The popularity of sliding wardrobes with sliding doors is due not only to the fashion for minimalism, but also to the development of the production of furniture of this type using various design solutions and materials. Sliding doors can not only be disguised in a high-tech interior that does not allow everyday excesses, but also turned into an elegant piece of furniture, decorated in any of the design styles.
Various door designs allow you to build such cabinets into niches and corners and use almost any finishing materials.
The doors for sliding wardrobes made of chipboard shown in the photo show only part of the wide selection of colors and textures.
Hanging doors
The modern hanging mechanism installed at the top of the door expands the design possibilities. The doors are located in front of the cabinet without a frame, completely covering the frame, which significantly increases the usable space and facilitates decoration.
In addition, restrictions on the width of sliding doors are removed. The latest developments make it possible to use a suspended version for sheets weighed down with mirrors; they can also be equipped with an electric drive for automatic door movement and a remote control system.
The hanging option has a number of advantages, but its use is not always justified. There are a number of parameters for the weight and dimensions of the door that make it difficult to use only the hanging option.
In some cases, it is impossible to do without guides installed at the bottom. The seemingly simple design of sliding doors requires a professional approach to design, assembly and installation, as well as adequately selected service fittings for the doors.
Radius doors
The curved, concave or wavy surface of the wardrobe is not only a tribute to the original design. The absence of sharp corners and the unique ability to close niches and corners are practical benefits when choosing such doors. Placing them in children's rooms will protect the kids, while at the same time opening up new opportunities for thematic design of the room.
Radius doors are more expensive than regular doors, they are most often made to order, and it would be wise to turn to experienced and well-known manufacturers who can also provide replacement parts for a complex sliding mechanism.
Wardrobe design 2021 with colored glass and shaped inserts
The main advantage of this design is not only their brightness as a color spot, but also the fact that they also visually expand the space. However, here too fashion has added its own twist.
A sliding wardrobe with bright colored fronts is a luxurious element of home interior
Exclusive wardrobe design with contrasting color stripes
Particularly fashionable today are darkened, as if tinted, colored glass. Such options will look great in a very bright room with windows facing south, but if the room is small and dark, it is better to choose a different option.
Advice! If young people or simply creative people live in the apartment, you can emphasize the style and originality with a decorative technique. For example, in the middle of a wardrobe, make a sign with some symbol on darkened colored glass. Such things are good in all modern styles, especially in the new-fangled high-tech.
Glass tinted in a dark color looks truly excellent
Gray facade design trends this year
For adherents of interior design in the Japanese style, which has not gone out of fashion for many years and is always in trend, it is better to prefer a wardrobe 2021, which is made like the traditional Japanese shoji partition. This facade is made of white glass with a matte finish and wood, which is varnished in a dark shade.
Important! Less fashionable and popular this year are options with bright photo printing, which depicts a branch of cherry blossoms or a large pagoda. Therefore, it is better to avoid this technique. White glossy acrylic is best combined with a mirror surface
White glossy acrylic is best combined with a mirror surface
One of the main trends of 2021 in all areas of design is geometric patterns. If we are talking about popular decor for a wardrobe, then decorators offer large geometric shapes made up of straight lines. There are not only discreet, dim inserts, but also complex engraving in the form of ornamental stripes with geometric patterns.
A sliding wardrobe with large doors painted dull gray will fit perfectly into the Scandinavian style of the interior
Such a wardrobe will not only decorate the room, but also give it solemnity and elegance.
Advice! To make your wardrobe 2021 look elegant, you can combine a variety of textures in a single color scheme, especially since this does not go beyond the general concept of the season, which demonstrates restraint in everything. In any case, large geometric inserts are in fashion today.
Black color combined with natural wood finishes is a fashion trend for 2021
Sliding wardrobes with imitation wood
The design of the sliding wardrobe is practical and very reliable, in addition, modern models of sliding wardrobes 2021 can decorate even the most boring interior
Feel free to choose what is in trend today, but taking into account the features of your home
Folding doors
This is another design that allows you to expand the scope of the sliding wardrobe. Double-leaf doors with a book design and four-leaf doors with an accordion design, similar in design, operate using a hanging mechanism.
Their main advantage is the opening of the entire facade; they are widely used in the design of wardrobes.
Size range for sliding wardrobes of various shapes
Sliding wardrobes 2-3 m long are the most popular. Such designs are suitable for hallways, bedrooms and living rooms. The internal content can be organized in various ways, which will allow you to divide the space into several parts, independent of each other.
The popular size of a wardrobe in a living room is 1800x2400x600 mm. This design can be conveniently divided into two compartments. In the first (600 mm long) there will be stationary shelves and drawers, in the second it is necessary to install a bar.
Dimensions of a small wardrobe in the hallway
Cabinets can have different depths. For hallways, the most suitable option is structures with a depth of 400 mm. Due to the non-standard value of this parameter, the rod here is installed perpendicular to the door. Another unconventional size is the depth of 500 mm. Such products are mainly made to order. Built-in cabinets or cabinet structures of this depth are equipped with non-standard fittings, which have a higher cost.
The most optimal cabinet depth is 600 mm. For this model, you can easily select all the necessary fittings and retractable mechanisms.
The number of storage compartments and doors depends on the width of the cabinet.
Mirror sliding doors
Traditionally, wardrobes with mirrored doors are used in bedrooms and hallways; they are also becoming part of modern sets for living rooms and offices. Modern technologies make it possible to ensure ease and safety of operation.
A special film is attached to the back of the mirrors to retain fragments in the event of mechanical damage to the doors. Additional parts of sliding mechanisms ensure smooth sliding and locking of doors in the desired position.
Depending on their purpose, mirror doors can convey a high-quality image or serve as a basis for the use of sandblasting, fusing and other technologies, with the use of which the overall design style of the interior is maintained and unique patterns and paintings are created.
It is these new surface treatment techniques that greatly facilitate the care of furniture and expand the scope of use of mirror doors.
Colors and design
Furniture designers offer a huge number of design options for the front of the cabinet. The design can be standard with a selection of popular colors, created for a specific interior style, designed together with the owner of the living room. There are no restrictions in the choice of colors and textures.
The design can combine 2-3 colors
When choosing a color scheme, you should keep in mind that dark shades will absorb the natural color and significantly narrow the visual space of the room. This option is recommended for spacious living rooms - they look great in a monochrome interior, the style of which involves clear geometric lines.
Light shades will create an atmosphere of peace, make the room brighter and expand the visible space. An excellent option for furniture in a classic style is the natural shades and texture of ash, beech, alder oak and other types of light wood.
Dark shades are recommended for spacious living rooms
Light shades visually expand the room
Fully glass and mirror facades look original and self-sufficient. Designers use photo printing, sandblasting, varnish and lakobil technologies. Such furniture gives the room airiness and visually expands the space almost twice.
Mirror facade with sandblasted pattern
Variant of sandblasting pattern on the glass facade of the cabinet
Sliding wardrobe door with photo printing
Sliding wardrobe with photo printing in the nursery
The cabinet can be decorated in several bright colors. Often such color solutions are ordered for children's rooms or in monochrome interiors as a bright accent.
Sliding wardrobe in a children's room, decorated in several colors
By combining matte and glossy surfaces, wood, glass, and mirrors, designers achieve special originality for the facades of built-in and free-standing cabinets. Combined wardrobes look expensive and add a special charm to the interior of the living room, hallway or bedroom.
Alternating blind sashes with mirror ones
Curvilinear profiles create unusual waves on the surface of the facade
Wardrobe facade with diagonal inserts
To create your own cabinet front design, you need to focus on the style of the interior, the colors of the main decoration of the room and your preferences. There are no restrictions on colors, patterns and textures. Using a furniture designer, you can create your own design, which will be 100% original. But it’s better to do this together with furniture designers, who will suggest the best options for integrating furniture into the interior.
Photo printing on wardrobes
The smooth surface of sliding doors makes it possible to use photo printing on them using large-format printers. Another new product on the market is direct printing on chipboard.
At the same time, you can use ready-made designs from designers, photo wallpapers, or make an individual order, selecting reproductions of world masterpieces, posters, professional photographs to suit your taste. Even photographs from your personal archive can become the basis for the design of furniture with sliding doors.
Built-in wardrobe: built-in options of various configurations
Built-in wardrobes are made to order according to individual sizes. There are several design variations. The most common is a wall-to-wall cabinet. This model allows you to create a full-fledged dressing room in the room. This is the most economical solution, since the product consists of sliding doors attached directly to the floor, ceiling and walls, and internal filling elements.
A built-in wardrobe in the living room can be made with open shelves, which are recommended to be used for installing a TV, stereo system, placing books, photographs and other accessories.
One of the configuration options for a built-in wardrobe is a model in which the walls of the room itself take on the role of walls.
The panel-to-panel design has side walls. This is a good option for a room with two exits that are located on the same plane. If the front door is located in the middle of the wall, the most appropriate option, allowing rational use of free space, is a model with a mezzanine above the opening. The wardrobe frames the door around the perimeter, making it the highlight of the interior.
The design with one side surface is represented by the wall-to-panel model. It is advisable to arrange this option in a room with a corner door. A two-door wardrobe with a mezzanine is convenient in case of high ceilings in the apartment, when it is not practical to install doors that are too high. The mezzanine can be used to store things that are rarely used.
The most common configuration option is to install a wardrobe in a niche of the room, which is not very convenient to use for any other purposes.
To organize a storage system under the stairs or in the attic, you should use a built-in wardrobe under a sloping ceiling. This design will eliminate broken corners and rationally use cramped space. However, the manufacture of such a cabinet is a complex, labor-intensive process that requires precise calculations for each detail.
Built-in wardrobes
It is not always convenient to equip the facade of cabinets built into niches and corners with compartment doors.
Moreover, traditional sliding doors still have one important advantage - this mechanism ensures the longest trouble-free operation and easy replacement of parts when repairing.
The possibility of using such doors is significantly expanded due to high-quality and inexpensive custom assembly. Perforated or slatted doors will provide adequate ventilation.
Doors made of wooden slats will create coziness in eco style. Transparent glass cabinet fronts combined with wood may suit vintage lovers.
Glass also allows you to apply painting and painting with stained glass and acrylic paints. Different types of stops, fasteners and handles can ensure practicality and long-term use.
Varieties of modern wardrobes: photos of interesting options
There are various variations of sliding wardrobes, which differ in shape, size and finishing material. According to the type of design, products can be cabinet-mounted or built-in. The first option is a self-contained cabinet, which consists of rear and side walls, top and bottom panels, and sliding doors. The structure can be moved from place to place. It is advisable to install such a wardrobe in low rooms, since the structure does not reach the ceiling.
Built-in cabinets can be given any style, so they fit more harmoniously into any interior, do not violate the overall harmony and look quite aesthetically pleasing
Important! An autonomous compartment has certain dimensions and a clear geometric shape, so it will be difficult to fit it into an irregular corner or place it along an uneven wall.
The wardrobe, built into a niche, is represented by a fixed module that occupies the entire space of this recess. This model does not have a back wall or top panel. If the cabinet takes up all the free space along one of the walls, it may lack side elements. This is a solid design that is made to order. A built-in swing wardrobe is assembled from ready-made elements with your own hands. The main advantage of such a model is the ability to install it anywhere, since the elements of the product are adjusted to the existing space.
The design of the built-in wardrobe is such that it completely occupies all the space allocated for it, which is used most efficiently
The design can be straight, angular or diagonal-angular. The first option is represented by a rectangular product. This form is used for frame double-leaf wardrobes. The corner model allows you to make maximum use of the corner, which is especially important for small rooms. This form is most often used for square hallways and rectangular children's rooms. Despite the seemingly small size of the product, the built-in corner wardrobe is very spacious on the inside. However, in order for the design to be convenient to use, it is important to select the internal layout.
The diagonal corner cabinet has a slightly convex facade. This design is characterized by maximum capacity and has an attractive appearance. However, the product is highly expensive compared to other models. This is caused by the complex shape of the facade.
The main advantage of a cabinet wardrobe is that it can easily be moved to any place in case of repair
