A comfortable and beautiful home, in addition to soft beds, comfortable sofas, easy-to-use air conditioners, TVs, and washing machines, there is another essential item that is filled with customized cabinets. Wardrobes, wine cabinets, TV cabinets, cabinets, bookcases, etc. Our daily needs such as clothing, bedding, utensils, books, etc. If we want to store them all properly, we really cannot do without these various cabinets.
Moreover, custom cabinets occupy a very large area in the home. Whether they are good-looking or not will seriously affect the overall home decoration effect. As someone who has been through it, Xiao Ming has deep feelings about this. When I first renovated my home, I almost had a quarrel with the decoration company because I didn’t choose the color of the custom cabinets. Thinking about it now, I still feel a little bit upset.
In addition, whether the internal structure of the cabinet is reasonable, how to choose hardware accessories, whether it is conducive to daily hygiene, etc., these problems may have been encountered by those who have decoration experience.
In order to help you avoid detours when customizing cabinets in the future, Xiaoming will explain these issues to you today.
PART 1 Pitfall guide
For furniture that takes up a lot of space, such as cabinets, I believe most people will choose light colors, especially white. After all, white is more versatile. Basically, no matter what style you have in your home, you are unlikely to go wrong.
However, some people will choose to think that white is too single, and want to use other colors to make a color combination. However, this is really easy to overturn, and it will make you cry every minute if it is not matched well.
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Therefore, if we don’t have such a high aesthetic, don’t think about making it too fancy. Try to choose white, beige, or at most match it with a wood color to ensure it is durable and looks out of date.
I don’t know who invented the sliding door for cabinets. I really think this invention is unnecessary. The Xiaoming family once bought a finished wardrobe with a sliding style. After using it for a period of time, they found that it had too many shortcomings.
First of all, the track below is very easy to accumulate dust, and it is not easy to clean. In addition, it is very easy to get clothes caught during the use of the sliding door. It is often necessary to pull the door while the sleeves of clothes follow it, and you have to stuff the clothes first before closing the door.
Another problem is the door. First of all, the track of the sliding door itself requires space, usually about 10 centimeters. Compared with the swing door, the hanging space inside is reduced by 10 centimeters. And it can only open half way every time, which makes the visual experience very uncomfortable. So if your bedroom is not too small to have a flush cabinet door, don’t try sliding doors easily.
In the past, corner cabinets were almost standard for custom-made cabinets. Although decorators would say that the wardrobe looks good this way, because the corners are rounder and safer, and it can also be used to place some ornaments, but in fact the effect is really tasteless.
One of the important reasons why Xiao Ming dislikes the wardrobe at home is because it is a corner cabinet, because it is integrated with the cabinet. The color of the cabinet was not selected at the beginning, and the color directly extended out, which was very ugly.
Moreover, this corner cabinet is really not very practical. It is easy to collect dust and messy if you put something there. If you don’t put it, it is a waste of space. If you had known, you could just put it in the closet and put more clothes. Wouldn’t it be nice?
I really want to put something handy, a bedside table, a bedside TV cabinet, or a small hand cart next to the bed. Wouldn't it be just as useful?
Many treasures see that there are some beautiful-looking open storage cabinets in furniture stores, and the various artworks inside are really beautiful. So when decorating a new home, they also want to create a lot of open grids at home, such as TV wall cabinets, dining room wine cabinets, etc.
Picture source: Xiaohongshu blogger "7."
There is an open format, but it may not look good. First of all, there are techniques for displaying art in other stores, but as for your home, it is most likely that it will be filled with clutter in the future, which is not only rustic, but also easy to accumulate dust.
As for storage cabinets with cabinet doors, you don’t have to worry about these problems at all, and once the cabinet door is closed, no matter how messy the inside is, you can’t see it from the outside. It is clean and beautiful.
Of course, if you really like to put some artistic ornaments at home, it is recommended to make them into glass cabinets with light strips inside, which will be beautiful without worrying about hygiene issues.
PART 2 Precautions
There are many hidden tricks in custom cabinets. If you encounter an irresponsible design company, you will just spend money and suffer hidden losses. The above has mentioned some wrong operations that everyone must avoid when customizing cabinets. Next, there are some details. As ordinary home decoration novices, we may not notice them at all. Xiao Ming will also share them with you today.
Different cabinets require different sizes. You can also choose according to your actual needs.
Cabinet: Width 60cm, Height 80cm. If you are taller, you can increase the height appropriately. Height = height/2+5cm;
Wall cabinet: The depth generally does not exceed Over 40cm, it is too deep to hold things;
Countertop Water retaining strip : is not less than 3cm;
Shoe cabinet: The depth is between 35 and 40;
Wardrobe: The depth is generally between 55cm-60cm;
Sideboard: The depth is generally around 35cm. If it is too deep, it will not look beautiful enough;
Balcony cabinet: The depth is generally 65cm, which can be increased appropriately according to the width of the washing machine;
Back panel: should not be less than 9cm. If it is too thin, it will not have enough support and may cause safety hazards.
wardrobe: can set up more hanging areas and less folding areas. The folding area is inconvenient to get clothes and can easily become messy. Hanging clothes is also more convenient and does not allow for wrinkles.
Porch cabinet/shoe cabinet: leaves 20~35cm at the bottom to facilitate changing shoes when entering the door; the shelves are made of movable shelves with a certain inclination, which can meet the placement needs of different types of shoes. Leave about 40 centimeters of space in the middle for placing small items.
cabinets: Do not make right-angle cabinets directly at the corners, but make cutouts to make it easier to pick up things.
There are many types of door handles. When selecting, one should consider the match with the overall color and style, and the other should try to choose ones with no sharp surfaces and rounded arcs to prevent children from bumping into them and causing safety hazards.If possible, try to make the handle invisible.
In addition, there are some issues that everyone is more concerned about, such as whether the board is environmentally friendly, whether the installation process is standard, etc. In general, there are many issues that need to be paid attention to when customizing cabinets. Before customizing, you must keep your eyes open and choose a reliable decoration company to protect your beautiful home!
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