Open shelves in the interior of the kitchen

Open shelves in the interior of the kitchen - a very fashionable modern trend. They are horizontal or slightly inclined planes, mounted on the wall, ceiling with the help of special fasteners. Access to their content is possible from one or several sides. This solution is convenient, practical, because the necessary items are "at hand." This design looks great, slightly expanding the space, which is important for small kitchens. A variety of design options for the design, allows you to choose the appropriate elements of furniture for any interior.

Advantages, disadvantages of open shelves in the kitchen

On open shelves they have dishes, cookbooks, notebooks with recipes, table textiles, souvenir compositions, jars of cereals, and spices. They, like any piece of furniture, have certain pros and cons.

Positive properties:

• lightweight room design;
• if necessary - easy, fast dismantle;
• due to the lack of doors, no additional space is required for plowing them up;
• convenient placement for objects of constant use;
• when finished in the color of the walls they are almost invisible;
• very aesthetic appearance;
• lower cost than closed cabinets.

Negative qualities:

• able to accumulate dust, especially if the windows overlook a busy highway;
• not everyone is able to arrange dishes beautifully each time, which leads to chaos;
• when there is no exhaust, it is difficult to wash grease mixed with dust;
• small capacity, insufficient for large items;
• problematic to embed in a ready-made headset.

To make cleaning less labor-intensive, it is recommended to purchase a powerful extractor that qualitatively removes air suspension of grease and steam from the room, and does not overly clutter the surface.

Varieties, location options

In order to small drops of fat, water, dirt does not accumulate in large quantities on the shelves, it is advisable to place them away from the sink, cutting and cooking surfaces. In order not to form a mess on the shelves, they place a small amount of objects on them, preferably homogeneous or alternate with closed cabinets. This piece of furniture is mounted on the wall, suspended from the ceiling, installed as a floor structure, built into various pieces of furniture. By design features shelves are available:

• single - rectangular, square, semicircular, fantasy shape;
• located in the form of a single ensemble - shelves-lattices, "snakes", "pyramids", cascades, etc.

There are several types of shelves:

• functional - used for the arrangement of dishes, various kitchen utensils;
• decorative - serve only as interior decoration;
• mobile - each is mounted separately from the rest, easily removed, outweighed in another place;
• stationary - are part of the rack, headset, without them, the design loses the necessary properties.

The design, located directly above the working, dining table, soft kitchenette, becomes a convenient place to store items that are needed so often that it makes no sense to hide them. Shelves-consoles are mounted perpendicular to the wall, and to reduce the risk of injury they are placed in such a way as to minimize the chance of hitting your head with your hand. For the same purposes, the corners are rounded off, protected with rubber, plastic linings, which is especially important for glass, metal hangers.

Hinged products are mounted on hinges, screws, brackets. It is important to fix the product as horizontally as possible - otherwise the dishes, other objects will move out of it.

 
Wall cabinets without doors are mounted to the ceiling itself or at another convenient height. Rarely used items are placed at the top, needed daily - at a height that is easy to reach by hand, without standing on a stool, stepladder. For a small kitchen, a set is chosen, which merges in color with the wall colors, so that the maximum possible expansion of space is achieved, and the shelves seem almost imperceptible. Such cabinets, like closed ones, are equipped with LED lighting. The design can be carried out and combined - to have doors on top and one or two open shelves at the bottom of each. Furniture, resembling a cabinet, but without doors, is installed on the floor, corner open models are notable for their large capacity, and have triangular, convex, and concave shelves.

Open shelves in built-in racks

The rack is a piece of furniture, a little more than a meter high or reaching the ceiling, usually without doors, of a rear wall, placed on the floor. In spacious rooms, this product has a zoning function, separating the dining area from the place of cooking. The metal construction usually has removable shelves that are mounted on perforated metal guides. The rack can be built into a niche - for a kitchen room of irregular shape, attached to the wall, play the role of an extreme module in the headset, be duplicated in interiors where symmetrical placement of objects is necessary. When placing such furniture in a place well lit with street light, it has live potted plants, near the cooking place - a microwave, and other frequently used kitchen appliances.

Drawers with open shelves

This product is often purchased by people who have a lot of beautiful dishes, decor, suitable for kitchen facilities. The design is suitable for storing pans and pots, cutting boards and salad bowls, vegetables and cereals. Open pedestals are not recommended for use in families with small, mobile children, curious pets, able to overturn everything that is within reach. This furniture looks good in the kitchen, combined with the living room or studio apartments.

Shelves in the facade of the island

In the island arrangement of the headset, open planes are mounted under the surface of the tabletop, repeating its configuration. Depending on the available content, they can be rotated in the direction of the dining area or the place of cooking, located on the back of the kitchen sofa-island, combined with the bar counter. Here are placed books or notebooks with recipes, a variety of decor, plastic, wooden, wicker-woven organizers for various trifles. Such a design is convenient for people whose height is significantly below average - it is difficult for them to reach the upper shelves.

Corner Shelves

The location of the shelves in several internal corners saves space, allowing you to maximize the use of the entire kitchen area, bringing perfection to the interior. Here they put vases with fresh flowers, dry bouquets, and if the mount is strong enough and the corner is far from the sink, a small TV is placed.

Designs for external corners are used in cases where the angle between two adjacent walls is more than 180 degrees. This option looks great, often located above the bar, thumbs. The shelves mounted on the ventilation ducts have a U-shaped, most often rounded shape, skirting the two outer corners at once, creating an original accent. The filling for them is mostly small décor - such wide shelves can only be made in very spacious kitchens.

Ceiling mounted

Suspended shelves are mounted on the ceiling with the help of chains, rods, cables, cords, wire, attached to the hooks. When self-mounting should take into account the weight of the structure, its level of mobility. In order to avoid falling of the placed objects, the product is supplied with small sides, including openwork. Ceiling shelves that have special slots, suitable for placing glasses, wine glasses, glasses on the leg. On the usual straight lines, thermophilic indoor flowers, rarely used dishes, kitchen textiles and others will be placed. Such convenient elements become part of an island or near-wall set, significantly saving space.

With combined mount

Heavy, bulky shelves often have a combined mount - not only to one or two walls, but also to the ceiling. The product does not look "airy", but this type of installation is very reliable. On this model of furnishing, a large TV, including an old model, heavy cast-iron, earthenware, plants in pots or tubs, books in thick covers, statuettes of metal, ceramics, and gypsum will be safely accommodated.

Style, color, material

Open models are best suited for most styles:

• country music;
• Provence;
• classical;
• rustic;
• chalet;
• art believe;
• Scandinavian;
• high tech;
• loft;
• Art Deco;
• baroque;
• Empire;
• minimalism;
• brutalism;
• modern;
• Japanese;
• African.

The most suitable material for any style is natural wood. Designs richly decorated with carvings are often found in luxurious interiors of the Empire style, baroque. More simple, thick, coarse, suitable for Scandinavian style, rustic. In country and provence, it is allowed to close the shelves with decorative curtains with floral ornaments or checked. High-tech style, loft mean shelves of glass, metal, or a combination of both. In classical, neoclassical interiors, stone elements look good, they are placed symmetrically, and plastic - in minimalism, futurism, even in rococo or gothic styles.

When installing heavy structures on walls or ceilings made of plasterboard, an additional installation of embedded bars is required.

Wood

They have various sizes, they can be rectangular, rounded, asymmetrical configuration, have a different thickness. They are decorated with textured carving, painting, elegant pyrography, covered with wax, stain, varnished, and when placed in wet corners of the room - soaked with special compounds that prevent distortion, cracking, fungus damage, molding.

Natural wood is used as a simple and valuable species - oak, beech, maple, cherry, pear, alder, pine, spruce, fir, larch, birch and many others. For low-cost interiors, natural wood is replaced by laminated or veneered chipboard, fiberboard, MDF, plywood, laminate, plasterboard. Wooden surfaces are perfectly combined with the forged, wire, textile frame, separate glass inserts or sides. The product is mounted using brackets, carved from wood, forged from metal, self-tapping screws, looks great on walls lined with clapboard, covered with "wood" wallpaper.

For independent production of wooden shelves, dry wood is selected that does not have falling out knots, cracks, cracks, mold traces, or bark beetle damage. Fragments of euro pallets, drawers, old furniture will fit, which should be polished, marked, tinted with wood stain.

Metallic

Such parts are usually made of stainless steel, for individual interior styles they are chrome-plated, covered with gilding. The shelves have a small thickness, with proper fastening can withstand a significant load. They are reliable, durable, aesthetically pleasing, easy to clean from dirt. Often the product is made mesh, for example, for drying dishes above the sink or has hooks for hanging cups by the handle. Sometimes only the skeleton itself is made of metal, the horizontal planes, and the side walls are decorated with slit plywood fragments or interwoven with macrame threads.

Plastic

Shelves made of polyurethane do not differ high strength, because they are used primarily for decorative purposes. They are relatively durable, easy to assemble, painted by manufacturers in different colors. They have small vases of flowers, light dishes, framed photographs, and jars of spices. The designs are made of fantasy form, combined with brackets, niches, other plastic stucco.

Plastic floor collapsible racks are usually placed in the corner of the room, suitable for storing a small amount of dishes, cutlery, kitchen textiles. If desired, a soft plastic shelf is easy to make from multi-colored plastic bags or a piece of film used to make greenhouses. The material is stitched in the form of small squares or sloped sections, suitable for storing flatware, dishwashing sponges, bags with fragrant herbs, spices.

Glass

Products made of transparent or tinted glass have a high decorative effect. They are able to significantly facilitate the interior, adding room airiness. This model is selected with a thickness of at least five to seven millimeters, often has a rear mirror wall, which allows you to further expand the space, filling it with reflected light. Glass shelves require special hardware, fitted with holders with rubber gaskets and clamping screws on the bottom. This design will allow you to secure the glass as securely as possible, preventing its accidental fall. Very popular U-shaped, equipped with bumpers of different heights on both sides.

From natural or artificial stone

This stone construction of granite, marble has a significant weight, because it is used very rarely, in kitchens with other surfaces of stone - walls, floor, window sills, countertops. The artificial stone is much lighter, more plastic, it is mounted on almost any surface with the help of special metal brackets, it imitates the real one qualitatively. Shelf is placed above the electric or false fireplace, above the table top, made of the same material, is attached to the forged brackets, side columns. Stone furnishing elements are very environmentally friendly, durable, look good in various interiors, sometimes decorated with textured carvings. This model is rarely suspended, often has a combined mount.

Conclusion

Open hanging shelves in a city apartment, village house, country cottage - the original solution for rooms of any size. This type of construction allows you to comfortably decorate the kitchen space, located in the most convenient places. For a small kitchen, narrow walls or ceilings are most often chosen; for more spacious ones, they are wide, long, with multiple decorations. Shelves for the kitchen are practical, aesthetic appearance, sold by manufacturers as part of a full-fledged headset or as an independent product.