The cabinet around the window is not only enough effective method saving usable space, but is also a very unusual interior solution that gives the room a special style.
Features of the cabinet location
There are several main nuances:
- To make the closet look less massive, you can decorate it to match the wall decoration.
- In a room with low ceilings, it is better to install narrower structures that will visually increase the height.
- A small room should not be decorated with too bulky and large models.
- If the structure around the window will not perform a serious functional load, you can use more laconic and elegant cabinets.
- On a balcony or loggia, combined with the interior space, using built-in models, it is possible to zone the room.
- When designing an area under a window opening, you need to think about ventilation holes For closed battery heating.
Window location options
Window furniture has several functional areas. The layout of the products depends on the size of the room and the overall design intent.
On both sides
Symmetrically located products can have an open or closed design. If the window is not located in the center, asymmetrical designs are chosen, for example, in the form of a wardrobe and shelving.
On the picture wall cabinets, located on both sides around the window opening in the bedroom interior.
Corner cupboard
This model is perfect for filling corners, especially in a small room. Such cabinets most often perform a decorative rather than a practical function, but at the same time they represent a fairly spacious structure with an ergonomic shape.
The photo shows a children's room with a balcony opening decorated with a corner wardrobe.
In the center of the window
In the area under the window, it is also easy to place a cabinet that can turn into cozy place for sitting or working area. The main thing with such an arrangement is that warm air from the radiator freely penetrated into the room. Structures in the form of a mezzanine above a window opening look no less interesting, however, with low ceiling heights, this solution will not be entirely appropriate. In this case, it is better to hang curtains at the top of the window opening or construct a plasterboard box for lighting.
Between the Windows
A wardrobe or built-in model will fit especially harmoniously into the partition, which seems to merge with the plane and does not visually stand out against the general interior background.
The photo shows a wardrobe placed between two windows in the living room interior.
How can you combine furniture near the window?
There are several options:
- Wardrobe with table. It is a very organic solution, perfect for small rooms and requiring natural light.
- With a sofa. Such a seating area undoubtedly turns into a central element of the entire interior and provides the opportunity to achieve the most functional and practical design.
- With a bed. This combined design allows you not only to achieve a cozy atmosphere, but also, due to the proper arrangement of things, to significantly save space.
The photo shows the interior of a teenager's room with cabinets around the window opening, combined with desk.
Combined furniture allows you to wisely save free space and gives the environment the necessary comfort. The only drawback of such structures is their lack of mobility.
The photo shows a children's room with a window opening framed around it by wardrobes with a bed.
Types of cabinets
Types of models often installed around the window area.
Closet
Due to its precisely created sizes and shapes to suit the dimensions of the room being designed, it allows you to properly organize the area of the room and provides the appropriate use of every centimeter.
Transformer
Compact and practical transforming models, distinguished by stylish and modern design and can have different mechanisms and simultaneously perform several functions at once.
Pictured are transforming cabinets white around the window opening in the interior of a room for two children.
Rack
It is a product equipped with shelves of various sizes and shapes. The rack is quite harmoniously combined with the rest of the interior furnishings and is perfect for almost any stylistic decision.
Wardrobe with open shelves
Open designs add more lightness and airiness to the environment, and due to their visual and accessible content, they allow you to give the surrounding design individuality, character and aesthetics.
Photo in the interior of a children's room
In this room, the structure installed next to the window area provides the most efficient placement of toys, activities and other things. When equipping lockers, the age and height of the child are primarily taken into account, so that he has free access to all drawers and shelves, as well as safety criteria, which require the absence of sharp corners.
The photo shows two cabinets with a workplace located around a window space in the nursery interior.
This ergonomic solution also provides additional free space for games in the middle of the room. The area around the window opening is mainly designed as a work area with a desk or computer desk.
The photo shows a children's room in Provence style with an area around the window opening, decorated with narrow cabinets and a table.
Wardrobes in a child's room can differ in a wide variety of designs, structural forms and colors.
The photo shows wardrobes combined with a desk, placed around a window opening in a bedroom for two children.
Example of wardrobes in a bedroom
For the bedroom, only side cabinets with open shelves are often chosen, and in the resulting niche under the window, an armchair, small sofa or headboard is placed. In more spacious rooms you can use designs with a small sofa or dressing table, which will undoubtedly become an interesting addition to the entire design.
The photo shows a loft-style bedroom with a wardrobe of blue color in the design of the area around the window opening.
Also, in a bedroom that is of sufficient size, spacious wardrobes can be located around the window, in which it is possible to equip two different wardrobes.
The photo shows a window opening in the bedroom interior, surrounded by narrow wardrobes.
Wardrobes in the living room by the window
For a hall with an elongated shape, side models for books and other accessories will be especially appropriate, allowing you to give the room proportionality and free up space from unnecessary furniture. Along the window in the living room interior you can install a sofa or a tea table with an armchair. To achieve the most cozy atmosphere, spotlights are mounted above the window opening. With the help of this solution, it is possible to achieve a very impressive and unusual interior.
The photo shows a small living room with cabinets around the window, decorated with spotlights.
Photo of placement in the kitchen
In kitchen design, quite often there are a huge variety of original ideas for framing the area around the window. Here they use products that are not too bulky, more distinguished by their aesthetic function, and the window sill is often transformed into a tabletop, dining or work table.
The photo shows cupboards placed around the window opening in the dining room interior.
The kitchen space is also complemented with various shelving or small models with glass doors. In the dining room, buffets or china cabinets are installed along the edges of the window, giving the decor a traditional touch and creating a cozy homely atmosphere.
In the photo there is an area around a small window, decorated with cabinets gray in the kitchen interior.
Cabinet design options in the office
The interior of the office involves placing a home library, in the form of bookcases with shelves, which can be diluted with photo frames, souvenirs and other decor, thereby giving the structure an even more interesting and attractive look. Racks and models equipped with a variety of drawers for storing documentation and other personal items or products with a central part for a workplace.
This room is different special design. Due to the sloping walls, it is almost impossible to install traditional cabinets in the attic. Here, the area around the window can be decorated with homemade furniture structures or custom-made models.
Photo gallery
The cabinet around the window is practical and original design solution, different spectacular, quite interesting view and allows you to add maximum functionality to the space.
Well, this is probably not a very relevant post. Let's define it this way. For those who don't read Yulin helma magazine (and loses a huge amount of positivity!) or for those who are aware of Yulia’s affairs, but want to learn a little more about the renovation.
So there was an extra window. Julia wanted to make bookshelves out of it. I think she thought everything was simpler. Cut out the shelves and insert into what you have. But in the end, she and I decided not to look for easy ways. The window had to cease to be a window, and the niche had to take on a slightly different shape. This is where it all started: 
So that the slopes are not drop-down, but form a right angle with the wall area, I install a profile. I recess it into the niche to the thickness of the drywall. There wasn't enough for the top profile. Okay, let's install the block. 
I sew up the slopes with pieces of drywall. There are very small pieces on top. No problem, we'll putty it. 
I cover the window and profiles with plaster. Everything is made from scraps, see? Yulia was trying to buy a sheet and not fool her, but there was no drywall in the nearby stores. And well, we used everything that was a shame to throw away. :) 
This is how it happened: 
After the first layer of putty: 
I install the perforation angle. You can still see it on the left, but on the right it has already been puttied. 
Prepared. You can glue wallpaper. The plan was to cover everything with green. 
There was only enough wallpaper for the side slopes. 
But I found a water-based emulsion. They used it to paint the upper slope and what used to be a window. The shelves were cut from an old bookcase. And this is great, because they turned out with one beautiful (trimmed) edge. This is the book niche that emerged. 
And Julia quickly filled it out. 
IN standard apartments The window, as a rule, is located approximately in the center of the wall, and most often a short one. The corners on both sides of the window are often empty or only partially used. If the apartment is small, every piece of space is valuable. And here the centimeters are wasted, although there is an opportunity to use them to the fullest. What should be placed on the sides of the window so that this area is not empty, but brings benefits? We bring to your attention a few ideas.
We will consider options with the arrangement of paired objects - identical or almost identical on each side of the window. , whatever one may say, decorates the interior, introducing an element of orderliness, creating harmony.
1. Built-in wardrobes on either side of the window
These may not even be closets, but rather mini-wardrobes. Such solutions are relevant for bedrooms - both adults and children's.
To build structures of this kind, you need to build walls of plasterboard. Cabinets can be up to the ceiling, which is the best option. In this case, they look like part of the architecture. However, this condition is not mandatory.
It is necessary to decide on the type of door: it can be swinging, folding (accordion), sliding. However, fabric would also be appropriate. Next, you need to equip the closet with shelves, drawers, rods, hooks or any other wardrobe elements. Interior lighting wouldn't hurt either.
The larger the room, the deeper the dressing rooms near the window can be. And in the space between them a sofa, desk or dressing table. In this “nook” you can organize a reading corner by placing an armchair there and hanging bookshelves. In the children's room, the alcove near the window can be turned into a playhouse.
2. Bookcases and shelving on both sides of the window
This arrangement of the window space is very common in the West. Bookshelves fill the areas on the sides of the window in bedrooms, children's rooms, living rooms, and offices.
Most often these are built-in structures that are constructed at the stage of finishing or renovating a room. Between the cabinets there is usually a bench with a soft mattress. Convenient: I took the book and immediately sat down to read near the window.
However, this may not be built-in furniture, but ordinary furniture, ordered precisely according to the size of the window areas.
These cabinets are used not only for books, but also for displaying decorative items, souvenirs, photographs, and in children's rooms.
3. Cupboards on either side of the window
In the kitchen or living room, corners can be given to buffets. These pieces of furniture add a touch of tradition to the interior and create an atmosphere of family comfort.
It is desirable that the doors of the cupboards be at least partially glass. In this design, they harmonize with the window and make the room more elegant.
If there is not enough space on the sides of the window, corner buffets will be a rational solution.
Designer: Jessica Forston
4. Beds on both sides of the window
In a nursery designed for two children, or in the bedroom of spouses who prefer separate beds, sleeping places can be placed in the corners near the windows.
The beds seem to be built into the space. To add coziness to the sleeping areas, you can order corner headboards. It will be warmer to sleep with them.
If you curtain the entire wall with a window, the area at the head of the beds will be decorated with drapery - a variation of the canopy, which will give the bedroom a softer and more romantic look.
5. Desktops to the right and left of the window
If there is a need for two desks, corners near the window are an ideal place for them. With this layout, those working at the table do not interfere with each other. At the same time, they can always be in contact. Both seated persons have access to the view from the window. Even a short glance out the window is an effective rest for tired eyes.
The angles for equipping work areas are always convenient. Here you can make deep cabinets, corner shelves and an ergonomic tabletop for working at a computer.
6. Additions to the window desktop
If the table is placed directly against the window, the corners on the sides can be used for additional items office furniture, such as shelves, cabinets, cabinets, etc. In general, for everything that will make it more comfortable.
Repair is real headache. You can still choose the color of the walls, the design of the ceiling and the lighting, but properly furnishing the space with furniture is a more difficult task, especially if the room is small. And for some reason, very often the owners bypass area around the window, simply decorating it with huge curtains. But there is an idea that is more stylish and practical.
Cabinets around a window are beautiful, functional and fashionable. You can easily turn a window into a very cozy corner or to the work area. And the best part is that you won’t have to worry about how to wash and dry huge curtains. Editorial "So simple!" prepared 10 inspiring ideas for window decoration.
Wardrobe around the window
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When decorating the interior, windows are often ignored; at most, curtains are replaced or the windows themselves are replaced. But the space around them can also be used as practically as possible. There really is a lot to roam around here, the range of ideas is so wide that we couldn’t stop at just one thing and decided to immediately offer 25 wonderful ideas for transforming your interior. 
Ideas for a children's room
“The space near the window in the children's room. 
The space near the window in the children's room.
There are never too many storage systems in a nursery; toys fill all the space and their number is only increasing. If you don’t know where to put them, then this item is for you. Make open or closed cabinets around the window, let there be a soft corner for the baby, and hidden storage systems under the window sill. This complex looks stylish and is sure to please the child. 
Neat storage in the children's room. Home library storage 
Home library.
Paper books take up a lot of space in any interior and, usually, their number does not decrease, but only increases. And book lovers begin to puzzle over where to put their favorite literature, where to find a place for a home library. This is where the window space comes in handy. You can use the upper part under the ceiling or organize storage of books under the windowsill, and if there are two windows in the room, then take up the entire distance between them and make an impromptu bookshelf. Another idea is to create open shelves on either side of the window and stack books on them. 
Neat storage of books. 
Storing books under the windowsill. 
Stylish storage of books in the apartment. 
Storing books between two windows. 
Stylish storage for your home library.
Reading corner
A cozy place to read.
Since we're talking about books, we can't ignore the design of a reading corner. The window is ideal for these purposes. Use soft floor pillows for this; they will serve as a seat, and their decorative counterparts will also go under your back. Create your own cozy corner where you will have a pleasant time on your day off. In case you get caught up in reading and it gets dark outside, make sure there is an additional source of artificial lighting nearby. 
Reading place by the window.
Place to rest
A stylish place to relax.
When a beautiful view opens from the window, it’s simply a sin not to make a place for relaxation and contemplation on the windowsill. Let a calm color scheme prevail here, be sure to equip the seat with a soft, don’t forget to decorate the place with several decorative pillows, place a blanket nearby. Such an interior composition will please the eye and fill the room with a special atmosphere. In addition, after a busy day at work, you can always relax and get aesthetic pleasure.
A place to relax. 
The most comfortable place in the house.
A beautiful place to relax. 
Neat and stylish.
Home Office
Home office by the window.
A good solution is to organize a work area near the window. Use the window sill as a tabletop or place a side table on it, make convenient shelves for storing papers and office supplies. Don’t forget to choose a chair of a comfortable height and do not hang curtains on the window, they will prevent entry natural light into the room.
Dining area
Dining area by the window.
When it comes to finding a place for a dining area, turn your attention to the window and the space around it, especially if there is a free corner next to it. A corner corner or several comfortable chairs/armchairs would fit perfectly here. Choose a laconic and extremely simple furniture light shades. This will make the dining room seem more cozy. 
Corner dining room by the window. 
Cozy mini-dining room.
Window in the kitchen
Practical use of a window in the kitchen.
A window in the kitchen is a godsend for the housewife; not only can the window sill be used as working area, and also use the space by the window. Organize open shelves and place dishes, pots, cereals and spices in jars there.
In bathroom
Storage on the bathroom window.
If the bathroom has a window, this is a great success. Make the most of it, for example by storing clean bath towels here. And if you make several shelves, you can easily place personal hygiene products or toilet paper here.
In the dressing room
Using the space near the window dressing room.
The window in the dressing room can also be put to good use. Place comfortable open niches on both sides and place your favorite bags or shoes there, which should always be within minutes’ reach. Do not forget to periodically wipe them from dust so that they do not lose their presentable appearance.
Storage systems in the bedroom
Storage systems in the bedroom.
Also useful in the bedroom open systems storage It is convenient to store home clothes, bed linen, towels, personal hygiene items, and books here. For neat storage, use auxiliary accessories - boxes, plastic boxes, wicker baskets.
For aesthetic pleasure
The space near the window can be used not only for practical purposes, but also to make a kind of exhibition stand out of it beautiful decor. These could be souvenirs brought from travel, a collection of porcelain figurines, porcelain, vases and anything else that pleases the eye. The main thing is not to overload the shelves, leave some free space for an airy interior effect. 