It is difficult to imagine a modern interior without wardrobes. The general versatility and standard of installation for them is more than offset by a huge selection of facades. In this article, we will provide an overview of the most popular options.
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Features and Benefits
The facade is the door on the front of the product. It is used in almost all furniture products, including sliding wardrobes - they use a sliding type.
Features of such facades:
- Doors can be up to 120 cm wide or more.
- Save space. It is not required to provide an area for opening conventional swing doors.
- Large capacity. The volume of the cabinet is fully used.
- Versatility. Suitable for any interior design. Installed in a room for any purpose: bedroom, hallway, living room, nursery, study, pantry.
- Any internal content. They are filled at their own choice. It is completed with shelves, baskets, drawers, ironing board. You can even build in a workplace.
- The ability to embed in a bottleneck.
- Zoning. With the help of such a cabinet, you can successfully divide the room into zones.
- Great design possibilities. Thanks to the variety of materials, you can install any facades that ideally match your interior.
- Mirrored surfaces will help change the perception of your room's space. Expand the narrow one, lengthen the short one. And the reflectivity of mirrors will add illumination where it is lacking, corridors, rooms without windows.
- Reliability. The durability of the mechanism will be ensured by simple actions to check and clean the runners along which the door wheels move.
Views
Choosing the design of the cabinet facades, you need to know that they are deaf, mirrored and combined. Combined ones are convenient in that they make it possible to create a cabinet that matches the design of the room. Or make it an independent art object.
Combined facades are:
- Classic. Various combinations of solid and mirrored facades.
- Geometric. In this case, the facade consists of rectangles, which are decorated with different fillings.
- Diagonal. Here, with the help of profiles, the facade curtain is divided into parts at an angle to each other. The filling of the parts can be any material.
- Sector. From the name it is clear that the facade is divided into sectors - cells that are filled in according to the sketch.
- Wave. Curved profiles divide the façade into soft waves. This is a beautiful but more expensive option. profiles are made individually.
Curved facades will be an interesting solution. They are installed in radius wardrobes. Curved facades are convex, concave and combined. They are made from a traditional aluminum frame profile and a filler that can be curved. Making them requires special skill. Convex and concave forms of facades give the cabinets an original style.
Glossy facades are considered the simplest and most economical. They are a surface coated with a PVC, plastic or acrylic film. Wardrobes with glossy fronts serve as a backdrop for other interior design solutions.
Materials (edit)
The appearance of not only the cabinet, but also the entire room depends on the material used in the manufacture of the facade. Choosing this or that material, you set the style of the entire interior, or vice versa, make the structure as invisible as possible.
Particleboard and MDF
Most commonly used.They have different cladding. Chipboard is laminated or veneered with veneer. Such facades are appropriate if your goal is a relatively discreet interior. But MDF can be painted and applied to the surface with a pattern or relief. The combination of these two materials will somewhat dilute the austere look of the product.
Mirror
Mirrored facades are valued for their unique ability to adjust a room in terms of volume and lighting. To protect the consumer from injury in case of damage to the facade, the mirror is covered with a shockproof film. Thanks to her, the fragments will not fly apart on impact. Depending on the design solution, the mirror can be silver, emerald, bronze or blue. Mirrored facades will be appropriate if the emphasis is not on the cabinet. Thanks to the reflective surface, the structure itself becomes "invisible", while repeating the elements of the interior and expanding the space. Various combinations with chipboard and MDF facades look great.
Glass
The basis of all glasses is float glass, or polished, smooth, without defects, uniform in thickness.
Its variety - Optivayt, or clarified, with maximum light transmission, is used for inserts, under enamel, film, photo printing, because provides full color transfer from objects under glass.
Tinted in the mass and colored glass get color during melting due to the addition of metal oxides.
Lacomat is a transparent glass covered with a matte varnish. The degree of opacity of the glass depends on the type of varnish. The higher the opacity, the less visible the contents of the cabinet.
Matelux, or satin - tinted in the mass or transparent glass etched with acid. They are translucent and opaque.
Lacobel is the most popular glass. A rich palette of colors is created by applying paint to the back surface.
Hybrid Matelux and Lakobel - Matelak, the same float glass, colored on one side, acid-matted on the other.
Acrylic glass is the most famous plastic, has excellent light transmission, and is available in a wide range of colors. It can be of any degree of transparency and gloss, as well as different textures. All its advantages include safety, strength. Matt finish on both sides, especially resistant to minor damage. Glossy with a smooth surface looks like tinted glass. Plexiglass, or mirror acrylic, can be used as mirror inserts.
Natural materials
Bamboo and rattan. Rattan and bamboo slabs add a natural, "natural" character to the interior. Rattan is a woven fabric of a palm tree. Bamboo is lightweight and durable, and is especially appreciated by Feng Shui connoisseurs.
Natural wood veneer. They have a beautiful texture that conveys the pattern of beech, oak, cherry, walnut, etc. Such doors look very respectable and give the interior an "expensive" look.
Artificial leather
Accurately imitates natural leather. Has a rich selection of shades. It has strength, softness, impact resistance, environmental friendliness.
Color solutions and design
In order for the wardrobe to become a harmonious interior detail, it is necessary to take into account the colors that are already used in the room. It is better for these colors to blend or work in contrast. You should not use more than two colors in the design of the cabinet, especially if there are other colors in the interior. Otherwise, the room will turn out to be too saturated in color and will tire you.
If you are planning a large wardrobe, it is important to distribute the color load throughout the room.
Color inserts, horizontal or vertical stripes, will help to adjust the dimensions of the cabinet relative to the room.
In inexpensive monochromatic models, you can use contrasting inserts, the color of which will be supported by other interior elements.
Colors are conventionally classified into two groups: warm and cold.A particular color can affect mood and sensations:
- the line from yellow to green is conducive to tranquility, relaxation: living room;
- shades of blue make you sleepy: bedroom;
- blue can significantly reduce mood, cause melancholy;
- purple, on the contrary, can bring peace;
- white can cause a feeling of cold, but it will visually enlarge the furniture;
- red will add energy, but the furniture will "make it heavier";
- light shades of gray are conducive to business communication;
- yellow and orange are highly stimulating;
- pink - lightness, romanticism, often used in bedrooms and bathrooms;
- brown - warm and cozy, conducive to relaxation;
- black - elegant, but too much can be anxiety-provoking.
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The choice of cabinet color is an important issue that must be approached with all seriousness. In order to avoid mistakes, it is better to consult with a designer who will provide options that are most suitable for the type of room and interior.
The design of the facades of the sliding wardrobe depends on the choice of material, the method of filling the facades with it and the color scheme. In addition to all kinds of combinations of different materials, you can decorate facades with decor. Here are the most popular methods that are trending right now:
Sandblasted glass facades. They are made on equipment by applying a pattern with sandblasting. Sandblasting is a jet of air with quartz sand, supplied under pressure. There are two basic versions: a matte pattern on a mirror surface or a mirror pattern on a matte surface. With deep application, when both sides are processed, a three-dimensional pattern is obtained. Other methods include the "Amalgam" method (the drawing is done on the amalgam of the mirror) and colored matting (after applying the drawing, the matte surface is painted with sandblasting).
Photo printing. In this design method, a drawing is applied to the filling material with a special paint. The composition of the paint prevents it from spreading and ensures the maximum realism of the drawing. A film or varnish is applied on top for protection.
Milling. For milling, MDF is used, natural veneer without a pattern. Milling is through, surface, deep. Modern technologies make it possible to apply a drawing of any complexity.
Sliding wardrobe in an interior baguette. If you decide to decorate the facade with a baguette, you will get a wardrobe that will look like a picture in an expensive frame. Pressed polystyrene baguettes are covered with a foil imitating gilding or stained wood.
Sliding wardrobe with half-timbered elements. This method of decoration imitates its brutal prototype - a half-timbered house.
Designer painting on glass, film stained glass, fusing, bevels, batik, fresco - the list of facade designs goes on and on, and it is constantly supplemented with interesting and unusual novelties. Famous architects and designers such as Pierro Lissoni and Antonio Citterio are often involved in creating façade designs for manufacturers.
How to choose
There are some preferences for the installation of certain facades, depending on the room.
For the hallway and hallway, mirrored facades and any combinations with them are best suited.
The front of the wardrobe in the bedroom should be in harmony with the furniture or the headboard. In this case, it is better to refuse from mirror facades. Colors are preferable to pastel or neutral, but not bright, flashy.
The nursery, where a small child lives, will be appropriate to decorate with bright facades and facades with drawings. The main requirements for filling are safety and durability. Wooden facades are also a good solution.
DIY assembly
If you decide to assemble the door yourself, then this step-by-step instruction will help you:
- Order a sliding system according to the size of the cabinet opening.
- Install guides. Their dimensions are equal to the width of the cabinet.You need to start with the top guide. The bottom guide should be offset 20 mm deep.
- Install a stopper (latch) to close the doors tightly.
- Adjust the wardrobe doors using the lower wheel adjusting screw.
- Stick on buffer tape. Buffer tape softens door impacts on the sidewall and protects the interior from dust.
During operation, some parts will fail. Most of the problems can be solved by yourself. Most often, replacement of a worn out or broken roller is required. The easiest way to change the roller is in an aluminum system. Find from the bottom end of the bottom 2 holes covered with a buffer tape. You need a bottom hole. Use a hexagon to unscrew the screw to remove and adjust the roller. Replace.
In steel systems, the roller also holds the system together. When unscrewing the screw, make sure that the profiles do not come apart.
To replace the canvases, you need to unscrew the screws at the ends in aluminum systems, and remove the rollers in steel systems. Insert a new blade of the required size and fix the profiles. If the sheet is glass, be sure to replace the seal. More complex repairs are best done by a specialist.
