All about shelving with drawers

Modern furniture should be aesthetic and functional. Bulky walls were replaced by shelves with shelves. In the material of this article, we will consider their features and varieties. In addition, we will show you what to look for when buying the best option.

Drawer racks are practical furniture with several functions. They are needed for storing things, zoning space and organizing it.

Thanks to the presence of open shelves, they add lightness to the room. Due to functional drawers, they unload the interior and create the effect of order. They are a kind of organizers for many things, suitable for installation in residential and non-residential premises. The structures are of optimal weight.

They are distinguished by:

• ease of installation and maintenance;
• variability in color solutions;
• the ability to withstand heavy loads;
• durability and reliability in operation;
• variability of shapes and sizes;
• organic in any design style.

They are affordable, suitable for furnishing living rooms, bedrooms, children's rooms, offices, garages, glazed balconies and loggias. Looks perfect under stairs in recreation areas equipped with libraries. Shelves with drawers save valuable space. They can be installed in workshops. They are indispensable for organizing creative corners, provide beauty and order in the workplace. At the same time, they can have boxes of the same color with the frame or in contrast to it.

The design of shelving with drawers is different. In the lines of manufacturers, there are models with many shelves for storing small items, doors, pallet boxes. According to the principle of transformation, drawer models are pull-out and roll-out.

Externally, products can be classic or combined. Products of the first type are rows of shelves and drawers built into the frame. The second options are nothing more than shelving cabinets, shelving cabinets. These modifications combine the functions of shelving and cabinets. In them, you can organize the storage of things for different purposes.

Most often they are located at the bottom of the box in 1 row. If this is a pencil case, the containers can be located one above the other.

Models for storing items can have different configurations of boxes. If the options for the house are usually made with two lower drawers, then for warehouse modifications they can be located bottom to top. In this case, the boxes themselves can be single and sectional (length in a row of shelves, consisting of 4 or 6 pcs.).

By the type of supports, racks with drawers are suspended, wall-mounted, built-in. By the number of sides, they can be one- and two-sided. Variants of the first type have 1 drawer platform. Two-sided modifications are distinguished by the presence of two platforms with containers.

Warehouse varieties are designed for storing hardware, bolts, nuts, screws, as well as tools and small items that are stored in large quantities. Containers of such models have compartments for tags, on which the names of the stored products are applied. This makes organizing storage more convenient.

Depending on the purpose, the racks are made of different materials. Most often, wood, its derivatives, metal and plastic are used in production.

• Wooden structures are durable and environmentally friendly. They fit perfectly into the interior, are distinguished by aesthetic appeal, durability, and are combined with other furniture in the room. Most often presented as a combination of shelving and cabinets. They can have supports of different heights.
• Products from MDF, laminated chipboard have high performance characteristics. They are no less aesthetic, have a glossy and matte surface type. They are distinguished by the widest range of colors, due to which they successfully fit into the color scheme of any interior. Easy to care for, with careful handling they serve for a long time.
• Metal structures are durable, although not as aesthetic as the previous counterparts. They are bought not for aesthetics, but for functionality. They can withstand a fairly large weight, can fit a lot of items, organizing them for easy storage. They do not differ in a special variety of models. These are laconic products with plastic containers.
• Plastic isn't just used for containers. In the assortment of individual manufacturers, it is used for the manufacture of small shelving structures. As a rule, these are mounted models of a compact size. They can be used to equip children's rooms.
• Plastic used in manufacturing, is characterized by strength, reliability, optimal thickness, capable of withstanding the weight of stored items. Plastic containers are always bright and colorful.

To buy a good rack with drawers, you need to take into account its purpose, the amount of things for storage, the principle of organizing a specific area of ​​the room. Besides, the material of manufacture, the needs of the buyer, as well as the ease of maintenance are taken into account.

If you plan to buy a rack for a children's room, proceed from safety considerations and rational use of space. For example, for a small child, you need to take the option with shelves for books and drawers in which toys can be removed. It is better for a schoolchild to buy a model with spacious drawers for storing textbooks, as well as other school supplies. Depending on the features of the furniture, the rack can be designed as a small hinged structure. It can be fixed over the writing table.

Pantry options can be angular. The drawers can store blanks, detergents, shoes or clothes that are not currently used, dishes. These products must have a wooden or metal frame. As for the peculiarities of the location of the boxes, some models assume the installation of containers not on the bottom shelf, but under it (on the floor).

In the bedrooms and rooms of adolescents, it is advisable to take wall models.

If the budget is unlimited, it is worth ordering a built-in rack. It fits perfectly into the existing niche, will save space for placing a lot of items, including clothes, shoes, books, bedding. For the arrangement of a private or country house, you can buy a showcase model or a rack with a number of lower insert-type drawers. For a summer residence, a pencil case option is suitable. It can be placed in the corner of a kitchen or other building room.

The size of the structure depends on the space allotted for it. In a closet, a rack can take up almost all of the space. In the living room, he should not clutter up the territory. Usually, a larger product is taken to equip living rooms (the largest urban apartments or private houses in terms of area).

In the bedroom, nursery, kitchen, balcony they take a compact type option. The kitchen rack should be convenient for placing the dishes. Drawers can be used to store large pots, steamers, pans, cutting boards.Office products should have such parameters of boxes and shelves that documents can be placed in them.

In an open-plan apartment, it is better to take a rack, which can be used to divide the space into separate functional zones. In the bedroom, based on the features of the room perspective, you can take two pencil cases, placing them on both sides of the window. Upstairs in them you can store books, photos in frames. Drawers can be used to put clothes, for example.

If you want to use the rack as a divider for the hallway and living room, it is better to buy a model without a back wall. A double-sided rack with a rack and large upper shelves will allow you to place necessary things or interior accessories (small vases, photos, figurines, flowers) on them. A rack for arranging a work area (for example, a workshop) has a clear structure with a symmetrical arrangement of drawers and shelves.

Depending on the design, its drawers can be located not only at the bottom. There are products, the boxes of which can be rearranged from one section to another. For a garage, you need to take a metal rack with pallet containers. Ideally, it is better to take the option with closed boxes. They will not get dust and dirt.

When ordering a rack, you need to pay attention to a number of points. The most important of them is the quality of the material, its appearance. The presence of visible defects is excluded. Besides, you shouldn't take furniture from the shop window. Despite the fact that it is poorly fixed, as the sellers assure, it has already been assembled.

If they still buy a model from a showcase, they look at the mechanism of the drawers. The movement of the withdrawable / withdrawable system must be smooth, without jamming. Any braking of it indicates the presence of a defect that reduces the service life. The guides must be straight. Supports are strong and reliable. It is better to choose a product under which you can remove dust and wash the floor.

As for the design of the model, it depends on the assortment of a particular store, customer preferences, interior colors, functionality and decorativeness.... Some buyers prefer to buy models with wardrobes or tables. Others like step-ladder products, the lower compartment of which is complemented by a basket-drawer or a small box that is not built into the frame. Pantry models can be angled.