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Things to know when designing an office cabinet online

In no other room are file folders as central as in the office. Therefore, it’s helpful to know the dimensions of standard folders before starting to configure your custom office cabinet. A wide file folder typically measures 8 x 29 cm, while a narrow one measures 5.5 x 29 cm. Do you already know how many folders you want to store in your new custom office cabinet? From this, you can already determine the initial size for your custom office cabinet.

Here’s a helpful tip: Over time, many documents accumulate, and together they can add up to quite a weight. To prevent shelves from sagging under the constant load, your custom office cabinet should be designed to handle this weight. One way to do this is by planning for multiple internal sections with vertical dividers. This stabilises the furniture as the individual shelves aren’t too long, and the weight is distributed across more shelves. This ensures that the cabinet doesn’t bow under heavy loads. Your custom office cabinet should have a shelf thickness of at least 19 mm – for particularly heavy loads, we recommend shelves with a thickness of 25 mm.

Configuring the perfect custom office cabinet for small spaces

Often, the available space in an office is the first hurdle to designing a spacious custom office cabinet. Fortunately, there are simple ways to overcome this challenge and make even small rooms work with large storage possibilities.

Plan your office cabinet online and think vertically

When planning a custom office cabinet with sufficient internal capacity, it’s worth thinking big – or rather, thinking high. A cabinet that reaches up to the ceiling takes up little floor space but offers plenty of storage inside. You can also use the wall space above the door or the area under the desk as extra storage for a custom office cabinet, without overloading the room.

Turn niches into storage

Not every room has ideal dimensions or a clean layout. On the contrary, some spaces have sloped ceilings or wall niches where a standard office cabinet just doesn’t fit. With a custom office cabinet, you can turn this otherwise wasted space into useful storage. If the niche isn’t deep enough for a built-in cabinet, shelves and a sliding door can quickly and easily create new storage space.

A tip about doors

If your office doesn’t offer much space, consider the door design carefully. A custom office cabinet with sliding doors could save a lot of room, as traditional hinged doors open into the space and take up additional floor area. Another way to save space is with inset cabinet doors, which are mounted between the inner sides of the cabinet, saving between 19 and 22 mm of cabinet depth depending on the door front.

Custom office cabinets as storage wonders in the home office

Particularly in home offices, there’s often not much space to store work documents and materials. Additionally, sensitive documents that shouldn’t be accessible to everyone need to be securely stored. With this tip, you can focus on the important things in your home office while leaving worries about the right furniture behind: Build your furniture upwards rather than outwards. This opens up unexpected storage possibilities and visually stretches the room.

Another tip is to focus on a well-thought-out interior design. Fixed shelves and vertical or horizontal dividers not only stabilise the office cabinet but also help create good organisation by separating clients, business years, or topics. Integrated lighting is perfect for a quick overview, helping you find folders even in the back of the cabinet quickly. For "security for sensitive data," a lockable office cabinet is a great solution.

Customise your office cabinet to your taste

Start planning your office cabinet right away. Furnfab.com is the ideal partner when it comes to custom-made furniture. With just a few clicks, you can not only choose the dimensions and interior layout but also select the design for your new cabinet. Whether you want a white office cabinet or a wooden one, such as beech, with hundreds of colour, material, and design options, you’re sure to find the perfect one. Guaranteed!