Podium in your home

Julia Antonova For most people the word runway is associated with high fashion. However, if you want to give your home a new and unusual form, the podium can become for you part of the interior. Simply put, the podium is an elevation above the floor. But all is not as elementary as it seems. There are different types and designs of podiums, which we describe in this article. Important! First of all, podiums are "technical" and decorative. Specifications apply in the case when you need to hide some kind of communication - be it pipes, wires. Purpose of decorative podium does not require further explanation. It should be noted that a rare podium can be identified as purely "decorative" or purely "technical" class: most often function successfully combines both the functionality of the podium in no way detracts from its decorative effect, and vice versa. Areas of Catwalk is great for zoning areas. What is particularly important in the case of studio apartments, where a clear separation of the space available. Another broad area of ??application - storing things. Cabinets take up too much space and give a feeling of "Trapped". Podium, in this case the ideal solution. If desired, you can even hide in the podium bed, equipping design likeness drawer. During the day it will hide pillows, blankets and bed linens, and in the evening you get the perfect place to sleep, just putting forward a box! At the same time directly on the catwalk can be located office, your workplace - you can use the space of a room of your choice! In Japan, where we originally came to the podium, these structures are traditionally provided with a vertically retractable drawers, which can store anything you want: sweet heart veshchichki or things that you want to clean out of sight. Top podium dimmed carpet, resulting in a comfortable and inconspicuous place! Building on this concept, we can resort to even more interesting option - to equip a vertically-loading boxes transparent upper part and keeping him there any decorative "beautiful". For some it will be unusual stones or a collection of icons. And someone may have planted in every branch of soft plush toy. Another option - to fill the space podium foam or special little balls for chairs that take the shape of the body, and tighten the top fabric construction. Get soft podium, where you can get comfortable and watch a movie or relax with friends. In addition, you can make blankets for the podium and change color, material, depending on the mood of the season. Does it feel so good? Podiums undeniably good, but naturally, that they have some shortcomings that need time to "fix"! Recommendations for expanding the operation of horizontal space, podiums consume little vertically. Therefore, having decided to create such a rise, think carefully about its dimensions, so that guests in your apartment did not feel like giants, Shore ceilings; Take care of drawing attention to the elevation. It is necessary to establish a "marker lamps (built into the side surfaces of the runway lights) at night to members of the household inadvertently stumbled on the catwalk. If the runway is located in the nursery, be sure to make a soft angles, for example, by applying in these places upholstery fabric stretched over foam.