Bookcase with glass doors

A bookcase with glass doors gives a special aura, comfort to any interior, not only home. The appearance of book roots, the slender rows of which are clearly visible through the glass of the casements, will invariably attract attention with special magic. The atmosphere of the house, in which the books take their specific place, they are taken care of, “lifts” the interior, gives it status, intelligence, a certain spirituality, regardless of the general style of the house.

Bookcases are designed to streamline the books in the house by collecting them into the library. Equipped with doors, they protect the collection from dust, the destructive effects of light, children’s games, ensure the safety of books. Doors with glass allow you to view the contents and find the book you want without opening the cabinet. This is especially convenient if there are several cabinets in the interior.

The full transparency of this piece of home furniture makes more complaints about the appearance of the collection, the state of the book roots. In extreme cases, they can be hidden from prying eyes in a closet with stained glass, which will further decorate the room. A cabinet with frosted glazing will protect books from the harmful effects of sunlight, from yellowing and fragility of paper. This applies to rare copies, especially valuable book rarities, documents.

The choice of a particular cabinet model is dictated by the dimensions of the home and the size of the home book collection. Most of the apartments of economy class are small, with low ceilings. Here narrow (shallow) bookcases will be appropriate. Glazed closet optically increase the space, give it depth. High cabinets will raise the ceiling visually, low cabinets will allow you to arrange all sorts of little things, trinkets, giving the house more style and comfort, saving the interior from cluttering and overloading.

Typically, books falling into the second row are unlikely to ever be opened. Narrow cabinets along the walls are perfect for a single-row collection., if for safety they are attached to the wall with a pair of bolts. The width of the shelves in this case correlates with the width of the placed books and is no more than 31.5 cm.

The compact arrangement of a large book collection in 2-3 rows suggests the use of large-sized furniture with a wide base up to 65 cm. Such wide shelves are also convenient for placing large-format books: atlases, art albums, chic gift editions. Large cabinet cabinets occupy much more space. They are more stable, they can be placed not only along the walls, but also used for zoning space.

Classic bookcases were always made of solid wood, covered with black or red lacquer, decorated with marquetry, elaborate carving, demonstrating with all their appearance the prestige and welfare of the owners. This beauty and now you can still find in antique stores. But the models offered today are not inferior in appearance, winning in price.

The modern market, conquered by new technologies and materials, offers the widest selection of products in this range:

• From the array - from birch and pine in the democratic segment of products to expensive specimens from wenge, Italian walnut, Karelian birch, stained oak;
• from chipboard - chipboard. Finished with veneer of valuable tree species or covered with a polymer film imitating beautiful wood (LDSP), furniture is a more economical option than the previous one;
• From MDF - finely dispersed fraction of wood. It is more similar to an array, but cheaper, also allows for the expense of the density of the material to make a thin finish, elegant details; environmentally friendly compared to chipboard (does not emit formaldehyde), but more expensive due to natural components and more expensive veneer coatings;

• From plastic - this is the brainchild of modern chemistry, technological, eco-friendly, economical. In the care, plastic is more resistant to moisture than the above materials, but is easily scratched, it is easier to move and it gives a wide choice of color palette;
• From glass - entirely not only the doors, but also the sides (at least one) of tempered glass (the so-called "showcase").You can see the contents of the cabinet from all sides, it looks great in the center of the room, but care must be taken to carefully clean the glass surfaces - the presence of fingerprints will spoil the effect.

Furniture for this furniture is made for all tastes and wallets from a variety of materials according to modern technologies, which allows to imitate the most sophisticated preferences of book lovers.

Glazed bookcases differ in the type of shutters. The doors are sliding (coupe) or swing. Swing require more space when opening, close to them you can not put other pieces of furniture. Coupe conquer increasing popularity, as they save space. Often there are flaps (bar type), opening in a vertical plane from bottom to top or top to bottom. In this case, each bookshelf has its own door.

According to the presence of valves these products are:

• single doors - with one door, so-called canisters;
• double doors - with two doors;
• the number of doors may be more - 3-4.

By design distinguish built-in cabinets and cabinet (cases, showcases, corner, linear, modular systems, mounted).

Bookcases are divided by placement in the interior on:

• built-in;
• linear;
• modular;
• mounted;
• angular.

Cabinet cabinets are ready for use. The height of the shelves for books can vary during the operation of the owner on their own.

Built-in cabinets are usually custom-made, allowing you to make the most of the available space for the library and implement the most unusual ideas of the collection owner.

Corner cabinets form a whole zone for cozy reading with a book in hand, filling the usually empty corners, giving them “content”.

In modular systems, as well as among single cabinet cases, there are variants with bottom drawers. They will conveniently accommodate large library copies that cannot be stored vertically.

The style of the bookcase with glazed doors depends on the overall style of the interior of the home or office. Elegant strict classics, as a rule, is compatible with all design options. The interior in the high-tech style will benefit from an emphasized massive classic product, filled with wonderful book publications, which turned high-tech into a mix of styles.

The same classic, made in light pastel or bright juicy colors from chipboard or MDF, inexpensive wood species, aged by the hands of a designer, would be appropriate in so popular today light interiors in the style of country, chalet, Provence.

However, for lovers of the palace, royal interior with lush baroque patterns in the style of Louis, a modern manufacturer will be able to find in their collections a wonderful gilded bookcase, not inferior to antique pieces, with glass,executed in the best traditions of style: with stained glass windows and inlays, and the same intricate fittings.

Almost all manufacturers of furniture have in their assortment a line of bookcases, among which there is a place for models with glazed doors. In catalogs, these products are often referred to as libraries, even if it is not a modular system for a couple of walls, but only a small pencil case or showcase. We are pleased with the variety of models that differ not only in price, but also in the quality of performance, the richness and variety of finishes, and the elegance of accessories.

Most manufacturers have their own production, such as the Reed Master furniture company from St. Petersburg, which allows saturating the market with affordable products with aluminum profiles made of MDF and chipboard, plastic and glass. The decoration of stained glass, sandblasted patterns, the use of photo printing on the casements make it possible to compete successfully with the products of a number of regional companies (Charm-Mebel, Volkhova, Uyut Service, MST Mebel). cities, neighboring republics, foreign countries.

Today, the market consists of excellent samples not only of domestic production, but also excellent products of Italian, Spanish, Chinese brands. And the Ikea network in Sweden, which is actively introducing the Scandinavian style into Russian interiors, has probably not looked in, only lazy.

The popular Ikea network offers simple ergonomic library placement solutions that do not clutter up space, suitable not only for the home.

This is still the same modest Billy rack from Ikea, produced since 1979 and still in demand today. It fits into a small apartment students newlyweds.

Below - the same module, only in double. And as the interior began to play: the status is higher, the contents of the modules underline the cozy respectability of the dwelling, however, it is quite democratic.

Cabinet cases in the classic style of natural wood will decorate any office, giving it business intelligence and austere elegance, like this corner cabinet of narrow 4 sections under the ceiling with hinged double-glazed doors and lower panels, decorated from above with a cornice.This is no longer an office, but an entire library.

A more luxurious version of the cabinet, emphasizing the status of the owner, is the interior in noble brown tones from solid birch and MDF, finished with veneer. Decorated with carved accessories, figure details, the bookcase looks royally luxurious, recalling antiques.

And this is another office, more feminine, in the style of Provence. Here the books are hidden behind glasses in a small blue double case with lower drawers. Due to its low legs, with all its squat, it acquires some airiness and looks like a natural and graceful addition to the environment, eliminating the bloom.

Someone will like the brutal option - a lounge in the style of a loft. Here, the book "monster" "grows" into black boards with all its same black mass, gloomily glistening with glass panels, behind which books are safely hidden.

A softer version of the loft, more spiritualized. The furniture is slightly aged in vintage style. Looks sublimely attractive.

And in the tiny bedroom there was a place for a built-in book wardrobe with sliding glass compartment doors and an entresol above the entrance. A very economical placement of a rather large collection of books in a small room space.

If the house has little space for a book collection, you can use the corridor or the hallway. Additional illumination will be completely not superfluous for such linear system.

For office spaces, well-suited for high-tech style, quite concise and business. And yet here there was a place glazed pencil case for books and folders with documents.

How to choose the right bookcase, you can find out by watching the following video.