Sideboard and its application in the modern interior

French furniture masters, who lived in the XVIII century, gave the world such a piece of furniture as a sideboard. The main purpose of the sideboard was to place exquisite dishes and interior decorations. At that time, pottery from ceramics and porcelain was so expensive that often it became the main object of pride of the owners. According to the French fashion of the 18th century, exquisite saucepans, kremanki and cups were exhibited in the most prominent place of the house, emphasizing the high status of their owners. However, storing expensive dishes on the surface of chests of drawers, shelves and tables was unsafe, and it was unreasonable to hide it behind thick cabinet doors. Therefore, the master decided to create a piece of furniture that would allow to demonstrate the beauty of porcelain utensils, while taking care of its safety. That's how the cabinet-cabinet with glass facade doors appeared, which eventually turned into an indispensable piece of furniture for every house.

Despite its venerable age, the sideboard is still popular with designers. Today "House of Dreams" offers its readers to consider the design features of the sideboards, as well as the ways of placing these pieces of furniture in modern interiors.

Design and design of classic sideboards

The design of the sideboard resembles a table buffet. But, unlike the buffet, the sideboard can consist of several sections, each of which is designed to store certain things.

In a classical embodiment, the sideboard is a piece of furniture, conventionally consisting of two elements: the

• of the upper case with glass doors;
• of the lower chest.

The world's first sideboards were made exclusively from precious wood. Fashion of the XVIII century demanded floridity, sophistication and pretentiousness, so the sideboards were often decorated with complex carved elements, golden cover, curved legs and rich accessories. At the same time the servant could be executed both in the form of a single design, and in the form of two separate elements - a massive wide chest and an elongated high showcase. The chest of drawers, as a rule, was equipped with shelves or drawers, in which the housewives stored kitchen utensils or textile accessories. As for the display case, its space was divided by shelves into several sectors, due to which it was possible to place a lot of dining sets and porcelain items in it.

Another difference between the sideboard and the cupboard is the presence of doors. If the upper part of the cupboard can be opened, then the cabinet of the cupboard, as a rule, was equipped with doors with glass elements. Depending on the shape and design features, this piece of furniture could have one, two or several doors, which are often complemented by wooden frames, leaflets and decorative details.

Although the servant originally was designed to store dishes and cutlery, this piece of furniture could be placed not only in the kitchen or in the dining room, but in any other room. For example, the interior fashion of France of the XVIII century allowed to have a sideboard in the most prominent place of the living room or a hall for the reception of guests.

In our open spaces the sideboard gained popularity in Soviet times. But since at that time people preferred maximum simplicity and conciseness, the design of this piece of furniture was greatly transformed. The facade of the Soviet sideboard was not decorated, but carefully cleaned and polished, because of what the product began to resemble a kind of cupboard for dishes.

It may seem that the sideboard is exclusively decorative furniture, which is used in modern decorations just to add an additional style load. However, this is not only a beautiful, but also a fairly functional object, which allows you to organize a convenient system for storing things and dishes.

Sideboard in modern design

Designers like to use chic classic sideboards to emphasize the beauty of certain interior styles. However, due to excessive floridity, the classic sideboard is unlikely to become a harmonious element of modern decorations, so this piece of furniture has been slightly transformed to suit today's requirements and preferences.

Unlike its ancestor, modern sideboard is made not only from wood, but also many other materials - acrylic, plastic, stainless steel, glass, etc., which allows to give it absolutely any decorative direction.

Design modifications touched the design of the product. Today's sideboard is not a symbiosis of a cupboard and a cabinet, but a universal piece of furniture that allows you to solve many functional tasks. For example, almost every large furniture manufacturer produces corner sideboards for the living room, in the design of which there are wide and narrow shelves, drawers, drawers and lockers. Thanks to the angular shape, such a piece of furniture does not take up unnecessary space, but at the same time opens up great possibilities for the location of many things - dishes, interior decorations, books, etc.

In addition to the category of modern sideboards it is possible to include a hill for the living room, which often consists of several shelves, pedestals and shelves. The peculiarity of the sideboard-hump is manifested in the fact that in the construction of this furniture object a place is arranged for the arrangement of household appliances and equipment.

For giving the style expressiveness modern sideboards can be decorated with bright lighting and original decor. In addition, very often the shelves for storing dishes in the sideboard are made of transparent glass or mirror materials, which makes the product an incredibly stylish and bright piece of furniture.

Classic or modern sideboard will not only decorate the interior of your house, but also will make it possible to place all necessary items and accessories as comfortably as possible. However, for this product to look harmonious and stylish, try to ensure that its design suits the design of other furniture in the room.