Prefabricated shelving designs have gained well-deserved popularity as a solution to expand the usable space of the home, to properly organize storage of things. The kitchen space, office premises of the home, first of all, need to be added to the interior of racks that increase the functionality of the premises. Due to its airiness, such cabinet furniture makes a limited space easier, “breathing”; avoids the feeling of pressing heaviness that arises when decorating small rooms with bulky wooden headsets of a classic look. There are a lot of variations of rack designs from light decorative elegant solutions to sections with a high margin of safety not differing in attractive appearance.
Among other types of furniture, shelving distinguishes a number of obvious advantages:
The price of shelving is significantly lower than that of furniture sets;
At a relatively low price, the decorative component is in no way inferior to full-fledged cabinets. On the contrary, it is always possible to refresh the look of the room by rearranging the contents in a different way, repainting, decorating the shelves;
Racks can serve as a partition when solving problems associated with the correct zoning of the surrounding space;
Designs occupy a minimum area, providing a place to store the maximum number of things;
Collectors, art lovers will appreciate the opportunity to showcase their exhibits without having to search for the right thing for a long time in the bowels of a dusty cabinet, also for storing books, it is easiest to get a massive volume from an open shelf;
Such furniture is a universal solution for any area, purpose of rooms;
Shelves harmoniously fit into the interior of any style thanks to a combination of simplicity of appearance and wide possibilities for selecting shapes and sizes of shelves.
Types and their application
Regardless of the form and purpose, all racks are united by the presence of horizontal shelves located between the supporting partitions, the absence of a facade, and often the absence of a back wall. They are divided into several main classes:
Recessed
The shelves of such racks are attached directly to the walls of the niche, are common in the decor of office rooms, kitchens due to their compactness, ergonomics, this also includes plasterboard partitions with through shelves.
Standard straight
They are simply cabinets without a front door, the design has autonomous support points.
Corner
Compared to straight lines, they have a large usable area used when necessary to place a large number of things.
Outboard
They carry rather a decorative function, are lightweight, intricate forms of execution.
Some sections are partially closed by doors, complemented by bedside tables, which is an almost complete cabinet.
Zoning
The use of rack structures instead of walls allows you to divide the space of a room into convenient functional areas. Any room may need zoning: it is appropriate to divide the cooking and eating area, this distinction is suitable for separating the living area from the berth. The workplace in the bedroom is also isolated. In the children's rooms, the shelves separate the bed from the play area, sports corner.
Through execution allows you to adjust the transparency level of the partition. The greater the distance between the shelves, the easier the design will seem. Adding a rear wall to the shelves makes transforming with adjoining the ceiling turns the shelving into a full-fledged wall with an additional function of storing things; it is much easier to erect a drywall partition wall than a blank brick wall.
Use in decor
The correct use of shelving for decorative purposes allows you to revitalize the environment, visually expand the volume, give a more modern look to the classic interior, some secrets of the correct decoration of shelves:
Shelves made of massive wood, dark in color need illumination from the inside. So the rack will not resemble a prison lattice, especially if the sections are square in shape, are densely arranged. Spotlights located from top to bottom are able to advantageously beat ceramics and other decorative elements on the shelves;
Through racks are painted with accent color interior paint, the reception allows you to combine all the interior items together. The back wall also serves as an element of decor - the Art Nouveau style, for example, provides for its contrasting coloring, gluing with textured wallpaper. Shelves of icy white shades of strict geometric shapes have become classics of the Scandinavian style, as an example, the Callax collection;
The narrow narrow rooms expand optically when the back wall is made of mirror glass.
Such shelves should not be overloaded with objects, because of mirroring they double, there is a sense of clutter.
Embedded
Built-in racks make it possible to use every square centimeter of housing as useful as possible, which can be useful for small areas. Shelves of built-in structures are attached in the recesses of the walls, between other elements of furniture, around window openings. Long rows of shelves are mounted over the entire area of the wall. Private houses are equipped with additional shelves under the stairwells, in the attic.
An original solution for irregular recesses is the development of asymmetric furniture with shelves of different heights and different depths. Multilayer sectional racks are built in, creating the illusion of additional volume. Some sections of this type of shelving are made mobile; castors are mounted on their legs to change position.
Floor
The classics of the genre are shelves based on the floor, in other words, cabinets without front doors. The height of the furniture changes the purpose of the upper surface - it is either a countertop or another functional shelf. This type is typical for:
Living rooms - help keep prints, exhibit objects of art, memorabilia, family portraits. The upper part serves as a stand for TV, home theater.One of the varieties of floor racks is a glass slide, an item that has become an indispensable attribute of the vintage style, it exhibits crystal, valuable porcelain dishes, bottles with elite varieties of alcohol;
Bedrooms - replaces an uncomfortable chest of drawers, compact models are installed instead of bedside tables, dressing table;
Children’s - they cope with a pile of toys, bright little things, magazines, books. All this magnificence is faster, easier to fold to open shelves.
Original models
Urban, loft interiors are complemented by racks of original designs. Imagine a lattice formed by a fanciful interweaving of metal, rattan, plastic elements diagonally, vertically, horizontally. Lattice racks are deprived of sidewalls, a back wall, can be installed against a wall, suspended.
Shelves cast from bright plastic, round in shape, with shelves in the form of zigzags, waves are inherent in modern style. The location can also be original - shelves can soar in the air in the middle of the room, this is achieved by combining them with a durable transparent fishing line. Shelf sections can be designed in such a way that they can be swapped without problems, combined in the form of a volumetric collapsible composition resembling a sculpture.
Decorative
Shelves mounted in order to improve the overall aesthetics of the room are not very functional, but attractive, original in appearance. Decorative furniture can be so skillfully, uniquely executed, that in itself becomes an artistic value. She does not have to be comfortable in terms of spaciousness, ease of cleaning, installation. The main goal is to become the center of attention, to catch the eye, to be a highlight, the design of the shelving should be remembered.
The purchase of an authoring design shelving can be an investment in the appearance of the apartment for decades, but at the same time the area of the home should allow the placement of sometimes impressive design work, you need a maneuver - the usual location over the years can be annoying.Small areas can also be decorated with a decorative rack; a good example is the miniature shelves built into the door for small things that are pleasant to the eye.
Materials
Cheap mass models of the economy segment are made by combining parts cut from MDF, particleboard. Despite its low cost, such furniture is versatile - suitable for any interior style. More durable, expensive options are made of wood, as the basis for the luxury class is taken wood of valuable species.
Glass racks look good in a modern theme, business style. But they are quite fragile, require very careful handling, the surface of the shelves quickly covered with scratches. Racks of such furniture are either metal, or for classical forms - wooden. Representatives of Art Nouveau are cast from high quality polymer materials. Eco style allows rattan, bamboo cabinet furniture. Stamped models from cheap Chinese plastic should be reserved for laundries, cellars, dark closets.
Location Rules
Large bright rooms allow you to install racks without restrictions in the place of installation: in the center, in the form of a partition, in the entire wall, replacing the long-obsolete Soviet "walls". The most important thing is color, shape should correspond to all other furniture. The situation is a bit more complicated with miniature rooms - the furniture should not be cluttered additionally, it should be selected in such a way that it makes up for the space deficit, does not oppress the general atmosphere, and perfectly fulfills its organizational functions. Do not neglect the mobile options on casters, they are easy to remove to the next room during the general cleaning, to be taken out of sight if an influx of guests is expected.
Original architectural solutions for housing construction often imply the presence of recesses, hidden niches, nooks and crannies. Do not miss the opportunity to put built-in furniture in them.Rooms of irregular shapes are simply asked to supplement them with original models, so the atmosphere will become even more original.
In the interior of different rooms
In the living room
The common room is constantly used by all family members, the furniture in it is installed the most capacious, functional, voluminous. The dark, clumsy "coffins" of the living room sets, characteristic of the Soviet interior, have long been replaced by more relevant shelving designs. It is planned to combine open shelves with closed shelves, all kinds of bedside tables, lightweight cabinets. A mandatory attribute is a place for a TV, home theater, audio system. Narrow bookshelves are installed behind upholstered furniture, complemented by spotlights.
Bedroom
In addition to traditional solutions, shelving in the bedroom is often equipped with the head of the bed. In this case, the rack has the shape of the letter "P", this non-standard move allows you to additionally use the useful space. An alternative to closed bedside tables is installed at the head of the bed - small racks in a pair of shelves, glasses, magazines, creams, lamps for evening reading are installed here. The medium-sized rack, complemented by a mirror, successfully replaces the traditional dressing table. Outdoor furniture is used to store casual clothing except underwear.
Cabinet
My account is equipped with furniture to the tone of the desktop located at arm's length so as not to be distracted from the busy work process. Shelves in the interior of the cabinet are installed in accordance with the general rules for the placement of cabinet furniture. Private library furniture occupies a separate position - the shelves are massive, deep, reaching the ceiling.
Children’s
The main requirement is juicy, attention-grabbing colors, shapes in the form of cars, houses, huts allowing you to use furniture as a game element.The design must comply with safety requirements, be lightweight, firmly fixed, suddenly the baby wants to climb on it. The height of the shelves should not be large, to the very top the child reaches out with outstretched hand.
On the kitchen
Shelving in the form of partitions delimits a large kitchen into a working, dining area. More compact types serve as a substitute for grandmother's buffets; they store a “strategic” supply of dishes. Mobile metal versions on wheels help facilitate the movement of dishes, equipment in the huge kitchens of private households. Small kitchens of apartment buildings are equipped with racks almost all around the perimeter, so each piece of kitchen utensils finds its place.
DIY making
Step by step we describe the process of manufacturing a simple rack:
You will need: pencil, screwdriver, screws, bars, shelf material, slats, jigsaw, tape measure;
Measure the place of installation of furniture, determine the number, height, width of shelves;
For storage of heavy items, shelves do not make longer than 90 cm, otherwise they will bend.
Depict the future rack in the form of an approximate drawing with dimensions;
After preliminary marking of the wall, proceed with the installation of the supporting bars;
Next, support rails are screwed to the bars, shelves will be laid on them;
The next step is to cut the shelves of the right size, lay on the supporting rails, additionally fix with self-tapping screws. Do not forget to control the level angles during operation.
After installing the shelves, you can proceed to decorating the edges with melamine tape, gluing it with a hot iron. Wooden shelving can be painted to match the rest of the furniture. From above the tree is opened with varnish. If an artist sleeps in you, you can decorate the side surface with painting.
Decor and content
On the shelves you can store everything that comes to mind, but if you want to add an artistic component,decorating the environment do not forget about the basic principles of filling the rack:
In the foreground are only things worthy of attention. Do not keep too personal in sight, all trash;
Avoid color chaos, cutting eyes with incompatible shades;
Try to compose objects correctly in shape, size, a certain tendency should be traced - pyramidal placement, from large to small, vice versa;
Leave enough space between objects;
Remember the principle of symmetry of the placed things;
Larger things - below, little things - above;
Collections devoted to one topic look advantageous.
Conclusion
The appearance of modern racks is far from an ordinary parallelepiped with boring rows of shelves, design options are almost endless due to the variety of materials used, sizes, textures. Moreover, a breakthrough in the design of such furniture occurred relatively recently, open shelves in residential buildings began to appear with the rapid development of the urban area at the beginning of the last century. Until then, the destiny of such structures was the storage of things in warehouses, industrial premises, a little later they moved to offices only later becoming not only a useful, cheap type of furniture, but also the subject of creativity of specialists in the field of home interior decoration.
Prefabricated shelving designs have gained well-deserved popularity as a solution to expand the usable space of the home, to properly organize storage of things. The kitchen space, office premises of the home, first of all, need to be added to the interior of racks that increase the functionality of the premises. Due to its airiness, such cabinet furniture makes a limited space easier, “breathing”; avoids the feeling of pressing heaviness that arises when decorating small rooms with bulky wooden headsets of a classic look. There are a lot of variations of rack designs from light decorative elegant solutions to sections with a high margin of safety not differing in attractive appearance.
Content
Reasons for use
Among other types of furniture, shelving distinguishes a number of obvious advantages:
Types and their application
Regardless of the form and purpose, all racks are united by the presence of horizontal shelves located between the supporting partitions, the absence of a facade, and often the absence of a back wall. They are divided into several main classes:
Some sections are partially closed by doors, complemented by bedside tables, which is an almost complete cabinet.
Zoning
The use of rack structures instead of walls allows you to divide the space of a room into convenient functional areas. Any room may need zoning: it is appropriate to divide the cooking and eating area, this distinction is suitable for separating the living area from the berth. The workplace in the bedroom is also isolated. In the children's rooms, the shelves separate the bed from the play area, sports corner.
Through execution allows you to adjust the transparency level of the partition. The greater the distance between the shelves, the easier the design will seem. Adding a rear wall to the shelves makes transforming with adjoining the ceiling turns the shelving into a full-fledged wall with an additional function of storing things; it is much easier to erect a drywall partition wall than a blank brick wall.
Use in decor
The correct use of shelving for decorative purposes allows you to revitalize the environment, visually expand the volume, give a more modern look to the classic interior, some secrets of the correct decoration of shelves:
Embedded
Built-in racks make it possible to use every square centimeter of housing as useful as possible, which can be useful for small areas. Shelves of built-in structures are attached in the recesses of the walls, between other elements of furniture, around window openings. Long rows of shelves are mounted over the entire area of the wall. Private houses are equipped with additional shelves under the stairwells, in the attic.
An original solution for irregular recesses is the development of asymmetric furniture with shelves of different heights and different depths. Multilayer sectional racks are built in, creating the illusion of additional volume. Some sections of this type of shelving are made mobile; castors are mounted on their legs to change position.
Floor
The classics of the genre are shelves based on the floor, in other words, cabinets without front doors. The height of the furniture changes the purpose of the upper surface - it is either a countertop or another functional shelf. This type is typical for:
Original models
Urban, loft interiors are complemented by racks of original designs. Imagine a lattice formed by a fanciful interweaving of metal, rattan, plastic elements diagonally, vertically, horizontally. Lattice racks are deprived of sidewalls, a back wall, can be installed against a wall, suspended.
Shelves cast from bright plastic, round in shape, with shelves in the form of zigzags, waves are inherent in modern style. The location can also be original - shelves can soar in the air in the middle of the room, this is achieved by combining them with a durable transparent fishing line. Shelf sections can be designed in such a way that they can be swapped without problems, combined in the form of a volumetric collapsible composition resembling a sculpture.
Decorative
Shelves mounted in order to improve the overall aesthetics of the room are not very functional, but attractive, original in appearance. Decorative furniture can be so skillfully, uniquely executed, that in itself becomes an artistic value. She does not have to be comfortable in terms of spaciousness, ease of cleaning, installation. The main goal is to become the center of attention, to catch the eye, to be a highlight, the design of the shelving should be remembered.
The purchase of an authoring design shelving can be an investment in the appearance of the apartment for decades, but at the same time the area of the home should allow the placement of sometimes impressive design work, you need a maneuver - the usual location over the years can be annoying.Small areas can also be decorated with a decorative rack; a good example is the miniature shelves built into the door for small things that are pleasant to the eye.
Materials
Cheap mass models of the economy segment are made by combining parts cut from MDF, particleboard. Despite its low cost, such furniture is versatile - suitable for any interior style. More durable, expensive options are made of wood, as the basis for the luxury class is taken wood of valuable species.
Glass racks look good in a modern theme, business style. But they are quite fragile, require very careful handling, the surface of the shelves quickly covered with scratches. Racks of such furniture are either metal, or for classical forms - wooden. Representatives of Art Nouveau are cast from high quality polymer materials. Eco style allows rattan, bamboo cabinet furniture. Stamped models from cheap Chinese plastic should be reserved for laundries, cellars, dark closets.
Location Rules
Large bright rooms allow you to install racks without restrictions in the place of installation: in the center, in the form of a partition, in the entire wall, replacing the long-obsolete Soviet "walls". The most important thing is color, shape should correspond to all other furniture. The situation is a bit more complicated with miniature rooms - the furniture should not be cluttered additionally, it should be selected in such a way that it makes up for the space deficit, does not oppress the general atmosphere, and perfectly fulfills its organizational functions. Do not neglect the mobile options on casters, they are easy to remove to the next room during the general cleaning, to be taken out of sight if an influx of guests is expected.
Original architectural solutions for housing construction often imply the presence of recesses, hidden niches, nooks and crannies. Do not miss the opportunity to put built-in furniture in them.Rooms of irregular shapes are simply asked to supplement them with original models, so the atmosphere will become even more original.
In the interior of different rooms
In the living room
The common room is constantly used by all family members, the furniture in it is installed the most capacious, functional, voluminous. The dark, clumsy "coffins" of the living room sets, characteristic of the Soviet interior, have long been replaced by more relevant shelving designs. It is planned to combine open shelves with closed shelves, all kinds of bedside tables, lightweight cabinets. A mandatory attribute is a place for a TV, home theater, audio system. Narrow bookshelves are installed behind upholstered furniture, complemented by spotlights.
Bedroom
In addition to traditional solutions, shelving in the bedroom is often equipped with the head of the bed. In this case, the rack has the shape of the letter "P", this non-standard move allows you to additionally use the useful space. An alternative to closed bedside tables is installed at the head of the bed - small racks in a pair of shelves, glasses, magazines, creams, lamps for evening reading are installed here. The medium-sized rack, complemented by a mirror, successfully replaces the traditional dressing table. Outdoor furniture is used to store casual clothing except underwear.
Cabinet
My account is equipped with furniture to the tone of the desktop located at arm's length so as not to be distracted from the busy work process. Shelves in the interior of the cabinet are installed in accordance with the general rules for the placement of cabinet furniture. Private library furniture occupies a separate position - the shelves are massive, deep, reaching the ceiling.
Children’s
The main requirement is juicy, attention-grabbing colors, shapes in the form of cars, houses, huts allowing you to use furniture as a game element.The design must comply with safety requirements, be lightweight, firmly fixed, suddenly the baby wants to climb on it. The height of the shelves should not be large, to the very top the child reaches out with outstretched hand.
On the kitchen
Shelving in the form of partitions delimits a large kitchen into a working, dining area. More compact types serve as a substitute for grandmother's buffets; they store a “strategic” supply of dishes. Mobile metal versions on wheels help facilitate the movement of dishes, equipment in the huge kitchens of private households. Small kitchens of apartment buildings are equipped with racks almost all around the perimeter, so each piece of kitchen utensils finds its place.
DIY making
Step by step we describe the process of manufacturing a simple rack:
After installing the shelves, you can proceed to decorating the edges with melamine tape, gluing it with a hot iron. Wooden shelving can be painted to match the rest of the furniture. From above the tree is opened with varnish. If an artist sleeps in you, you can decorate the side surface with painting.
Decor and content
On the shelves you can store everything that comes to mind, but if you want to add an artistic component,decorating the environment do not forget about the basic principles of filling the rack:
Conclusion
The appearance of modern racks is far from an ordinary parallelepiped with boring rows of shelves, design options are almost endless due to the variety of materials used, sizes, textures. Moreover, a breakthrough in the design of such furniture occurred relatively recently, open shelves in residential buildings began to appear with the rapid development of the urban area at the beginning of the last century. Until then, the destiny of such structures was the storage of things in warehouses, industrial premises, a little later they moved to offices only later becoming not only a useful, cheap type of furniture, but also the subject of creativity of specialists in the field of home interior decoration.