Home is a vessel of love and a place where everything can be healed. Last year we did a solicitation: the arrangement of these 100 families with children was shared by nearly 200 friends. Look at every text, every experience, every picture from your private message, you can feel everyone's love for home.
Friends said that after 5 years of having a child, she has been tossing and turning her home every year, and the appearance of home is actually something we have figured out bit by bit. After having children, the family does not become smaller, but grows up. It grew a reading corner, a play area, and a memory full of children's laughter.
This memory is scattered in those beloved picture books, left on the most beloved doll.
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Your guide to pit avoidance
This is the one?!
I don't know if everyone is the same as me, after having children, buying books is really not soft, every time my teammates persuade me to eliminate some books that are now somewhat overaged, but pick up and put down, one is reluctant to give up;
Each book is reminiscent of the scene when D and I read happily, her reaction when she first read the story, which paragraph she liked, which page she read repeatedly.
Little D is getting bigger and bigger, and the more I buy books, the more storage has become my biggest problem.
And as there are more and more things in the house, the reading area of my home is getting smaller and smaller.
By the way, last time many friends raised a question, for many small families, taking out the whole space as a reading area is indeed a bit of a "luxury";
And to my surprise, everyone unanimously mentioned the pit avoidance guide:
In order to match the different stages of children's growth, some mainstream furniture will be eliminated at home.
Like the big coffee table and the big sofa, they were first passed off, replaced by projections and bookshelves.
In this way, leaving more space for the baby to move is also a blank space at home.
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The law of true incense of people who come over
Throw away what should be thrown, and pull the grass that should not be bought, and it is time to show the good use of our readers' recommendation for a lifetime.
Home living room study renovation!
The goal is an open study
(Photo courtesy of @Da Mao and Er Mao Mom)
@Kaka Mom
If there is no study at home, the living room must leave a bookshelf wall, too practical.
(Photo courtesy of @DadaMa)
(Photo courtesy of @Garbo Mommy)
The all that was received was the projection and the book wall.
Later, when a friend's house was renovated, I also shared the pit that our users had stepped on to her.
She decisively gave up the TV and the coffee table, made a bookshelf wall, replaced the TV with projection and curtain, and placed carpets and lazy sofas under the bookshelves, so that children and adults could relax and sit cross-legged at any time and enjoy reading time.
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Open book wall
Create a reading corner
During the renovation period, I asked the architect, and he said that now the study is outdated, and the open bookshelf wall is the popular design.
The open bookshelf wall not only gives your books more place to stay, but also can be a unique decoration in the home.
We call it "the hut within a big house."
1. High value, cabinet door excess occupies the place
In the previous generation, most of the bookcases were closed; in our generation, most of them lived in small cities, and the environmental quality has been greatly improved, and a little ash is easy to clean up.
The open bookcase has a high value, simple and generous and versatile, and it is easy to adapt to the decoration style of the home, especially the oversized book wall, and the atmosphere is full.
Moreover, the open bookshelf is very convenient for children to take, so the cabinet door is a bit redundant, and the child can sweep through all the books with his eyes, so it is more "cool" and direct.
With a large desk in front of a bookshelf like this, the space in the whole room is fully utilized, and children can read books at any time.
Reading can be ritualistic or anytime, anywhere
As for the cleaning problem that everyone is worried about, in fact, it is not troublesome, using the dust sweeping tool to bounce the ash on the book, wiping the partition with a wet rag, and the cleaning work is easy to get done.
If you have a small vacuum cleaner at home, you can also use it, which is super convenient.
2. Books are easy to pick up and take, and create a learning atmosphere for children from an early age
The most important thing about books is to read, not to collect, and the feeling of children being surrounded by books from an early age is very atmospheric.
When the baby can take the book from above to read at any time, put the book in the place within reach, and can flip through it at any time, the book naturally becomes an indispensable playmate in their lives.
Imagine sitting leisurely on a sofa or cushion with a baby every day, pulling out a picture book she loves and reading it, without the help of adults, how beautiful that picture is.
3. Open bookshelves save a lot of space
The area of the home is not very large, and a few more doors will take up space, and the open bookshelf can save a lot of space.
The open bookshelf does not occupy the main area, and the capacity is large, especially suitable for families with a lot of books at home.
Basking in the warm sun, sitting lazily on a stool, casually raising your hand to get a book, just a quiet person, enjoying the casual beauty around you.
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"The Hut in the Big House" - Bookshelves,
How to do it, how to choose?
Selection of materials
General household bookshelves are currently more common materials such as wood, plastic, metal or glass.
1. Wooden bookshelf
This is the most common at home, there are solid wood or board, solid wood needless to say, both texture and aesthetics, the price is slightly more expensive.
There are many selectivities of plates, such as MDF, particle board, high-density board and so on.
Knock on the point, the general plate type of this material is relatively low cost, the composition of the inner material is also relatively hidden, the substrate is a powder raw material, the processing process has non-environmentally friendly factors, so there are certain risks.
2. Wrought iron or steel bookshelf
Iron small bookshelf has been quite popular in recent years, strong and durable, the most important is not occupied, suitable for small apartments or small space families.
Many of my team friends have entered this kind of family, and they are more practical when the children are young, and once the children's books are more and more, they are basically put into the elimination list.
The other is an iron or steel frame + wooden board combination of iron bookshelf, some are also equipped with glass cabinet doors, the advantage of this bookcase is strong, but more pick the decoration style of the home, it is not easy to match;
In addition, the weight is not light, it is not easy to move, it is not easy to move, it is easy to be affected by the climate, and there is a possibility of rusting and painting.
And now many people will choose the library shelves at home, this is generally a steel frame structure, the advantages are quite strong and durable, large capacity, to say that the lack of style may be a single style, aesthetics is not enough.
3. Plastic material
Most of the households are children's bookshelves, and they also have the role of toy storage.
This kind of bookshelf actually has a relatively small storage content, and the area occupied, the most important thing will be the problem of material safety and stability.
When the child is young, it can be used temporarily, and it will be eliminated when it is older.
glass
There are also many bookcases with glass cabinet doors, this kind of bookshelf is mainly beautiful, and the dustproof effect is also better. But the fragile nature of glass is actually very unsafe for small children.
In addition, the glass cabinet door will also increase the risk of sliding door bumps when the child opens the door, which is the point that everyone should pay attention to when purchasing.
hardware
Bookcase with cabinet door, then pay attention to the quality of the hardware on the cabinet.
Small cabinet hardware connectors, such as hinges, exposed metal nuts, etc., will be easy to rust, break or fall off, so there will be a risk of hardware scratching the child's small hands.
Processing method
1. Plate processing
Multi-layer board processing will contain a large amount of adhesive glue, the release period is not enough, easy to cause air pollution problems.
2. The edge banding process is not standard
Many bookcases of the plate will be sealed with edge strips, mainly to protect the cross-section of the plate, in addition to the role of decoration and beautification;
However, after a long time, it will be easy to appear warped or fall off, affecting the appearance.
3. Solid wood + plate back panel
The bookcase of solid wood + board combination, sometimes after the plate is damp and heated, it will expand and deform or even rot, resulting in the deformation of the overall cabinet, and the stability of the bookcase will also be a problem.
Manual nail installation, easy to cause the plate to split, while the nail holding force is poor, easy to collapse nails, affecting or even can not be disassembled twice.
If the back plate is a thin plate, it will not be forced, and there will be a feeling of shaking when gently pushing.
In addition, the connection between the solid wood backplane and the main body must be stable and solid, so that the stress in the wood can be released, so that the deformation of the board surface can be effectively controlled, expanded, contracted, and cracked, so that the use period of the bookcase will be longer.
right angle
The safety of bookcase details, such as corners, can also affect the user experience.
Many bookcase corners are not edged or rounded, which is prone to child bumps and injuries.
Later, I also discussed this issue with the bookcase product designer, who said that some solid wood bookcases use the curved round edge process to abandon the traditional right angle planing practice and carry out manual curved round edge polishing to ensure that all contact surfaces form curved contact surfaces.
In this way, although the workload is large and the production cycle is long, the bookcase feels round and smooth to the touch, which can avoid scratching children and ensure the safety of children.
Growth
Considering the increase in children's age, changes in height, and maturity of the mind, the demand for various indoor activity spaces is also constantly changing.
Generally speaking, a bookcase like a young cartoon can only be used by children in a very steady stage, and this basic use will be eliminated in two or three years.
Like this kind of cute cartoon shape bookcase, the storage space is actually relatively limited, and when there are more and more children's books, they need to be replaced in time.
There is also this kind of modeling bookcase, there are pulleys at the bottom, which is more convenient to use, but there is no fixing part, in fact, there will be a risk of dumping and injuring children.
How should I choose a bookcase?
1. Choose the size according to the space, you can choose a single group or multiple groups of open bookcases according to your own space.
I would recommend choosing a bookshelf made of solid wood, which is not easy to crack, high plasticity, high hardness, wear resistance, the most important thing is durability.
And it is easy to color, the paint effect is good, and it has a texture and grade at home.
2. Choose a bookshelf to see whether the depth and height of the floor are appropriate, the most important thing is to be easy to take.
The depth of the general bookshelf design is about 30cm, if the child has many picture books, the depth of the bookshelf will be more than 30cm.
Of course, a bookcase that is too deep will take up more space, which mainly affects the collection and placement of books.
There is also a floor height, if you can adjust the floor height, it must be a plus; but the general wooden bookshelf floor height is fixed.
Generally, books are 32K or 16K in size, and the height of the laminate can be set between 24cm and 30cm; if you put a picture book, the height of the laminate can be set between 32cm and 40cm.
3. The thickness of the partition, everyone also knows that the weight of the book is not light, so there are requirements for the load-bearing capacity of the bookshelf, the thickness of the partition must be enough, the thickness is not long enough will bend, and even there will be a possibility of collapse.
4. See if the paint on the outside of the bookcase is smooth and even. When buying a bookcase, you can also go close to the bookcase to smell whether the paint has a pungent smell, and if there is a pungent smell, it is best not to buy it. 5. Style collocation, light-colored bookcases generally give people a fresh, natural, clear feeling, but also easier to match.
Home topics, really have shared several articles, every time everyone is hoping to share more bookshelves. This time, I also studied the bookshelf while taking advantage of the home decoration, and found that a small bookshelf really has a lot of exquisite ah, the difference in materials, to the paint, oil, is also a penny. However, the most important thing I attach to household products is environmental protection, and spending a little more money to buy is peace of mind, after all, the "small study" we create in the living room accompanies us by the aroma of books, rather than a variety of hidden chemical tastes.