WHAT IS AN ARMOIRE?

BY Simon Phillips of www.getarmoires.com

An armoire is basically a cleverly designed storage cabinet that looks attractive on the outside and provides a home for all sorts of household item on the inside.

An armoire is an elegant piece of furniture that helps give a room a smart and tidy appearance by concealing all manner of clutter within – from electrical equipment to children’s toys.

Here are 3 different types of armoire that can be used in different rooms around the home:

A COMPUTER armoire is the perfect solution to a messy computer desk that is on constant display and gives your home an untidy image. Whether you’ve got a separate home office or study, or have your computer desk tucked into a corner of a spare bedroom or dining area, an armoire can help give your room a stunning new look.

By keeping your computer equipment inside an armoire, you can discreetly hide a cluttered desk and conceal all those unattractive wires.

A computer armoire has a mixture of compartments, shelving and drawers, with space for all your equipment, from a monitor to a printer. It will have a pullout keyboard tray for your comfort and convenience.

And the real bonus is that at the end of a busy day you can simply close the doors on your workstation, to cover up those piles of paperwork and transform your room.

A TV or ENTERTAINMENT armoire makes a great addition to a living room, enabling you to conceal things like your television, DVD player or music center when they’re not in use. If you feel your large screen TV tends to dominate your room, then housing it in an attractive wooden armoire is a good way to add a touch of elegance to your room’s appearance.

TV armoires are specially designed with wraparound doors that sit flush with the sides when open, so they won’t obstruct your view of the screen.

A WARDROBE armoire is a useful item of furniture to have in a bedroom, providing extra storage space for clothes that there’s no room for in your fitted closet.

Wardrobe armoires have a combination of hanging rails, shelves and drawers. Some can be adapted for use as a TV armoire, with one side dedicated to hanging clothing, and the shelves on the other side removed to fit a television.

A wardrobe armoire is handy is a child’s bedroom as it also provides somewhere to store toys and games.

If you want to give your home and orderly and neat appearance, and you’re fed up with the place looking cluttered, then some sort of armoire could be the answer.