White wardrobe, color features and how to fit such furniture into the interior

Every housewife dreams of getting refined and at the same time functional furniture. Such an option as a white cupboard will be an excellent solution not only for those who love perfect cleanliness and bright colors. Light-colored furniture adds room to the room and a feeling of freedom, regardless of the size of the room, adds elegance to the interior.

Features of color and its shades

White is truly a royal color: its perfection in a unique property is combined with absolutely any decor, and not only complementing it, but often becoming an accent, the center of the composition. White cabinets in the interior will always be a winning solution, as they can fit into a variety of styles - from minimalism to classics. This is easy to verify by looking at the numerous photos of design decisions.

The neutrality of white color allows you to combine it with similar shades - gray, beige, and with a bright, rich decor of blue, red, green, orange tones. In the first case, it will serve as an addition to the design (if there is a lot of it) or highlight the most attractive elements of the interior (if it is the only bright decor item). In the second case, the neutral color will serve as a background, emphasizing active shades, contrasting with them. Not a very good combination is only blurred yellow.

White color is universal:

it adds light to a dark, sometimes even gloomy interior;
it visually enlarges a small space;
it harmoniously looks in any room of the house - a nursery, a drawing room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom;
he invariably attracts attention with his impeccability.

The fact that the white version or other furniture in light shades is impractical, designers are ready to argue with housewives who advocate for the order of the house. Yes, spots on the white surface are immediately evident, therefore it is better to eliminate them immediately. But dust and fingerprints of not too clean fingers do not immediately become noticeable. This does not mean that cleaning is not necessary, but the white color of furniture is no reason to clean up more often than with cabinets, tables, sofas of other colors.

In order to protect yourself from excessively “soiled” white, you can consider options for furniture in close shades: ivory, cream, mother of pearl, cream, linen, alabaster. More restrained, but from this no less beautiful, shades of white have the same universal properties.

Varieties

White cabinets are suitable for arranging almost all rooms of the house, the difference will only be in their functionality, size, appearance.

for the kitchen, the most obvious option would be hanging cabinets in which dishes, small appliances, cereals, seasonings, and other little things are stored;
in the bedroom you cannot do without a closet or dressing closet with hinged doors. The white surface of the cladding will give the room coziness, in harmony with light linens, a dressing table mirror, and frosted glass inserted into the doors will add restraint;
the nursery is an ideal place for both clothes and a bookcase in bright colors. A white wardrobe in the nursery is responsible for a good mood, and also accustoms to observing the order of the small owners of the room;
it is better to equip the entrance hall with a sliding wardrobe, combined with open lower and upper shelves for storing shoes and hats, with mirrored doors. White cabinets are especially relevant for narrow hallways - with them the rooms will not seem completely tiny;
a living room, where everything should be conducive to a pleasant stay, to ensure a good mood for the owners and guests, is a place where an open cabinet of light shades with shelves and transparent doors will fit perfectly. Fill shelves, open spaces best decorative trinkets (vases, figurines), floral arrangements, books, photographs.

Fantasy, a sense of style and photos of interiors will tell you which cabinet will be the best option for a particular room.

For the living room

For kitchen

For the hallway

For the bedroom

For children

Materials of manufacture

Choosing a new cabinet of white color and shades close to it, there is no need to worry about the quality of materials, as they are traditional for this type of furniture. It:

solid wood;
Chipboard;
MDF;
Fiberboard;
Chipboard.

The desire to acquire a piece of furniture made of natural wood excludes a pure white color, but in this case, you can choose light colors close to it - bleached oak, ash, birch, maple, hornbeam.

In other cases, the material of manufacture is not fundamental, since for a laminated facade cladding over chipboard, fiber boards, and MDF, white is not a problem, as is the huge variety of its shades. A magnificent white glossy wardrobe can decorate a chic living room, a strict study, a nursery. White gloss is obtained in many ways. The surface can be made of:

PVC films;
acrylic plastic

It can be painted with gloss enamel. The last option is the most durable and beautiful.

Wooden

MDF

Chipboard

Shape and style

It is up to the owners to decide which white wardrobe will be in the hallway, living room or office: some will want to emphasize the minimalist interior with strict forms and impressive height, others expect to add coziness by equipping the bedroom with a carved wardrobe with legs and lots of decorative elements. The shape, stylistic decision of the piece of furniture is determined by the taste of the owners of the house, as well as the functionality of the cabinet itself.

It is believed that white is inherent in the Scandinavian style and minimalism - where monochrome looks the most organically. The shape of furniture items has a minimum of bends, elaborate details, straight lines are preferable - a photo will help determine the most winning option.

In the styles of classicism, baroque, shabby chic, a white cabinet on the contrary stands out for its decorative elements: carved doors and legs, moldings, glass inserts, mirror paintings, unusual handles. At the same time, the lines are not necessarily rounded, softened - the abundance of decor is equalized by the right angles of the base of the structure.

Light cupboards can easily fit into any of the ethnic styles except, perhaps, oriental. The restraint and weightlessness of the Japanese will emphasize a low piece of furniture with a minimum of decor, in the African style, a tall and narrow white cabinet, on the contrary, can become the center of a compositional solution, and neither painting, nor mosaic inserts, nor vinyl stickers are forbidden. Design options for other styles can be considered in more detail in the photo.

How to fit into the interior

A harmonious and at the same time non-trivial interior design requires a thorough approach to the placement of furniture in light shades. To ensure that the room does not look like a hospital ward, it is necessary to observe simple rules for the design of the premises.

it is desirable that the cabinet is not the only white object. If this is not furniture of exactly the same shades, then the decoration materials for the walls and ceiling darker than the color of the cabinet will help to zone the room, highlighting the most interesting details;
You can dilute the whiteness with bright accents - inserts of a different color in the form of exquisite paintings on the bedroom closet, funny stickers on the surface of children's doors, mirrored doors with sandblasting in the hallway (examples in the photo);
despite the fact that white has the effect of visually expanding the space, it is undesirable to put a large cabinet in a narrow corridor or small hallway - in this case even the color will not eliminate the feeling of lack of free space;
the more restrained cabinet design, the more varied the decorative details of the rest of the interior can be, and the abundance of carved elements and unusual fittings, on the contrary, should be balanced by a minimum of decorations around.

Care Rules

Keeping light cabinets clean is no more difficult than furniture of other colors. Systematic cleaning of surfaces consists in treating them with a damp cloth and then wiping them dry so that there are no stains. Dust on a white background is not always noticeable, but this does not mean that the doors and side walls of the cabinet can be left unattended for a long time.

Appearing yellow spots from an accidentally splashed fat on the cabinet door in the kitchen require immediate response. In this case, hot water will help, as well as the use of universal detergents. It is advisable to clean the captured areas around the handles and in the corners as soon as they become noticeable.

Particular attention should be paid to glossy white surfaces. Despite the fact that the manufacturers, taking care of the ease of use of furniture, impregnate the surfaces of cabinets and other furniture with special compounds that protect against various kinds of contaminants, stains, stripes and stains nevertheless periodically appear on the gloss. It is strictly forbidden to treat such surfaces with products containing abrasive substances - the cabinet will be literally rinsed with small scratches, which are very difficult to get rid of. Moreover, dirt and dust will quickly accumulate in the recesses that have appeared, disfiguring the appearance of the furniture even more. To prevent the unpleasant consequences of too intensive cleaning, it is better to clean up more often, but with mild, gentle means.

A white wardrobe is the perfect solution for fans of an elegant style. The functionality of this piece of furniture in combination with external attractiveness allows you to use it in any room of the apartment.