Sliding wardrobe in a children's room - the solution to many problems

A well-equipped children's room - at the same time a bedroom, a playroom and a dressing room, a place for study and developing activities. Personal space

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should not be cluttered with furniture, especially if the dimensions are small. A growing body needs room for movement and the ability to clean things in places to quickly find them. Sliding wardrobe in a nursery - An excellent solution for a multifunctional room environment, and it is important to make the right choice.

The design of the wardrobe in the children's room

Sliding wardrobe for a nursery: varieties

A children's room is a container of many things that are laid out on shelves and departments by variety:

• seasonal clothes and shoes;
• cars, dolls and other toys;
  

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• board games, children's musical instruments;
• balls, rollers, skates and other sports equipment;
• books, notebooks, and sketchbooks;
• stationery, pencils and paints;
• video library with your favorite cartoons and children's songs;
• bedding and linen;
• things dear to the heart and children's secrets.
  

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All this is important to find your place, and the more things in the room, the more spacious the wardrobe should be. In a large house, part of the seasonal things that are in demand for several months are stored in cupboards and on the mezzanine in the hallway. With a lack of space, everything remains in the nursery.

Design of children's wardrobe

The wardrobe is more convenient than other types of cabinet furniture, its doors are pushed to the sides, so it takes up less space. Its name comes from the similarity with the type of car door. This type of furniture has many varieties:

• with two or three sliding doors;
• with all movable folds or partially stationary partitions (blind);
  

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• full mirror facade or with inserts;
• angular configuration (symmetrical cabinet or with right and left parts of different lengths);
• with rectangular parts or with beveled or radial facades and a corner module;
• with side shelving or shelves;
  

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• with mezzanines opening from the outside and internal upper shelves;
• with a classic wooden facade or with a special children's decor;
• portable or built-in wardrobe.

To the attention of parents:

1. Cabinet furniture in the nursery is purchased primarily for the child.
2. Shelves for basic items should be at a comfortable height.
3. It is desirable that there are no sharp corners at the ends of the cabinet where there are shelves or a rack.
4. For each item or item a shelf or box is assigned, accustom the child to order.
5. It is convenient when drawers and doors are equipped with closers - for automatic closing and extension.
   

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6. If there are two or more children, each should have its own departments, with the exception of the shoulder compartment, if it is one.
7. On the upper shelves and mezzanines, parents put things that are rarely in demand by children.
8. If the hanger bar is high, provide the cabinet with an additional lower row of hangers.
9. Children must be taught how each section of the cabinet opens; all of them must be safe!

Children's wardrobe

Advantages of sliding wardrobes

Parents who bought a "compartment" in the hallway or bedroom and appreciated its merits, buy it in the nursery. Main advantages:

• compact form;
• takes up little space, doors open to the sides, without risk for a child who runs into a room;
• each item has a compartment or shelf;
  

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• there is no need for other cabinet furniture, with the exception of a training or computer desk;
• all things are quickly cleaned, they are easy to hide behind the doors and find in their places;
• choosing a facade with a classic look or a fun childish decor.

Tip: For comfortable furniture, there is a place in any room. If the dimensions of the nursery are extremely small, replace the stationary design with the built-in one. They are made to order, taking into account the dimensions of the cabinets and the dimensions of the space allocated for installation.

Sliding wardrobe mirror for a nursery

Sliding wardrobe in a nursery irreplaceable - a photo confirms their convenience, and also demonstrates the variety of facade design.

Choose ready-made or order a built-in wardrobe for the nursery?

Parents often ask the question - where to find a place for a built-in wardrobe with sliding doors if there is not enough space in the nursery? There are several options:

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• on a blank wall, you can attach a bed to the end;
• in any corner;
• in the piers between the windows;
• in an empty niche;
• instead of old cabinet furniture;
• near a solid wall, and convert a folding sofa along the facade;
• as a partition when zoning in a room of two children.
  

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Buying finished furniture is much easier, especially if there is enough space for the cabinet. It remains to choose, given:

• a palette of shades of the children's room, the color of the facade, the presence of mirrors;
• the ratio of the height of the model and the ceiling in the room;
• internal filling (shelves, compartments, departments);
• configuration (straight or angled, with a rack at the end, with mezzanines).

Sliding wardrobe for a nursery: varieties

Built-in "compartments" for the nursery (and other rooms) are developed by individual order. The master must come to the customer and clarify the details by making accurate measurements. A discussion with the manager of the company (in general terms) is at the initial stage, and all details are discussed with the master in order to take into account all the preferences of parents and children. The type of facade is chosen from what the company has at its disposal, and the number of shelves and functionality depends on the wishes of the clientele.

Sliding wardrobe in a nursery you can do it yourself if you have experience and good examples - a photo.

Design of a children's room with a wardrobe

The choice of the facade of children's cabinets

Sliding wardrobe doors are a great way to enhance the design of a child’s room. They are made from different materials:

• natural wood (luxury furniture);
• veneer on top of plywood or chipboard;
• laminated materials (the most common);
• plastic and composite materials.
  

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The variety of decor for children's cabinet furniture is impressive - all kinds of drawings, glass and mirror inserts. A lot of options for varieties of glass processing, so that the cabinet has a unique design:

• stained-glass windows and fusing (deposited pieces of stained glass);
• sandblasting (a combination of a smooth transparent surface and rough opaque areas);
• frosted and corrugated glass;
• color photo printing, etc.

Attention: If the children's room on the north side of the house is not adequately lit, and the closet is facing the window against a remote wall, it is worth ordering a compartment with interior lighting, it can also be external.

Design ideas for a children's wardrobe

Most of all, children like facades depicting scenes from their favorite cartoons - Madagascar, Masha and the Bear, Cars and Shrek. Often, they dictate the overall design of the children's room. Cabinet furniture for children's bedrooms is available in different styles:

• classic;
• country or provence;
• minimalism and functionalism, etc.
  

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Tip: Sometimes a girl and a boy have to store their things in a common spacious closet.If they want their half compartment locked, it is worth listening to their wishes, especially when they are teenagers. Safety and a rational distribution of the internal space are the competence of the parents, and let them choose their appearance. Particularly demanding on design closet to the nursery teenagers.

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Important requirements for children's furniture:

1. The case, facade and internal crossbars of the cabinet must be made of high-quality and environmentally friendly materials, without toxic components and allergens.
2. Mirror and glass inserts, if provided on the façade, must be safe, released from especially durable glass and well fixed. This is indicated in the technical documentation.
   

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3. Furniture for the nursery should be of high quality and affordable. Buying from the manufacturer (and pickup) is cheaper.
4. Structurally, furniture for children should have rounded corners (their absence).
5. The safer and more convenient the wardrobe, the more confidence it should inspire from parents.

How to open the doors of the wardrobe

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Designers offer more and more new options for sliding doors such as "coupe". But sometimes it’s not clear how to open them - a smooth mirror surface, there are no handles at all. Surely, the child does not need to strain, and push the cabinet door on the rollers along the guide, where it is provided:

• a special recess at the edge or at the end of the door;
• pedal at the bottom panel;
• remote control;
• door closers, moving the facade from a small push to the side.

Attention: When buying, specify how convenient the cabinet doors are for you. This is indicated in the technical description of the model.

Making a sliding wardrobe for a children's room

When placing an individual order for built-in furniture, the type of door opening is negotiated in advance so that there is no disappointment. The master should offer all options, and the client should choose. If something does not suit the finished product, the home call master is able to eliminate any defect.

What should be the interior space of the children's wardrobe?

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Since this type of cabinet furniture is multifunctional, the distribution should be as thought out as possible:

• lower shelves - for shoes and sports equipment;
• upper mezzanines - for bedding, warm blankets and winter clothes;
• horizontal bar for demi-season and outerwear, dresses and suits;
  

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• side niches and drawers - for knitwear and underwear;
• large withdrawable section - for toys;
• upper shelves - for hats and accessories;
• external shelves - for books and teaching aids, crafts and souvenirs.

Design ideas for a closet for a nursery

Sliding wardrobes for a nursery are very convenient for children and parents. When they get used to them, and then for any reason they have to completely empty the closet, it’s amazing how so many things fit in there? It is impressive how along one wall all the filling of the bedroom, dressing room, game and sports room was easily located! When planning the majority of urban apartments, this furniture becomes almost the only solution - for the proper organization of space. And the children will quickly get used to putting all things in their place.

Sliding wardrobe in a nursery

45 photos of ideas for closets in the nursery