At the junction of the kitchen and living room, sideboard is called the core hub of the home line. It is not only to carry the daily use of coffee machines, ovens and other small appliances, but also to take into account the wine, tableware storage and display, and even become an important facade of the living room value. However, this seemingly simple cabinet, but hides a myriad of homeowners stepped on the pit of invisible minefields - from the size of the error to the material traps, from the function of the chicken ribs to the face value of the car, a little carelessness will be reduced to spend money to buy a lesson in the typical. As a deep plowing home furnishing industry for many years of designers, combined with 50 + real overturn case, I will use the most grounded language, take you to avoid all the pits of the custom dining cabinet, to create a practical and beautiful both dream cabinet. If you want to know more, welcome to China International Furniture Expo!

1. Millimeter difference determines the use of experience: the size of the planning can not be similar

Custom dining cabinet is the most likely to fail in the size of the planning. Many homeowners believe that the standard size of the business is enough to say, and as a result, after moving in to find a variety of anti-human design. For example, the most common depth problem, whole-house customization often recommended depth of 40cm, for ordinary families is not enough -- kettle, wall-breaker and other small appliances on the countertop, the body will be protruding 5-8cm, not only ugly, but also easy to fall; embedded appliances need to be reserved in advance for cooling space, there have been homeowners according to 40cm customized! Oven cabinet, the result of insufficient heat dissipation of appliances frequently reported errors, and finally had to dismantle the cabinet rework.

The correct approach is to customize according to need: pure storage floor cabinets choose 50cm depth, the countertops placed after the appliances, the cabinet can still be stacked vertically on two layers of baskets, the amount of storage directly doubled; if you need to embedded ovens, microwave ovens and other large appliances, be sure to measure in advance the net height of the appliances × depth × heat dissipation needs (generally 3cm on each side, the top to stay 5cm), the depth of cabinet body to do 60cm in order to avoid the card door and cooling! The depth of the cabinet should be 60cm in order to avoid jamming and heat dissipation problems. Hanging cabinet is recommended 30cm depth, not only will not touch the head, but also with the floor cabinet to form a stable visual ratio.

Height design is also critical. The height of the floor cabinet directly affects the comfort of operation, the height of 160-175cm owners, 85-90cm is the golden height, lifting the hand to get things without bending, bending operation is not laborious. Hollow operating table as a high-frequency use of the region, 50-60cm height is most suitable for placing coffee machines, water dispensers, too high and too low are affected by the use of; hanging cabinets from the bottom of the countertop at least 45cm, taller owners are recommended to stay 60cm, otherwise it is easy to get the upper level of tableware hit his head, and even touch the items fall causing danger. There have been homeowners in pursuit of minimalist design, hanging cabinets to 40cm height, the result is that every day to be careful cooking, less than half a year to tolerate the re-customization.

The size of the open grid and liquor cabinet grid also have to pay attention to. Horizontal open grid more than 80cm need to add support strips, otherwise time will sag in the middle, placed decorations or wine glasses will be askew; wine cabinet grid height to be calibrated to the standard height of the bottle of wine 29.5cm, leaving 30cm just can be tilted 15 ° placed, not only to prevent cork cracking, but also will not be a waste of space. There is a homeowner greedy cheap to do 25cm layer height, the results of expensive red wine can only be stored upright, less than a year due to cork drying leakage, the loss of thousands of dollars.

2. Material selection: save money to avoid fatal traps

Material is the key to determine the life of the sideboard and experience, especially the kitchen and sideboard junction, humid environment on the plate requirements are extremely high. Many businesses in order to compress the cost, will recommend particle board, but this plate is easy to expand the moisture bulge, is not suitable for dining cabinet. Limited budget owners can choose multi-layer solid wood cabinets with PET skin cabinet door, multi-layer board by the wood piece of horizontal and vertical pressing and become, strong moisture resistance, PET skin cabinet door wear-resistant scratch-resistant, easy to clean, white color system can also avoid color difference problems, cost-effective.

The pursuit of quality homeowners can consider the import of Aiguille board cabinet with matte lacquer cabinet doors, Aiguille board zero color difference between white and lacquer fingerprint resistance characteristics, can make the cabinet ten years as new, but pay attention to identify the real and fake, some merchants will use solid wood particle board pretending to be solid wood multi-layer plate, the simplest way to look at the cross-section of the plate, multi-layer plate is a clear layer of wood chips, while the particle board is a crumbled wood shavings plus glue.

Countertop materials, quartzite and rock plate is the mainstream choice. Quartzite to choose more than 1.5cm thickness, quartz sand content of 93% or more, Moh's hardness of 7 or more, so as to prevent hot and seepage color; rock plate should be selected 12mm through the body of the plate, the edge of the 45 ° chamfering treatment, the low-priced 8mm rock plate is prone to collapse ceramic, there have been homeowners with the three months on the knockout of the gap in a number of places, the businessman is also man-made damage as a reason for refusing to after-sales service. Although the backboard is inconspicuous, but must use more than 9mm solid wood multi-layer board, 5mm cardboard backboard can not bear the weight, nail hooks will penetrate, and later maintenance is very troublesome.

3. Functional details: good use of the cabinet hidden in the careful calculation

Circuit layout is a lot of homeowners easy to ignore the place, the hollow area should be reserved at least 4 switched outlets, convenient coffee machine, water dispenser, cell phone charging, etc., recommended the use of flip-top or ultra-thin track socket, do not need to be hidden to keep the countertops clean. Installation of pipeline machine owners, be sure to pre-buried 50mm PVC pipe in the wall, the wires from the cabinet through, or later exposed wires like cobwebs, very ugly.

Storage design should be refined to every inch of space. Drawers can be divided into three layers: the upper 8cm for knives, forks and spoons, the middle 15cm for snacks and seasonings, and the lower 20cm for large cutlery; each drawer is paired with a separator box to avoid shaking items; the 15cm narrow slit at the side can be used as a damping pull-out shelf for seasonings or snacks, which is easy to access and not a waste of space; the top open compartment is reserved at a height of 40cm to put suitcases or gift boxes, and a removable partition is added to accommodate different sizes of storage. The top compartment is 40cm high for luggage or gift boxes, with removable dividers to accommodate different sizes.

Lighting design can enhance the value and practicality of the cabinet. Hollow area cabinet bottom hidden 2cm ultra-thin light strip, choose 3000K warm light, apparent finger ≥ 90, light food does not yellow, with laminate sensor light, people close to the automatic light, more convenient to use at night; glass cabinets with hinge light and inner light strip, open the door that is bright illuminates the collection, the teal glass with warm light, can make the ordinary red wine bottles also appear advanced, to avoid the clutter brought by the glass room sense of vision.

4. business sets and pit techniques: three strokes save ousands

In the customization process, the business offer routes often make people defenseless. For example, the projected area offer seems cheap, but does not include drawers and hardware, the late additional costs amazing; color more than three to increase the price, see the light board separate charges. Owners must be clear before signing the contract, the number of drawers, hardware brand, free of charge, the number of color, see the light board required to use the cabinet with the same color plate, can save costs.

Contract terms must be rigorous, to indicate the full name of the plate and environmental grade, the requirement of fake a penalty of ten, the second rectification free of charge, compensation for delays, etc., to avoid the business jerry-built or delay in the work period. Acceptance should carefully check the size error, sealing process and hardware quality, size error of more than 3mm, sealing gap, drawer damping is not smooth to require rectification.

5. Face value rescue

Many homeowners encounter value problems, such as colorful white, glass cabinets show messy, exposed sockets, etc., there are solutions. Selection of color with the same color card than the cabinet door, see light board and open grid, natural light to confirm that there is no color difference; glass cabinets unified use of acrylic drawers and leather pads, partitioned collections, with teal glass and light band, instantly enhance the sense of seniority; sockets to choose the black ultra-thin models or magnetic decorative paintings to cover, both practical and beautiful.

5. Must do before customization: clear needs in order not to regret

Before customization, owners need to ask themselves three key questions: First, habits, such as whether commonly used coffee machine, whether often entertain friends, determines the design of the hollow area and wine cooler; Second, the list of home appliances, detailed measurement of the size of the appliances and marked embedded demand, to avoid the cabinet is done after the appliances are stuffed; Third, the site visit, go to the showroom to touch the plate, pull the drawer, see the edges, and even test the countertops anti-fouling performance, to ensure that What you see is what you get.

Conclusion: a good cabinet is tailor-made life

Customized sideboard is not to follow the design of Netflix, but tailored to their own lifestyle. From the size to the material, from the function to the value, every detail of the attention is not on the life. I hope this guide can help you avoid all the pits and have a dining sideboard that makes your heart happy every day you use it -- after all, the whole point of home decorating is to make every space serve your life and stand the test of time.

Source: Zhihu

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