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What are the cabinets with shelves, an overview of models
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What are the cabinets with shelves, an overview of models

What are the cabinets shelving, model overview

What are the cabinets shelving, model overview

Despite the emergence of numerous built-in cabinets and electronic storage devices, the cabinet rack does not lose its relevance. A wide range of products allows you to choose a product for office and home. Modern shelving cabinets allow you to conveniently arrange, store books or documents.

Furniture design features

A cabinet with a rack can be attributed to universal furniture products that organically complement the design of any room.

Design differences are as follows:

  • the main part of the cabinet can be formed by numerous shelves mounted on the side walls, and the rear wall of the product may be absent;
  • may consist of several sections.

Manufacturers produce both simple and complex designs having various additional elements (separate sections on each shelf).

Shelf Options

Children's room

Children

Children's wardrobe with a folding bed and a bench

Children's wardrobe rack with a folding bed and a superstructure

Appointment

A cabinet with a rack does not provide for a strictly defined installation location. Such furniture is suitable for storing a variety of things. Its use is determined by the purpose of the room where it is located. Initially, such racks were intended for storing books and were most often installed in classrooms or libraries. But gradually, consumer demands increased and today such furniture is used for various purposes:

  • a showcase is used to demonstrate various objects, products;
  • the library is still used to store books;
  • a file cabinet allows you to store, organize, easily find all kinds of information recorded on cards. Such furniture is installed mainly in office institutions and organizations.

It is no longer possible to clearly distinguish between office and household use of furniture, since it is not difficult to choose a model for home and work use.

Bookcase or bookcase in a modern interior
Library
File cabinet shelving
File cabinet
Cabinet showcase
Showcase

Species diversity

The furniture design has become so diverse that it is possible to conditionally classify a cabinet with a shelf clearly for some reason.

In the form of construction there are:

  • direct;
  • angular.

Corner structures are more suitable for small rooms - in this way “dead” zones are involved, and the furniture does not occupy a large area. If the room is equipped with a niche, then it is easier to equip a built-in closet with a shelf.

Direct cabinet bookcase
Straight
Corner cabinet shelving
Angular

Also cabinets shelving can be:

  • case;
  • built-in;
  • modular.

In spacious rooms, a direct rack is installed near the wall or between the windows. When placing the cabinet perpendicular to the wall, a peculiar division of the room into zones is possible. If you install the model without a back wall and with drawers at the bottom, then such an impromptu wall will not obscure the room, but will clearly delimit the space.

Built-in wardrobe rack
Built in
Cabinet cabinet shelving
Case
Modular Cabinets Racks
Modular

By the presence of doors and built-in elements

Among the variety of cabinets, we can distinguish models that have a door, are without doors and combined:

  • open shelving can be called the classic and the most common. Shelves are usually arranged randomly or in a specific order. Books, magazines, and records are usually placed in the closet. Most often, such products are used to decorate classrooms in the classic English style in the house. Cabinets with open shelves become a real decoration of the interior, can be the main design element. Furniture is made out not only with traditional dark colors, but also with light shades. When installing natural wood products, it is important to properly care for furniture - use special tools;
  • a cabinet with a shelf, complemented by a closed door, is the most popular due to its practicality. In such models, you can store things that you want to hide from the review or that do not fit into the interior of the room. The internal contents of the cabinet with doors practically do not need to be taken care of. Closed shelving with glass doors is not only functional, but also beautiful. Such furniture is great for showing collections, expensive items. To prevent things from fading in the sun, it is recommended to install tinted windows. When choosing cabinets with glass, you need to focus on the interior of the room, since objects should organically fit into the design and nature of the room. It is also necessary to carefully care for glass surfaces. If it is difficult to maintain the doors in perfect radiant cleanliness, then it is worth installing tinted windows;
  • cabinets shelving with drawers are most often installed in institutions or offices. In narrow card index products catalogs (libraries) are placed or it can be used to store card indexes in organizations;
  • Combined models are considered the most versatile. The product may contain open and closed shelves (decorated with a deaf or glass door), file cabinets. Semi-open cabinets furnish different rooms. It is most advisable to install a half-open rack in an office or at home in a work area.

It is easy to choose any corner cabinets for racks for a certain interior, because there are models of strict direct shapes and original, asymmetric products.

Closed cabinet shelving
Closed
Outdoor shelving
Open
Rack with drawers
With drawers

Material selection

It will not be difficult to choose a cabinet not only of the desired shape, but also of suitable cost, because various materials are used for the production of furniture.

  • solid wood - such products give any interior sophistication and comfort. It is not difficult to choose models, varnished, emphasizing the natural texture of the tree. But paint cabinets are no less popular. White shelving looks very elegant and well complements the interior of the nursery or living room. Cabinets of white shades with glass doors harmoniously combine with the decor of the dining area. The high cost of furniture can be considered a disadvantage, but this is offset by the environmental friendliness of the material and the durability of the products;
  • metal cabinets complement the situation in the country, in the garage, in institutions. At home, the furniture is suitable for storing tools, some items. Advantages of furniture - durability, no special care is required, the ability to periodically repaint the surface. Such products are inexpensive, but have a solid weight. Therefore, before installation, you must accurately determine the location of the cabinet;
  • Particleboard, MDF allow making furniture of low price, various shades and designs. Thanks to these advantages, such products are very popular and fit perfectly both in the office style and in the home interior;
  • combined racks are made of different materials. Cabinets made of chipboard or MDF can be supplemented with shelves of plywood. Refined wooden models of a show-window are equipped with glass shelves.Combined models with drawers or having open and closed shelves are interesting.

When choosing a material, you need to decide what requirements the cabinet must meet. Wood is more environmentally friendly, but it’s more advisable for the office to purchase models from MDF or particleboard, since the products will not yield to wood in strength, and it is easier to choose the model of the desired shade or design.

Paying attention to the material of the cabinet, we must not forget about the color of the product. To make it easier to determine the tone, you need to build on the general range of shades in the room. As a rule, a rack with a cabinet supports the general color palette of the interior or is a contrasting element.

White and black products are very popular. Light models with glass without closed shelves give space to the room, and black - rigor. Most of all, black shelving is suitable for the office. It is appropriate to put colored cabinets in children's rooms, which will give the atmosphere a bright mood.

Wooden shelving
Wooden
Chipboard rack
Chipboard
Plastic shelving
Plastic
Cabinet metal shelving
Metal

Shelf placement options

The most traditional is the horizontal arrangement of shelves. In such cabinets, shelving is easier to place any things. Suitable furniture for classic interiors. Also, cabinets with even geometric shapes organically fit into the hi-tech style and minimalism.

If it is assumed that the shelving racks will be open and will become the main focus of the interior, then it is worth ordering furniture of non-standard types (angular) with surfaces curved at different angles. Such furniture is made of wood, different colored glasses, plastic. Cabinets can have a wide variety of configurations and shelves. The most organic shelves with a glass surface look in interiors designed in a modern style or art deco.

Designer shelving

Room Zoning

Book shelving

TV bookcase

Bookcase shelving

How to choose furniture

When arranging any room, products are selected that are not only beautiful, but also functional. In order for corner cabinets to fit organically into the interior, to be convenient in operation, it is necessary to adhere to the following recommendations when choosing a model:

  • when buying furniture for a compact furnished room, you should pay attention to narrow racks, which are easy to insert into the free space. This option is suitable if you need to place a few things on the shelves;
  • if you are looking for a shelving for a house (for storing a large number of various things), then it is better to give preference to models with drawers and shelves closed with blank doors. A great option - corner cabinets shelving;
  • For a children's room, you need to choose low semi-open cabinets shelving with lower drawers orancy ufokids in bright colors. It will be possible to put toys in drawers, and on open shelves a child can independently arrange games and books;
  • when purchasing combined cabinets, it is important to pay attention to the quality of the fittings. Doors should open easily, without creaking, not warping. Drawers should slide out smoothly, not jump off the rails, move without noise;
  • if the cabinet is designed to accommodate books or documents, special attention is paid to the strength of the shelves. So that in the future the material of the shelves does not crack, it is better to make sure in advance that the structure can withstand the load;
  • when choosing furniture, the dimensions of the room are necessarily taken into account. A small narrow cabinet can practically “dissolve” in a spacious room. The space of modest-sized rooms can visually decrease when installing large racks;
  • Shelf design copes with zoning space. This is especially appropriate in multi-functional rooms. In the children's room, where two children live, it is easy to select zones for each with small racks. Such furniture does not visually clutter up the room, but adds practicality and comfort to it (especially ufokids drawers);
  • kitchen products must be chosen from inexpensive materials that are easy to care for.It is also better to give preference to combined models with drawers and glass doors. Beautiful tea sets can be arranged picturesquely on shelves, and kitchen utensils (tablecloths, napkins, cutlery) can be stored in drawers.

Ease and simplicity of furniture design, its practicality, affordability makes shelving very popular. Given the advantages and variety of models, we can consider them serious competitors of conventional cabinets.

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White shelving

Rack to the nursery

Shelving in the interior

Chipboard racks

Shelving

Attic shelving

Book storage

Combined cabinet

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TV cabinet

Cabinet shelving for documents

Case bookcase for books and toys beechen

Wardrobe-rack in the living room

Case rack for documents open

Case rack for disposable clothes

Cabinet rack for the separation of apartment space

Cabinet with individual cells

Cabinet rack

Cabinets for children

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