Hanging cabinets for the living room

Owners of apartments and houses with spacious living rooms have the opportunity to translate into reality a variety of design ideas, you can use absolutely any furniture and accessories. If the living room in your home is small enough, it will be impossible to use large pieces of furniture (for example, a cabinet wall) in it.

The peculiarity of wall cabinets is that they take up a minimum of room space, thus there will be much more free space (in comparison with the option of installing floor models of cabinets and walls).

Wall cabinets can be mounted at any height - you can place them under the ceiling or in the center of the wall. You can choose such an arrangement of lockers so that they do not interfere with free movement around the room. Any other furniture can also be installed under the cabinets.

With the help of wall cabinets, you can achieve a very stylish interior design, the most important thing is to harmoniously place them in the room.

The few disadvantages of wall cabinets include the following nuances:

• These pieces of furniture are not intended for very heavy loads; too heavy items cannot be placed in such cabinets.

• When fixing the product on the wall, you need to consider what materials it is made of. The wall must be strong and strong enough to support the weight of the wall cabinets.

• Another challenge is finding the perfect balance between the functionality of the furniture and its appearance. A deep wardrobe will be more spacious, but the appearance may not fit into the interior. A narrow long cabinet will look stylish and modern, but at the same time there will be much less storage space in it.

• Since these products are usually hung high enough, it will be difficult for younger family members to reach them. However, when the kids are still very young, this can even be an advantage.

Today on sale there is a large selection of wall cabinets and shelves for the living room. You can choose the right model for every taste and color.

Products come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes - they can be horizontal and vertical, narrow and wide, made in the form of various geometric shapes. The depth of the lockers can also be arbitrary. On sale you can find corner cabinet models, trapezoidal, as well as classic straight models.

Different models of wall cabinets can be with or without shelves.

Cabinets differ and door opening options - they can swing up, down or sideways. There are even such interesting varieties of products, the doors of which swing open automatically. Even more original models can be equipped with a backlight that works automatically (when the doors are opened) or using a control panel.

Such cabinets fit perfectly into a variety of interior styles, but they will look especially stylish in an interior made in a minimalist style, with a small number of pieces of furniture. Hanging cabinets can be decorated so that they are inconspicuous, as if they were part of the wall.

Before choosing a wall cabinet, you need to decide what the overall visual composition of the living room will be. When the design of the room has been chosen, you can proceed to the selection and purchase of furniture.

If your living room is small, you shouldn't purchase oversized wall cabinets. A better option would be to place a modular composition of medium and small cabinets. Narrow horizontal models will look good. Depending on the height of the ceilings and the layout, products of other shapes and sizes may be suitable.

When deciding on a choice, be sure to take into account the color scheme that will prevail in the interior. The color of the wall cabinets can be either in tune with other interior items, or vice versa - contrast with them, thus attracting attention to itself.

It is also important to choose the right color not only, but also the texture of the material. Before buying wall cabinets, carefully study all the model options in order to choose the one that suits your room the most.

It is quite easy to hang a wall cabinet on the wall. If you doubt that you will be able to do it correctly, you can always turn to specialists for help.

Wall-mounted cabinet models are attached using special hangers that are screwed to the back surface of the products. Then the cabinet is fixed to the wall with screws. They must be prepared in advance, screwed into the wall.

The second option for attaching wall cabinets is with adjustable canopies. Such awnings are attached from the inside of the products, they have hooks, with the help of which they firmly adhere to the fastening bar - it is placed on the wall. This option is very convenient in that it allows you to adjust the location of wall furniture - and you do not need to disassemble the mount.

We can safely say that wall-mounted modular wardrobes are practical, beautiful and stylish living room furniture. It allows you to significantly save space in small rooms, while being an original design solution.

You can learn how to make a miniature wall cabinet with your own hands from the video below.