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Apart from the usual single shelving, furniture factories offer a wide variety of modular systems. In addition, you can make a rack and according to your own project. What are the features of all these options and which one is right for you?
If you already have a lot of wardrobes, but things that are randomly scattered around the apartment are not getting smaller, you should buy a rack. Open storage systems allow you to put things in order in the house, while not cluttering the room too much. Moreover, the choice of such furniture is very wide. There are also completely neutral models, suitable for almost any style, and original design developments that can completely subjugate the interior.
Furniture shelving
Doors protect objects
from dust and, moreover, help to soften the monotony of the shelves. Lur system from Nueva Linea
The rack, assembled from modular elements, is most of all similar to the usual “wall”. Composition based on the Victoria program by Odalia
Ready racks
On sale there are both separate, independent models: for example, the Ivar shelving unit (IKEA, Sweden) and the Amari-50 interior divider (BoConcept, Denmark), as well as modular programs: for example, Alexandria from Shatura-mebel, Valencia “from” Europe “,” Elika-02 “from” Artis-XXI century “(all – Russia). The material for their manufacture is wood, chipboard or MDF. Finish – varnish and paint or laminate and veneer. IKEA products are the cheapest. Products of Russian factories will cost a little more. So, the aforementioned Ivar rack, whose dimensions (W x D x H) – 89 x 30 x 179 cm, costs 2 rubles, and furniture similar in size to it from the Elika-450 line – 02 rubles.
Designer models
If you are ready to experiment, these are the models for you. Designers (mostly from Italian factories) make the racks look like columns (Orbit by Bonaldo), origami figurines (Festival by Cattelan Italia), tropical plants (Akto by Oasis). Experiments are also being conducted with materials. In addition to wood, chipboard and MDF, metal, thermoplastics, glass are used. It is obvious that you want it or not, but such unusual furniture, which also has a bright accent color, will have to be made a fundamental element of the furnishings. How much it is necessary is up to you. By the way, designer racks are estimated accordingly – at 55 thousand rubles. and more. The amount is quite large, and, perhaps, it is much more logical and rational to dispose of it differently. For example, buying a shelving unit is simpler, but larger.
The program may include non-load-bearing vertical partitions, which also provide for rearrangement. People program from Pianca (Italy)
The dimensions of the finished shelving can be very different. Festival rack by Cattelan Italia
Cabinet furnishings are easily assembled into the desired composition. Shelves from the Melody collection from “Dyatkovo”
The rack can also be assembled from open suspended shelves or modules, however, in this case, you will have to first make sure of the bearing capacity of the wall.
Operating with a certain set of parts, you, independently or under the guidance of a specialist from a furniture showroom, can model the shelving you need from a certain number of modules offered by the manufacturer. Subsequently, the arrangement of the constituent parts may change, the number of modules may increase or, conversely, decrease. During the discussion of the order, the buyer is free to vary not only the number of parts and their “style” (the presence of swing or sliding doors and drawers), but also the finish. True, the choice of design options will not be too wide. For example, for modules from the Oktava series (Dyatkovo, Russia) there are only two finishes – maple and cherry, for shelves from the Victoria line (Odalia, Russia) – light oak and dark walnut, for the NOVAcia program (Nova, Russia) – similarly. But there is always an opportunity to “play” with the material and color of the doors. They are made of veneered chipboard, as well as transparent, frosted or colored tempered glass.
If the rack is the main piece of furniture, it is better to supplement it with drawers and doors. Composition based on the Victoria program by Odalia
In children’s and living rooms, the rack can be used as a curtain wall-partition. Model from the Oktava collection from “Dyatkovo”
For greater stability, the partition rack can be fixed with vertical struts attached to the ceiling. Model “Norrebu” from IKEA
Another option if the series does not consist of housing modules, but of vertical rails and various shelves and drawers. Hinged or sliding doors are excluded in this case. The necessary elements are simply “strung” in random order on the racks, like beads on a string. A similar series is Enga (IKEA). The distance between the vertical rails determines the width of the selected components, while the height of the rack depends on the height of the racks. The racks themselves can be attached either to the floor and wall, or to the floor and ceiling. In the first case, you may well position the rack not only along the wall, but also perpendicularly, in the second, the only possible way to place the composition is along the perimeter of the room.
Furniture assembled from the elements of the model program can even include a small wardrobe. Modular composition NOVAcia by Nova
A custom-made shelving unit optimally takes into account the peculiarities of the layout. Furniture built on the basis of the Studio 38 and Loft systems from Mr.Doors
The racks, which are the same in design, but decorated with materials of different colors and finishes, turn out to be completely different. Shelving system based on the Hülsta Purion program
The rear wall of the rack does not bear a structural load, so it can be abandoned, especially if the furniture is also planned to be used as a partition.
A modular design, with all the convenience of design, is not always able to “fit” into the area allotted for it. After all, the dimensions of the elements are set by the manufacturer once and for all. And if, for example, you need a rack from wall to wall, then products that are suitable in function may simply not fit in width. Or the case is more rare, but therefore more complex: a variable-height rack is required for the attic or for installation under the stairs. In such situations, you will have to make a rack according to an individual project.
To do this, you can contact a company that produces built-in furniture, or use the individual program of companies that offer ready-made shelving. So, for example, if you need aluminum racks, they can be found in the Loft (Mr. Doors) and Liberty (Stanley) programs. However, factories producing cabinet furniture also have lines that offer almost the same freedom of choice: these are Basic 3D or Basic XT from BoConcept; Purion by Hülsta and Partout by Gwinner (Germany); Lur from Nueva Linea (Spain). Of course, the catalogs of these companies contain ready-made models based on the mentioned programs. But this is only a demonstration of the possibilities. If all the proposals are implemented, then racks of the same design, decorated with the use of different materials in the decoration of facades and partitions, will turn out to be completely different from each other. True, alas, it will not be possible to at least roughly estimate the cost of such an exclusive rack without having a finished drawing in hand. Too much depends on the selected elements and materials.
Built-in lamps or clothespins will help you navigate through the numerous books. IKEA Billy Shelving System
The rack, original in form and composition, can be obtained even using almost identical modules. Rack made of D-light elements from Domestik, Italy
A system of shelves can be considered as a rack.
Hanging shelves Book from Lago (Italy)
What room do you need a shelving unit for?
Living room
Most often in the living room, the shelving is used as an alternative to the traditional “wall”. In this case, it is optimal to stay on shelves of unequal width, located at different heights. So it will be more convenient to organize different things. So that the rack does not look too boring, we advise you to partially or completely close part of the shelves with hinged or sliding doors in a contrasting color. If you need an additional storage system in a spacious living room, the rack can be placed perpendicular to the wall, using it as a partition delimiting functional zones – for example, soft group and dining room.
nursery
This room contains three functional areas at once, however, place all the necessary furnishings on an area of 8-12 square meters. m is extremely difficult. Therefore, the rack can be used not only for storing toys, books, discs, but also as a partition. And why not turn it into a headboard? If the child is small, then preference should be given to bright colors and natural materials: wood, veneer or laminated chipboard. Metal and glass are more suitable for a teenager’s room.
cabinet
The area of the office is usually small. In addition, it is often combined with a library. So the only possible way to place the shelving under the ceiling is along the walls. In this case, the illumination of the shelves will not be superfluous. It can be thought over even at the stage of ordering a rack, or you can save money and use small clothespins lamps. Miniature ladders will help you to get books. They can also be used as additional chairs.
Useful information from WDay.ru
Rack Granemo, IKEA, 9 990 r.
By the way:
Since April 1, Mr.Doors has introduced a preferential rate for night delivery (22.00 – 5.00) – only 1% of the order value (day delivery from 5.00 to 22.00 – 5%).
IKEA has a new series of shelving made of spruce wood, painted white – ideal for a country house or Provence style interior.