corner stands. This suggests that an empty corner can be occupied with anything. Properly organized with beautiful and stylish furniture, it can become a decoration of the design of the living room, delight the owners and delight guests.
Externally, the corner furniture seems compact, but its capacity can pleasantly surprise. A wall in one corner collects all the necessary things - dishes for meeting guests, books, clothes, bedding and many little things. All objects have their places and removing them is not difficult, since they are concentrated in one corner.
In addition to ergonomics and functionality, corner furniture is endowed with the ability to adjust the space of the room. An elongated room with a radiused sofa or a curved wall will seem square, and blind corners - smooth.
Corner furniture is good not only for small living rooms. It has the ability to create comfort in large and cold rooms, dividing them on one side of the wall or sofa into two parts.
Thus, each zone acquires its own thematic significance (for relaxing or having lunch with friends) and becomes a small island of home comfort.
Types and components of furniture
Corner furniture in the hall can be divided into soft (sofas) and hard (walls and individual pieces of furniture). In addition, there is a division into modular, case and built-in options.
Cabinet
Cabinet furniture familiar to everyone is represented by sections that can be purchased as a large corner set, as well as select the necessary elements and make up a compact set. During assembly, the sections are fastened together to form a uniform wall. In the center of the furniture assembly may be any section made in the form of a corner - a cabinet, a showcase, a sideboard, a TV stand. If you choose furniture with a corner cupboard, it can replace a small dressing room.
Built-in
Such furniture is installed in small living rooms, where every centimeter matters and is calculated according to an individual project. Apply similar walls in rooms with complex geometry or a corner niche. Traditionally, built-in furniture has the same depth and height of all cabinets and cabinets, but there are exceptions.
Modular
Recently, modular headsets and sofas are gaining popularity. They consist of different parts (modules) and are able to complete the final version of the design at the discretion of the owner. Such furniture is preferred by people longing for change. They have the opportunity to change the situation at least every day. The modules are equipped with rollers or have small finished sections that can change their location.
Materials of manufacture
Different types of materials are involved in the production of corner furniture - wood, chipboard, plywood, metal, glass, fabrics, plastic. Glass, metal, mirror surfaces are necessary for the design of cabinets and headsets. Textiles are involved in the creation of upholstered furniture. For a deeper understanding of the issue, we dwell on each material in more detail.
Wood
It is hard to imagine how humanity would live without this material. People use wood to make furniture from ancient times. The wood is incredibly beautiful, with many shades and patterns that never repeat. When you touch it, pleasant warmth and natural energy are felt.
Wood has a different density, which affects the cost of the material and ultimately the finished product. For example, pine and other conifers are not very hard, but they are widely used in furniture production, as this reduces the cost of production.
In the manufacture of products that experience an increased load during operation (Swedish walls, frames for sofas, armchairs and chairs), solid varieties of trees are used.
Perhaps there is no style that wood would not suit - classical, historical, modern, rustic, environmental, ethnic and other trends need beautiful, high-quality furniture made of natural material. Cabinets, sideboards, cabinets, showcases made of wood give the interior a rich and respectable look.
Particleboard, MDF
These are chipboards bonded with adhesive. The top layer is made of veneer imitating the color and pattern of natural wood. Particleboard surface can repeat the texture of the most exotic trees that you will not find on sale in kind. Chipboards are a great substitute for natural wood. Their cost is several times cheaper, which makes it possible to provide 80% of the furniture market with accessible materials and bring finished products to the consumer with any material possibilities.
MDF can be used in all interiors where a natural tree is required - country, classic, shabby chic.It is impossible to achieve absolute reliability in the design of furniture of these styles, but modern materials will provide a high level of imitation.
If the choice of a corner wall is between products from MDF or particleboard, it is better to give preference to the first option. MDF is somewhat more expensive, but it can be used for decorative embossing and it does not have toxic impregnations, which are used in the adhesive compositions of particleboard.
Metal
For the hall rarely use completely metal products, only if there is a design basis for such a step. Metal is needed for high-tech, loft, minimalism and other urban modern trends. To create furniture frames or racks, chrome or painted metal is fragmentarily used. It is pre-treated with anti-corrosion compounds. Such a base can withstand a large load, has a long service life.
Frames and legs of small corner tables and shelves for creating historical and oriental styles can be made of copper, brass or bronze.
In the areas of Provence, Gothic, country use furniture with elements of artistic forging.
Glass, mirrors
Showcases, walls, slides, cabinets, and even shelves are rarely dispensed with without these materials. Glass neutralizes the impression of oppression from cluttering furniture, transmits light, and makes space airy and light. A large role in the visual increase in volume is played by mirrors. The larger they are, the more spacious the room seems.
When deciding on large glass display cases and mirror paintings, it should be remembered that they are cared for using household chemicals and require some effort. Glass products are used in fusion, minimalism, high-tech styles. Mirrored surfaces and stained glass inserts adorn the interiors Empire, classicism, rococo, gothic.
Fabrics
A large assortment of special fabrics for upholstery is used in the manufacture of corner upholstered furniture. They are divided into categories - the higher it is, the more expensive and denser the textiles. Furniture is upholstered with artificial and natural canvases. By tactile sensations, color, density and appearance, you can choose any option, from soft velor to tight matting. Furniture fabrics are impregnated with special compounds, so many of them are able to repel moisture and dirt. Spilled juice is simply wiped with a damp rag and the stain disappears without a trace.
Dimensions
The dimensions of the corner wall for the living room are directly dependent on the availability of space. Owners of large rooms have nothing to worry about, they can afford dimensional furniture or confine themselves to a small thematic option, for example, a TV corner with open shelves and a functional stand.
For owners of small rooms, narrow mini-living rooms with a beautiful modern design and content have been developed. Despite its compactness, miniature furniture has many places for storage, but it does not clutter up the room.
Small living rooms are characterized by cabinets rushing up, which increases the usable area for storing things, but having a shallow depth, which makes it possible to save the space of the hall. To facilitate the situation, you should choose open structures.
Combined options will help increase functionality when the wall has the same amount of open and closed furniture.
As for corner cabinets, they can only accommodate small televisions with a diagonal of not more than 70 cm, but such a design in the living room looks quite organically.
When choosing a sofa, you should take into account the size of the room itself, as well as calculate the space it occupies in an unassembled form. Large upholstered furniture in a small room looks disastrous. The solution in this situation is to maintain the number of seats to the detriment of the lush back and handrails, reducing them to concise modest options.There are corner mini-sofas 90X170 cm in size, which are successfully laid out, organizing a full-fledged berth.
Color and design
Color plays a huge role in the design of the living room, with it you can correct the geometry of the room, zoning it, supporting the style of the interior. The palette also matters for the corner furniture itself. White color will refresh the dark corner in the living room and, despite the presence of furniture, will help this part of the room to become visually spacious.
Often, creating neutral shades in a living room setting, accents are made on a bright sofa. He kind of invites to rest, but not passive, but positive and cheerful.
Sometimes, on the contrary, corner furniture is involved in a monochrome design decision, when one main color is chosen, from which arbitrary shades build the entire interior.
Against the backdrop of the bright walls, the furniture is traditionally moderately brown in color almost invisible. This brings peace and power to the sleek, modern interior.
To create a festive atmosphere with a lot of light and air choose White color. It is combined with any colorful tone that the owners decide to enter into the interior.
So that the corner walls do not seem boring, they better be from several shades.
It can be contrasting options or with a difference of only a few tones.
How to choose?
Choosing corner furniture in the living room, you must consider the following points.
- Before you make a purchase, you need to decide for yourself - it will be the dominant group or complementing other functional furniture. For example, if a large room already has a rectilinear wall, then you need a set to organize an empty corner. Or in a small room, the corner wall takes on the main function of providing the family with a place to store things.
- It is necessary to think over the tasks that the wall will have to solve. To place books need shelving; storage of clothes and bed linen requires a cabinet and a chest of drawers; sometimes you need a TV stand or a work area with a computer table, cabinets and open shelves.
- When the size and purpose of corner furniture is determined, you need to pay attention to the style and color scheme of the interior. For example, a wall made of glass and metal will not suit the cozy warm theme of Provence.
- When choosing furniture, the type of material from which it is made is taken into account. This is important for the formation of a stylistic decision and the concretization of its budgetary opportunities. Expensive wood can be replaced with MDF boards, and forged objects with painted metal, which will help to meet the budget and make a good imitation of expensive styles.
- When buying, you should pay attention to brands, product quality, examine the certificate - the durability of the furniture depends on it.
How to post?
Cabinet furniture is not made in one piece, but is assembled in sections. This makes it possible to purchase items that the hostess needs and can enter a specific corner. When the issue with the selection of the wall is resolved, you must place it either according to the scheme proposed by the manufacturer, or make changes based on the capabilities of your room. For example, if a computer table is included, it is better to be closer to the window, and not in the corner, although this is not provided for in the original design.
If the sections are installed independently, they line up on both sides of the central piece of furniture.
This part is set by the manufacturer, has a specific angular shape and it is impossible to change it.
In small rooms mini-walls are placed in which everything is thought out to the smallest detail, so it is better to install them in the finished version. For small rooms, you can use not complete furniture, but separate modules necessary for a particular interior - a TV stand, a shelf, an aquarium. A small space needs narrow furniture and open shelves.
As for the corner sofas, they are installed in two ways - they are placed in a corner with the small size of the hall or form a soft zone in the center of the spacious room. Sometimes they get two corner or radius sofas, placing them around a stylish coffee table. This situation allows you to gather a large number of guests.
The method of central placement of the sofa goes well with modern styles that do not clutter the living room with cabinet furniture and decor. In this case, all attention is drawn to the soft zone.
The advantage of corner furniture is in the possibility of zoning a large room. If you turn one of the sides of the wall or sofa to the center of the room, the furniture will divide it in half, and the owners will decide what content to set for each zone.
Good examples
An incredible variety of corner furniture options makes it difficult to choose. Viewing beautiful options for walls, cabinets and sofas will help determine the desires and needs of the owners.
- A large corner mirror cabinet expands the space well, fills it with air and light.
- The streamlined white wall with the TV in the center fits well with modern interiors with minimal décor.
- The corner wall of one of the sides divides the space of a large room into two zones.
- It is rare to find a corner bookcase with a fireplace.
- Large wall with display cases for a classic interior.
- A beautiful sofa in the center of the room became an adornment of a stylish noble interior.
- Application of corner showcases in the design of the living room.
- A large extravagant red sofa becomes an accent and a kind of decor in a simple atmosphere of a minimalist interior.
- The corner cupboard is complemented by one TV stand and open shelves.
The minimal presence of closed furniture makes the wall elegant and light.
Corner furniture can be attributed to non-standard, which means more spectacular designs. It has good capacity, but does not take up much space. It is the perfect choice for living rooms of any size.
See the following video for an overview of the corner wall in the living room.