Wardrobe-showcase - a home museum in the living room (26 photos)
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The main room of the apartment deserves to be the most luxurious in the house. Worthy decoration - shop windows.
What is a display cabinet?
Modern cabinets, showcases or just showcases, is, in fact, a remake of the once popular sideboard and walls, and even furniture of earlier eras. Three centuries ago, every rich house considered it obligatory to parade expensive, beautiful things that emphasized financial freedom and the high position of the owners on the social ladder.
The name of the display cabinet reveals the design features of this piece of furniture. This is a cabinet with glass doors, beyond which are clearly visible shelves and objects displayed on them. Glass makes the display case visually light, compact, and adds light and solemnity to the entire room without overloading it.
Why is a showcase needed?
A showcase for a living room has two functions: utilitarian and aesthetic. Practical benefit in the effective storage of expensive items: the design combines the openness of the shelves and their complete protection from external influences. Aesthetic - the ability to admire them.
Thus, display cabinets are designed to store not all in a row, but only expensive beautiful things. Glass doors do not hide them, but exclude accidental falling. This is especially important if there are small children in the house. Dust does not settle so intensively on shelves and objects closed with glass, which is also important.
What to put?
The showcase in the interior of the living room, as a rule, is not cluttered so that you can appreciate the beauty of each little thing. The contents of the shelves speaks about the interests, preferences, achievements, successes of the owners of the house in various fields. It can be:
- exclusive crystal, porcelain (especially Meissen), other utensils;
- prizes and awards received by households;
- exhibits of personal collections;
- souvenirs from countries visited by family members;
- library.
This determines another purpose of the shop window: the materialization of memories of pleasant moments in life. So that it does not become clouded, an appropriate frame, that is, a frame, is necessary. It should be made of valuable wood, for example, wenge.
What shop windows are there?
Classification of such furniture is carried out on several grounds: purpose, shape, size, location.
Showcases in the interior perform different functions, which are determined by the internal content.
Pedestal
Such a showcase in the living room is intended for figurines. As a rule, it is low, often it is a cabinet with internal illumination.
Slide
Inside it is a wall familiar to several generations. The modern modification is recognized by the rounded top or the shape of the polyhedron. It consists of several cabinet segments with open shelves and glass doors that open independently, but are combined into a single whole. Usually books or utensils are stored here.
Sideboard
Furniture exclusively for dishes with shelves in wood or glass. The choice is determined by its severity: from wine glasses to tureens.
Buffet
A classic showcase for dishes in the living room with a closed bottom and glass top. The lower part of the cupboard is equipped with drawers or doors.
Library
Essentially the same traditional book wall or cupboard. She has a strong frame and thick shelves of solid wood, designed for heavy books. The design is usually classic, but there are options in other styles.
Installation method
Like a conventional cabinet, a showcase is installed on the floor as an independent element of the interior, built into it, suspended on the wall.
Mounted
Free walls above low furniture are used. Application has two advantages: such showcases create the completeness of the interior, adding beauty to it. If the showcase is angular, it looks even more original.
Particularly popular in small spaces where every centimeter of area is registered. Good place to store fragile items. However, they don’t put heavy things in them.
Outdoor
Thus, large-sized heavy models are located: a library, a large sideboard, a wall or a module of several segments, one of which can be a corner showcase.
Location
The showcase can stand right next to or near the wall. Not uncommon corner showcase or located in the center of the room.
Wall
Familiar classic showcases for the living room. The most dimensional models are located close to the wall, for which a different arrangement is problematic. If this is, for example, a buffet with dishes, for the convenience of contemplation, the interior space is decorated with a mirror.
Fully visible
It has no closed walls. It is usually installed in the center. Indispensable if it is important to show the subject from all sides. It may be glass, but the location "at the intersection" of the room is fraught with problems. It is safer that the base has at least a small but reliable wooden pedestal.
Corner
Ideal for a living room with empty corners or a small room. The corner cabinet is small in size, but it can accommodate many items. It takes up unused space, adding completeness to the interior.
Dimensions
There is another classification of shop windows - in shape and size:
- oversized cabinets;
- wide dressers;
- narrow lockers.
For the living room, different options are chosen: a large display cabinet, a chest of drawers plus cabinets or a combination of one with the other.
Cupboard
Usually massive, placed along the wall. Its design involves an overview of objects from only one side. Used for utensils, like a library or combination wall.
Chest of drawers
Low display cabinet with glass three or all walls. It is usually exposed along or near the wall. Everything is clearly visible in it, so the most beautiful things are exhibited here: exotic overseas souvenirs, vases from the oriental bazaar, antique objects.
Narrow showcase
It happens glass in whole or in part, open on two sides or on one.
Narrow display cabinets for the living room are used as a place to store small exhibits or collections viewed from one side (painted plates, African masks). Library closets are almost always made narrow: book lovers prefer to place their wealth in one row.
It is also an effective zoning element:
- for small apartments in which the living room performs several functions;
- to give comfort to a very large living room.
Installing a narrow cabinet will competently and effectively divide the space into sections, provide an overview of beautiful things, and such a variation as a corner showcase will save space in a small room.
What are shop windows made of?
The market offers frame and shelf materials of different quality and cost. You can choose furniture not only to taste, but also to financial opportunities.
Array
The most expensive frame and shelf material. First of all, showcases of a classical style are made from an array. Recently, the wenge color has held the palm.The dark variety is ideal for the library, light ennoble showcases with utensils.
Particleboard, MDF, veneer
Cheaper analogues of wood from modern materials. Authentically imitate natural wood. Of these, the most presentable is veneer, that is, a thin section of natural wood. And wenge veneer is simply luxurious. Significantly less expensive than an array of wood, it looks no worse.
Design
The range of showcases in a contemporary style offered on the furniture market is unlimited in terms of design and decoration. You can buy or order models for living rooms decorated in any style. Indeed, a new sideboard or wall should look organically and naturally against the general background, without discordant with the interior.
External
For small or dimly lit rooms, a white display case is suitable. It is also bought for the living room, which already has white furniture.
In the design of the facade, different materials are used, from budget to elite types of wenge wood.
A popular option for a buffet is a varnished chipboard, shiny and protected from external influences. The MDF frame is more expensive. The material is treated with a film, which makes it durable, but environmentally friendly. It can be painted in any color, up to the imitation of metal. This makes it possible to use in styles like hi-tech or techno. A very expensive but always exclusive solution is a carved facade made of solid wood.
Interior
It is determined by the type and number of items stored in the window. Shelves are most often made of classic especially durable glass. However, technology has expanded the choice, and today such a variety as a glass showcase for the living room is not the only one. It is easily duplicated by other transparent durable materials, such as plastic or acrylic. However, these are options for light exhibits.
Massive objects are placed in cabinets with traditional strong wooden shelves.
Crystal or porcelain will sparkle in a new way if you equip display cabinets for dishes in the living room with lighting.
The functions of the mirror on the rear wall are similar. It makes the showcase solemn, visually increasing the volume of both the cabinet and its contents. If the showcase is angular, the mirrors located in it at an angle to each other will create a game of reflections.
Styles
The decor is selected in accordance with the style of the room, from vintage to hi-tech.
The main advantage of glass display cases is that they are combined with furniture of many modern styles (loft, hi-tech, techno).
For living rooms in a classic style, wooden display cases are harmonious. Such models, especially from wenge, are luxurious, majestic, signaling good taste, some conservatism and respectability of the owners. The classics are made from an array of expensive wood, richly decorated. Dishes, of course, need appropriate.
