From hinged cabinets refuse for various reasons:
- Inappropriate wall material (for example, drywall without mortgaged for hide);
- Aesthetic considerations (the desire to "unload" space);
- lack of functional need for upper modules (few storage things);
- Budget savings;
- A small growth of the hostess (it is impossible to reach the upper shelves in the closet).
Not always, in the absence of mounted, it is possible to competently design the headsets so that it satisfies all the aesthetic and functional requirements of the apartment tenants. Therefore, it is important to know how to make a successful layout, and what nuances pay attention to the creation of such furniture.
Kitchen Design without top database: Basic principles
There are a number of important aspects that should be remembered when choosing kitchen furniture:
- Dishwasher. When planning a headset, do not forget that drying for the dishes is most often located in the mounted cabinets. Therefore, if the latter fails, it is necessary to provide a place for the kitchen utensils in the lower modules. Most likely, it will be a roll-out drawer with a metal grid for plates and glasses.
IMPORTANT: Take a drawer for dishes on high-quality guides with a closer, because Using them will have very often.
- Hood . Since there will be an empty space from above, the extract will be strongly rushing into the eyes. Pay attention to the selection of a truly stylish and suitable model. A variety of hoods today is huge: there are dome, classic and inclined versions of different colors and sizes. For obvious reasons, you will have to abandon flat and embedded models and well consider the location of the hood so that the pipe that comes from it to the ventilation hole does not draw throughout the kitchen.
- Effective area . Remember that refusing attachments, you cut the place to store the kitchenware, which often happens a lot. Rate the number of things and think about whether there is enough space in the bottom base for each of them.
Tip: To increase the useful space, you can use pencils or buffets - high cabinets in which many dishes can fit, small appliances and other attributes.
- Registration of the upper zone. Instead of wall boxes, you can install shelves on decorative holders and place various accessories, beautiful dishes, spices on them. Also, decorate the wall is allowed using a stylish apron (wall panel) or tile. FROM Especially in fashion patterns in the form of mosaic, brickwork and various textures under stone, marble or granite crumb.
Storage of things on open shelves
In order not to create a mess in the open space, you need to paint the kitchen accessories and leave on the shelves only objects of regular use and decorative decorations. Large things (pans, frying pan, kitchen appliances) better remove into the bottom base.
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On the shelves can be stored:
- Spice.
- Wall Clock.
- Designer dishes, beautiful glasses.
- Stylish decor elements, vases, lamps.
- Valuable and significant things, gifts.
Shelves and items on them must be regularly wiped with a damp cloth, to avoid accumulation of dust, dirt and fat from cooking. Monitoring the order will have to be more carefully than when using mounted cabinets.
Before making a decision to make the kitchen without wall modules, you should carefully weigh all the "for" and "against". Without hinged cabinets, the kitchen becomes visually lighter and spacious (the access of natural lighting increases), but requires a larger care and regular maintenance of the order.
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