Shelves hinged: classical, invisible and sculpted

An ordinary hinged shelf - it would seem that it can be trivial and simpler? However, recently this simplest kind of furnishing the room is experiencing a real revival. At the design exhibitions of recent years, a large number of various shelves are presented, demonstrating that they can be not only comfortable and functional interior items, but also bright design objects.

Shelves hinged - from classical to avant-garde - have become very popular due to the fact that they do not take up much space, they are very convenient in small rooms. With a successful layout, they can accommodate a large number of different objects and books, without cluttering up space. One of the advantages of shelves is their openness, which allows you to keep the necessary items and books in an easy access zone. In every apartment of the apartment, from the bathroom, the kitchen, the hallway to the living room and the cabinet for the shelves, there will be a worthy place.

Shelves hinged are good and that they can easily be made with their own hands. And they can be executed in any style and decorate the interiors from classical to avant-garde. Glass, metal or wooden surfaces, which serve as shelves, are attached to consoles of various types and configurations. Classic shelves are mounted on a console made of wood, wrought iron or plaster moldings. For modern avant-garde shelves, in addition to wood and glass, plastic, acrylic, etc. are used.

Invisible bookshelves, created by the designer Mauro Canfori, are thin metal upwards consoles and shelves painted in the color of the walls. When they are filled with books, you get an amazing effect: it seems that the books just hang on the wall. From small modules, you can lay out any geometric shapes, from the simplest horizontal and vertical lines to complex figures and even letters.

French designers have invented shelves hinged, made in the form of various sculptural forms, for example, tree branches, animal muzzles or human faces, which also can be carried out independently. A hinged shelf with its own hands, made in the form of an original art object, is a wonderful field for experiments, because the items placed on it, in a peculiar way, finish the painting, and depending on how and what items stand on the sculpture shelf, Change its appearance and "mood." Sculptural shelves are made of wooden boards, which are connected depending on the created sketch. If it is a branch of a tree, then some of the boards are joined in the form of a broken trunk, and shorter dollys that serve as book locks are attached vertically and at an angle in different directions, representing branches.

A shelf in the form of a human face is also created according to a certain sketch, first drawn on paper. Of course, this should be an image in a cubist manner, and here opens full scope for imagination. Just remember that the resulting thing should be not only decorative, but also functional, and the books, objects or plants on it should complement it, and not spoil it. Instead of a human face, you can make a muzzle of an animal, for example, a cat or a dog. The boards are assembled with glue and screws in the corners, pre-cut at a certain angle. Then they are painted with bright acrylic paint and covered with a layer of protective varnish.

It is very simple to mount shelves in a niche made in the wall. Shelves in the niche of a large size is better to be fixed at different levels with the help of a special concealed fastening. Shelves in the niche for light decorative objects are made of glass, fixing them with the help of special fasteners, which are purchased in construction stores. In the niche it is desirable to install a hidden light source, or to stretch the LED tape for lighting.