Surrounding a window with a cabinet: style, models, arrangement and interior examples.

Features of the cabinet location

There are several basic nuances:

• To make the cabinet look less massive, you can decorate it in a tone with 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, with the help of built-in models, it is possible to zone the room.
• When decorating the area under the window opening, you need to think over the ventilation holes for the closed heating battery.

Options for location near the window

Window furniture has several functional zones. The layout of the products depends on the size of the room and the overall design concept.

On both sides

Symmetrically arranged products can be open or closed. If the window is not located in the center, asymmetrical designs are chosen, for example, in the form of a wardrobe and shelving.

The photo shows wall cabinets located on both sides around the window opening in the bedroom interior.

Corner cabinet

This model is perfect for filling corners, especially in a small room. Such cabinets most often perform a decorative rather than practical function, but at the same time they are quite a capacious structure, distinguished by their ergonomic shape.

The photo shows a children’s room with a balcony opening decorated with a corner cabinet.

In the center of the window

In the area under the window, it is also easy to place a cabinet, which can turn into a cozy place to sit or a work area. The main thing with such an arrangement is that the warm air from the radiator freely penetrates into the room. No less interesting are the designs in the form of a mezzanine above the window opening, however, with a low ceiling height, this solution will not be entirely appropriate. In this case, it is better to hang curtains in the upper part of the window opening or construct a box from plasterboard for lighting.

Between the windows

A sliding wardrobe or a built-in model will fit especially harmoniously into the partition, as if merging with the plane and visually not standing 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 a window?

There are several options:

• A wardrobe with a table. It is a very organic solution, perfect for small rooms and requiring natural light.
• With a sofa. Such a recreation area undoubtedly turns into the central element of the entire interior and provides an 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 competent organization of things, to significantly save space.

The photo shows the interior of a teenager’s room with wardrobes around the window opening, combined with a desk.

Combined furniture allows you to intelligently save free space and gives the environment the necessary comfort. The only drawback of such designs is their lack of mobility.

The photo shows a nursery with a window opening, framed around by wardrobes with a bed.

Types of wardrobes

Types of models often installed around the window area.

Wardrobe

Due to its precisely created sizes and shapes for the dimensions of the room being decorated, it allows you to properly organize the area of the room and provides the appropriate use of every centimeter.

Transformer

Compact and practical transformer models are distinguished by their stylish and modern design and can have various mechanisms and simultaneously perform several functions.

The photo shows white transforming wardrobes around the window opening in the interior of a room for two children.

Shelf

It is a product equipped with shelves of various sizes and shapes. The rack is quite harmoniously combined with the rest of the interior furniture and is perfect for almost any stylistic solution.

Wardrobe with open shelves

Open structures 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 effective placement of toys, accessories for activities and other things. When equipping cabinets, first of all, take into account the age and height of the child, so that he has free access to all drawers and shelves, as well as safety criteria, which suggest the absence of sharp corners.

The photo shows two cabinets with a work area, located around the window space in the interior of the nursery.

Such an ergonomic solution also contributes to additional free space for games in the middle of the room. The space around the window opening is mainly designed as a work area with a desk or computer table.

The photo shows a children’s room in the Provence style with an area around the window opening, decorated with narrow cabinets with a table.

Cabinets in the nursery can differ in a wide variety of designs, structural forms and colors.

The photo shows cabinets combined with a desk, placed around the window opening in a bedroom for two children.

An example of cabinets in the bedroom

For the bedroom, only side cabinets with open shelves are often chosen, and an armchair is placed in the resulting niche under the window, a small sofa or headboard. 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 blue wardrobe in the design of the area around the window opening.

Also in a bedroom of sufficient size, it is possible to place spacious wardrobes around the window, in which it is possible to equip two different wardrobes.

The photo shows a window opening in the bedroom interior, equipped with narrow wardrobes around it.

Cabinets 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. A sofa or a tea table with an armchair can be installed along the window in the living room interior. To achieve the most cozy atmosphere, spotlights are mounted above the window opening. With this solution, it is possible to achieve a very effective and unusual interior.

The photo shows a small living room with cabinets around the window, decorated with spot lighting.

Photo of placement in the kitchen

In kitchen design, quite often there is a huge variety of original ideas for framing the area around the window. Here, not too bulky products are used, which are more distinguished by their aesthetic function, and the window sill is often transformed into a tabletop, dining table or work table.

The photo shows cupboards for dishes, placed around the window opening in the dining room interior.

The kitchen space is also complemented by various shelves or small models with glass doors. In the dining room, sideboards or cupboards are installed along the edges of the window, giving the decor traditional notes and creating a cozy home atmosphere.

The photo shows the area around a small window, decorated with gray cabinets in the kitchen interior.

Design options for a cabinet in an 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. Shelves, models equipped with multiple drawers for storing documents and other personal items, or products with a central part for a workplace are suitable here.

Interesting ideas by the window in the attic

This room has a special design. Due to the sloping walls, it is almost impossible to install traditional cabinets in the attic. Here, the space around the window can be decorated with homemade furniture designs or custom-made models.