Plastic cabinets

The wardrobe is an essential piece of furniture in every house or apartment. This is not only a reliable assistant in the storage of things, but also an object of expression of the originality of the interior. Plastic wardrobes are in great demand. This material has been popular in the furniture market for many years and includes a variety of models, colors and designs.

Plastic, like any material, has its own characteristics that affect the structure and functionality of furniture.

Among the main advantages are:

• Cabinets of this type are quite compact. They have a small size and width, are capacious, but do not take up much space.
• Furniture made of plastic has high strength.
• Products are not subject to strong influence of humidity and temperature in the room.
• In artificial material, unlike wood, parasites that affect its state will never be acquired.
• With the help of plastic parts, wardrobes and small cabinets of various shapes are made, among which everyone will find a model to his taste.

The disadvantages of such products include the following:

• Plastic can be difficult to fix, especially on the front side of the wardrobe. Even if the damage is eliminated, a trace of it will be visually noticeable.
• On colored material, dirt and traces of fingerprints are more noticeable.

Depending on which room you plan to install the wardrobe, there are several types of products:

• Kitchen cabinets - small models of furniture that form a working area or are located above it. Often they are equipped with a shelf dividing the cabinet space into two zones. This trick is convenient for storing kitchen utensils. And the appearance of the structure will not suffer, even if during the cooking process in the room a high temperature.
• Storage Cabinet set in the bedroom or hallway. This design is much more kitchen and sometimes plays the role of a complete wardrobe. Often a large chiffonier is built into the wall and provided with many shelves and compartments inside. It may contain a compartment for outerwear with a special fastening for hangers.

• Bookcase, contrary to classic trends, also embodied with the use of plastic panels. It has a transparent door or is an open structure, similar to a rack. Such cabinets will be excellent defenders of books from dust.
• Cabinet for toys plastic can be bought in the nursery. This colorful design consists of a frame and several pull-out containers that store toys. The design is extremely comfortable and roomy. Specially made plastic is not a toxic material, and you can not worry about your children.

• Balcony - a kind of place for the closet, but for many chiffonier is an integral part of the loggia. It assumes the presence of plastic chiffonier, built into the wall of the balcony or selected exactly according to its width.If you have a small loggia, then in order to save space, you can place a compact plastic cabinet in its lower part.
• For bathroom and toilet Plastic is one of the most suitable materials. Regardless of humidity and temperature differences, such a cabinet will be an excellent place to store hygiene items and household items. It is often located above the sink and is sometimes supplemented with open shelves.

All cabinets made of plastic are divided into many types, depending on the design features. Its main types are as follows:

• Corner wardrobe. Depending on the function, it can be a massive piece of furniture, installed as a dressing room. Its variation is a small tall cabinet, which does not reduce the size of the room. The bathroom is often supplied with a small hanging cabinet for small plastic items that do not clutter the space.
• For those who like to distribute things in compartments, an alternative to the closet will be plastic chest of drawers. This design with sliding sections is very mobile, you can easily remove drawers, move a chest of drawers if necessary, and enjoy its compactness.Creative solution in the interior will be an elegant model of rattan.

• Rectangular cabinets no less functional and beautiful. They are modular, suspended and folding. It is possible to construct a cabinet from separate units so that both large and small compartments for storing specific things are created. Such designs are very convenient to use in children's rooms to teach the child to order.
• Often plastic products supply mirrors. Mirror is a mandatory attribute in the bathroom. In large plastic wardrobes, they even install mirrored doors or embed a mirrored surface inside the wardrobe.

Models of wardrobe are varied and according to such a feature as the design of the doors:

• Classic swing doors they are mainly characteristic of small products, but sometimes they are also found in large closets.
• Sliding doors can be found in small lockers in the bathroom or toilet, as well as in built-in wardrobe designs.

• An interesting variation of familiar patterns is door - accordion. Depending on the structure of plastic, it can be of different density.A thinner model can be used for a closet in the balcony or in the bathroom, and dense designs are suitable even for an overall wardrobe in the hallway.
• Closet door can open horizontally or vertically. Vertical direction is typical for small hanging products in the kitchen. This door has a different opening mechanism and significantly saves space when the cabinet is open.

Plastic is a material that can be made in almost any shade. This can be a plain design or gradient. Often the doors are made with the help of drawings and ornaments. The doors of the large wardrobe can be painted in different colors. The embodiment of colors is possible both in glossy and in matte form.

Not every interior can be combined with furniture made of plastic, so before purchasing a cabinet you need to inquire about its combination with the design directions.

Plastic looks best in modern concepts. It is an integral component of such styles as minimalism, hi-tech, loft, Japanese. But this material is not always combined with the design of Baroque, Provence, eco and Italian.

There is a compromise solution - the selection of plastic special texture that mimics natural materials. In modern stores you can easily find a wardrobe made under a tree of various colors. Another advantage of this model is the affordable price compared to cabinets made from natural materials.

Built-in structures are convenient to create on the loggia or in the corridor. They require the cost of a small amount of material. They save space and time, because there is no need to create a finished frame before installing plastic panels. If the cabinet is built into the wall or below the level of the window sill, then the side panels can not be installed at all and the cabinet can be limited to shelves.

To learn how to make a cabinet for storing jars on a loggia, see the following video.

When creating a hull structure at the first stage, it is necessary to make a frame from wooden beams. Plastic is used as a facing material - for side surfaces and doors, which in most cases are hinged.

In whatever room you are going to make repairs, remember that a plastic wardrobe is a great piece of furniture that fits into any room, emphasizes your individuality and will be a great place to store all the necessary things!