Modular hallways

House or apartment begins with a hallway. From how "meets" the room, depends on the mood of the person coming. Will he want to throw his things and, headlong, to run out of this room, or will he slowly unwrap and undress, throw off the load of problems left behind the door. So that everything in the house always begins with a positive, think about the arrangement of the corridor. Modular furniture may well create the very comfort and coziness, starting right from the threshold.

Modern hallways are increasingly filled with modular furniture. And this is due to the fact that This type of furniture ensemble has the following advantages:

• Modular hallways are selected individually. Each buyer chooses only those things that he really needs.
• Furniture from the same collection is stylistically combined, the modules are interchanged.If necessary, they can be replaced with narrower or wider ones, replaced with another type of furniture, for example, an open shelf can be changed into a closed cabinet.

• Such furniture is ideal for lovers of change. You can change, outweigh, rearrange its location at least every day. It's like Lego for adults.
• Wide selection of sizes. There are options for both small apartments and spacious rooms.
• Ease of assembly. Composite furniture is ready-made sections and modules that are easy to assemble.

Despite the numerous advantages of such furniture, it has its drawbacks:

• The collection consists of a set of ready-made design solutions, and this to some extent reduces the individuality. And besides, the choice of color palette can be quite poor and minimal.
• Completing the modules should be done on a flat surface, otherwise its transitions will be noticeable.

Modular systems are a type of cabinet furniture. Any module consists of a case. And, having assembled a set of several such cases, it is possible to completely equip any hall with furniture for storing things (cabinets, mezzanines),for recreation (the one on which you can sit down and even lie down) and even add some interior items that are not typical of this room (for example, a dressing table).

By their location, modular hallways can be straight, linear, located along the wall, and angular, compactly occupying space. Anyway, any type of furniture can be adjusted to the narrowest or widest corridor. This can be done due to the size range of modules, which can be of different depths.

Modular hallways also differ in what they are made of and their design. The materials from which the modules are made are very different: from particle board to wooden arrays. As for the design, it can be entered into almost any stylistic decision.

Each house has its own hallway, with its own parameters. Placing a dresser 100 cm wide in a spacious hallway is not difficult, and in a small apartment it is already problematic. Very often there are rooms where it is impossible to turn around for several people. But hang things there, still need. Here small ensembles made up of narrow modules can come to the rescue.The maximum depth of these products is 35-40 cm. However, these modules are not designed to store a large number of things, and they are not very stable.

To a large extent it depends on the materials from which the furniture in the hallway is made, how long it will last. If we discard any kind of decorative elements, mirrors and glass, then modules are mainly made from the following materials:

• Chipboard or Chipboard. Very economical (especially in terms of money) option. According to its characteristics, modern furniture made of chipboard is reliable, but a little inferior in durability. Various methods of processing, including lamination, veneering, significantly improve the characteristics of the material, however, do not remove its main drawback - low environmental friendliness. The composition contains formaldehyde resins.
• Fibreboard or MDF. The main "competitor" chipboard, which in its qualities slightly ahead of him. Environmentally friendly material.MDF, covered with veneer, looks very advantageous, sometimes you can not tell from wood.
• Wood. Wooden massif is very expensive material, it is rarely used for the manufacture of furniture in the hallway. It turns out very heavy. Wooden furniture in the hallway is rather an expensive whim that a person with a high level of income can make.

The color scheme of the hallway depends on:

• Geometry - in small, low-lit rooms, a dark color, such as wenge, dark walnut, oak, graphite, black, can “eat” space;
• functional - the color should not be branded, since various dirt is often brought here;
• personal preference - everyone chooses their own color combination to their liking.

The color palette of modular furniture is diverse. It includes both pure colors and imitations of various surfaces (wood, stone, leather), on the facades there can be photo printing or drawing.

The most minimal filling of the hallway consists of three parts: places to hang outerwear, put on a hat, a scarf and put on shoes. The advantage of modular furniture is that any of its items can be “stuffed” so that it becomes multifunctional.

Take for example a pencil case. It can be a simple box with hooks or a rod inside.And it may contain a shelf for caps on top, a shelf for shoes at the bottom, the same hooks, a bar, retractable hangers, and a mirror can be placed on the inside or outside of the door.

If desired, any corridor (even the smallest and narrowest) can be equipped with the most practical and functional, and at the same time aesthetics will not suffer. And you can assemble the hallway from the following types of furniture:

• an open hanger for things that can be framed by a frame or equipped with a shelf for caps;
• a shelf for hats - it may be a separate piece of furniture, but more often it is included in the package of others;

• the wardrobe is the most necessary item, it can be angular or linear, with hinged doors or a compartment;
• pencil case - mini-version of the cabinet;
• Shoe cabinet or obuvnitsa - represents as a rack without doors, and a bedside table with drawers, can also be a banquette with shelves;

• open rack for storing small items;
• chest of drawers with retractable sections - for storage and small things;
• the mezzanine is a good old and very practical solution, this piece of furniture can hold a huge amount of things, and it is not as noticeable as a massive wardrobe or chest of drawers.

Comfort is created in the details. In this regard, the modular system is very well suited to accommodate a wide variety of accessories. Key holders, hangers, hooks, watches, organizers, umbrella stand, shoe mat - will bring a bit of practicality and become good accents in the interior.

The style of furniture depends on taste preferences and what style prevails in the apartment. Today, modular furniture can fit into any style: from high tech and Art Deco to Baroque and Empire. But the main style that prevails in modern hallways is still minimalism. But at the same time it can be with notes of other styles.

In classic style people who value comfort, practicality and aesthetics with a touch of aristocracy prefer to furnish their hallways. It looks favorably in the spacious hallways.Natural and expensive materials, oriental accents and elements of antiquity on a monochrome dull background - these are the characteristics of typesetting furniture in the Art Deco style.

For lovers of simplicity - style country music with simple "rustic" furniture or romantic Provence. Light shades and bright accents will make the corridor more visually.

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Both a small private company and the furniture giant of Russia or abroad can be engaged in the production of modules. Each manufacturer at the same time uses its materials for the manufacture of frames and furniture fittings.

The undisputed leader in the production of modular hallways is a domestic company BRW. The furniture of the company is distinguished by a rich assortment, high quality and a wide variety of colors.

Buying a particular set of furniture, it is impossible to predict what the seller saved on the case material or the details.It is possible to buy a bad modular hall both from a “private trader” and a brand manufacturer. Therefore, the choice of furniture should be approached very thoroughly.

The first step to the selection of good quality furniture in the hallway will be the realization of what is really needed in this hallway. To decide on a minimum set of interior items. Then make measurements of the hallway and estimate what depth modules will be needed.

Most buyers are guided by the following selection criteria:

• Build quality, materials. Modules can be made of super-strength, moisture-resistant materials, but equipped with cheap fittings. Conversely, cheap frame with secure fasteners. In both cases, the furniture will not last long.

• Functional. A wide choice of modules allows you to choose only what is really necessary. It is vitally important for someone to distribute a lot of small things across the open shelves, and someone does not like it when everything is on display.
• Design. The more stylistically stands out furniture, so, as a rule, it is more expensive.Standard option or exclusive - the choice is only for the buyer.
• Cost One of the most important criteria. The miser pays twice, but nobody wants to pay too much.

Modular furniture will make any hall stylish and practical. Even in the smallest corridor there is a place on the wall under the coat-hanger, and under it can be placed a couple of drawers for furniture, and if the length permits, you can also fit a compact pencil case.

A practical solution will be a corner kit that can combine several pieces of furniture (hanger, wardrobe, shoe box, shelving).

Well, if there is enough space in the corridor, furniture can be arranged as you please, and it will not eat up the space. Therefore, you can completely accommodate a real collection of modules: several cabinets, shelves, dressers, mirrors.

You will learn more about how to choose a modular wardrobe for the hallway in the following video.