How to choose a bathroom furniture: Answers to the main questions

We tell how to choose a sink tube, storage system, mirror in accordance with modern trends and extend the life of furniture.

We will tell you how to choose the furniture for the bathroom, so that the room is comfortable and beautiful. Let's start with the review of materials that are suitable for such an environment.

Choose bathroom furniture:

Materials

Accessories and fastenings

Headset

Built-in lighting

Trends

Manufacturers

Care

Materials

Splashes, temperature and steam drops will affect the cabinets every day - especially if the room is small and there is no good ventilation. Therefore, the surface of the facades, the housing, the edge must be moisture-resistant. This requirement responds several materials.

Materials housing

• MDF, VDN. Durable plates can withstand a lot of weight. This is aesthetic, budget material.
• Metal. Most often, metal inserts are combined with MDF, HRSP or glass. Different with durability, decorative, but have a heavy weight, a high price. Metal is not suitable for each interior.
• Plastic weighs little and is inexpensive. But it will not stand heavy items and has a small margin of safety, plastic interfaces can not be put next to the heat source and brushing with abrasive means, so it is not suitable for all interiors.
• Strained glass. More often occurs in separate elements headset. For example, on the tabletop. Tempered glass will not break, it is difficult to scratch. But it is difficult to care for such a surface.

MDF and VDP - the most running material.

Finish coating

So that the extruded panels are not spoiled from the effects of water, they are treated with resins, primers and other coatings. We list them.

• PVC film. It is a water-repellent, sufficiently durable self-tech. There are always many shades on sale. Contrary to popular belief, the film does not spare from the surface for a long time.
• Enamel (varnish). The painted surface can be glossy or matte. Enamel is stable to a couple and moisture, looks beautiful.
• Melamine, acrylic, HPL plastic. The coating can resemble a translucent or stained glass. The first option is the most economical solution. But often such plastic is not racks to mechanical effects, it is easily split, scratched, absorbs dirt. HPL and acrylic racks, but its cost is higher.

Forses - Achilles Fifth Fifasses. There are several technologies for their finishing. In an inexpensive sets with facades from the VDSP, the technology "Edgeless" is used. The edges provide monolithium and moisture resistance of the facades. To reduce the cost of the sets, use the edge of PVC, which in conditions of high humidity can accelerate over time. A more reliable protection of the ends is the plastic edge, in the manufacture of which polyurethane glue or laser welding was used (depending on the scale of production). The ends of the facades of MDF + enamel are separated in the same way as the facades, that is, they are so ground and lay in layers. This technology provides high moisture resistance.

Durable and at the same time economical materials - MDF and VSP with a PVC film coating panel. Beautiful, wear-resistant, but more expensive headsets are made of glass, metal or treated with acrylic plastic, paint and varnish.

As for the array, some breeds, with high humidity, they only become stronger. For example, Alder, Oak, Wenge. However, wood should be pre-carefully sucked and covered with several stages of protective layers of primer, oil, paints, varnishes, wax and oils.

The headset from a veneered glued massif, pressed from several layers of wood (lamellae), which are fixed with a special adhesive composition are more common. But wood products, solid or glued, can afford only owners of spacious, well ventilated premises.

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Accessories and fastenings

Materials figured out. It remains to learn some nuances on how to choose waterproof furniture for the bathroom.

Tips for choosing accessories

• Often in the enclosures make extra holes - so that the shelves can be installed at different heights. Check if the plugs are on these holes. They protect the material from moisture penetration inside.
• The main material of the fittings for wet premises is chrome metal. It is important that under the chromium layer was metal. Plastic after a few months of operation will radiate. The most durable handles are stainless steel.

What attachments are needed for mounting

To the walls it is necessary to fix not only hinged elements, but also floor-standing on the legs. European manufacturers complete with furniture supply fasteners for all fundamental walls. If the wall is less durable: from slotted brick, foam concrete or hollow plates, special metal anchors and dowels are used.

If we plan to cover the fundamental walls by plasterboard, you need to fix the mortgage elements under GVL. Often they are made of a pine timber with a thickness of 40 cm. Anchors use for fastening.

It happens that the repair is already completed, and the mortgages are not provided. In this case, metal anchors 10-15 cm long will be helped. At the same time, it is necessary to consider one requirement - the distance between the main wall and the GWL panel should not be more than 50-60 mm. Otherwise, most of the anchor will overcome, as it will be on the weight. In a spacious shower, a GLC-septum is often installed to the ceiling to zonate the space. Before mounting a mounted locker on it, refer to the vertical mortgages for the entire height. They are needed for reliable mounting headset.

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Furniture & Accessories

Now let's tell you what furniture to choose for the bathroom. First, we will give several advice on the planning of the interior as a whole, and then consider each zone separately.

General recommendations

• Try not to clutter all the walls and floor things. Determine the minimum set of objects. This is usually a cabinet with a sink, a mirror locker, an open shelves, a laundry basket. In some cases, the cabinet penalty.
• A small room will be visually expanded if you install suspension furniture. For example, a closed headset with a mirror or an end with a place for a washing machine, a basket.
• For the floor heated, attached mounted modules are also relevant.
• If you choose floor stands, it is better that they have legs, and not a solid panel. This will facilitate cleaning.
• In the spacious shower you can buy large things. In small - small.

Washbasin

Often at the beginning of the repair, when you need to choose and install plumbing, you do not think about the rest of the interior. With hinged elements in such a situation there will be no problems. Enter them in the interior is easy. For example, organize space over the washing machine with front loading. But choose a prestole for a washbasin zone better at the stage of repair. You need to understand what size will be the cabinet that you will keep in it, what kind of siphon is better to install.

At the draft work, we advise you to think about placing furniture and if you are planning a mirror cabinet with a backlight, a socket, switch. Open wiring in a wet room is invalid.

Podstole for washbasin

• Open. On the shelves, all the contents are favorable, it is easy to get it. There is no door that can be a hindrance in the open state. The problem is only that from splashes, steam and dust things are not protected.
• Closed. In such an end, there are usually more objects, and the facades reliably protect them from water.

It is most convenient for all the substoles with fully drawers separated on compartments with plug-in organizeri containers. Or a cabinet with an empty space and a compact siphon.

Storage systems

• Retractable boxes are more convenient than shelves - even with a smaller volume in them easier to maintain order and find the necessary things.
• Choose closed shelves. With the same dimensions, they are larger than open. Intermediate option - shelves with sideboards or combined cabinets with open and closed sections.
• On the wall of plasterboard can be mounted models equipped with legs. They will remove part of the load from the wall.
• Floor stand with drawers under a width wide no more than 50 cm and a mounted mirror without a closet - another solution for a small bathroom. Under the mirror, make the shelf for toothbrushes and hygiene items.
• If there is enough space, you can put a width penalty from 30 cm. Household chemicals, towels, bath accessories will enter it. Under the mounted penalty, the laundry basket will fit.
• Sandwicked stands and corner headsets also help keep free space.
• A transparent cabinet with glass shelves does not overload space, suitable for niche. It does not destroy from water - it can be mounted on the bathroom, put gels for the shower, shampoos.

The spacious bathroom has the ability to put several cabinets or tumb for storage. In this case, next to the sink can be limited to a large mirror with a glass shelf or a long countertop. In the close room are relevant than functional shallow spacious mirror lockers. They have a shellf, compartments, drawers, built-in sockets and a backlight with a switch located on one of its walls. Variants of such cabinets set.

Mirror

• A large mirror is plus for a small bathroom, as the space is visually expanding. But there are no restrictions and the size of the model depends on your taste and style in which the shower is framed.
• Approximate distance from the sink - 35-45 cm. These parameters need to be adjusted depending on the growth of all family members.

Accessories unload the place on the shelves and help keep all things in the reach area. Glasses for toothbrushes, towel holders, soap dispensers are attached to the wall, easily clean, can completely replace the mounted cabinet.

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Built-in lighting

• Choose the backlight, the most approximate color to the natural light (CRI color rendition index is not lower than 80, but better 85) - so the eyes are tired less, and the color gamma reflection is not distorted. Too bright or dull lamp will reduce the reliability of the reflection. The first will be glare, the second is to darken.
• Install plants with matte glasses - they will provide scattered lighting.
• Work illumination in a small room up to 5 m² is not required. Enough basic lighting or decorative illumination.

Modern Trends Furniture for Bathroom

Modular furniture

The essence of the principle is to create a set consisting of separate, easily combined with each other elements (modules) of different widths, heights, depth, destination. At the same time, a small kit may include both three or four names, each of which is represented in two or three sizes, and more.

Extended kits are especially common among leading European manufacturers. And in this case, buyers offer several facades, layers layouts, ways to open doors.

Single style

Modern shower on the setting is increasingly becoming a living room. It is often space for storing bath accessories and all sorts of accessories stylistically not distinguish from the chest or dressing table in the bedroom. This allows you to turn on the bathroom into a single space of the house, such as a bedroom, which, by the way, is very relevant.

Simplicity

In trend, mounted elements, simple geometric shapes, sophisticated fronts. Their design "eats" with high-tech plumbing devices, characterized also exquisitely simple design with increasing functionality.

In small rooms, minimalist furniture is preferable, especially in combination with attachments. To the note: the undoubted trend of recent years is in almost complete refusal of the actuating fittings and excessive jewelry of the facades. Smoothness and simplicity - today it is probably the main decor.

Natural materials

Surfaces decorated with noble natural veneer of wood, or coatings imitating wood, in. fashion. All this makes the space even more harmonious and warm. Also relevant countertops from natural stone, concrete, array or materials, imitating them. For example, cast countertops from an artificial stone - sink, in this case, simply becomes part of them.

Quality internal filling of cabinets

We advise you to pay attention not only to design, sizes, color, but also on the organization of the internal space of storage systems. Wide, fully retractable boxes with closers and lockers opening with the facade (Touch system) are complemented by internal organizer separators, trays, which will provide order, more space for storing accessories, cosmetics, napkins, comb, brushes and other things you need. Boxes for storing hairdryers and electric devices are often equipped with built-in sockets.

Natural colors

Popular colors of greenery, sand, land and blue sky. And as a result, Beige is still in the range of trendy colors. It is good and in itself, and in combination with other natural shades. Under the close attention of designers warm saturated colors: soft caramel, mocha, cinnamon, cream-brulee. Today and warm, light gray tones are relevant: French gray, melange, monsoon, stone, soft graphite (earthy).

Minimalist mirrors

The mirrors with open glass shelves were changed by stylish rectangular in a thin frame and minimalist shallow mirrors, equipped with a spacious shelves. The models without frame are especially popular - simple and with the factory designs with illumination. The new decision becomes mirrors put on the shelf. In addition, more expensive models are equipped with an anti-recruit system (the heating element located on the reverse side provides the transparency of the mirror canvase) and even the "mirror-TV" function.

Furniture which manufacturer choose in the bathroom

In the list - Russian and foreign companies, producing stylish, high-quality stands, cabinets and accessories.

• Aqwella
• "Aquaton".
• Roca.
• Vigo.
• TRITON.
• Keramag.
• Jacob Delafon.
• Burgbad.
• Villeroy & Boch.

Bonus: How to increase the service life of furniture

First of all, take care of the forced ventilation of the room, because the window in the bathroom is a big rarity. Despite the mark "moisture-resistant", any surface requires a careful relationship. It is desirable not to leave the water splashes on its surface. To care for objects from veneer and natural wood, specialized polyters should be used (with the exception of wax), which create a protective film, purify the surface and give them a beautiful shine.

Before laying a warm floor, make measurements, taking into account the location of the cabinets in the bathroom and indents from the walls and corners, it makes no sense to heat these sections, and some interior objects are harmful to "hot climate".