Wall slide - an ideal option for optimizing living space (24 photos)

This type of cabinet furniture, like walls, appeared in the last century, and today they are still very popular. Wall slides, having high functionality, provide more opportunities for designers in the design of interior spaces.

What is the "wall" in the classical sense?

"Walls" can be sold both in the form of already fully formed sets, and in separate modules, the required set of which and their number are determined by the customer immediately at the time of purchase. Sections can have different depths and lengths. They can have glass cabinets designed for dishes, modules with a bar, TV cabinets, sections for open or closed storage of books, drawers for storing laundry. They often also include cabinets. The walls may differ in configuration, size, material from which they are made.

The main advantage of the "walls" is their spaciousness: in them you can find a place for almost any item.

Among the shortcomings can be called:

• high cost;
• build complexity;
• limited options for product compositions;
• insufficiently effective use of the useful volume available at the wall, which, as a rule, occupies the entire space from the floor to the ceiling;
• bulkiness;
• the need for a purchase to know exactly all the dimensions of the room and take into account its configuration (even with a minor error, serious problems may arise with the placement of the wall components, especially for owners of a small apartment).

What is the difference between wall slides and ordinary walls?

The main distinguishing feature of all slides is that they are multi-level structures. Slide modules can be located at different heights. Differences are also observed in the layout of both open niches and fully or partially closed facades, which ultimately creates a certain composition with individual geometry and design. Whereas classic walls do not have such lightness and hardly fit into a small room (for example, a nursery).

Modern wall slides are available in such a wide range that you can find suitable options for this furniture both for the living room and for other living spaces. For example, a wall slide with a closet can look good both in the hall and in the children's room.

Many models of wall-slides have a place (sometimes in the form of a curbstone, sometimes in the form of a shelf) for placing a TV, video equipment, audio systems.

What are the varieties of slides?

Furniture manufacturers currently produce their varieties:

• straight and angular wall-slides;
• mini-slides;
• modular wall slides.

In stores, you can either purchase ready-made options, or make an order for their manufacture, taking into account the sizes that the customer needs. In this case, the client can independently determine the type of finish of the slide, for example, at his request, a glossy wall-slide or wall-slide made of walnut or in the color of oak sonoma can be made.

On sale there are many types of ready-made modules with gloss, and matte, and with glass in the doors, and with mirror inserts.There are large walls, and small walls, and with a chest of drawers, and even with a table, which makes it possible to assemble exactly the layout that suits the buyer in size and suits him from an economic point of view. However, when choosing from the available kits, the purchased slide may not be beautiful enough, be smaller than we would like, or have a not entirely satisfactory design or gloss. Often, for example, a purchased finished wall-slide for a TV fully and aesthetically satisfies the buyer, but has some modules of not quite suitable sizes, which is why they have to be placed at a distance from the base composition.

A wall slide with a cabinet made according to the client’s designs will, of course, cost more than assembled from ready-made modules, but its design can be unique. Such furniture will always fit perfectly into the space of the room, possess the required layout of shelves or hanging sections. The choice of this option is especially justified if you need a wall-slide in the living room in a modern style, and a room of non-standard sizes, or a general interior design suggests that the furniture should be glossy, and only modules with a matte surface are on sale.

Choosing a wall of the "slide" type, you need to think in advance how the suspended modules will be attached (if any). Do you need hanging elements or do you want to have a frame system of free-standing modules. If some cabinets and shelves will be fixed on the wall, then you need to take into account their weight together with what will be on them (or in them), and choose the appropriate method for their reliable fastening.

Mini-slides

This option is suitable for small-sized apartments, for example, studio type and one-room apartments. Mini-walls are minimal in configuration:

• several open shelves or even one;
• TV table;
• small cabinet mounted on the floor or wall mounted type.

The mini-walls of the slide in the living room are especially appropriate if this room has a small area, as they, as a rule, with their small size give a special conciseness and completeness to the interior design of the living room.

The main disadvantage of mini-hills is their great compactness, as a result of which a large number of things cannot be placed in them.

Angular

Slides of this type are preferably placed in large rooms and especially with a square configuration. In small apartments, such a wall will look too massive and therefore inappropriate, since the corner section will “absorb” the space from two sides at once, visually reducing the already small size of the room.

The owners of spacious living rooms, even choosing such a variant of furniture as a corner wall-slide with a cupboard, will easily solve the problem of filling an empty corner. You can also purchase such slides for a medium-sized hall, if this is not the only room in the apartment.

Direct

For this type of furniture, a direct slide is a classic. It is they who are most often preferred, choosing such an option for arranging rooms in which it is possible to achieve maximum harmony with the general style of decoration of the room. A straight wall-slide fits well into a large or medium sized room, and will look great in spacious living rooms. It will occupy an empty space and decorate a large room without clutter.

Modular

This, already mentioned type of hills, is the most practical type of similar furniture. And all this because the modules (shelves, cabinets, etc.) can be interchanged and get the most optimal and convenient option. If a modular wall slide is installed with a cabinet in the living room, then after some time you can modify the configuration of the furniture and “refresh” the interior of the room.

Wall Styles

Considering the different types of modern wall-slides, one cannot but note the importance of their choice, taking into account the presence of this type of furniture and a certain style that reflects various areas of design art.

Based on your taste preferences, you can choose slides today that match the following styles described below.

• Modern is today the most popular style. The wall-slide in the Art Nouveau style is characterized by simplicity, straightforwardness of outlines, the absence of facade bends and rounded shelves. Facades often combine gloss and a wooden surface, which looks not only stylish, but also modern. In this case, the gloss is obtained through the use of either glass or varnish.
• High tech. Such slides are minimalist in the demonstration of closed elements. They are extremely compact, can include only, for example, hinged open shelves and sections. Design often has chrome details.
• Classic. This style is characterized by the presence of a base in the lower modules and a cornice in the upper structures, decorative castles, panel facades. Often there are shop windows having glass stakes.
• Provence. This is almost a classic, but with the presence of shabby elements, as well as using floral design, made in the style known as "decoupage". A characteristic feature of the style is the presence of "lion" legs or a classic base at the lower pedestals. The material used is wood or its imitation.
• East style. Such a slide is characterized by an abundance of decor, the surface of products is often decorated with relief elements, gold ornaments, bright colorful patterns.

On the market today there is a wide selection of wall-slides of both domestic and foreign manufacturers. Particular attention is paid to modular Italian as well as Swedish wall slides, in which mirrors and air structures with a minimum of partitions are often used to visually increase the space, but the wall slide with a cabinet that was created according to your individual sketch is guaranteed not to be found in any other apartment.