Variants of cupboards for kitchens, selection criteria

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Popular kitchen pencil cases in the past for some time disappeared from our kitchens, a boring narrow cabinet did not add variety to the kitchen set, people began to prefer wall cabinets, floor tables. But everything is changing, the design idea does not stand still, the modern cabinet for the kitchen has undergone some modifications, obeying the requirements of fashion trends, looks much more interesting than its predecessor, and its filling differs in functionality. The kitchen is far from the largest room in the house, you need to store different kitchen utensils somewhere, and for gatherings with friends you need to allocate a place. Cases pencil case perfectly cope with the task of saving space, allow you to store dishes and all kinds of kitchen utensils.

Purpose and features

Traditionally, the pencil case is a narrow piece of furniture in the form of a tall column, can be made as a separate module or enter into a common kitchen. Despite its small dimensions and quite compact placement in the kitchen, its purpose is quite extensive, the pencil case does its job perfectly with its standard functions. Its possibilities are unlimited, here you can easily place:

• dishes, kitchen utensils - a large number of shelves allow them to store dining rooms, tea sets, which owners rarely use in everyday life;
• household accessories, textiles (plumbing cleaners, detergents, tablecloths, napkins, towels);
• large equipment (dishwasher, washing machine) - in the lower section of the cabinet, which is closed by an external panel;
• an oven built into a niche at a level of 1-1.5 m from the floor, while using it for cooking is very comfortable;
• Microwave oven - into an open niche (there are models of pencil cases provided for a built-in microwave);
• small household appliances - toaster, slow cooker, coffee maker, etc .;
• jars of spices, bulk products will find their place on the upper shelves, and canned bottles are conveniently located in the lower compartment, often the owners prefer to equip the pencil case with roll-out niches for storing wine bottles;
• if you partially remove the back wall of the cabinet, you can hide pipes, counters, high sizes of the pencil case there, its sufficient depth can completely hide unsightly elements of the kitchen.

Sometimes a pair of upper compartments for decor items is left free in the pencil cases, the rest of the interior is intended for the refrigerator, so it is hidden from prying eyes, while maintaining the overall concept of the kitchen interior. Taking up little space, cupboard cabinets fit favorably into the interior of any kitchen, and due to their spaciousness, functionality and ergonomics, they remain sought-after pieces of furniture.

A custom-made pencil case cabinet can occupy any niche that is empty in the room, supplement the existing headset, and with its help it is easy to divide the space into zones (workplace and resting place). If the pencil case is purchased separately from the kitchen, it should be as close as possible to the style and color scheme in which the rest of the furniture is designed.

Varieties

So that the housewives do not have problems with storing a large number of dishes, kitchen utensils, designers have developed a variety of pencil cases that make it possible to compactly place the dishes in the house, utensils, plus everything else to find a place for storing appliances without which it is impossible to imagine a modern kitchen. It is enough to choose one of the proposed models from the photo in the catalogs in accordance with the needs, wishes of the owners, the house will immediately be filled with new paints and color. There are several varieties of pencil cases:

• narrow cabinet "column";
• angular;
• retractable;
• for built-in appliances.

Retractable

Angular

For built-in appliances

Column

The most popular and demanded is the kitchen pencil case column. Advantages - it is very roomy due to the small width of the product, the presence of many shelves inside, which allows you to store necessary and useful things. The pencil case can be open, closed, according to the number of doors - single, double, folding, can be equipped with lower sliding shelves or with drawers, which greatly simplifies the storage of non-perishable products. The classic floor pencil case with a dull facade allows you to fill the cabinet to the maximum, while at the same time hide its contents.

Furniture manufacturers offer the buyer columns with glazed facades in whole or in part, stained-glass doors, sliding, with decorative inserts, which adds elegance and lightness to the ordinary interior item.

Popular models are those with open shelves at the top or in the middle where decor items can be placed, and closed at the bottom so that the items there are not displayed. There are completely open designs, they can be called shelving rather than cabinets. It is convenient to decorate such furniture with vases, statuettes, textiles, jars with spices, bulk products, designed in the same style, look very nice, beautiful dishes will also delight the eyes of guests and hosts.

A super idea for a small kitchen would be a corner pencil case. Such a modular design helps to create a beautiful, comfortable interior, while it has its advantages:

• harmoniously smooths sharp corners, freeing up the space of the room;
• has a greater depth than a conventional pencil case;
• can consist of several modules (for storage, built-in appliances, a refrigerator) - in this case, filling the corner zone allows you to use every centimeter of the kitchen room with benefit.

It is necessary to adhere to the golden rule of harmonious combination of all elements of furniture, the connection of a narrow cabinet with other objects, so that the entire set looks like a single set. A retractable (withdrawable) pencil case is a kind of storage system that leaves the general furniture range thanks to special devices and mechanisms. In such cases, baskets and shelves are attached, where it is convenient to store:

• dry and liquid seasonings in special containers;
• small kitchen utensils;
• means for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.

You will definitely like the idea of ​​a retractable module if, after designing the kitchen set, a narrow opening remains and no other cabinet fits there. Another variety of pencil cases is for built-in appliances. You can place an oven, a microwave, a food processor or a coffee machine in a high module, install a hob nearby, so that all cooking will be concentrated in one place.In modern kitchen sets, the refrigerator is also imperceptibly hidden behind the facade of a high pencil case. The kitchen can be equipped with a whole block of several tall cupboard cases.

Materials for the manufacture

As for any kitchen furniture, the materials used in the manufacture of pencil cases should be of high quality, resistant to moisture and mechanical damage. Experts strongly recommend that when buying or ordering furniture pay close attention to the materials from which it is made, door opening mechanisms, the choice of accessories, usually there are always catalogs with the necessary photos at stores. In production use:

• natural wood - an expensive, reliable material, excellent quality, but constant care is required;
• MDF - in quality it is almost not inferior to models made of wood, it is much cheaper and easier to use, with good care it lasts a long time, it looks great on front surfaces;
• Particleboard - almost no different from the previous option, also budgeted for costs;
• plastic - not the best material for the kitchen, not durable;
• metal - used to decorate furniture in a certain style.

Wooden

Metal

Chipboard

MDF

For the decoration of facades, coloring, polishing, and lamination with thermal film are used, which adds strength to the product. Recently, modern designers have increasingly begun to use glass doors in the decoration of cabinets; they look aesthetically pleasing, original and very beautiful. Especially the upper parts of the cupboard cases where the dishes are displayed. To create a bold, unusual interior, glass of different shades is used. For decoration, various slats, pens are used, the “retro” style involves “artificial aging” - a special technology for processing facades.

When choosing furniture, pay attention to the quality of materials and fittings, there should be no chips, scratches, objects should open easily, and drawers and shelves can be pulled out without effort.

The form

A classic kitchen pencil case looks tall and narrow, but there are no clear size requirements. The size and layout of kitchens are different for everyone, so it’s quite difficult to choose a cabinet as a separate module. It is either already included in the kitchen set, or is made to order according to individual parameters. When choosing an item from the proposed photos in magazines, you need to clearly, up to a centimeter, know all the sizes and parameters of your kitchen and the available headset, the height and depth of the pencil case should match the size of the rest of the furniture.

The shape of the cabinets is fairly uniform (rectangular), although there are very original and creative models. For example, a semicircular corner pencil case is quite unusual and unusual for an ordinary inhabitant (a narrow and long cabinet with many shelves has long been rooted in our vision). Therefore, bold forms cause distrust and admiration in different people. The chamfered edges of the column cabinets will smooth out their rough shapes. The inner part should be as spacious as possible, the number of things and objects that fit there depends on it. An excellent option would be to install two identical modules for the installation of equipment: one for the built-in oven, the other for the refrigerator and roomy shelves, closed by facades.

The option of manufacturing kitchen furniture for an individual order is the most popular among consumers. There is a place where fantasies can take a walk, determine the necessary sizes, the shape of each item, their installation location, additional elements, you can even stipulate and order decor items. In this case, your kitchen with a cupboard will look exclusive to the envy of friends and acquaintances.

The pencil case should not be installed in the middle between the wall cabinets, the geometry of the headset is disturbed. It is best placed on both sides or on one side at the edges, since the upper edge of the remaining suspension modules will be equal to them.

Selection rules

When ordering or buying cabinets, it is necessary to take into account their intended purpose, whether household appliances will be mounted in them or if only a lightweight option is supposed - to store dishes, various household trifles. Photos of kitchen cabinets of pencil cases of various designs, types, design developments can be seen in the catalogs of furniture stores. Several selection rules:

• the height of the cabinet should correspond to the height of the whole set of furniture as a whole;
• the depth of the column is not less than the depth of the remaining cabinets (best of all the same);
• high-quality material will guarantee a long service life of the product.

Manufacturers recently delight the buyer with interesting design developments. In production, glass elements of doors on the facades of a kitchen set have increasingly begun to be used. Choose the most ergonomic option, with a niche for installation, if not large, then at least small household appliances, because progress does not stand still, more and more diverse kitchen appliances are offered to help housewives, and in our small-sized kitchens it’s difficult to place all this .

An interesting new idea is the rational organization of the workspace, when high pencil cases are not offered as separate modules, but can be easily integrated into the entire kitchen wall. All the interiors of the cabinets are hidden behind a dull facade that looks like a single wall, and the internal compartments are quite roomy: there is where to put household appliances, place all available utensils, household items. The design is spacious and inconspicuous, you can decorate this "wall" at your discretion, in different colors. The kitchen cabinet is a very convenient, useful interior item in any kitchen, even a very small one, when the area does not allow to increase the number of headset modules, the pencil case is quite capable of solving this problem.

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