Nightstand in the living room: variety of products and tips for choosing the ideal option

If the hallway is considered the calling card of any house or apartment, then the living room can be called an indicator of the wealth and hospitality of the owners. In a way, it is the “center of the universe”, in which events are constantly taking place. This is where we gather with the whole family to relax or watch TV, where we invite guests and relax after a busy day at work. Therefore, when arranging the interior of this room, you need to be able to correctly select not only materials for finishing the walls, floor, ceiling, but also such details as textiles, decorative elements, lighting sources and furniture. At the same time, a fairly popular piece of furniture is the cabinet, which performs many useful functions. Today we invite our readers to take a closer look at this product and further tell you what types of cabinets there are and how to choose them correctly.

Nightstand in the living room - advantages and disadvantages

Any furniture store offers a fairly large assortment of similar pieces of furniture, which allows you to choose the ideal model that will not only match the style of a particular interior style, but also meet the needs of the owners. At the same time, thanks to the undeniable advantages of the cabinet, its popularity, and accordingly the sales volume of such a product, is constantly increasing.

Sideboards made for the interior of a living room have a more attractive design than, for example, the same items for a bedroom, and products from a variety of materials are available for sale. Most models of living room bedside tables are equipped with drawers or shelves, which allows them to be successfully used not only as a convenient stand, but also for storing many things. And most importantly, the diversity of the model range of this piece of furniture allows you to choose the right option for a living room of any size.

Bedside tables in the hall: main characteristics

Our catalog presents elite cabinets with shelves, doors, and pull-out compartments for decorating the living room, among the features of which it is worth highlighting:

The surface of such furniture is also varied: painted, varnished, matte, glossy, veneered, glazed. Come to Mibele salons and showrooms to personally select and buy bedside tables for the living room - furniture that looks truly expensive and stylish in any style setting: Provence, loft, modern, classic.

Choosing material for the cabinet

When choosing a suitable cabinet for the living room, it is very important to pay due attention to the materials from which the product you like is made, because it is this factor that largely determines the purpose of the structure and is responsible for its strength and durability. Natural wood in this case is considered a material that has no competitors. Such cabinets are environmentally friendly products, are durable and look simply luxurious. However, you will have to pay a price for quality.

Products made from MDF will cost much less. These cabinets are very attractive, durable and can last for many years. The only “but” is that owners of such furniture should protect the structures from mechanical damage.

Laminated chipboard is considered an inexpensive option for making furniture with a discreet design. Therefore, when decorating a living room, it is preferable to opt for higher quality items.

Another inexpensive option is to purchase plastic cabinets, which have a large assortment and a fairly attractive design. The disadvantages of plastic products include their predisposition to fading and instability to mechanical damage.

Living room cabinets made of glass always look beautiful and elegant, but they are a very fragile structure.

What is needed to install hanging furniture?

The wall for hanging furniture should be strong and strong. It is desirable that it be load-bearing - so the likelihood that everything will fall is much less. If you have a partition made of plasterboard, it is better to use mortgages and choose furniture that does not weigh much.

The wall for hanging furniture in the living room should not only be strong, but also level

When installing a living room, it is necessary to evenly distribute the load on the wall. One fastening in the center for each cabinet will not be enough; use at least two, on both sides.

To ensure that the furniture hangs perfectly level on the wall, use a level when marking and installing fasteners.

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TV stand in the living room

Until recently, a TV stand was a slightly awkward, angular box that often did not fit into the overall design of the room. Modern models of cabinets in this case benefit not only from the variety of shapes and sizes, but also differ in types. Floor-standing TV stands can be called the most practical and convenient products, which not only easily change their location, but also combine very harmoniously with all areas of design. In addition, the floor type of cabinets is considered to be the most stable and accessible to the consumer.

A hanging TV stand will save space in the living room and looks quite interesting. Such products are mounted on the wall using special fasteners and can be either simple horizontal structures or more voluminous models with many shelves and lighting. Installing such a cabinet, of course, will take time, but the result will be appreciated not only by family members, but also by guests.

The built-in type of TV stands is located in a wall niche and often does not have any unnecessary details other than lighting. This design requires complex installation, but, like the previous proposal, it saves space.

Popular models

A stand with a built-in TV bracket is the most popular model, which allows you to rotate the screen in different directions.

A TV stand in the living room of this type is especially popular for modern room design solutions.

A cabinet with a chest of drawers is often installed in a large living room and does an excellent job as storage.

A hanging model will make the overall design of the room light and airy, and will also free up additional space on the floor.

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A corner cabinet is the most suitable option for a particularly small room, since it will not take up extra space while performing any function.

Floor cabinets are more durable and allow you to easily move items from place to place. This is especially convenient when the cabinet has wheels with convenient stoppers.

A display cabinet is a model for decorating an interior with decorative elements using glass doors and shelves. This option is not suitable as a TV stand in the living room.

Corner cabinet for living room

The corner cabinet has a triangular shape and is considered the ideal solution for filling the unused area of ​​the living room - the corners, while preserving the rest of the space, which, in principle, is the main advantage of such models. Such designs, as a rule, have the height of a standard table and can be closed or open. At the same time, the functional purpose of this type of furniture completely depends on the strength of the materials from which the bedside table is made. Corner cabinets can be used as a base for a TV or an aquarium, as a stand for a vase or photo frames. The interior of the product can be equipped with spacious shelves or drawers, which can also be used to store various items.

Display cabinet for the living room

The main feature of the variety of modern bedside tables in the form of a display case is their design, and they are similar product designs that are partially or completely composed of glass. These types of cabinets are designed not only for storing, but also for displaying their contents, and in most cases these are beautiful dishes, figurines, souvenirs, expensive alcohol and various decorative items. The back of the wall in such cabinets can have a mirror coating, which allows the entire structure to look more voluminous. Doors and shelves in display cases are usually made of glass. The most popular type of display cabinet is considered to be a chest of drawers, which combines closed compartments for storing things and open glass shelves with or without transparent doors. An equally original solution for arranging a living room is the use of a hanging display case or cabinet like a pencil case with one or two doors. Such products can have a standard rectangular or square shape, be angular or rounded.

How and with what to replace the wall in the hall: top 7 different ideas

Any modern furniture instead of a wall in the living room has the main difference - it is more open, does not look so bulky, does not weigh down the space and provides more freedom in the living space, but at the same time it also allows you to store a lot of things.

Modular furniture is especially widespread. It is very functional because it can be easily rearranged to any place, remove unnecessary elements or add new elements. This is a kind of construction set with high mobility. Modular furniture is a type of cabinet furniture, consisting of separate rigid parts (sections, cases), which are obtained by connecting horizontal and vertical elements. The list of what to put instead of a wall in the hall included:

• TV table;
• living room;
• dresser;
• shelves;
• racks;
• closet;
• buffet.

TV table

The living room is a room where there is almost always a TV. If you have one in your living room, then instead of a wall you can put a TV stand. It is especially convenient if the TV is also combined with speakers or a home theater system. You can conveniently place all of the listed equipment on the cabinet.

It will be especially convenient if there are wheels, as this will allow you to easily move or rotate the TV for comfortable viewing.

An equally interesting option is a cabinet that is attached to the wall. It has no legs, i.e. it does not touch the floor. If you add LED lighting at the bottom, you can create the feeling that the cabinet is floating above the floor.

The cabinet can have open shelves or drawers. Here the choice depends on what you want to store on it. It’s convenient to place decorative items, books and magazines on shelves, and put some other things that you don’t want to keep in sight in drawers.

The TV can stand on a cabinet or hang above it, and then its surface can be completely occupied by decor.

There are cabinets with a built-in bracket on which the TV is mounted. The bracket allows you to adjust the tilt angle and rotation of the TV.

Living room

The living room is a modern, more stylish and functional alternative to those same furniture walls. Structurally, it is a TV stand combined with additional elements: pencil cases, open or closed shelves, small cabinets and even a linen closet. All of them are made in the same style, so this “wall” looks stylish and harmonious.

Living rooms can be straight (located in one line along the wall) or corner (located along two walls in the corner of the room). The TV can be placed both on a cabinet and on shelves, and can also be mounted directly on the wall, and at different levels.

The living room has space for books and magazines, decorative items and even dishes. If the kit includes cabinets and closed drawers, you can store any other things there.

Dresser

A chest of drawers is a larger version of a cabinet. Even though they have a lot in common, they are still different from each other. Chests of drawers are larger than cabinets, since they are designed to store more things, most often clothes and bedding. Therefore, it is believed that chests of drawers are more spacious.

Another difference is that the width of the chest of drawers usually dominates the height. With the cabinet it’s the other way around. A chest of drawers in most cases consists of a certain number of identical drawers. The cabinet can have not only drawers, but also compartments with hinged or hinged doors.

If there is not much space, it is better to choose a cabinet, and if the space allows, you can put a chest of drawers instead of a wall. It can have different lengths along the wall. Today, it is especially common to place a long chest of drawers in the living room instead of a wall. It visually lengthens the room and looks very harmonious.

Shelves

The easiest way to decorate the living room interior is to install shelves instead of a wall. They are convenient for storing a home library, accessories, decorative items and other household small items, as well as placing a TV, speakers, home theater and flower pots.

When choosing shelves, it is worth considering that they are designed to accommodate and store things that may be in plain sight. They will not be able to store things that can be put, for example, in a cabinet or chest of drawers. Although there are options in which shelves are combined with closed cabinets.

Despite the apparent simplicity of the shelves, you can use them to create a very interesting design. First of all, this concerns the design and shape of the shelves themselves, which can be completely different. They can be the same or different lengths, located strictly above each other or offset, connected to each other or be separate. Shelves are often combined with a cabinet, chest of drawers, or cabinet.

Shelving

Another option for what to put in the living room instead of a wall is a shelving unit. It is the ancestor of modern storage systems, but this does not reduce its relevance today. In its simplest form, a rack is a rack divided by shelves into tiers where you can store objects and things. It can be with or without glass hinged doors.

The racks are usually beautifully displayed with dishes, collectibles and antique art. A rack with LED lighting looks especially impressive. You can also display your collection of books and magazines on its shelves.

Closet

Today, interiors are widespread in which a cabinet is used instead of a wall, most often a sliding wardrobe, although sometimes there are other options, for example, a pencil case. This is a unique element of cabinet furniture, the main feature of which is that its height is much greater than its width. In simple words, these are narrow cabinets.

Cabinets are used as a separate piece of furniture or as part of living rooms in combination with cabinets and shelves. In the interior, 2 pencil cases look most harmonious, placed symmetrically relative to another piece of furniture: TV, chest of drawers, cabinet, desk, etc.

Sliding wardrobes are no less popular. For living rooms, they are often made with a special place for the TV. It can be placed on a specially designated shelf or hung on the wall, while remaining in the plane of the wardrobe. It can be free-standing or built-in, occupy the entire space along the wall or only a certain part.

In addition to the linear one, you can put a corner wardrobe in the living room. In addition to closed drawers, compartments and sections, it can have open shelves where decorative elements and plants can be placed.

In living rooms, models with mirrors on the doors are especially common. Mirror surfaces visually expand the space of the room, adding more air to it. There are many useful tips on choosing a wardrobe, given by interior design experts.

Buffet

The last option for what to put in place of the old wall is a buffet (sideboard). Such a piece of furniture was undeservedly forgotten at some point. But today the glass display cabinet is coming back into fashion, and in modern and more stylish versions.

The main purpose of a buffet is to store dishes and kitchen utensils. The cabinet has glass doors and sides, and the lower part is usually made with solid walls, although there are also completely transparent models. The buffet usually displays beautiful sets and souvenirs, as well as bottles of wine. The buffet can be represented by two identical cabinets, which are installed on both sides of a beautiful cabinet on which you can place a TV. You can also choose a special model with a niche for TV. There are not only linear, but also corner buffets, which are appropriate in not too large living rooms.

The modern version, the wall-mounted sideboard, belongs to a separate category. This is a lightweight version of a display cabinet, suitable for storing a small amount of dishes.

Selection rules

As we have already said, a cabinet is a fairly multifunctional piece of furniture, so you need to choose such furniture according to the rules. First, you should definitely consider the size of your living room. A compact cabinet is perfect for a small room. For a large living room, you can look for a more spacious option. But, do not forget, too voluminous structures can look ridiculous even over a large area. The height of the ceiling in the living room will be the key to determining the dimensions of the furniture. Lighting has a direct connection with the color scheme of the product.

It is no less important to decide in advance on the functional purpose of the cabinet, because this factor is an indicator for choosing the materials from which the accessory is made. And the most important thing is the choice of furniture manufacturer. The popularity of the company and reviews about it in this case are the best assistant for choosing a particular model.

A living room cabinet is both an interesting and useful piece of furniture.

After all, as you can see, such a design can be used for completely different purposes. That is why modern designers are increasingly abandoning massive walls in favor of smaller and more compact bedside tables, the variety of which allows you to decorate and make any interior style more comfortable.

Sideboards for the living room - beautiful and functional

Large or small cabinets for the living room give the apartment comfort and solidity, making it more functional. They should be used to place family photos, decorative lamps on the top of the furniture, and magazines and documents inside.

You can order stylish and high-quality bedside tables for the living room with delivery to all regions of Russia and at an affordable price from the manufacturer in the Mibele online store. The transportation time for any furnishings takes only 7-10 days. From us you can buy wide or narrow, high or low cabinets for the living room directly from the company’s warehouse in Moscow, St. Petersburg and to order from the official website of the manufacturer.