Kitchen cabinets

In an ideal kitchen, everything must be perfect: the cook and his mood, the products and utensils used, the dishes prepared and the appetite awakened, and most importantly, the atmosphere inspiring the creation of culinary masterpieces.

Wall cabinets decorate the kitchens of different nations for more than one millennium and literally around the world. And every year they better fulfill their direct duties, for which they were once created:

• provide a lot of space for storing supplies and kitchen utensils and free access to them,
• protect products and dishes from sunlight, dust, humidity and temperature extremes,
• free up space on the work surface for cooking,

• located at a comfortable height and do not interfere with the work in the kitchen,
• successfully conceal the design of air conditioning and lighting,
• harmoniously coexist with built-in kitchen appliances,
• their configuration and front facades set the room style and mood.

In fact, all the hinged kitchen cabinets are the same - these are drawers, one way or another attached to the wall. The back wall is fiberboard, the side panels are chipboard, the facade is wood or plastic, the doors and shelves are in stock or missing.

However, such a simplified approach does not convey all the interior possibilities, the variety of uses and the importance of wall cabinets for the kitchen area. Square and angular, crockery and hoods, in the composition of the headset and separate, horizontal and built-in, two-door showcase and with open shelves, the usual wooden or rare metal - hanging cabinets differ in shape, dimensions, doors and specialized filling. And, most importantly, they allow you to choose interesting color solutions and the best way to carry out specific tasks individually for each kitchen.

• For dryer and hood

Today it is difficult to imagine a kitchen without a wall cabinet for storing freshly washed dishes. Firstly, it is practical: clean plates, glasses and cutlery do not gather dust on the table, but dry them in an even system in a drying room specially arranged for them. And secondly, such a two-door cabinet with a dryer can be equipped with lighting and glass doors, which will immediately turn it into an unusual exhibition rack for your favorite dishes.

However, most housewives still prefer to hide the dishwashers behind impenetrable doors. So the diversity of kitchen utensils inherent in daily use will not catch the eye and will not spoil the harmonious space of the remaining parts of the kitchen zone with its completely natural chaos.

• In a wall-mounted kitchen cabinet with dull doors a multi-tiered drying structure is easily built in, in which several sets of kitchen appliances are placed at once. And if such a cabinet, hanging directly above the sink, removes the bottom, then the water from the washed dishes will flow directly into the sink. And that means that you no longer need to additionally equip it with ventilation holes and a tray that protects kitchen furniture from unwanted moisture. But a useful addition to such a hanging cabinet will be a small compartment, which will accommodate detergents, sponges and microfiber cloths.

• Open Wall Cabinets resemble shelves for accessories or shelves for books. They are conveniently located and look good jars and boxes of spices, flower tea, coffee beans and candied fruits. No less interesting interior solutions are the kitchen furniture with open shelves instead of wall cabinets.

• Corner wall cabinets allow you to maximize and rationally use even the most inaccessible areas of the kitchen area. They are straight, L-shaped or trapezoidal configuration, have beveled corners and are usually part of the kitchen. However, such a cupboard on the kitchen wall can also be a separate independent element of space organization, adding comfort and functionality to the room, while comfortably taking a modest place in the corner.

• Horizontal wall cabinet on the wall of the kitchen adds dynamics to the interior and visually expands the space. Additional niches, arranged at the top or bottom of its folding or one-door facade, significantly increase the functionality and usability of this unbanal wall-mounted drawer.

• Vertical wall cabinets in the kitchen, it is quite expected that they create the effect of a high ceiling and help interestingly build a common solution for storage systems. Narrow vertical hanging cabinets are especially appreciated by owners of small-sized or multi-window kitchen areas.
• Face hinged lockers with attractive shelves on the facades functionally draw up the boundaries of a set of kitchen furniture and give the entire interior a certain perfection.

• Suspended cabinets up to the ceiling Now very popular with experienced designers and admirers of minimalism. It is worth paying tribute to an interesting interior design and attractive harmony of such structures. A kitchen with high cabinets up to the ceiling is the best choice for those who need a lot of storage space for everything they need during the cooking process. However, the way it is necessary to get the necessary from the upper shelves, it is still better to think in advance and immediately provide for this special mobile compact ladder.

It is also necessary to remember that in order to avoid problems with the docking of the modules with the lower hanging cabinets, it is better to maximize the wall on which they will be fixed. And in no case can not mount them on the drywall kitchen partitions, which can easily collapse under the unbearable weight of the master's good hung on it.

• The best material for the manufacture of wall cabinets in the kitchen is wood - pliable in work pine, anti-bactericidal beech, elegant cherry, cozy walnut, peculiar chestnut and durable oak. Pine trees, for example, made the “Anyuta” kitchen set popular among manufacturers and buyers, and besides the typical ones, its dimensions are non-standard, which makes it possible to efficiently use all the useful area of ​​the kitchen space.

Suspended kitchen cabinets made of natural wood look luxurious in any design and will serve more than one generation of their owners. However, not every cook can afford to equip them with the kitchen area. In addition, even after special treatment, wooden cabinets remain extremely susceptible to the active environment of the kitchen space.

• Chipboard - a rather loose material of economy class, the quality of which directly depends on the composition of wood waste and formaldehyde resins used in its production. Its improved version, laminated chipboard, has a protective laminated coating that creates a smooth and strong surface that prevents the volatilization of harmful components. Hinged kitchen cabinets of chipboard and chipboard are in the lower price segment and are available to a wide range of consumers.

• For the production of MDF-plates solid wood is used already, specially split into fibers and pressed with the help of binding components into a strong product, the surface of which is covered with a polyvinyl chloride film, veneer or plastic.Wall kitchen cabinets of MDF are in demand due to its low price and a large variety of textures.

• Plastic It is considered the best material for the manufacture of kitchen cabinets in terms of cost and quality. This convenient and completely eco-friendly material is durable and reliable. At the same time, it is incredibly plastic and easy to process, which can significantly expand the design possibilities of the execution of facades.

Suspended cabinets must certainly be combined with the entire kitchen space. Choose their style, size and configuration that matches the overall design of the rest of the furniture and the color scheme of the interior of your kitchen.

Decide on the layout of the room, the size of the cooking zone and the convenient way for you to master the kitchen space. Carefully measure the perimeter of the room and the dimensions of the furniture being purchased.

Check the reliability of fittings and the strength of fasteners for wall-mounted kitchen cabinets: awnings, sliding rails and anchor bolts for installation, as well as hinges, furniture handles and self-tapping screws should be designed for a long service life in a variety of conditions.

If you first assemble and hang on the wall all the boxes without doors, then it will be easier to make the hanging of the facades and adjust the loop. In addition, such an assembly and installation will provide an opportunity to control the gaps between the cabinets, and if you still make mistakes in the calculations, then remove the cabinet without a facade is much easier than fully assembled.

Self-hang up your own kitchen cabinets is not difficult. They need to be fixed on the mounting rail, after determining the distance between the table top and the bottom of the wall cabinets.

When installing a kitchen cabinet with a dishwasher, consider its maximum possible weight when fully loaded. Therefore, for reliable fastening to the wall it is better to use powerful anchor bolts and durable steel hinges. And preferring a closet with transparent or colored glass in the doors, it is worth remembering that it must be tempered and exceed 4 mm in thickness.

Remember that additional sources of illumination of the kitchen area are never superfluous. So feel free to use the internal halogen or LED lighting cabinets - your kitchen will only benefit from this.