Open shelving in the kitchen is not easya beautiful accessory, but also a place to store a variety of kitchen utensils. Usually men do not understand why a woman needs so many shelves, when every mistress knows that it is much faster and more convenient to cook delicious food, if everything you need is at hand, in a conspicuous place.
Hanging shelves for the kitchen serve for storagespoonfuls, bowls, bowls, jars of cereals and spices. It should be noted that such an interior item can be both purely decorative and practical. In the first variant, the shelves are usually located outside the cooking zone. They look great decorative vases, figurines, painted utensils or various cute little things made by themselves.
Decorative hanging shelves for the kitchen, likerule, made of wood, because it most favorably emphasizes the comfort and comfort of the room. It can not be said that they will play a decisive role in the interior design, but they will certainly bring their zest. For the classical style, wooden hanging shelves for the kitchen are excellent, the photos of which are presented below.
In the case of an interior in the Art Nouveau style more appropriatethere will be shelves with a lot of chrome parts. They can be attached to walls, but more often on the market you can see metal curtain rails, which are compact in size and easy to attach to an iron rail. A photo of this type of hinged shelves is presented below. They usually have the form of lattices and are associated with purity and order.
In modern interiors very oftenDesigns with illumination that can advantageously supplement the main lighting. A hanging shelf with glass can become a bright accent in the interior of any kitchen.
This kind of interior can be radically differentwidth, height and depth. Regarding the last parameter, the best option is the shelf hinged kitchen with a depth of 30-33 cm. The height and width will depend on the purpose of the hinged structures, as well as the size of the room. For a small family, a shelf of 40 x 60 cm may be sufficient, but for four or five people it is better to choose a more practical option.
In a spacious room look much betterwide, but low hanging shelves for the kitchen. And for a small room it is more appropriate to choose high and narrow options. It will also look good from the design of several identical small shelves.
In order to make shelves for kitchens by hand, you need some tools and materials that can be easily found in almost any construction shop. You will need:
- sheets of chipboard (width - 30 cm);
- Melamine edge;
- Furniture corners;
- door handles;
- Screws and screwdrivers;
- spring supports;
- glue joiner;
- rods for hanging kitchen implements;
- Electric jig saw;
- drills and drill;
- Roulette, pencil, ruler, measuring rod, clamp.
Before you start making, you needview the photo of hinged shelves and choose the most pleasant option. Then you need to draw a drawing and calculate the right amount of material for a future hinged structure. It is best to buy factory blanks from laminated chipboard. But you can also buy chipboard and cut it according to the drawings.
For this work is best suitedElectric jig saw, which practically does not leave defects on the edges of the product. For a qualitative result, the ends of the parts can be milled using a hand-held machine. You should also use for sawing the chipboard with an electric saw with a carbide-tipped disc having a reverse tilt of the teeth.
All the logs are covered with melamine lining. For this, the edge is applied to the end of the part and gently pressed against the hot iron, excess is cut off.
To the kitchen shelves served for a long time, their bodyit is necessary to assemble completely on the screws. For this purpose, holes are drilled in each detail with a depth equal to one third of the length of the screw. For correct placement of internal sections, it is better to use a measuring rod, which must be pulled to the bottom of the shelf using a clamp.
If the structure has folding doors, thenattach spring support brackets. They are first fixed on the partitions and side walls of the hanging shelf, and then screwed directly to the doors. It should be borne in mind that the upper edge of the door should be 3 to 5 mm from the top edge of the case, then nothing will prevent opening and closing.
Depending on the overall style of the kitchen interior, andalso personal preferences of the owners of the house, you can choose different options. The simplest solution to the problem is painting. Hanging shelves for the kitchen is better to paint with acrylic paint on a water basis, because it is non-toxic, practically odorless, very quickly dries and has an incredibly wide palette of colors and shades.
Another option is to use the jig saw toornate pattern and cover the shelf with varnish for woodwork. Also, you can wrap it with self-adhesive paper of suitable color. Here, as they say, you need to rely on your imagination and create a real masterpiece.
