Designer racks

Keeping books, things and cute knickknacks in a familiar closet is no longer fashionable. Bulky bookcases were replaced by shelving. Often they do not have a back wall, which significantly expands the scope - they are also used to divide a room into zones. And the choice of models, shapes, types is amazing.

Today, shelving is often used in stylish interiors. The variety of model options is limited only by the imagination of designers.

Since the shelves in the shelves are most often open, all the necessary things will always be at hand: books, documents, any accessories.

Conventionally modern racks can be divided into several groups.

• Cabinets without walls and doors. A fashionable trend in interior design is zoning. Often this is solved just with the help of shelving - they are used as a decorative partition with open shelves: things or books can be taken from any side. For example, this can be used to separate the bed from the living area.

• Separate shelves. They are stacked on top of each other in an arbitrary order - like a constructor. Their advantage is that they can be easily adapted to the characteristics of the room and to solve different problems. The final design can be creative and emphasize the individuality of the owner of the premises.

• Asymmetric models. They come in the form of a slide or other shape. Comfortable next to sofas or tables.

• Drawing from the shelves. A non-standard approach to the placement of things, books and dear souvenirs. These models also consist of separate shelves. But here there is already a specific idea of ​​the designer: they are laid out in a pattern on the wall - for example, in the form of a giant flower. It looks very original.

• Unusual shape. Round, square, triangular - the flight of imagination of designers has no limits. There are even cabinets in the form of a piano or an animal silhouette. Such racks no longer only serve to store things, but also become a bright accent in the interior.

The materials from which the racks are made are various: metal, wood, plastic. Often this is a combination of different materials, for example, an open shelving with metal in the decoration, with glass, wood or plastic shelves.

Among the great variety of forms of designer shelving, the most common can be distinguished.

• Wardrobe in the form of a tree. Designers generally love the theme of nature and often emphasize naturalness. Shelving trees are most often laid out with shelves on the wall. It can be a single branch or a trunk with many branches. It is convenient to store books on "branches". For children's rooms, trees are made with a colored crown.

• "A boat". Such racks with open shelves can imitate only the front part of the boat or completely repeat its shape. Suitable for interiors decorated in a nautical style. The boat cabinet can be placed in the bathroom or on the loggia. Small colored “boats” will surely please children and can serve as a wardrobe for storing toys and books.

• Letters. Also a variant of the rack, which is installed close to the wall. Letters are added from the shelves. Several shelves can be used to store whole words. An original solution for living rooms and offices.

• "House". Cabinets are most often used in children's rooms.They can be wooden or plastic, bright colors.

These forms are not limited to unusual cabinet ideas. There are many more interesting options:

• shelves in the form of a US map;
• shelving ladders;
• wardrobes in the form of a hemisphere mounted on the wall;
• little men;
• animals;
• geometric figures.

You can find very unusual interesting shapes.

To choose a designer shelving unit for your own home, you need to build on the overall style of the interior.

In addition to style, you also need to think about the tasks that the cabinet performs. Yes, of course, the primary role of the rack is to store things. But besides this, it can perform other functions, such as zoning and simply decorating the room.

• Place of installation. When choosing a shelving unit for your home, you need to decide on the place where it will stand and measure the room. You should not rely only on a picture on the Internet or choose a rack by eye in a store. Accuracy here is the key to success, if neglected, the purchase will bring disappointment. The feature of the room is also important - for example, the bathroom rack must be moisture resistant.
• The purpose of the rack. It is necessary to take into account the weight that the shelves have to withstand. If the cabinet is intended for books, then the shelves should be more durable than if you plan to put various little things and souvenirs there.
• Colour. The product should be combined with the rest of the furniture in the room, and with the color of the walls. For example, if the walls of the room are bright, then a white rack would be the ideal solution. A white cabinet with open shelves will create an interesting effect near a wall of the same color - objects placed inside will appear to be floating in the air. Dark shelves fit perfectly into a room with light walls - the interior turns out to be graphic.
• Equipment. Wheels, height adjustment of shelves, mirrors, doors or drawers - there are many options for equipping racks, and it is better to immediately think about which functions are needed and which ones are superfluous. Collectors may love the illuminated models or the round revolving cabinets.

Choosing a rack, you need to build on the purpose of the room.

• Living room-bedroom. It is often a place for family vacations or meeting guests. In small apartments, this room can serve several functions - living room and bedroom, for example. In this case, the rack is installed not so much in order to fold books or figurines, but for zoning - separating the sleeping area from the guest room. Such a partition may not be just a mesh rack with open shelves. You can play this much more interestingly by choosing an unusual shape or color. If there is no need to divide the space, the rack can be installed close to the wall, and TV and other equipment will be placed in its niches.

• Bathroom. It is important to organize the storage of cosmetics, towels, washing powders and other household chemicals here. Bathroom racks can combine open and closed shelves, complemented by a mirror.

• Bedroom. Here, as in the bathroom, the shelving combines open and closed shelves, pull-out drawers. On the open, you can leave all the same books and figurines, other little things, and in the closed ones you can hide what is not intended for prying eyes.

• Children's room. Designer models aren't just for adults. Children's shelving can also be fun and creative. Such a piece of furniture helps to maintain order in the nursery, combines a place for storing books and toys, and can be combined with a table.

• Kitchen. This is where furniture should be functional. Housewives appreciate spaciousness and comfort in the kitchen - everything should be at hand and at the same time not take up much space. Often, shelves are used for these purposes - floor and hinged. But the rack may well compete with them.It will be especially relevant in studio apartments, where the kitchen and the room are combined into one room. In these cases, the rack will again act as an unusual partition.

A designer shelving unit is not just a convenient piece of furniture. This is both interior decoration and its highlight. To store books or figurines, you no longer need a bulky closet - there are much more elegant solutions.