Wardrobe in the interior of the bedroom, living room and hallway

Appearing in the post-Soviet space in the early 90s and slowly, but surely taking up places not only in Russian apartment buildings, but also in the hearts of their owners, the wardrobe today has become one of the most popular ways to create storage systems. Spacious and practical, convenient and aesthetic, built-in or portable - this piece of furniture is so firmly located in the top list of the most popular furniture that it is impossible to imagine a modern home without it. So, if you plan to purchase a sliding wardrobe as an independent element of the interior or fit this storage system into your headset, think about the design and materials, installation location and filling options - our large-scale selection of 100 design projects for you.

A modern wardrobe is capable of simultaneously solving several problems. It can act both as an element of the headset and as an independent piece of furniture, merge according to the color scheme with the general gamut of the room or become its accent, decorate the interior or go unnoticed, but at the same time properly play the role of a capacious and practical storage system.

So, the advantages of a wardrobe can include the following:

• the most rational use of the available room space to create an effective storage system. If we talk about the built-in version, then it is the most effective way to use each square centimeter of area;
• sliding cabinet doors allow you to install it in any accessible place in the room, and this is an indisputable advantage for small rooms, such as a hallway, for example;
• for the bedroom, there is no need to acquire a bulky set and puzzle over its placement in a medium and small room; in the wardrobe, you can fold and hang not only the entire wardrobe, but also place shoes, accessories, bedding and other things;
• competent filling of the wardrobe allows you to create difficult storage, and an effective system of arrangement of all wardrobe items that allows you to find the right thing as quickly as possible and store it in the most favorable conditions (clothes, shoes and accessories do not wrinkle, do not deform);
• using the built-in wardrobe, you can visually change the parameters of the room - “pull” it in height, width or length;
• the original design of the wardrobe can become a key element in the interior, decorate it, raise the degree of exclusivity;
• with the help of a sliding wardrobe, you can zone the rooms, using it as an interior partition. For example, you can separate a workplace or a bathroom in a bedroom, use a wardrobe for zoning in a spacious studio room with a large set of functional segments.

There are few drawbacks in the wardrobe, and some of them can be completely eliminated if you put more effort and time into finding the best option:

• the built-in wardrobe when moving or changing the layout of the room will have to be left in place. The chances that in the new apartment the parameters for building the furniture will be exactly the same are very small;
• most of the models created by individual sizes exceed the cost of similar turnkey solutions in furniture stores;
• There are stylistic trends in the design of living spaces, which organically fit a wardrobe will not be easy. You will have to spend more time and money to make a cabinet with sliding doors look harmoniously in a classic style, baroque, shabby chic or Provence.

For a modern owner of an apartment or a private house, it’s not enough just to have a roomy storage system, you need a truly practical, easy to “control” and durable mechanism that can accommodate all wardrobe items and a ton of minor things. Modern furniture stores and workshops that provide services for the individual performance of wardrobes offer us a lot of options of any size and color, internal content and installation method. Choosing from a variety of options, it is important to pay attention to two main components.

1. Actually the sliding door system itself is a compartment. Guides, rollers, door frames and other elements deserve close attention, because not only the level of comfort during operation of the cabinet, but also the durability of the piece of furniture will depend on their quality. If you plan to purchase a sliding wardrobe, which is called “for centuries”, then give preference to steel or aluminum structures of the wardrobe system. Steel products are suitable for small doors (wide canvases can begin to “walk” and even deform). But aluminum structures are also suitable for large-scale doors - the material is lightweight and easily processed.

 

2. Filling the wardrobe. Not only the convenience and speed of finding the right thing, but also the scale of the wardrobe that will be in the closet depends on how storage will be organized in your closet. Modern manufacturers offer many devices that make the most efficient use of the entire internal space of storage systems. Not only shelves and bars fill capacious sliding wardrobes. The ability to create a storage system for individual sizes gives you an advantage in choosing its “filling” - use bars of various lengths, standard shelves for shoes, a pantograph (if the cabinet is tall), combine baskets and drawers, devices for storing belts and ties, umbrellas.

If we talk about the built-in closet model, you will only need to choose the materials for the sliding system and facades, because the role of the sidewalls is played by walls or a niche, the upper surface is the ceiling, and the bottom is the floors of your room. Another undeniable advantage of embedded storage is material savings. If the model is not built-in, then for the execution of the sidewalls and the rear part they most often use:

• MDF;
• Chipboard;
• Fiberboard;
• OSB.

From the material of the walls, bottom and "ceiling" is required only strength, reliability and longevity. The main attention will be paid to the facade of the cabinet - its business card. And in this case, the future owners of the wardrobe will have to solve many dilemmas - save or invest in a beautiful material, create an image that is neutral in color or make an accent element from the wardrobe, use unconventional material or prefer “classic”, whether to insert inserts from mirrors or even choose transparent surfaces.

So, the doors of sliding wardrobes can consist of the following materials (or be trimmed, have inserts, combinations of various raw materials):

• solid wood;
• MDF;
• Chipboard;
• glass (transparent or frosted);
• mirror (traditional or with engraving, photo printing);
• leather (natural or artificial);
• bamboo;
• rattan.

In order to diversify the images of sliding wardrobes, which as a whole consist of only two or three sliding door canvases, to create facades, a combination of not only color solutions of one material, but also a combination of types of paintings that are fundamentally different in their characteristics, is used. For example, they combine wood and glass, glossy surfaces and matte, plain and patterned.

Sliding wardrobes with milling of facades can even be used to create an interior in a traditional style, neo-classic and even Provence.To create such facades, a classic wooden canvas without glossy or mirror filling is used. On a flat surface with the help of cutters, an outline drawing is created - usually it has strict geometric outlines.

Glass sandblasting facades of sliding wardrobes not only look great, but also bring some freshness, lightness to the interior, even if the facades of such storage systems are very impressive in size. For the manufacture of printed canvases, transparent or tinted glass is used, on which various images are applied (depending on the style of the room) using the tinting method. The pattern is not erased even when using chemical cleaning agents for mirror surfaces.

Sliding wardrobe with facades decorated with photo printing is an exclusive interior detail. You can choose absolutely any image - from your own portrait to a beautiful landscape that can relax the atmosphere of a room for sleeping and relaxing. Modern technology allows you to apply photo printing on any kind of surface.

Textile inserts on the facades of sliding wardrobes always add exclusivity to the interior. Beautiful embossed fabric, matching the basic material of the facade, will decorate the furniture and add a touch of luxury to the image of the room. But it is important to understand that care for such surfaces is necessary. An even greater effect can be achieved by using leather inserts to match the upholstery of furniture or in a contrasting color to create an accent.

Bright execution of a facade of a sliding wardrobe is a guarantee of creation of an accent element of an interior. If you choose a colorful color scheme for the execution of the cabinet facade, it is best to prefer calm, neutral tones for the rest of the interior and especially the decoration so as not to overload the image of the room with several bright spots.

The transparent facade of the sliding wardrobe is a bold and modern solution that can become the highlight of the entire interior (not only a specific room, but also a home). The massive structure looks light, transparent, completely without burdening the image of the room. But such a stylish exclusive requires appropriate filling of the storage system itself - things should be in perfect order.

One of the most common options for installing a wardrobe is in the bedroom. And this is not surprising, because a large-scale sliding wardrobe is able to replace the dressing room, accommodating not only all items of clothing, shoes and accessories, but also bedding, sports equipment and much more.

A sliding wardrobe, the material of which exactly repeats the execution of other bedroom furniture items, and mainly a sleeping place, is an ideal alliance for creating a harmonious image of a room for sleeping and relaxing.

Experts recommend using light colors for the execution of the facades of cabinets, which will be built from floor to ceiling along the entire wall or occupying most of it. The fact is that the design will be quite monumental and withstand a dark color scheme for such a giant, only a spacious room with large windows and a high level of natural light is capable of.

For bedrooms with a modest area, it is recommended to use sliding wardrobes with mirrored doors. It all depends on the number of sliding wings. The mirror can be present both on the entire facade, and in the central wing, with adjacent doors of another material, for example. In any case, the mirror surfaces will help to visually increase the volume of the premises, and a large mirror in the bedroom is necessary for the selection and demonstration of the created image.

If the large mirrored doors of the wardrobe are too bold for your bedroom, then glossy surfaces can be used as an easier alternative.Light gloss will help the visual expansion of space, but it will not “catch the eye” with an ideal reflection. For a bedroom decorated in a modern style, this option for the execution of facades can be successful.

Sliding wardrobe can be organically entered practically into any stylistic registration of a bedroom. In modern style, it looks incredibly appropriate ...

No less effect can be achieved in a room decorated using loft style motifs ...

Even for the Provence and Shabby Chic styles, you can find a suitable design for the facades of a sliding wardrobe ...

Very often, the backlight is placed at the top of the built-in or portable cabinet. The width of the upper bar, which is located above the product as a visor, allows you to integrate small fixtures. In the bedroom, an additional light source will not hurt - not only the illumination of the reflection in the mirrored door, the contents of the cabinet when the canvases are open, but also the creation of a certain atmosphere of preparation for bedtime.

One of the advantages of the built-in wardrobe is that it can be “fitted” into the interior of the room with almost any geometry. For example, in attic rooms with a strong sloping ceiling or asymmetrical rooms, you can not lose a single precious centimeter by fitting a wardrobe into the available space with maximum benefit.

Sliding wardrobes are rare in modern living rooms. After all, designers recommend us not to clutter up the common room with massive furniture, choosing low modules as alternative storage systems. But the situations are different. For example, the bedroom in the apartment or house has a very modest area and simply cannot accommodate a full wardrobe for the wardrobe of the whole family, and the living room has a suitable niche or the possibility of creating it. In other cases, the living room is a studio and accommodates several functional areas. Sliding wardrobe can become not only a capacious storage system, but also a zoning element.

A large sliding wardrobe in the living room can be used to mask a video zone ...

Or a workplace ...

A sliding wardrobe is suitable for placing a hallway like no other storage system. In most standard apartments, and in many improved dwellings, hallways are very modest in size. And the ability to install a cabinet, opening the doors of which will not require a supply of usable area, is becoming a priority. In the closet located in the hallway, it is convenient to store not only outerwear and seasonal shoes, but also accessories, sports equipment and even toys that children take with them for a walk.

A sliding wardrobe in the hallway with mirror inserts allows not only to visually increase the volume of a small auxiliary room, but also to provide you with the opportunity to look at yourself before going out.

Corner sliding wardrobes allow you to use the available space to the maximum to create a truly spacious storage system. With such a cabinet, you can not install large storage systems at all in other rooms.