Black cabinet, advantages and disadvantages, and how to care

Nowadays, in the domestic furniture market, one of the most popular types of furniture is the cabinet. It is a structure with elements for storing clothes and shoes, which is complemented by a sliding system. This solution combines reliability, functionality, practicality and beauty. These advantages are available in one piece of furniture and cannot be overlooked by experienced buyers. You can learn about how delightful a bedroom or living room can be if there is a black wardrobe in it from the article.

Color features

It is very simple to solve the problem of placing a large wardrobe in a small area with a cabinet, but this is far from the only purpose that such a design copes with. She is able to transform any interior, if you choose the right combination of color scheme of the furniture itself and room decoration.

That is why when choosing furniture for a bedroom or living room, it is important to think not only about the relevance of one or another of its size, shape, but also the color scheme. This parameter will largely determine the external aesthetics of the cabinet and the entire interior as a whole. If we look at the sales statistics of modern stores, it becomes clear that the domestic buyer prefers dark-colored cabinets.

At first glance, a dark-colored cabinet may seem too gloomy and boring. But experienced designers will tell you how to beat such furniture in order to reveal its potential, emphasize the subtle style and the special charm of the dark color scheme of the cabinet. So why is black so good as a basic solution for the cabinet?

Dark colors of furniture allow creating favorable contrasts against the background of light decoration of walls, floors. Such design techniques are in trend today. Also, a dark color allows you to give the room mystery, severity, respectability. If there is a flaw on the furniture itself, then dark shades veil this flaw, and it will not irritate the eyes. It is especially good if in dark colors, large-sized cabinets are made. Then they look much neater than light-colored models similar in scale.

Varieties

As practice shows, dark colors in the decoration of cabinets remain fashionable for a very long time. The following are the most popular varieties of black.

Black color	Characteristic
Wenge	Great for creating respectable interiors in living quarters. Wenge blends with many colors to create a contrast effect.
Blue-black	The darkest shade that is relevant in spacious bright rooms. Differs in severity, conciseness. It goes well with many cold shades in the decoration of walls, floors, ceilings.
Dark chocolate	This shade of black tint combines at the same time rigor, efficiency and warmth, a positive mood. It goes well with beige, brown, dairy.
Milk chocolate	No less strict than dark chocolate. Fits perfectly into the interiors of living rooms, bedrooms, offices and even teenager's rooms.

Especially popular today is the monochrome design of cabinets. Facades, body of the product, used fittings are selected in a single color scheme. If monochrome is not your ideal, you can decorate a dark cabinet with interesting details of a different color (fittings with chrome-plated, “gold” and so on), glass facades with or without a frame, metal racks and so on.

Dark chocolate

Wenge

Blue-black

How to combine with the interior

Dark in tone, glossy wardrobe in the bedroom interior is a great solution. It is suitable for those people who prefer minimalism in the decor of a bedroom or living room, and also appreciate luxury, sophistication, gloss. It is a very expressive color that exudes luxury and gloss.

Dark shades are universal, do not have any significant restrictions on the use and blend perfectly with almost any other color in the interior. Wenge or dark chocolate looks very catchy on a gray, white, beige, golden background. Despite the fact that the wallpaper of such tones look a little boring, combined with dark furniture, they fully reveal their beauty. Olive, sand or milk shade in the wall decor complements the overflow of milk chocolate. Such a background will smooth out the excessive belligerence of black in the interior and give it romanticism.

Unless in a tiny room, a cabinet of this shade is better not to use, because it is not able to reflect the sun's rays and can darken the atmosphere. But if you choose the right contrasting light shades, balance and distribute the decorative elements, the room will certainly sparkle with new colors, fill with harmony and comfort.

The gloss black looks very catchy, it is able to reflect light rays, so it is quite suitable for a small room for sleeping. If the glossy surface is not to your liking, the buyer can choose a matte cabinet of a dark shade. In combination with the original form of furniture, catchy fittings or various lighting, such designs can look simply amazing.

It is also important to choose the right complementary shades in the design of the dark cabinet. You can complement the model with an exclusive golden hue pattern, with which the dark tones look stunning. Residential interiors, which are decorated using similar techniques, look very respectable.

Location Rules

Black cabinets are classics for the design of residential interiors. Universality in terms of combining with other colors in the decoration of walls, ceilings, floors, as well as unique aesthetics, subtle charm, respectability - these are the advantages for which customers love dark furniture so much.

Black furniture will never lose its relevance, so do not be afraid to pick up a cabinet of this color for a bedroom or living room.

The combinations of dark chocolate with various color shades look very fashionable, modern. But what allows you to reveal the deep charm of this color, to emphasize all its facets? The correct location of the cabinet. If you choose the best place for him, the interior may turn out to be low-functional and not very beautiful:

A dark lacquered cabinet should not be used for rooms that are too narrow. Especially if the walls, floors of the room are made with excessively dark or bright colors. This will only exacerbate the feeling of confined space;
Also, experts do not recommend using a dark chocolate cabinet for a child’s room. He may look too aggressive, scare the baby on waking;
such furniture is best installed in spacious living rooms, bright bedrooms. But if the cabinet is still selected for a small corridor, supplement the model with backlighting from LED strips to somewhat expand the narrow space visually.

How to care

Depending on the texture of the cabinet and the nature of its surfaces, the rules for furniture care will change. It is important to know and adhere to them so that the external beauty of a dark-colored interior item does not fade over the years:

for varnish coating it is worth choosing special polishing compounds for varnishes. They allow you to maintain the external aesthetics of the cabinet for a long time, prevent the varnish from fading, and help eliminate minor scratches on the facades. Polished cabinet with this care for a long time retains its original appearance. But you should not abuse the polishing procedure. Carry out it as often as recommended by the instructions for the composition, which was made by the manufacturer;
Also, do not forget to look after the matte surface of the cabinet. To remove dust from its surfaces, use a special brush or a broom. If there is a greasy stain on the facade, you will need to choose a special tool for matte surfaces. The relevance of using various kinds of surface cleaners is worth asking the seller of furniture at the time of purchase;
Do not use aggressive acids or alkalis if a matte black wooden cabinet is selected for your home. Otherwise, the wooden facade will lose its original beauty, covered with a defect from the contact of wood and a chemical agent.