Cabinet showcase for the living room: the subtleties of choice

Finding decent furniture for the living room or dining room is not such an easy task, because it is the most presentable place in any home. Here they receive guests and spend most of their time with them. It is impossible to decorate the modern living room without exquisite upholstered furniture, and the most successful addition will be a cabinet-display for the living room and well-chosen accessories.

Purpose of the display cabinet

The fashion for cabinet furniture periodically offers different cabinet modifications. The notorious furniture "walls" have long been morally outdated and have lost their relevance. In those days, when the sideboards were already out of fashion, domestic furniture factories produced popular walls. However, for all its universality, the walls were popular, but very cumbersome products. At the same time, Italian catalogs continued to offer potential customers other types of cabinet furniture, including glass cabinets showcases.

Any cabinet is a comfortable and multifunctional furniture, where all kinds of things are stored, which I would like to hide away from prying eyes. On the other hand, any furniture should be a worthy decoration of the living quarters, including the living room, for example, a cabinet with beautiful dishes by the type of showcase.

Today this type of furniture is called a "cabinet-showcase" or "a cabinet with a showcase", or even simply a "glass showcase".However, the glass cabinet resembles much medical equipment in the procedural hospital department, and the word "showcase" in most people is associated with the placement of goods from the store.

Actually - it's the opposite, it's in the trade and medicine showcases came from the living rooms and salons of aristocrats, where guests were offered art objects, collections of masterpieces, blankets, overseas oddities or antiques. A couple of centuries ago, these items were accurately laid out on the shelves behind the glass door, and the guests admired them with delight and emotion to the sound of music, of course, in a lively performance.

Showcase, photo-examples:

Today, the craze for antique furniture brings to life such forgotten objects of a bygone era as a small double couch-sofa for appointments. No less original look graceful couches, where it was taken after a meal, relying on a high pillow to take a nap. The desks supplanted the fashion bureau and secretaries before, where they kept accounts and signed important documents, and this furniture had secret niches and a kind of modern safes.

And here the glass cabinet was called a glass cabinet, although they were of different types: a corner and hanging cabinet-showcase, a small glass showcase the size of a coffee table, as well as a massive three-door or corner cabinet-showcase. They were put, mainly in the living room, and combined cabinets by the type of buffet - in the dining room. By the way, a glass buffet is a simpler modification of the display cabinet, where the upper part is equipped with glass doors, the lower one is more closed, with wooden doors for various kitchen utensils.

In the old days, such furniture was quite expensive and status, it was not produced in series, it was made to order, taking into account the dimensions specified by the client. The cabinet-hanging curtain could be placed between the windows of the living room or dining room, and the corner model stood somewhere in a small niche or in a free corner. Italian masters are reviving all new sketches for lost antique samples of cabinet furniture with glass doors, slightly modernizing them. What is the difference between a modern glass cabinet for a living room, and where is the most worthy place to decorate an interior?

All cabinet furniture is functional enough, whether it is a wardrobe or bookcase, a sideboard or a display cabinet, a cupboard or a furniture wall for the living room, a case for a bathroom or a kitchen. Some are popular at all times, other fashion periodically passes and comes back, but not all of them can become a worthy decoration for the living room. Therefore, they perform not only a utilitarian role, but also an aesthetic one. This is the best place for beautiful dishes, antiques, silverware, a collection of watches or other worthy things that are pleasantly ordered and displayed for public viewing. Sometimes it makes sense to add diode lighting from the inside to draw attention to the beauty of the content.

Many glass cabinets showcases for the living room on the rear wall have a mirrored back, in which the space reflects the room, the room visually looks more spacious. Glass doors allow enough light to shine in the edges of crystal glassware or colored glass, but the display case must not be overloaded with utensils, otherwise it will look really "shop-like".It is better to put only the most beautiful, but so that each elegant thing is clearly visible from all sides. The same applies to collections of antiques - such a heap looks like a hastily designed museum exposition. It is equally important that all things look good in the interior, and also conform to the general style, but the color of textiles, for example, can be chosen in such a way as to harmonize with the main items of the collection.

Fans of travel abroad and long-distance travel can buy a wardrobe for the living room to exhibit souvenirs brought from different parts of the earth. Well, when the entire interior design is consistent with this plan, for example, the room is decorated in a colonial style, Mediterranean or English. On top of the showcase do not put anything, but the globe can emphasize the "round-the-world" idea. The most expensive things still should not be put on public display, they can be stored in a personal safe or in the bedroom, and a small showcase is quite suitable for this. The same applies to family relics, which may not be of interest to the guests, but to remind of the glorious family history in the personal space.

In addition, an elegant new corner cabinet-showcase from expensive wood and high-quality sparkling glass - is much better than the morally obsolete sideboard, which stores collected by several generations of dishes. It is much better to expose the most beautiful wine glasses and glasses, sets and flowerpots so that dust does not settle on them, and use only for a special occasion, the rest of the good can safely migrate to the kitchen.

Advice: Remember, the less wood in the display cabinet and more glass, the easier and more elegant the exhibited copies will look. Even if wooden shelves are provided there, they can be replaced with glass. Choose models with mirrors on the back wall and a soft internal illumination.

Showcase location in the living room, dining room and other rooms

To determine where it is best to put the display cabinet, you need to consider all options, depending on the overall layout of the house or apartment. No less important is the fact that it is planned to place it: for storage or public viewing.

• A showcase in a teen's room is appropriate if the child is already old enough and carefully treats the glass. It houses collections of shells, brought from the seas or a collection of large-scale models of cars, collected for many years. No less interesting is the exposition of large-scale copies of aircraft of different times made by themselves in an airplane circle visited by a teenager. The pupil of the school can store there his sculptures or other children's "masterpieces".
• In the children's room, the wardrobe cabinet is suitable for storing the girls' collection of handmade dolls, purchased by the mother and grandmother. Here, handmade products can be stored, for example, hand-woven napkins or bead-stained ornaments, silk flowers or another hand-made.
• The display cabinet can decorate the dining room where it is convenient to store beautiful dishes, silverware, painted plates or a collection of Chinese porcelain.
• In the spacious hallway there can also be a showcase, where artfully made women's hats and collectible handbags are stored, as well as umbrellas, gloves and neck scarves, beautifully laid on the shelves.
• The classic English cabinet will also be decorated with a massive three-door showcase in which you can combine a collection of ancient folios, bronze candlesticks, antique watches, portraits of great-grandfather in a frame on supports and other useful and beautiful things.

• The main purpose of the display cabinet is still the storage of utensils and collectibles in the living room. The location of the cabinet in this room depends on its size and shape, and if the room is small, then it is better to choose a compact and maximally transparent shop window.
• An expensive Italian showcase for various souvenirs, corporate photo albums, antiques catalogs, rare books and other useful things can become a worthy decoration of the office. It will specifically emphasize the status of its owner and tell not only about the tastes and preferences of the boss, but also about the standard of living and position in society.

Types of showcases for living room

Showcase cabinet - price, configuration, height, number of doors, mirror backdrop can vary significantly. In addition, often such furniture has related functions.

For example:

• showcase-library( for books);
• showcase-shelving( for business papers);
• sideboard( for dishes);
• buffet-showcase( for kitchen utensils with a closed bottom);
• showcase-slide( with rounded top or in the form of a polyhedron);
• showcase pedestal( low glass cabinet under the statuette).

Showcase pedestal can be a maximum of half a meter and inside have a glass shelf. In it you can place a collection of small objects, for example, watches, vases or statuettes, and from above to install the main copy. Such a small display case can be made also under the order, for example, triangular or 6- or 8-faceted form.

Please be aware that glass cabinets can have different number of doors:

• single-leaf;
• double leaf;
• three-leaf;
• combined - from above glass, from below wooden shutters, as at cupboards.

Features of the choice of the showcase

Glass cabinet showcase - the same interesting object for the implementation of design ideas, like any other furniture. For their manufacture, masters use expensive wood and high-quality tempered glass - without the slightest hint of deformation or irregularities. In most models recognizable features of certain stylistics - modern, renaissance, baroque, empire, classic, so there are very picturesque models, decorated with carvings. When choosing a display cabinet it is important to take into account certain moments:

• in a small living room, the more glass in the cabinet, the less space it occupies visually;

• on the north side of the house or at the far wall of an elongated room it is better to put a cabinet-case of light wood with glass shelves;
• the quality of the fittings should be at the proper level, here it is not worth saving;
• in the models of storefronts, where internal illumination is provided, consider the location of the outlet - it's better to stand close to it so that the wire is not visible;
• showcase style should match the overall design of the room and the overall color scheme;
• showcase for storing expensive dishes should be more elegant than for other purposes;
• elite alcohol is stored in special showcases;
• modern showcases are made in any style, from high-tech to gothic;
• cabinet-showcase in the interiors of different styles.

The attractive appearance of the showcase can radically transform any drawing room, especially when it corresponds to the general style.

• For the interior in the style of the avant-garde a glass cabinet will go well, which will add transparency and sensation of weightlessness. They put in a well-lit place and not completely filled.
• Plastic is a relatively inexpensive material, and showcases are also made from it. Such furniture is suitable for dining in the style of expressionism or techno.
• The most expensive option is a showcase made from natural wood, which is suitable for classic interior and cabinet in English style.
• Some models are very harmoniously blended with modern interior, for example, in the style of fusion.

• The expensive cabinet-showcase with carved curls is very organic in the Rococo or Renaissance style.

Advice: The glass showcase should be safe, therefore for its facade and shelves use a special tempered glass of sufficient thickness to withstand a considerable load. However, it is necessary to monitor the behavior of children who may try to test the cabinet for strength. It is best not to put it wherever young children play.