Open hinged shelves in the kitchen is not just a beautiful accessory, but also a place to store a variety of kitchen utensils. Men usually don’t understand why a woman needs so many shelves when any housewife knows that it’s much faster and more convenient to cook delicious food if everything you need is at hand, in a conspicuous place.
Classic interior
Hinged shelves for the kitchen are used to store spoons, bowls, bowls, jars with cereals and spices. It should be noted that such an interior item can be both purely decorative in nature and practical. In the first embodiment, shelves are usually located outside the cooking area. Decorative vases, figurines, painted dishes or various cute little things made by yourself look great on them.
Decorative hinged shelves for the kitchen, as a rule, are made of wood, since it most favorably emphasizes the coziness and comfort of the room. This is not to say that they will play a decisive role in interior decoration, but they will certainly bring their own twist. For the classic style, wooden hanging shelves for the kitchen are perfect, the photo of which is presented below.
Modern kitchen
In the case of an Art Nouveau interior, shelves with a large number of chrome details will be more appropriate. They can be attached to walls, but more and more often on sale you can see metal hinged structures for railing, which are compact in size and easily mounted on an iron rail. Photos of shelves of this type are presented below. They usually take the form of gratings and are associated with cleanliness and order.
In modern interiors, lighting constructions are often used, which can advantageously complement the main lighting. A bright accent in the interior of any kitchen can be a hinged shelf with glass.
Optimum dimensions for suspended structures
This type of interior can radically differ in width, height and depth. As for the last parameter, the best option is the hinged kitchen shelves 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 quite sufficient, but for four to five people it is better to choose a more practical option.
In a spacious room, wide, but low hinged shelves for the kitchen look much better. And for a small room it is more appropriate to choose tall and narrow options. The design of several identical small shelves will also look good.
Materials and tools for creating suspended structures made of wood
In order to make hinged kitchen shelves with your own hands, you need some tools and materials that can be easily found in almost any hardware store. You will need:
- sheets of chipboard (width - 30 cm);
- melamine edge ;
- furniture corners;
- doorknobs;
- screws and a screwdriver;
- spring brackets;
- joiner's glue;
- rods for hanging kitchen utensils;
- electric jigsaw;
- drills and drill;
- tape measure, pencil, ruler, measuring rail, clamp.
Preparatory stage
Before you begin manufacturing, you need to view photos of the hinged shelves and choose the one you like best. Then you need to make a drawing and calculate the right amount of material for the future hinged structure. It is best to purchase factory blanks from laminated chipboard. But you can also buy a chipboard sheet and cut it according to the drawings.
For this work, an electric jigsaw is best suited , which practically leaves no defects at the edges of the product. For a good result, the ends of the parts can be milled using a hand machine. You should also use an electric saw with a carbide blade having a reverse tooth inclination for sawing chipboard.
Shelf assembly
All cuts are covered with a melamine lining. To do this, the edge is applied to the end of the part and is neatly pressed in moderately with a hot iron, excess is cut off.
For the kitchen shelves to serve for a long time, their case must be fully assembled on the screws. To do this, holes are drilled in each part with a depth equal to one third of the length of the screw. For the correct placement of the internal sections, it is better to use a measuring rail, which must be pulled to the bottom of the shelf with a clamp.
If the design has hinged doors, then you need to attach the supports of the spring brackets. They are first fixed on the partitions and side walls of the hinged shelf, and only then they are screwed directly to the doors. It should be borne in mind that the upper edge of the door should be 3-5 mm from the upper edge of the cabinet body, then nothing will interfere with opening and closing.
How to give an aesthetic look to homemade shelves
Depending on the general style of the interior of the kitchen, as well as the personal preferences of the owners of the house, you can choose various options. The simplest solution is painting. Hanging shelves for the kitchen is better to paint with water-based acrylic paint, because it is non-toxic, practically odorless, dries very quickly and has an incredibly wide palette of colors and shades.
Another option is to use a jigsaw to make an ornate pattern and cover the shelf with varnish for woodwork. You can also cover it with self-adhesive paper of a suitable color. Here already, as they say, you need to rely on your imagination and create a real masterpiece.