outerwear, headwear, and immerse yourself in the atmosphere of home comfort. The article will discuss hallways and types of cabinets for shoes.
Entrance halls have different areas: from a narrow corridor 4 meters long and 1 meter wide to a large room that can fit more than just a shoe cabinet. It will be possible to install other furniture in the hallway.
Choosing furniture for a small hallway
Arrangement of any kind of hallway, small or large, you need to start with the choice of practical and functional furniture. In the recommendations of modern designers for the design of the hallway, the obligatory attributes are a hanger and a cabinet for shoes in which it will be hidden. In this case, the apartment looks neat.
For a small hallway (four square meters), wall hangers with a number of hooks are relevant, which should be no less than the number of living family members. In such a hallway, a bedside table in the hallway (photo above) in a layout with wall panels with hooks for clothes in the top row will look great and will not take up much space. In the middle of the panel there are also hooks for children's clothes or for bags and bags. This type of furniture, even during the period when demi-season or winter clothes are on the hooks, does not clutter up the corridor, which is the hallway. The shoes are hidden in the shoebox. In summer, such a set of furniture is not loaded with clothes at all.
Furniture for a spacious hallway
A medium-sized entrance hall (12 m2), just like a small one, should fulfill its main function - storage of things. It is not worth furnishing it with furniture, cluttering up the space. The main thing in the selection of furniture should be comfortable use, compactness, furniture should be ergonomic. Modern furniture manufacturers offer various options for sets.
These include: ready-made kit, modular and custom-made furniture according to the customer's size. In a set of furniture, a mandatory attribute is a nightstand for shoes in the hallway. Usually it has a depth of 30-35 centimeters, with a height of 80 to 100 centimeters, it will fit all the shoes of family members.
In a medium-sized hallway, there is a wardrobe for outerwear, a shelf for hats, and an umbrella stand. Everything will depend on which setfurniture will be selected.
Varieties of cabinets for storing shoes
When purchasing cabinets for shoes, you need to pay attention to their varieties. Compact, closed models are used to store a large number of shoes. They are made of wood or chipboard. Closed vanity unit gives a neat look to the hallway.
Often in the hallways are open cabinets for shoes. They are made of any material: wood, plastic, lightweight metal. An open cabinet has its pros and cons. The convenience is that the shoes are ventilated, but they are in plain sight and do not look very attractive, this is a minus of open cabinets. In principle, this is a budget and the best option for country houses, which also have hallways. Bedside tables with combined shelves are appropriate in any hallways. They have a closed part and open shelves.
Cassette shoe cabinet design
In more detail, you should dwell on the choice of a nightstand in the hallway, designed for shoes. Choosing it, you should focus not only on the area of \u200b\u200bthe hallway, but also take into account the number of shoes that are in the everyday life of the family. A cabinet for shoes of standard sizes with horizontal shelves in small hallways looks cumbersome. A slim-style model with a width of up to 20 centimeters and a 45-degree slope of the shelves will look ideal.
Shoe cabinets are produced in various designs. The most practical and running - cassette with several deep drawers. When such a box is opened, it slides out and hashorizontal or vertical shoe tab. This cabinet includes a significant amount of shoes. When purchasing it, you should pay attention to the rigidity of the back wall, as well as the obligatory attachment of the box to the wall with hinged hinges.
Shoe cabinet
Hinged door design is more like a chest of drawers. This option is for a large hallway. A bedside table of such a plan in it will not seem bulky. In addition, shoes in boxes that are not used can be compactly placed in such a model. The drawer option is suitable for a hallway that does not have other furniture with drawers. In such a box, which is usually located at the top of the cabinet, you can store all kinds of accessories: gloves, handbags, shoe polishes, brushes, combs, notebooks, keys.
A separate conversation about bedside tables in the hallway with a seat. This purchase option makes sense if there are elderly people in the family who are more comfortable putting on and taking off their shoes while sitting.
Useful tips when choosing a piece of furniture
Before purchasing a bedside table in the hallway, you need to measure the space where you are going to put it. Based on the measurements, it will be easier to determine which bedside table is better to buy. It is also worth paying attention to the material from which it is made: wood, lightweight metal, chipboard or MDF. Any material has its advantages and disadvantages. Do not forget that it is the shoe cabinet that is most often exposed to dust and moisture. Dirty shoes inthey don’t put a cabinet, but it’s not clean enough and sometimes wet still gets on its shelves.
All materials from which furniture is made, especially wood, undergo a special treatment against delamination and deformation. But a shoe cabinet made of wood loses its neat and attractive appearance if you do not take care of the shoes, and even the bedside table. The period of its service depends on the conditions in which the furniture will be kept.
Shoe cabinet must be stable. And if it is narrow and high, then it must have an additional fastening to the wall so that it does not fall. If you choose a bedside table with a folding seat, you need to make sure that the mechanism works without defects, and the finish of the seat is of high quality.
