Bookcases with glass doors: advantages and disadvantages

Review of manufacturers

Almost all furniture manufacturers have a line of bookcases in their assortment, among which there is a place for models with glazed doors. In catalogs, these products are more often referred to as libraries, even if it is not a modular system for a couple of walls, but just a small pencil case or display case. We are pleased with the variety of models, differing not only in price, but also in quality of execution, richness and variety of finishes, and elegance of fittings.

Today the market consists of excellent examples not only of domestic production, but also excellent products of Italian, Spanish, and Chinese brands. And probably only the lazy haven’t looked into the Swedish chain Ikea, which is actively introducing Scandinavian style into Russian interiors.

Glass doors for custom furniture

By contacting our company, which can make glass doors for your cabinet to order, you get another advantage - a choice of fittings and specific fasteners. As a rule, furniture companies offer glass mounting on a metal or wooden frame. While our specialized company will offer a large selection, including hidden fastenings. Bulky handles are also a thing of the past, unless they are decorative elements. Modern technologies make it possible to install a rotating mechanism on glass doors that responds to a simple hand press.

A special highlight of the new interior will be the lighting installed on the glass doors. Glass will crush and reflect light, giving the room an originality.

In addition to manufacturing, our glass workshop will offer warranty service and repair of products.

Gluing, grinding, rounding, making a copy (if the sample cannot be repaired), masking scratches by engraving or applying film - experienced craftsmen will offer various options for restoration and repair of a glass door.

How to properly place a cupboard

Floor cabinet for sink
The cabinet in which dishes are stored would be more logical to be located near the dining area. This is possible if the living room is large and accommodates a table and chairs. There are even entire furniture collections for living rooms, consisting of one or two display cases for dishes, a chest of drawers with a mirror and a dining group.

In a small apartment where the kitchen is located in a separate room, a sideboard or cabinet in the living room has a more decorative function than a practical one. If the cabinet is part of a single set, it can be located in line with other items. And if the cabinet does not belong to the furniture collection, then it is arranged depending on the taste of the owners. It is advisable that light from a window falls on it or that backlight lamps are built-in.

A buffet or sideboard can become a border that will divide a large room into functional areas. For example, to separate part of the kitchen from the area where the upholstered furniture is located. In some interiors, two narrow cabinets for dishes, placed on the sides of a fireplace, chest of drawers, door or window openings, look original. This arrangement will emphasize the traditional style of the interior. Low cabinets provide additional surface space where dishes or a TV can also be placed

And hanging models can become a kind of accent point that will distract attention from the shortcomings of the living room, for example, a small area or irregular shape

Types of glass doors for cabinets

In most furniture, glass doors are used in two types:

1. Swing. They open outwards, so they require sufficient space near the cabinet. Hinged glass doors for closets are ordered most often. These are universal designs; they are appropriate in large cabinets and small bedside tables. Such products are easy to install on your own. The only negative is that if the door is without a frame (entirely made of glass), then when open, due to its transparency, it is poorly visible and can easily be injured. The door of swing models is secured with hinges.
2. Sliding. This is the best option for large chests of drawers and wardrobes. Such doors slide to the sides, so they don’t take up extra space. For their parking, special niches are installed along the walls. Movement is carried out along guides (rails), which are located in the upper and lower parts of the cabinet; rollers made of metal with rubber or polymer coating are mounted on the canvas itself. Installing such a mechanism on your own is quite problematic.

Depending on the size of corner bookcases with glass doors, only one or two panels are installed. Much less often than these two types, accordion doors are used in cabinets: they are quite difficult to manufacture, such designs are made only to order. Another not very common type is glass doors that rise up. They are appropriate for high ceilings or when only the lower part of the furniture has a door. Such structures are installed in laboratories in fume hoods.

Lighting for cabinets with glass

Corner wardrobe in the hallway

Many models of dish cabinets are equipped with special spot or strip lighting. In combination with the shiny surfaces of mirrors and glass, it creates a truly fantastic picture, scattering bright rays throughout the living room.

Backlight helps save electricity. It may be sufficient if some lighting is required in the living room, without turning on the chandelier and other lamps. Among the various types of lighting, the most popular are:

Halogen lamps are affordable and well suited for lighting glass shelves. The energy savings when using them are several times greater than when using conventional lamps. The disadvantage of such lighting is high heat transfer and sensitivity to voltage changes, which reduces the life of the lamps

They also require careful handling: it is best to install them with gloved hands. An alternative type of halogen backlight is LED. It has become widespread due to its energy savings of almost 95% compared to a conventional incandescent lamp.

When choosing products, it is better to give preference to well-known, reputable companies, then the service life of such lamps will be longer. The disadvantages of backlighting are the relative high cost of the models and the decrease in brightness over time.

Features and models

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Wardrobes with glazed hinged doors have become widespread. The advantage is quite obvious - through them you will be able to see your entire collection, therefore, if it is unique or very valuable to you personally, this is perhaps the best option. The systematization and arrangement of publications is facilitated, and then the search for what you need among them is accelerated. Such products immediately add comfort and elegance to any room.

Glass products are also attractive from other points of view:

• The furniture is closed, reliably preventing dust from entering.
• Contains sunlight (bindings and covers will not yellow longer, as will individual pages).
• It's convenient to enjoy the view of your home library without opening the cabinet, or to show it to someone else.
• Already on the way, you can quickly find out where the desired volume is located.
• There is a noticeable increase in space in the room.
• If you want to choose a mounted narrow option, there will be no problems.

Buyers are not at all limited in their choice and may also prefer a corner or straight variety, vary it in height, style and color. Depending on personal taste, doors come in both “compartment” and hinged types.

With all their advantages, cabinets with glass doors also have a number of disadvantages:

• It's very easy to leave fingerprints and other dirt, and difficult to remove.
• The cost of glazed products is quite high.
• The opportunity to display your selection of books results in the need to spend additional funds to stock it with publications in catchy, noticeable bindings.

If the decision to purchase a glass cabinet is firm and final, you need to understand the details of its structure. So, swing doors are quite popular because they are very easy to open. Most often, special magnets are used to prevent spontaneous opening. Doors with locks and sealing tape around the perimeter are also used, which completely eliminates the ingress of dust.

The compartment format is attractive because you do not need to touch the glass itself; it is supplemented with panels made of wood or plastic, to which the handles are already attached. This solution is also advantageous in stylistic terms (the obvious disadvantage is that part of the surface is opaque).

But folding doors are quite difficult to use, since they are of little use when glazed. Regardless of the design chosen, such cabinets use special grades of glass that effectively withstand heavy loads, and if they break, they do not produce small fragments.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main feature of bookcases with glass is that all the contents are clearly visible in them, so they are usually used when there is a unique book collection in the house. Any room that has such a design will look beautiful and cozy. Many people prefer to spend their leisure time with a fascinating book, so having such a convenient closet, in which all the books are arranged according to a certain system, simplifies the process of finding the right book.

Bookcases with glass doors have certain advantages over other similar models:

• in closed interior items, all books are well protected from exposure to sunlight and dust;
• all bindings retain their attractive appearance for a long time, and there are no yellowed pages;
• due to the presence of glass facades, every person in the room has the opportunity to admire the extensive and attractive library of property owners;
• through the transparent doors you can quickly find the books you need, and you don’t even need to open the doors to do this;
• glass objects contribute to the visual expansion of space, so it is important to install these models in a small room;
• Multi-membered models of this furniture are produced, so you can choose corner or straight cabinets, low or high, as well as narrow or wide;
• manufacturers of these interior items produce them in various styles and colors, which allows you to choose the optimal color;
• the doors can come off according to the coupe principle or be hinged, and each option has its own characteristics and advantages.

A bookcase with glass has some disadvantages:

• glass is considered a specific material on which fingerprints and other contaminants are clearly visible, and it is quite difficult to remove them, so maintaining the structure will be difficult;
• the cost of products equipped with glass is considered quite high, so you will have to pay quite a significant amount of money for their purchase;
• Since the cabinet is equipped with glass doors, its contents are clearly visible in any part of the room, so you have to spend a lot of money on purchasing expensive books with unusual and attractive bindings.

Thus, when choosing bookcases with glass, it is important to remember that they have both positive parameters and some disadvantages, so before purchasing them it is recommended to evaluate all the characteristics in order to make the right choice.

Materials

Classic bookcases were always made of solid wood, covered with black or red varnish, decorated with marquetry, skillful carvings, demonstrating with all their appearance the prestige and well-being of the owners. This beauty can still be found in antique stores. But the models offered today are not inferior in appearance, winning in price.

The modern market, conquered by new technologies and materials, offers the widest selection of products in this range:

• From solid wood - from birch and pine in the affordable product segment to expensive specimens made of wenge, Italian walnut, Karelian birch, bog oak;
• from chipboard - chipboard. Finished with veneer of valuable wood species or covered with a polymer film that imitates beautiful wood (chipboard), furniture is a more economical option compared to the previous one;
• Made from MDF - a fine fraction of wood. More similar to solid wood, but cheaper, and due to the density of the material, it also allows you to create fine finishing and elegant details; environmentally friendly compared to chipboard (does not emit formaldehyde), but more expensive due to natural components and more expensive veneer coatings;

• Made of plastic - this is the brainchild of modern chemistry, technologically advanced, environmentally friendly, and economical. In terms of care, plastic is more resistant to moisture than the above materials, but it is easily scratched, it is easier to move and it offers a wide choice of color palette;
• Made of glass – not only the doors, but also the sides (at least one) are made of tempered glass (the so-called “showcase”). You can see the contents of the cabinet from all sides, it looks great in the center of the room, but you need to be especially careful about the cleanliness of the glass surfaces - the presence of fingerprints will ruin the effect.

The fittings for this furniture are made to suit all tastes and budgets from a variety of materials using modern technologies, which allows you to imitate the most sophisticated preferences of book lovers.

Glass used

The following types of material are used to make glass cabinet doors:

1. Fleet glass. This is the cheapest material compared to other varieties. Another big advantage of float glass is that the surface of the sash is perfectly flat and smooth. But it is not very widely used in the production of furniture, since its performance is not up to par. Such glass is quite easy to break, so it has no place in apartments with children. To increase impact resistance, the material can be covered with a film of polymer compounds.
2. Laminated. To prevent scratches from forming on glass doors so quickly, it is protected by lamination - gluing with films. This simultaneously strengthens the sheets and gives them an attractive appearance. Lamination is used only in kitchen furniture, hallways, and bookcases with glass doors that are installed in an aluminum or wood frame. It is not used for frameless doors.
3. Tempered. Its second name is Stalinite. It is much stronger than ordinary glass (5 to 10 times) due to exposure to high and low temperatures. If the furniture facade does not have a frame, then stalinite is ideal for it. Despite all the advantages, tempered glass has one disadvantage: it is prohibited to drill it, the sheet will crack. Also, due to its considerable thickness, the material has significant weight and requires especially strong fittings (strong canopies).
4. Triplex. To create it, several thin glass sheets are glued together, placing a polymer film between them. With this approach, the strength increases significantly and the door is difficult to damage. When installing triplex, the risk of injury is reduced to zero, since it does not crumble into fragments.

Beautiful examples in the interior

The popular Ikea chain offers simple, ergonomic solutions for placing a library that do not clutter up the space, suitable not only for the home.

This is the same modest “Billy” shelving unit from Ikea, produced since 1979 and still in demand today. It fits perfectly into the small apartment of newlywed students.

Below is the same module, only in double quantity. And how the interior began to play: the status is higher, the contents of the modules emphasize the cozy respectability of the home, however, it is quite democratic.

Classic-style cabinet bookcases made of natural wood will decorate any office, giving it business intelligence and strict elegance, like this corner cabinet of narrow 4 sections under the ceiling with hinged double glazed doors and lower paneled doors, decorated with a cornice on top. This is no longer an office, but a whole library.

A more luxurious version of the cabinet, emphasizing the status of the owner, features an interior in noble brown tones made of solid birch and MDF, finished with veneer. Decorated with carved fittings and figured details, the bookcase looks royally luxurious, reminiscent of antiques.

And this is another office, more feminine, in Provence style. Here the books are hidden behind glass in a small blue double-door cabinet with lower drawers. Thanks to its low legs, despite its squatness, it acquires some airiness and looks like a natural and elegant addition to the decor, eliminating the touch of boudoir.

Someone will like a brutal option - a loft-style living room. Here the book “monster” “grows” into the black boards with its entire black mass, darkly glistening with the glass doors behind which the books are securely hidden.

A softer version of the loft, more spiritual. The furniture is slightly aged in vintage style. It looks sublimely attractive.

And in the tiny bedroom there was room for a built-in book wardrobe with sliding glass sliding doors and a mezzanine above the entrance. Very economical placement of a fairly large collection of books in a small space of the room.

If there is not enough space in the house for a book collection, you can use the corridor or hallway. Additional lighting will not be superfluous for such a linear system.

The high-tech style, quite laconic and business-like, is well suited for office spaces. And yet, there was a place for a glass case for books and folders with documents.

You can learn how to choose the right bookcase by watching the following video.

Glass bookshelves - their types

Currently, there are several types of glass shelves for storing books.

Glass wall bookshelf

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Floor-mounted glass shelves

Typically, such shelves are supplemented with LED lighting, which allows you to read books in the evening, without turning on the main lighting.

Hanging glass bookshelves

Bookshelves with glass doors

They are suspended from the ceiling using chains, cables, belts and other devices.

In addition, there are closed bookshelves with glass doors and open ones without doors. If you want your books of various formats to fit on one shelf, then purchase an open type design, that is, without glass doors and a top wall. In this case, to install such a bookshelf, you will only need the side sides, which will keep the accumulated literary works from falling. You can read more about how to install glass shelves in the article on our website “Attaching a glass shelf to a wall.”

Glass floor bookcase

However, for example, in the living room it would be more appropriate to make a closed glass shelf-rack. Just select the dimensions of the bookcase in accordance with the largest book so that everything fits on these shelves.

Where it is more appropriate to install glass bookshelves, read the article on our website “Interior design using glass shelves.”

Among other things, bookshelves with glass can be:

Are glass shelves useful when designing a personal office at home? Look for the answer in an interview with writer Pavel Kuren on the topic: “Office on the balcony, how to make a workplace out of a loggia?” There is a noteworthy article on decorating home offices using online trading services on our website. How to decorate glass bookshelves with Tiffany stained glass windows made with your own hands? Read about it here: https://oknanagoda.com/steklo/osteklenie-steklo/vitraznoe/kak-sdelat-vitrazh-tiffani.html

• Console,
• With a back wall
• With or without side walls,
• With shift,
• Horizontal,
• Vertical,
• With right angles
• Rounded
• Slanted.

So, there are a lot of options for glass book shelves, because each interior has its own type of shelves. Any glass bookshelf will not only store literature, but will also become an extraordinary accessory that stands out against the background of the walls with its texture, color palette and complemented by various lighting.

Scope of application and benefits

Glass doors are an element of large spacious cabinets, chests of drawers and bedside tables, wall cabinets, and special-purpose storage areas (laboratory cabinets). Often the shelves of such furniture are also made of transparent material. For their manufacture, sheets with a thickness of 4 to 6 mm are used.

What are the benefits of glass cabinet doors?:

1. They go well with wood and other materials. Bookcases with glass doors are a classic that can be found in almost every home. For residential premises, storage areas are usually made of natural wood or its analogues (MDF, chipboard, veneer). Due to the fact that glass can be of different shades, with a pattern or frosted, inserts made from it can be matched to furniture of any design. If this is a rack made of a metal frame, then doors and shelves made of glass are perfect for it.
2. The material will last a long time. For furniture production, only durable types of glass are used, and they are not subject to corrosion. Glass is not afraid of moisture, temperature and ultraviolet radiation; it is well suited for the kitchen. If you handle the product carefully, the door will last almost forever.
3. Safety. Glass does not contain any toxic elements, it is odorless, and does not release volatile compounds into the air of the room. During production, the material undergoes hardening, lamination with a protective film, and processing of corners so that they are not sharp.
4. Possibility of decoration. There are many technologies for finishing glass, which allows furniture designers to create a huge number of models. This is a very modern and stylish material.
5. Various types of designs are available. For small wardrobes, hinged doors are useful, and for a spacious wardrobe, a sliding model is more suitable.
6. Transparency makes it easier to navigate. In the kitchen or for a bookcase, this is an important factor, because you can quickly find the necessary item.

Glass is not at all afraid of water, so products with this finish can be placed in a bathhouse or sauna, or in rooms where there is evaporation of chemicals.

You can buy glass doors for a closet that is located in the hallway, bedroom, living room or office. They are useful for furniture in the kitchen and bathrooms. Such products are in demand in libraries, as well as any shops and pharmacies where the cabinet also serves as a display case.

Installing a glass door instead of an old wooden door is the easiest way to update your furniture. There is no need to rearrange, take out or move anything in; such a change will cost much less than purchasing a new set of furniture.

Materials

Modern manufacturers offer various types of cupboards. You can choose almost any model of the desired shape and style. The price range and materials from which furniture is made are varied. The most popular, but also the most expensive, is natural solid wood.

Such furniture, even created in a modern style, has the smell of wood and calm shapes. It has a special aura, which is inherent in living material. Therefore, it is valued much more than artificial samples. Wooden furniture is often made by hand and to order, which carries the warmth of the soul and the skill of the carpenter. Cabinets are made from various types of wood: larch, oak, walnut, pine, which determines the price of the finished product.

For stylish modern interiors, furniture is also chosen from other materials.

Chipboard

This material is inexpensive, but does not have the best qualities. Although it is durable, it can swell and delaminate when exposed to moisture. Chipboard is produced from chips using the so-called hot pressing method. For gluing, binder resins are added to the base composition. Cupboards are often made from varnished chipboard, which protects the surfaces from damage and water, and also gives the finished product a “shiny” appearance.

Plastic

Such cabinets are less common; more often they are attributes of ultra-modern design trends. This type of material is quite resistant to various influences, is durable and practical, and is easy to maintain. And although it looks stylish and elegant, it lacks the nobility of wooden products. Plastic cabinets will fit well into a high-tech or funky style.

MDF

Such furniture attributes cannot always be distinguished from those made from natural materials. An MDF cupboard looks great in appearance, but its price is an order of magnitude lower than its wooden counterpart. It will emphasize the seriousness and solidity of the interior, without introducing the owners into major waste. It is produced by pressing fine flour from sawdust. The binding adhesive is lignin, which is found in wood cells.

Glass for cabinets

Glass facades of cabinets must be made of sheets with a thickness of 4 mm, which will allow them to withstand the required weight.

Modern technologies make it possible to obtain glass with various properties. These can be transparent, colored, matte, tinted and other options. Glass with additional decorative elements is also used in cupboards; for example, using the sandblasting method, beautiful frosty patterns of any complexity are obtained.

Sideboards are also sold with tinted or colored glass. Although this material has less reflective properties, white dishes in such a backlit cabinet look mysterious and impressive. Patterned corrugated glass is also used for china cabinets. They come in different colors, degrees of transparency and patterns. The thickness of such a transparent sheet should be at least 4-6 mm.

Types of bookcases with glass doors

As already mentioned, over the long history of this furniture, craftsmen have created a lot of models, and to make it easier for you to understand, we have arranged the entire assortment according to directions and types.

By door type

The doors themselves can be either completely glass or made of other materials with glass inserts installed in them. In this case, the division is based on the type of opening of the valves and there are 4 directions:

1. Hinged doors are a classic, reliable option. In factory furniture, such doors are equipped with four-hinged adjustable hinges. For glass sashes, heel canopy models are used;

Heel canopies complete with magnetic handles give glass cabinet doors a visual lightness and airiness

1. Hinged doors - There are several types of mechanisms that allow doors to open up or down. They look original, but are rarely used specifically for bookcases; usually such shelves and cabinets are placed in the kitchen;

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1. Sliding compartment system - wardrobes with sliding compartment doors look beautiful, plus they significantly save space next to the furniture. The main disadvantages of such cabinets are their high cost and noise. Even the best systems make a sound when opening;

Coupe doors look beautiful, but are expensive.

1. Accordion - an accordion-type folding system is a symbiosis of swing and sliding doors. The doors here fold like an accordion, but at the same time they move along guides. Such cabinets look unusual, but they are not very popular.

Accordion doors are not yet popular.

According to the rules, the doors are equipped with tempered safety glass (like car glass). Sometimes, in order to reduce the cost, manufacturers and home craftsmen put ordinary glass here. This option is acceptable, but in this case it is advisable to cover the glass with film, so that when broken, the fragments will remain on the film.

According to manufacturing materials

It is not customary to make bookcases completely glass; this option is more suitable for display cases and trade stands. In library cabinets, in addition to transparent doors, there is also a body and shelves, which are made of several types of material.

Since the books themselves are heavy, strength is considered the main criterion when choosing material for shelves.

By content

The layout of the internal contents of bookcases has not undergone much change over hundreds of years.

• More often there are long shelves with a height of about 30 cm; such shelves are designed for standard printed products;
• Sometimes the cabinet space is divided into small compartments into which one or more books can be placed. This option is good for collectors of multi-volume and rare publications;

A cabinet with an original frame of glass doors and sections inside will decorate your home.

• Cabinets with high shelves are made to order and are intended for highly specialized books, magazines or large format catalogs;
• The presence of closed drawers in bookcases is allowed, but books are rarely stored in them.

Combined furniture is suitable for installation in the living room.

Dimensions

The choice of a specific cabinet model is dictated by the dimensions of the home and the size of the home book collection. Most economy class apartments are small with low ceilings. Narrow (shallow) bookcases would be appropriate here. A glass cabinet will optically enlarge the space and give it depth. Tall cabinets will visually raise the ceiling, low ones will allow you to arrange all sorts of little things and trinkets, giving the house more style and comfort, relieving the interior of clutter and overload.

Typically, books placed in the second row are unlikely to ever be opened. Narrow cabinets along the walls are perfect for a single-row collection, as long as they are secured to the wall with a couple of bolts for safety. The width of the shelves in this case corresponds to the width of the books placed and is no more than 31.5 cm.

Compact arrangement of a large book collection in 2-3 rows involves the use of large-sized furniture with a wide base up to 65 cm. Such wide shelves are also convenient for placing large-format books: atlases, art albums, luxurious gift editions. Large cabinets take up much more space. They are more stable, they can be placed not only along walls, but also used to zone space.

Interior placement options

To make a bookcase look attractive in the interior, you should not only select the piece of furniture itself, but also find out where it is best to place it, in which room and even part of the room. It is permissible to use both narrow and wide cabinets near the wall, the only condition is that you can display all the necessary literature in them. A wall, cabinets, sofas or soft chairs are placed nearby.

For corners of small rooms, corner cabinets are preferable, as they absorb little space, allowing you to display a large volume of books on the shelves. At the request of the customer, elements that increase functionality are used. It would be more appropriate to occupy the center of the room with a display cabinet with circular glass walls - this will allow you to delimit the monolithic space into blocks. It is not advisable to place the first option in the middle, and the second against the wall, keep this point in mind (and the fact that “showcases” are attractive only in spacious rooms).

Having dealt with the doors of the white cabinet, it remains to find out its other necessary parameters. Thus, low products are suitable for those who do not have a large library; they will serve as an excellent stand for other interior elements. Bleached oak indicates that the owners of the furniture have a subtle and sophisticated aesthetic taste. The atmosphere at the same time becomes laconic and light, sets the mood for positivity and does not reduce elegance. Classics are quite appropriate in living rooms, children’s rooms, bedrooms, even home offices.

Some people are put off by the imaginary complexity of choosing combinations for a white cabinet. According to the designers, it is compatible (based on the principle of contrast) with black, red and blue interior details; good combinations are possible with gold and silver decor, carved elements.

The disadvantage of natural wood, which outweighs all its advantages, is the high price. Heaviness, unsuitability in small quantities, and difficult care also deter consumers. The solution is often to use MDF, which can be given a variety of textures, including gloss, reproducing the aesthetic features of other materials.

The choice of white color is appropriate in a variety of interiors. Lovers of antique style should prefer cabinets of a simplified design without a single sharp corner, with as smooth lines as possible. In a classic room, it is much more correct to place furniture that emphasizes the solid furnishings and majesty, the aesthetic tastes of the owners - but without overloading with small details.

Varnish is inappropriate when the cabinet is placed in a loft-style living room. All volumetric models are incompatible with it, but compact versions (or those placed on wheels) are ideal. Again, small design elements in such a style are unnatural. Any white cabinets are categorically incompatible with Gothic, African interiors; This combination gives a feeling of strange eclecticism, sometimes even vulgarity and bad taste. There is no need to be afraid of dust - with proper care it cannot appear.

Below you can watch a video review of white reflex bookcases.

Peculiarities

Bookcases are designed to organize the books in the house, collecting them in a library. Equipped with doors, they protect the collection from dust, the destructive effects of light, children’s games, and ensure the safety of book editions. Doors with glass allow you to view the contents and find the book you need without opening the cabinet. This is especially convenient if there are several cabinets in the interior.

The complete transparency of this piece of home furniture makes more demands on the appearance of the collection and the condition of the book spines. As a last resort, they can be hidden from prying eyes in a cabinet with stained glass, which will further decorate the room. A cabinet with frosted glazing will protect books from the harmful effects of sunlight, from yellowing and paper fragility. This applies to rare copies, especially valuable book rarities, and documents.

Style

The modern style of the living room involves combining the features of several directions. Moreover, each of them is an expression of its own point of view on the domestic arrangement of the premises. Modern designs, more than ever, emphasize the individual taste of the owners. What unites them all is simplicity in interior design.

The modern vision of cabinets with glass for dishes has given them a more laconic and simple form, eliminating many decorative details. Such furniture is reliable in everyday life and easy to care for. And it creates many options for arranging dishes and decorative items.

High tech

Cupboards in this style have a smooth, even surface with clear lines and corners. This item attracts with the shine of glossy materials and glass. They also use inserts made of mirror and plastic. The high-tech style denies decorative decorations, but stands out for its high-quality fittings: various fasteners, finishing touches, and lighting. Sideboards and cabinets often have tempered glass doors with a practical “push and open” opening system.

Eclecticism

This style allows you to mix seemingly incompatible things. An antique sideboard from the time of Queen Victoria and modern upholstered furniture with futuristic paintings by fashionable artists can coexist in the living room. This direction mixes textures, shapes and colors, but it is not advisable to take more than three styles as a basis. An important emphasis in such interiors is on details, because they help to connect such different things into one whole.

Loft

The style, which came to us from the West, is characterized by an open plan, lack of wall and ceiling decoration, and ultra-modern household appliances. Furniture in this modern design direction has simple shapes. It can often give the impression that it was assembled in a garage or shed from scrap materials. Cupboards for dishes are the simplest, open, but many owners prefer to have models with glass doors.

Minimalism

The design of such a living room always follows two rules: there is little furniture in it, only the most necessary things, it is functional and laconic without any decorations. You can often find modular samples. The cabinet fronts have steel or glass elements. If the size allows, a sofa, armchairs, a coffee table, and simple storage systems are located in the room. A minimalist china cabinet has the simplest, strict form and can be a long glazed shelving unit with one tier.

When choosing a wardrobe for your living room, evaluate it not only in terms of style and beauty. Consider whether it can carry all the available utensils and whether it will be safe for the inhabitants of the apartment. After all, if small children live with you, then high doors and side surfaces made of glass can become objects of increased danger. A cabinet with glass will last for many years. Therefore, for your living room, choose a model that will be relevant for many years. And if your family doesn’t yet have a tradition of passing on family sets and sets of high-quality dishes to your children, then it’s worth starting one. A sideboard or buffet will be an excellent storage for such family valuables.

Popular styles

The style of a bookcase with glazed doors depends on the overall style of the interior of your home or office. Elegant, strict classics are usually compatible with all design options. A high-tech interior will only benefit from an emphatically massive classic product filled with wonderful book editions, turning high-tech into a mix of styles.

The same classics, made in light pastel or bright rich colors from chipboard or MDF, inexpensive types of wood, aged by the hands of a designer, will be appropriate in the light interiors so popular today in the style of country, chalet, Provence.

However, for lovers of palace and royal interiors with lush baroque patterns in the Louis style, a modern manufacturer will be able to find in their collections a wonderful gilded bookcase, not inferior to antique samples, with glass made in the best traditions of the style: with stained glass and inlays, and the same intricate accessories.

Fittings and additional elements

Glass furniture doors are produced:

1. With a frame, when the insert is framed in wood or other material. In addition to wood, aluminum is a very popular material; such furniture is useful for a kitchen in a high-tech or futuristic style. Moreover, both glass and metal can be painted. Light shades are more suitable for hanging furniture, and dark shades are more suitable for floor furniture.
2. Frameless. The door is just a sheet of glass. To produce this type of facade I use hardened varieties of material or triplex, the edges are carefully polished. They look like one.

The type of door depends on how the hardware is attached. If the canvas has an insert, then the canopies, handle and lock are fixed on a wooden or metal frame. Depending on the style of furniture, the handle on a swing cabinet door can be quite large and massive.

If the entire panel is made of glass, then the awnings and door handles are made miniature. This is especially important when installing glass on wardrobe doors, because the handle should not interfere with their operation. For low bookcases with glass doors, it is good to install rotating mechanisms; they respond to hand pressure.

A beautiful addition to a glass or mirror insert is lighting installed around the perimeter of the decorative element or along one side. To do this, just install the LED strip.

Glass is a popular material in the furniture industry due to its attractiveness and functionality. Glass doors for bedside tables and cabinets look beautiful. They are safe and durable, helping to expand space. There is no material that glass cannot be combined with. Furniture with inserts made from it is appropriate in any room.

Varieties

Glazed bookcases differ in the type of doors. Doors can be sliding (compartment) or hinged. Hinged ones require more space when opening; you cannot place other pieces of furniture close to them. Coupes are gaining more and more popularity because they save space. Less common are flaps (bar type), opening in a vertical plane from bottom to top or top to bottom. In this case, each bookshelf has its own door.

Based on the presence of sashes, these products are:

• single-leaf - with one door, the so-called pencil cases;
• double doors - with two doors;
• the number of doors may be more - 3-4.

Based on their design, they distinguish between built-in cabinets and cabinet cabinets (pencil cases, showcases, corner, linear, modular systems, wall-mounted).

Bookcases are divided according to placement in the interior into:

• built-in;
• linear;
• modular;
• mounted;
• corner.

Cabinet cabinets are already ready for use. The height of book shelves may vary during operation by the owner himself.

Built-in cabinets are usually made to order, allowing the most optimal use of the available space for the library and realizing the most unusual ideas of the owner of the collection.

Corner cabinets form an entire area for cozy reading with a book in hand, filling usually empty corners, giving them “content”.

In modular systems, as well as among single cabinets, there are options with lower drawers. They can conveniently accommodate large-format library items that cannot be stored vertically.