Wardrobes in a modern apartment serve as the main storage for many household items - from large to small items. Corner wardrobes have become especially popular lately. The variety of shapes and sizes allows you to use the area of the room to the maximum. Such a design allows you to model the environment according to your individual taste, creating a unique design for the room.
Any piece of furniture can fit perfectly into the overall look of the room, but it can also stand out from the overall style. The wardrobe is the most bulky part of the interior, so its presence in the room should not bring dissonance, violate the integrity of the style.
The main types of corner wardrobes for the bedroom are built-in and cabinet-type.
| Type of cabinet | Advantages | Flaws |
| Built-in | 1. Good capacity.
2. Individual design. 3.Doors – hinged or sliding. 4. Cheaper than case construction. | 1. Does not tolerate high humidity well.
2. It is difficult to change the installation location; numerous “adjustments” will be required. |
| Cabinet | 1. Mobility (can be moved to any part of the room).
2.You can order custom production. 3.On sale ready-made specimens of standard sizes. | 1. Solid walls made of massive material make the structure bulky, which is completely unsuitable for small “meters”. |
The pros and cons of each type should be carefully weighed before deciding to install a mini-dressing room. Miscalculations will result in disappointment in a good idea and financial losses.
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Features of use
A spacious wardrobe is a convenient storage for a lot of things, small parts, sports equipment. Using a small wardrobe has 5 main features, these are:
- capacity, compactness;
- the best choice for a small space;
- convenient "masking" for cracks or curvature of walls and flow;
- increase free space;
- Compatibility with any style.
Due to the variety of types and styles of living space design, finding a suitable piece of bedroom furniture is not particularly difficult.
The quietest room in the house is intended for rest and sleep, so an abundance of things in the open space here is undesirable. This is especially true for small bedrooms, in which there is sometimes only enough space for 2-3 pieces of furniture. Installing a corner wardrobe in the bedroom will allow you to successfully use the free meters of space, will give the room a stylish look. An additional plus is the ability to get rid of the clutter of small furniture (bedside tables, chests of drawers, poufs).
Filling rules
It is important to think through the internal "contents" correctly in advance. The standard for internal division of space is a free part, shelves, drawers.
The corner wardrobe in the bedroom will be used to store clothes, which means you will need a structure for hangers and hooks. For this purpose, a strong holder – a rod – is installed in the upper part. Sufficient height (130-170 cm) will allow the clothes on the hangers to maintain a neat appearance. The width of the space should be at least 70-80 cm. In deep wardrobes, several rods are often installed perpendicular to the back wall of the wardrobe. This conveniently “sorts” the clothes – dresses, suits, shirts, coats are placed in separate rows. A small distance above the hangers with clothes is used for hats.
The lower free part will accommodate shoe boxes, suitcases, bags. Hooks will come in handy for small toilet items (belts, ties).
Several shelves made of wood, plastic or metal are installed in a separate section of the corner wardrobe. They are convenient for placing bedding. The third part of the wardrobe is small drawers, containers for personal hygiene items, underwear, and various small household items.
Important! For ease of use, experts advise making drawers retractable.
A fashionable addition to cabinet design in recent years is interior lighting. The model looks unusual and impressive, but the original solution must be appropriate and not disturb the harmonious overall appearance of the space.
Shapes and dimensions: pros and cons of designs
The parameters of the corner cabinet may vary, it all depends on the size of the area, the height of the ceilings. The appearance of the corner cabinet can be made in several versions.
| Form | Pros | Cons |
| Triangular | 1.Large capacity.
2. Simplicity of execution, hence the affordable final cost. | 1. They take up most of the wall, leaving
little usable space. |
| Diagonal (G shape) | The best offer for any cubic capacity. You can install a cabinet with the same section sizes in the corners.
Filling the corner of the room, it saves a lot of space. | _ |
| Trapezoid | Saves space, has no pronounced corners.
Standard filling: - middle compartment for clothes, - two side ones for shelves and drawers. | _ |
| Radius | Cutting-edge, fashionable design.
Swing doors can be made curved, concave. It looks stylish and beautiful | The product is made to order. The complexity of the order results in a high final cost. |
The variety of modern apartment and house layouts makes it possible to choose the most optimal piece of furniture for a particular room.
A structure exceeding 130 cm is considered large-sized. In a small bedroom, a bulky structure will visually fill the entire space, which will create inconvenience for residents (especially wardrobes with standard doors that open into the room).
A huge structure in a small room looks ridiculous, and will also swallow up all the space in the room. As a result, instead of space and air, the sleeping room will feel cramped and uncomfortable.
The capacious, massive element of the set will perfectly “fit” into a large bedroom, and the internal filling can be expanded (added with a section for storing a dryer or ironing board).
Selection criteria
In addition to a pleasant appearance, a corner wardrobe for the bedroom must be made of high-quality, harmless material.
The most environmentally "healthy" choice is a wooden cabinet, especially from valuable tree species. However, natural furniture is a very expensive purchase. The high price is explained not only by the purity of the original product, but also by the high costs of processing wooden structures.
Imitation materials (MDF, chipboard) are more common and accessible.
Their advantages:
- environmental safety;
- durability;
- practicality;
- resistance to moisture.
The appropriate style of wood or glass finishing can create the impression of an expensive cabinet made of natural material.
The facade of the corner wardrobe in the bedroom is made in several versions:
- applied print;
- durable frosted or transparent glass;
- colored plastic;
- mirror surface.
The choice of facade depends on the overall style of the room. You need to be especially careful when choosing a print - a very bright, flashy pattern can introduce unnecessary dissonance into the restrained "classic" bedroom. Mirrors are often chosen because of their ability to visually expand the room. Glass facades look interesting on side sections as decorative elements.
A few words about the color scheme
Light colors will help to visually enlarge a small room. Even a large corner wardrobe will look good in combination with light wallpaper.
Important! Regarding the single white color: this option is acceptable for modest "meters". A large white room for sleeping will rather resemble an operating room in a hospital and will quickly become boring. If sleeping in whiteness is the dream of a lifetime, you can combine different shades of color (matte, ivory, pronounced white tone).
In a spacious room, light walls and ceilings also go well with dark furniture - a bed and a wardrobe. In large square meters, you can experiment with combinations of several shades of the color palette, but maintain a sense of proportion. The presence of saturated, aggressive tones in the bedroom is undesirable.
Shopping in a store: how to find the best wardrobe
Before going to buy ready-made furniture, you must first decide on the future location, decide on the dimensions of the filling parts. It will be easier for the store manager to offer the best option if he knows exactly what model the client needs. You can schematically depict the desired purchase with the necessary parameters in advance.
There are three determining conditions for purchasing a corner cabinet:
- compliance with the overall style of the room;
- dimensions of the room;
- financial capabilities of the buyer.
When choosing a corner cabinet in a store, the main attention should be paid not to the appearance, no matter how amazing it may be, but to the reliability and quality of execution.
On sale you can find wardrobes with two types of doors - hinged or sliding. There are also models with open sections, or even open wardrobes.
Swing doors somewhat reduce the free space in front of the structure, but are very popular with lovers of classic furniture. Their main advantages are ease of use and reliability.
The most promising model is a corner wardrobe for the bedroom, regardless of the overall style of the room. The model compensates for the lack of a dressing room in the apartment, saves space well. The weak point of such a design is the fittings and fastening elements. The parts of the compartment mechanism should be selected especially carefully so that the doors do not "stick" when moving. Fittings and rollers for a corner wardrobe for a bedroom are made mainly of steel or aluminum.
Attention! A wardrobe with sliding doors goes well with all styles except classic design.
If your budget does not allow you to purchase expensive furniture, you should pay attention to a small-sized wardrobe of a classic type.
Bedroom in style
The corner wardrobe fits compactly into any style. Corner furniture in a classic wood-like design looks quite appropriate, the fittings imitate the old style. The design uses inserts on the facades - small mirrors or glass with an applied pattern.
Simpler, provincial styles are Provence and Country. Here, the best choice would be wood; bright or dark accents are best avoided.
Minimalism requires only standard execution from plastic or MDF. The tones and shades of all components should be maintained in one color. Decorations of facades in this style are completely excluded.
Brightness and showiness of wardrobes, including corner wardrobes, are allowed by modern styles. The facades of the structure in the Art Nouveau or hi-tech style look nice when decorated with colored glass or fragments of photo wallpaper.
Video: Corner Wardrobes in the Bedroom
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