For the most part, our living rooms are designed for several needs at the same time: living room-kitchen, living room-office. As a rule, the hall is the largest room in the apartment.
Since the vast majority of apartments do not have space for a full-fledged dressing room or spacious storage room, a closet becomes the most necessary piece of furniture in the living room. Modern living rooms with a wardrobe can be not only comfortable and roomy, but also beautiful and stylish.
Brief overview of the article
Pros and cons of a wardrobe in the living room
Long wardrobes look good in living rooms. Next, the pros and cons of a wardrobe will be discussed.
Pros:
- They are easy to assemble.
- You can store a large number of things there.
- Serves as a zone separator in small apartments.
- Suitable for any interior.
- They look beautiful.
- With careful care it will last a long time.
Minuses:
- The wardrobe mechanism periodically fails. It needs to be repaired from time to time.
- The mechanisms need cleaning.
In fact, there are not many downsides. And everything can be resolved. But there are so many advantages.
Living Room Design Ideas
Antique products with an aged appearance look very original. Sometimes these cabinets are decorated with moldings, trims and other elements. No less beautiful designs have designs with glass or mirror doors, which can be decorated using sandblasting or stained glass designs.
The photo shows a wardrobe with a mirrored front in the interior of the living room.
Also on the facades there is often photo printing, which is a modest pattern or a full-fledged large image. An excellent decor is a variety of interesting fittings that give the furniture a unique accent.
Bar, showcase and other models with decorative lighting have a particularly unusual look. They not only attract attention, but also highlight objects located behind the glass, adding shine and glare from LED bulbs.
Types of cabinets
The sliding wardrobe can be built-in or cabinet. A cabinet cabinet is an ordinary cabinet that can be moved around the living space. It can be easily disassembled and reassembled. It has sliding doors.
This saves space. This type of wardrobe is made faster than a built-in one. The advantage of this type is that it is much cheaper than the built-in option.
The disadvantage of such a cabinet is that dust and debris can accumulate at the top and bottom.
The built-in wardrobe is a complex design. Such a cabinet is attached to the floor, ceiling and walls. Such an album is made individually for each room by measuring all the required dimensions in the room. Once dismantled, it cannot be moved to another room. You can place them in ready-made niches of the apartment. Its internal volume is greater than that of the case.
Modern furniture sets
The furniture market provides the buyer with a huge selection of wall cabinets. Let's look at some of them:
- Corpus. They are a standard wall cabinet, which has a certain number of cabinets and sections that fit tightly together.
- Modular. Such products are highly practical and easy to use, since they contain a certain number of sections that can be swapped and complemented by the design.
- Built-in. Such a cabinet will significantly save space in the living room by being built into a specially prepared niche.
Minutes of the built-in wall: there is no possibility of installing additional shelves, it is difficult to move the cabinet to another place in the apartment.
- Angular. They are convenient because such a design will seamlessly fit into any space, since most often the corners in the rooms remain unused.
- Hanging. This design will bring an unusual and fashionable detail to the interior. The main feature from others is the need for fastening either to the ceiling, or to the wall, or to another support, using special fastening systems. The walls can be modified in different ways, for example, combined with cabinets, but despite this, the model does not lack the necessary capacity and lightness.
- Gorki. The furniture design has a massive bottom with fixed lower cabinets and a free top with sometimes small hanging cases or sections.
- Walls "Transformer". These designs are universal in use, especially if the living room is a bedroom, since such a cabinet can be modified independently. With a slight movement, lowering it down, the wall turns into a bed, stand or other desired structure provided by the manufacturer.
Shapes of wardrobes
- Straight – ordinary rectangular wardrobe. It usually stands indoors on the entire wall. This type of wardrobe can be either cabinet or built-in. They are the most popular of all forms. Cabinets of this shape are suitable for modern and retro style rooms.
- Corner wardrobes use the room more efficiently. Such cabinets are divided into L-shaped, diagonal, trapezoidal.
- Radius – cabinets with a rounded shape. They went on sale several years ago. They are very expensive to make. Cabinet doors open along a radius guide. Much more functional than other forms of sliding wardrobes.
Features of modern “walls”
Each undertaken renovation must be approached with full responsibility, a plan must be drawn up that will describe all the finishing materials used in the renovation, as well as decorative and design decisions, including the choice of furniture.
- Even the most sophisticated buyer will find many beautiful and functional wall cabinets in different styles and colors on sale.
- Today we’ll look at walls designed specifically for the living room.
- Like any other furniture, they have a number of characteristic features.
Filling the wardrobe in the living room
Usually the inside of the cabinet is divided into three parts.
- The main zone is located in the middle and occupies a fairly large space in the wardrobe. Shelves or hangers can be located here. Shelves can be simple. Pull-out shelves have also become popular. Hangers with various clothes are hung on the bar. The barbell is made of steel, because if it is made of another material it may break. There may also be retractable mechanisms for storing ties and belts. Even trouser holders are installed. This is a kind of hanger, only it also extends. It is very convenient to put trousers there. The appearance of the trousers is not lost. There may be various hooks.
- The top part stores hats or boxes of shoes.
- The lower part of the wardrobe is mainly used to store boxes of shoes and bags. This part may contain inclined stands. Shelves can be open or closed. You can also install drawers. Such boxes are needed to store various things.
The filling of the closet in the living room is selected individually for family members. You can store various clothes, shoes, bags, books, a vacuum cleaner and other equipment there.
Filling options
Basic options for internal equipment.
Cupboard
A china cabinet or buffet is distinguished by the presence of glass doors behind which festive dinnerware, porcelain, crystal and much more are displayed. This design is especially appropriate if the living room is combined with the dining room. Sometimes these products are combined with a bar with a special compartment for drinks.
The photo shows a china cabinet with decorative multi-colored lighting in the living room interior.
Under TV
Such a multifunctional furniture element is an alternative interior solution that not only has an original design and harmoniously fits into the design of the room, but also at the same time provides an area with a cabinet or chest of drawers for placing a TV device and storage space for things. Such a semi-open cabinet is mainly equipped with additional niches, shelves for related equipment, books, etc.
The photo shows the interior of the living room with a light corner wardrobe equipped with a TV stand.
For clothes
Clothes closed structures are fully formed and belong to cabinet furniture. The simplest option is considered to be a two-door wardrobe, one half of which involves horizontal storage of items on shelves, and the other - vertical placement of items on a rod using hangers.
Bookcases
Shelves or cabinets with books give the room a special atmosphere and create a more serious and slightly austere design.
Materials
- Fiberboard. The cheapest way to cover a wardrobe in the living room. The disadvantage of this material is that it absorbs moisture. As soon as liquid gets on this material it immediately begins to swell. Sliding wardrobes made from this material are the cheapest.
- Chipboard. This material does not have such a disadvantage as moisture resistance, since it consists of resin, which makes it durable. The cost of a ready-made wardrobe for the living room is in the middle price category.
- MDF and wood. It is considered the most expensive when making a wardrobe. It is most often made from pine. MDF cabinets most often decorate the classic style of the living room.
Wardrobe doors can be made of glass or mirror.
Configuration selection
Each owner of the room decides whether to buy a regular wall or a corner wall for the living room. There are no strict rules on this matter.
However, for a narrow room it is better not to use linear walls; in such a living room a corner set or a mini-wall installed near a short wall will look much more impressive.
All types of placement are perfect for a square room.
For a small living room, it is better to choose a mini-wall or slide; for a large one, you can buy a huge U-shaped set of furniture.
Wardrobe styles
The sliding wardrobe can be made in such a way that it fits the interior of any living room.
Styles will be discussed in more detail below.
- In a classic living room, a wardrobe should look luxurious and elegant. The cabinet should be made preferably from natural material. You can decorate with mirrors, beautiful patterns on cabinet doors. Such a cabinet can easily be suitable for a modern living room. If the size of the living room is small, then it is better that it is light and the facade is mirrored.
- You can choose chipboard as the material for making a wardrobe for a living room in a minimalist style. But there should not be any drawings on the doors. Everything should be simple and tasteful. If a tree is chosen, then quite often several colors are combined.
- For a living room in a high-tech style, the wardrobe should be extraordinary. Quite often such cabinets are made using electronics. An all-black wardrobe will suit this living room. The facade is made of frosted glass.
- For such a living room in the Provence style, a wardrobe with a French accent is suitable. Doors can be made of glass or wood. Glass doors may have paintings in the form of plant elements.
- Sliding wardrobes for Loft are made in black and white or brown tones. The fronts of the cabinets may feature drawings of cities.
- In Japanese-style living rooms, wardrobes are most often light brown, beige, or red. On the front of the cabinet there are depictions of cranes, peacocks, geishas, and cherry blossoms.
Placing furniture on the wall
Due to excessive clutter today, wall cabinets are not as popular as before. Increasingly, living rooms began to be furnished with less bulky and simpler cabinets. They have become as practical and functional as possible, with a minimum of details and decorations.
The modern furniture market offers a huge number of modern, lightweight wall cabinets.
Adviсe
- If there is a ready-made niche in the living room, then the wardrobe should be placed there.
- The wardrobe should match the style of the living room.
- If there is little lighting in the living room, the wardrobe should be a light shade.
The facade should not have more than three colors.
