Sliding wardrobe in the living room: types, choices and options in the interior

A wardrobe has now become an integral part of the furnishings of almost any apartment - it takes up relatively little space, but it has a decent capacity. Outwardly, it also looks stylish and very dignified, and therefore is often used for the purpose of aesthetic decoration of the room. For the living room, this is one of the best furniture choices.

This type of cabinet got its name by analogy with a train compartment - here the door also does not open outward, but moves to the side. This design is especially convenient and beneficial in a tight space - it doesn't matter if the doors are open or closed, they still do not restrict the passage. Modern manufacturers have mastered the production of sliding wardrobes in a variety of designs and designs, so today there is no longer any problem in order to fit such a set into a room of any style and color.

The spacious interior of the cabinet allows you to hide a wide variety of things that should not be in plain sight - it can be clothes, small household appliances and much more. The integrity and presentability of the facade, instead of a scattering of assorted content, allows you to give the design of the room solidity and accuracy.

If you are still hesitating whether to buy a wardrobe for the living room, appreciate its benefits. This headset allows you to:

• rationally organize the square meters of the living room so that it is both practical and beautiful;
• choose from a variety of design solutions that will fit into any interior;
• ensure the safety of open furniture - you or your children will never bump into an open door;
• store a huge amount of property in one place and in an orderly state;
• not to be afraid of environmental harm to their households - such structures are usually made from environmentally friendly materials;
• save on assembly - if the product was brought to you disassembled, you can try to assemble it yourself, because for a skilled man it will not be difficult;
• to solve the problem of furnishing for many years to come - wardrobes are usually solid, therefore they serve their owners for decades.

Since the positive aspects of such furniture have already been described, it is worth recognizing that it also has disadvantages, although there are somewhat fewer of them. The obvious disadvantages include the following operating features:

• when they talk about the durability of such a headset, they usually mean only the frame, but the sliding system will have to be repaired or even changed every few years, since it is far from eternal;
• in order not to repair and replace the sliding system too often, you will have to regularly take care of the guides - for this they should be regularly cleaned or even lubricated;
• in the thickness of the headset, the sliding mechanism takes up slightly more space than ordinary doors, therefore a classic wardrobe with a swing design and the same size in practice usually turns out to be a little more roomy.

The variety of modern wardrobes suggests that such furniture is fundamentally different. How convenient and practical the purchase seems to you depends on the correct choice of the model.

First of all, the wardrobe is built-in or frame. The first option is optimal for niches and corners, although occasionally it is performed over the entire wall. The essence of the built-in wardrobe is that it uses the walls and ceiling, and sometimes the floor as its own frame. In other words, shelves and doors are mounted directly into the opening of the room, and such a set cannot be moved - it is just a set of shelves without back and side walls.

The frame model is much more familiar - it is a separate, independent piece of furniture that can be freely moved around the apartment.

In most cases, the frame and facade of the product are made of the same material and differ only in shade., but mirror models are also in great demand. Instead of decoration, the facade of such a headset is decorated with a mirror, which not only allows you to appreciate your own appearance, but also visually expands the room, and also adds light to it.

Finally, not all cabinets have well-defined angles - the needs of style and design may imply roundness and smooth lines. The so-called radius models are usually located in the corner and assume some degree of concavity of the structure - thanks to it, you can comfortably get to the depths of the headset, and the design of the room becomes softer.

Modern furniture factories make cabinets from anything - not only plastic, but even drywall can be used as a frame material. There are even more options for decorating the facade - glass, mirrors and any other artistic delights are used as decorative materials.

Nevertheless, raw materials of wood origin are still most often used as the main frame material.

Even more widespread demand is for MDF boards made of wood chips compressed under high pressure. - they can be considered the best combination of price and quality. Such material is inferior to wood in everything, but it can be very similar to it, and it also serves for several decades, being quite durable and natural in origin. The situation is worse with chipboard, which is pressed and glued with potentially toxic adhesives - it turns out both dangerous and relatively short-lived, because the only argument of manufacturers still using such raw materials is its extremely low cost.

Separately, it should be said about the materials of the sliding mechanism. Aluminum rails are rightly considered the best solution in terms of durability, while steel, and even more so plastic, cannot boast of such achievements.

An object as large as a wardrobe will inevitably fall into the field of vision of everyone who comes into the living room, therefore it is very important that it be beautiful and stylish. Fortunately, modern furniture manufacturers are well aware of this and meet the needs of consumers.

If you want to buy an expensive set made of natural wood, then most likely you should not look for some original color schemes - such furniture is usually not painted, once again demonstrating how expensive and luxurious it is. This has a deep meaning, because the natural wood tone itself looks dignified, and it is also able to fit into almost any style, except for a few ultra-modern, demonstratively rejecting materials of natural origin.

If you want a wardrobe of any other color, it is better to focus on light shades. Most domestic living rooms cannot boast of impressive spaciousness, and a large wardrobe narrows the space even more, because its white design can be very useful - this color visually increases the space. In addition, it is an achromatic tone that goes well with any other colors, which means that it allows you to radically renovate a room without replacing furniture. For about the same reason, many consumers choose mirror models.

Good cabinet capacity is an abstract concept, but you must choose such a headset that, in fact, turns out to be convenient and practical. The complete set of furniture inside is not standard, therefore you should understand what things you will store and in what quantity, and only then choose the furniture.

A good wardrobe may include a wardrobe compartment with hangers., including for outerwear, as well as separate shelves on the sides and wider drawers at the bottom. Someone does not need one of these components at all, but for someone it plays a decisive role, and should not just be present, but be sufficiently spacious.

It is important to correctly calculate not only the number of shelves, but also the total volume of the cabinet in order to understand whether it can accommodate all your things. It should also be borne in mind that large wardrobes of supposedly the same size actually hold a different number of things depending on their type. - so, the built-in headset does not include the walls in its own volume, therefore it is quite logical that it turns out to be a little more spacious. Dividing the space with numerous partitions inevitably reduces the volume, and the more there are, the less practical the purchase becomes, in fact.

If you will be hanging outerwear here on hangers, it is important to make sure that each individual piece will fit in there in width. If the frame turns out to be too narrow, it turns out that you bought this particular model in vain, because it will not be possible to store even one coat in it without crushing it.

Modern wardrobes are good because they fit into any interior and can meet the requirements of any design direction.

If your hall is decorated in a classic notion of comfort, you should pay attention to cabinets designed in strict rectangular shapes. However, this is the only thing that is strictly and "boring" here, because in general the classics presupposes a maximum of shocking and high cost. As a material, it is worth using only expensive wood, which should be decorated with carvings, various purely aesthetic trifles, and ideally also with gilding, at least artificial. If you can find a model with unique beautiful handles - get closer to your idea even closer than expected.

Provence, which is one of the most common examples of rustic style, also gravitates towards wood., since it is a natural material, but it can be painted in light pastel colors. In this case, too, you should not give up the old craving for everything exclusive and original, but here you should no longer pretend that your wardrobe is a museum piece of art.

Modern is the same classic, only with slightly rounded lines, already without sharp corners. This is where radius cabinets can be used - they still need to be pretty and even somewhat artistic, but you can finally experiment with the shape as you please.

Hi-tech is one of the most popular varieties of minimalism, and this direction, in general, does not imply the use of at least any decorations. According to minimalists, beauty lies in utmost simplicity, therefore all furniture details must have strict practical application, and it is unacceptable to deviate from this principle. In addition, in terms of the choice of materials, it is worth focusing on modern ones, such as plastic, metal and glass, but natural wood, whether original or skillful imitation, is inappropriate here.

First of all, a wardrobe is just a practical piece of furniture, and not a simple decoration, therefore it must correspond to your request for storing various things. This is such a solid piece of furniture that buying it usually means giving up any other bedside tables or, even more so, other cabinets - everything should fit into a wardrobe. The only exception to the rule can be made for a two-room apartment if people live in it independently of each other.and everyone wants to keep their own wardrobe close to themselves. Consequently, the headset must contain all or almost all of your belongings.

At the same time, no one canceled the requirement for aesthetic appeal.

Choose furniture so that it is in appropriate harmony with the decoration and with other furniture - if it was not in tune, then at least it was an interesting accent against the background of everything else.

In pursuit of beauty and aesthetics, do not forget to accurately measure the free space that you are ready to allocate for the closet. The absence of swing doors makes its dimensions stable, but you always need to add a few centimeters to the dimensions, which can be taken away with the same skirting board.

The fact that the wardrobe does not have hinged doors that can clutter up the passage does not mean that it can be placed anywhere. Even fire safety requirements suggest that it is correct to leave a passageway at least 120 cm wide., which means that in elongated and narrow living rooms, it is better to give the headset a narrow wall entirely - so it will not interfere with anyone and will partially correct the shape of the room.

In "Khrushchev" it is very important to place built-in wardrobes in niches, since the layout involves a recess in the wall, which still cannot be occupied with anything else. The assembled set turns out to be flush with the rest of the wall, but it is quite easy to get to it, and it does not protrude towards the center of the living room at all, leaving free space there.

If your living room is very small, and you cannot select a single wall for a wardrobe, pay attention to corner radius models. Such a design turns out to be very compact and fits even in surprisingly cramped conditions, and the absence of any corners in it only enhances the illusion that the room is not so small. When purchasing such a cabinet, pay special attention to the mirror models - they will help solve the problem of limited space even more effectively.

The living room would seem much closer to the guests if it were not for the sober idea of ​​the owners to put a mirrored wardrobe here. Even from a not very good angle, it can be seen that the room is small, because the headset takes up a good part of it, but a full-fledged facade made of a mirror creates the illusion that the room extends further. In addition, the mirror "catches" the sunlight from the window, so the living room is better lit than it could have been.

The glossy black finish is a typical example of future design, although the wardrobe is part of the wall in classic wood shades. At the same time, the headset fits very well into the interior - it echoes both the sofa and the carpet on the floor, and with the design of the niche for the TV, and with the TV itself.

A curious example is the wall cabinet. The material indicates the classic roots of design, but the glass inserts are not completely harmonious in terms of form, which seems to be a clear deviation from the canons. The shape and appearance of the inserts echo the typical Japanese interior, resulting in an original mix of several styles.

An overview of the wardrobe in the living room in the video below.