Furniture design is not just a visualization of a picture of the future environment, it is a complex project development, on the exact study of which all the functionality of the interior depends. The furniture design project, created by the hands of a professional, will be based on the preferences of the client, his lifestyle. The designer has several tasks: to correctly organize the space, select materials that match in texture, style and color, think through all communications, while taking into account all the wishes of the customer.
What is a furniture design project?
Author's furniture design is distinguished by an individual approach and originality. A detailed study will allow you to plan in advance the smallest details of the interior, work out lighting issues, take into account the location of sockets and switches, air vents.
3D visualization specialist will be able to create a generalplan of the future room or kitchen. Most often, the PRO100 program is used for this in salons. Designing furniture with its help allows you to quickly create a project template and view it in all planes separately and in perspective. You can also model a project in this program yourself, but you need to understand that often beginners in the field of design make a number of mistakes, so it’s better to trust a professional in this matter.
At the order stage, in addition to visualization, the package of documents included in the project will contain: a drawing (assembly diagram) of future furniture indicating the dimensions of all cabinet products included in the kit; floor plan; product specification, including the name of all materials, colors and fittings.
Which is the first thing to do: renovation or project?
After a decision has been made to renovate a room or kitchen, many begin to search the Internet for pictures of projects in order to find the "same" furniture design of their dreams. After repeated attempts to decide on the model, color and other characteristics of the future furniture, some begin to repair immediately.
What's wrong here? Such a rash decision during the development of the project can lead to problems that will have to be solved either by a compromise, agreeing to unplanned furniture sizes, or through a remodeling of the repair. This often happens when they start designing cabinet furniture in the kitchen without planning the location of sockets and plumbing. Often you have to redo the finished false ceiling, because in factit turns out that the location of the hood leads to a distortion of the entire project externally, or it is simply inconvenient due to the proximity of other elements of household appliances to the hob.
Even if you clearly understand where everything will be located, without a project, the definition of sockets “by eye” often turns out to be erroneous, as a result, you have to transfer electrical points.
When developing a project in rooms, sockets are also often forgotten, and then they have to be covered with furniture. In addition, lighting in furniture is often used today, and this is a smart decision, however, it is not always possible to realize ideas with a finished repair. Therefore, the correct repair in the apartment should begin with the development of the project.
Main design stages: deciding on the style of the room
It often happens that the design of the room during the repair is chosen in one style, and when choosing a headset, when furniture is being designed, I like samples of a completely different plan. Therefore, it is very important to first decide what style solution the furniture will be in, and choose materials for walls, floors, and think over the design of the ceiling.
Modern furniture materials are full of variety of textures, styles and shades. Furniture in a classic style requires appropriate solutions in the design of the room.
Modern loft style will also not fit into a standard renovation, special finishing materials will be needed here.
Popular today andpatchwork, where it is most relevant to use tiles that match the style.
The latest materials: Spanish high gloss Alvic, Italian Cleaf, wood-style plastics, wooden facades - these are the ones that can create a special interior.
Main design steps: furniture layout
Often, customers come with a picture from the Internet and ask the designer to design similar furniture to their size. Here it is worth understanding that there are no two identical projects, and this is especially true for modern furniture trends. In any case, given the dimensions of the room, something will have to be changed.
Therefore, the design of furniture at the next stage after determining the style will consist in the arrangement of body elements. Here, the most important task for the designer will be the development of functional areas.
In the bedroom, the main thing is the bed. In the children's room - working and play areas. In the guest room, the most important thing is the competent design of upholstered furniture, which should be given special attention. And in the kitchen… Everything is important in the kitchen! From the work triangle to the opening angle of each door (which we will discuss below).
Main design stages: location of communications
Only after the visualization of future furniture is created, the placement of sockets, switches, ventilation and other outlets for communications begins. Of course, we are talking about cases where furniture design takes place in the right way.sequences.
To avoid all kinds of laying wires and cables along the walls, the use of extension cords, you need to immediately plan all the lighting and connection of all appliances, including such as a mobile phone. In today's technologically advanced society, there are never too many outlets. Ideally, if each device or group of devices has its own. Lighting elements should also be planned during the design phase.
In the kitchen, it is important to understand what plumbing will be used, namely: will a dishwasher be installed (it is better to install it right away, because today more than 90% of the developed population of the earth use this blessing of civilization), is it planned to install a water filter, where microwave will be connected, as well as all built-in appliances and small household appliances. Here it is worth saying right away that using sockets on an apron near a gas stove is a bad option in terms of their frequent pollution.
Main design steps: furniture interiors
The appearance of furniture is, of course, important, especially from an aesthetic point of view. But it is worth paying attention to the interior arrangement.
In the lower zone of any furniture, whether it be cabinets or a kitchen set, it is most convenient to place drawers. They can be made internal (behind the main facades) or external - it all depends on personal choice. It is more convenient to make them with external facades for faster access to content, but in terms of aesthetics, customers often ask to hide the drawers.
In closets-coupe is worth considering the upper space. Here the best option is retractable mesh shelves or a pantograph for hangers. It is important to think over the depth in the closets, because you can hang clothes in a longitudinal row only with a width of 60 cm.
In the kitchen set, lifts in the upper cabinets and drawers in the lower ones are recognized as more convenient. The use of high cargo, carousels in corner cabinets, pencil cases with built-in appliances will greatly simplify the activities of the hostess in the kitchen.
Beds and sofas are best provided with niches for linen in order to be able to hide extra bedding sets, blankets and bedspreads, so that later you do not have to look for a place for them in the closet.
Main design stages: calculation of required materials
After the style of future furniture is chosen, the interior space is determined, you need to decide on the materials. As a rule, this is the first question that interests the customer, but in fact, furniture in the same style can be made from materials of different price categories.
So, in order to save money, budget plastic can be replaced with facades made of even cheaper laminated chipboard. Instead of natural wood, you can use veneer, framed MDF or the latest Italian patented Cleaf, which imitates natural materials as much as possible. In addition to the high-gloss Spanish Alvik facades, you can choose the identical Turkish AGT board material. Glass can be replaced with acrylic facades.
Framework is the reliability of the entiredesign, so the creation of furniture from reliable materials will guarantee its durability. The recognized leaders and reliable suppliers of laminate for furniture are Egger, Kronopol (and its concerns).
Main design stages: fittings selection
The cost item for accessories is the second largest share of funds in the price of the entire furniture set after facades. The use of reliable opening and sliding elements will allow the furniture to serve for a long time and make life comfortable.
It is recommended to use trailing hinges for MDF facades with any front coating, since this material is relatively heavy, and constant knocking on the frames can lead to loosening of the body element, skewed hinges and rapid wear of furniture.
The method of opening drawers also sets the design design. Making furniture with drawer systems will be preferable to using simple rails, as the former are able to withstand more weight.
Although this statement is mostly true for kitchen furniture, according to the latest trends, wide drawers are often provided in living rooms, for which it is more expedient to install a pull-out system rather than rails.
Kitchen furniture design features
The main thing you should pay attention to when creating a kitchen project is the proper location of the working area. Sink, hob, extractor hood, refrigerator, dishwashermachine, built-in appliances - the design of kitchen furniture should provide for their most comfortable location. At the same time, you need to maintain a comfortable work surface and leave enough space for storing household utensils.
Actually, taking all this into account is not an easy task, but for a professional designer, this problem is solvable, since the answer to many questions is found by experience.
When creating a sketch of the future kitchen, it is better to stick to this plan:
- Mark the location of the door, window, partitions and niches, if any;
- Make a list of household appliances that need to be built in or provided for placement (refrigerator, sink, dishwasher, hob, built-in or freestanding microwave oven, oven, freezer, washing machine and other appliances);
- To correctly place everything, it is worth considering various options for planning a kitchen: straight, corner, island, U-shaped.
- Work through all the points described for all cabinet furniture.
- Consider lighting, since one lamp in the center at any angle creates a shadow on the work surface from the silhouette of a person, which creates inconvenience, so it is better to provide a suspended plasterboard structure or stretch ceiling with spotlights, or LED strip lighting at the design stage.
