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Why you shouldn’t buy furniture from online stores
And other common mistakes that we make when choosing a setting.
Furnishing an apartment is not so easy. Finishing is impossible without basic finishing, interior design is not possible without finishing, and the design, in turn, should be the basis for the selection of furniture, so that the atmosphere in the house becomes harmonious. The specialists of the Leroy Merlin School of Renovation told what mistakes should be avoided when choosing furniture.
Buying a kitchen in an online store
Online shopping is convenient. What would we do without AliExpress! Moreover, often on store sites there is a designer in which you can assemble a headset from individual items and estimate its cost. But not everything can be bought at the click of a mouse.
Without looking at the furniture “in the face”, you cannot be sure that the objects that you liked from the photo will look just as great in your home – otherwise there would not have been so many funny pictures in the style of “expectation and reality”. Therefore, after a preliminary study of the proposals, we still recommend visiting a store or showroom. There you can study the materials and evaluate the quality. It is very possible that, after weighing everything, you will abandon the original plans and choose facades with a completely different texture.
Just do not forget the parameters of the room and household appliances, if you do not plan to change it. Then the consultants on the spot will help with the planning and a set of accessories. A trip to the store, among other things, will be useful for choosing accessories, faucet, sink, storage systems and other functional elements in the same style.
A single set of furniture is sometimes not a good idea. It is clear that a typeface is a simple solution to the problem of choice. However, the result is often far from ideal.
In most houses, especially old buildings, the size of the bathroom simply will not allow to accommodate all the furniture from the set, or it will stand up so that it will be difficult to reach some of the drawers. In addition, bathrooms have architectural and engineering features that can interfere with the installation of large pieces of furniture.
To avoid headaches, measure the available area in advance and estimate the maximum possible dimensions for each piece of furniture.
Trusting your taste and judgment, you will see how you can advantageously arrange pieces of furniture in different genre solutions. Feel free to mix tones, styles, and textures to add freshness and personality to your interiors. And so that they form a harmonious space, maintain a stylistic connection between objects. For example, it can be a color or texture that repeats on all elements. This task is easy to cope with if it is possible to purchase plumbing fixtures, mirrors, decor and accessories in one place.
Purchase of furniture in different price categories
A calm and rational assessment of the possibilities in general is very important for design. It often happens that, under the influence of emotion, most of the budget is spent on one luxury item. At the same time, the purchase of other elements is postponed for later or the composition is supplemented with cheap pieces of furniture. As a result, the space looks strange – nevertheless, the proximity of expensive and cheap things is always noticeable. In addition, by purchasing “for a while” budget items, you practically deprive yourself of the opportunity to sell them for reasonable money when the time comes to buy expensive furniture.
Too beautiful furniture
The choice of furniture is above all aesthetics. “Like” or “dislike” are the main criteria. However, buying beautiful furniture is not always justified. It can conflict with specific requirements that arise, for example, if there are small children or pets. Consider how long a white upholstered sofa will stay white. And, when choosing furniture, add a little practical to aesthetic considerations, stopping, for example, on the option with anti-vandal or easy-to-clean upholstery.
Creating an environment without taking into account the storage system
Studying modern design solutions, you will easily notice one important feature: any style implies a minimum number of objects on the surface. Therefore, when buying furniture, you should not ignore the issues of storing those many things that we use every day.
For convenient storage of clothes, linen, dishes, hygiene items and other necessary things, practical and functional systems have been invented that can be easily integrated into ordinary or built-in wardrobes, as well as into pantries or dressing rooms.
Look for shelves with storage boxes and brackets for a variety of purposes. Then you can accommodate items of different sizes – from skis and a vacuum cleaner to winter clothes – and keep the interior that you created in the rooms without cluttering it with unnecessary things.