Everyone is trying to decorate their house or apartment in a beautiful design. The decoration of the living room deserves special attention. Currently, various models of wall cabinets are often used to create a style in such a room. Today we’ll talk about what features these pieces of furniture have.
Features
Hanging cabinets for the living room are a modification of the kitchen storage compartments. They are small sash systems. Such structures are installed directly on the walls.
Cabinets look most advantageous in interiors designed in the style of minimalism.
Such sections take up little space in the room, while they can accommodate a large number of things. Under the wall cabinets, you can place other compartments, a TV stand or a chest of drawers. This furniture can be hung not only in the middle of the wall, but also under the ceiling in the room. Today also produce corner models of mounted sections.
To date, wall cabinets for the hall are available in several versions:
- vertical - such designs are narrow and shortened pencil cases;
- horizontal - they look like narrow but long sections placed along the walls;
- square - all sides of such wall cabinets have the same length and width.
In addition to these basic designs, hanging cabinets for the living room can also be angled. Such sections can save space in the room.
There are mounted trapezoidal structures. Together with corner models, they allow you to make a smooth transition from one wall to another.
There are no empty corners.Most often, these types of furniture are made to order. Such sections are made from different materials. But the most popular is a combination of pressed wood chips, metal base and plastic parts.
Design
Currently, modern wall mounted cabinets for living rooms are made in a variety of styles. Glossy black or white designs are considered a popular option for high-tech or minimalist interiors.
Favorably such models will look in small rooms, as they are able to visually expand the space.
Today, glossy high, but narrow sections, decorated in bright colors, are also available. They are able to visually increase the height of the living room. For the same purpose, facades with large glass doors can be used.
For loft-style interiors, glossy or matte wall-mounted cabinets in dark colors will be an excellent option. (dark gray, brown, black). At the same time, such furniture is often made without handles. For classic design furniture made of natural wood with a natural pattern may come up.
An interesting option is the white glossy wall mounted cabinets. However, often the sides of such structures are drawn in black colors. They are usually used to create a Scandinavian or Art Nouveau style,
The internal content of the hanging cabinets for the living room can be made of the same material as the external case. It can include several spacious shelves for storing things, separated by small partitions. It also includes special fasteners on which the doors are installed.
In total, there are several basic types of design for hanging compartments for halls.
- Framework. The central part of the product is cut from a wooden base. It is clamped on all sides by special strips that are made of polymers or metal. Such designs resemble a photo frame.
- Whole. It is a bar that is made from one type of material and certain sizes. This type is called deaf.
- Prefabricated. Several separate fragments in the form of geometric shapes that are connected by a metal profile. This method allows you to increase the decorativeness of the product due to the combination of figures.
If you want to make the design of the room more interesting, then you can buy products with mirror surfaces.
But in this case, for the living room it is better to choose facades with a tinted, frosted or patterned coating. Remember that such products should not be hung under light sources, as this may create flickering glare.
Also sections made in exotic style from bamboo will look original. But such material is worth every six months again covered with a layer of varnish. Otherwise, it will quickly begin to crack and lose its original appearance.
If you want to to give the interior a little oriental flavor, then you better use special perforated wood overlay panels for this. But at the same time you need to choose the right ornament (polyhedra, star-shaped). Such products are made to individual orders. Such overlays are attached to the facades of the product. The most spectacular will look surfaces that are decorated in a brighter contrasting color compared to the colors of the wall cabinet itself.
Some people prefer to choose furniture with mahogany veneer. This technique makes it possible to give the furniture a solid and elegant appearance. Thin wooden veneer plates can accurately convey the rich color and interesting pattern of this expensive material.
But remember that such a foundation requires careful care and additional protection against dampness, insects and mold. Processing will need to be carried out regularly.
You can give preference to products with interesting polymer coatings that can last a long time even without special care.
Often, such cabinets make a bright accent when decorating the interior of a living room, so when applying such a coating, you can experiment with various shades.
But at the same time products with this application are often subject to mechanical damage.Therefore, during operation, the structure can quickly become covered with a network of small scratches.
Advantages and disadvantages
Wall mounted cabinets for halls have a number of important benefits.
- Serve as an excellent complement to interior decoration. Such furniture designs can complement the interior in the style of minimalism, hi-tech, modern or loft.
- Allow you to create modular sections. Such hinged compartments make it possible to make entire racks and walls under the ceiling in the room, which can perfectly fit into the interior and save space.
- They have various options for opening and closing. Such wall-mounted cabinets can open up, down or sideways with a single movement of the hand. Today also produce furniture with an automatic opening system.
- Suitable for almost any style. Wall cabinets are available in a wide variety of designs, colors and shapes.
- Help save space. Hinged structures for halls take up little space, and you can place a large number of things in them.
Despite the large number of advantages, hanging cabinets for living rooms have some disadvantages.
- They cannot withstand too much stress. If you place too heavy objects in the compartments, they may not be able to withstand and fall from the mounts.
- During installation, the cabinet material must be taken into account. If the material is too soft, you will have to abandon the installation of a heavy hinged section.
- It is difficult to find a balance between appearance and level of functionality. If you give preference to too deep and bulky hinged compartments, then this can ruin the overall interior of the living room.
Selection tips
Before buying a suitable hinged section in the living room, you should consider some nuances. So, cabinets should fit into the overall interior design. Furniture must be purchased immediately after you fully think through the interior of the living room.
Do not forget that for small rooms you should not choose too large and massive hinged structures - they will look bulky and ridiculous.
In such rooms it is better to place several of these compartments of medium and small size. In this case, narrow horizontal boxes will look most beneficial.
When choosing, you must also take into account the color scheme, which will dominate the interior design of the living room. Decide in advance what role the construction will play - it can simply merge with the overall interior, or it can become a bright accent of design.
In addition to the color scheme, be sure to take into account the texture of the design. Indeed, depending on it, the coloring of the section may look different in the interior.
The following video shows an example of a hinged white cabinet in the living room.
