Kitchen Design Studio: 75 topical solutions of interior decoration

Combining the living room and kitchen on the principle of the studio has several advantages. The ideal solution for apartments small area: Due to the demolition of partitions increases the space lost the sense of "crushing walls", the room seem visually larger. Developers like design called "free plan". The owner of the apartment itself decide on the layout, based solely on personal preferences.

If the kitchen area in the future will not be the place of the main pastime, it is placed in a small area, staffed with the minimum necessary set of appliances and furniture. When choosing such a decision most of the space is the living area.

Combining the kitchen and living room in one area does have some drawbacks:

1. The spread of food odors at the living room.
2. Splashes of fat during cooking settle on furniture residential part of the apartment.
3. View of a cozy living room marred by disorder in the working of the room and a view of dirty dishes in the sink.

Of course, these disadvantages simply eliminate: to put the hood and to prevent the emergence of labor unrest.

In a large apartment or private home features and embodiments of creative ideas much more, but the options plan so diverse that it is difficult to give specific advice: everything depends on the shape of the room, the number of windows, corners, squares premises. All you need to beat profitable, to cope with it only a professional designer can.

5 best ways to zoning in the studio apartment

Studio, in the presence of different areas should ideally be combined into a single unit, with each piece of furniture or decor should express the general idea of ​​the whole design. However, each of the flat portions should be indicated clearly. To do this, refer to the Zoning: This is perhaps one of the most interesting stages in solving the problem.

The following items are most commonly used for zoning:

1. Sliding partitions. This may be a solution of two problems: smells from the kitchen (the workspace is closed during cooking) and, of course, they are perfectly delimit space. Partitions can be ordered to suit all tastes, for any interior: clear or frosted glass, wood, or metal.
   

   Sliding partition - the most practical option, which allows to separate the work area from the living area

2. Furniture. Couch or an easy dinner table can clearly delineate the territory of the studio is also great with coped ordinary sofa with a flat back that can play the role of a kind of improvised partitions.
   

   Zoning furniture does not clutter space and preserves the integrity of the kitchen-studio interior

3. The bar counter. Very stylish, popular solution, which clearly delineates the square footage of the room.
   

   Design bar should match the interior color and material

4. Color. The separation of the kitchen and living areas with the help of color solutions - the most simple of all presented. For example, if the main, residential, part of the room is made in soft, neutral colors, while the other part will be bright one room to be perceived as two completely different areas.
   

   For the main zone, you can choose the colors, the contrast to the rest of the space

5. Level. Delineation of two different zones in the studio apartment on the level of acceptable only if the apartment boasts high ceilings, as if ceilings little more than two meters high, lifting the kitchen area even fifteen centimeters will cause some inconvenience, create a sense of "crushing" ceiling. However, if the ceiling height allows, raising one (working) part of the room a little higher than the other - the best solution. In this area a distinction on the level and the color is allowed to combine.
   

   A small kitchen on the podium will raise the rest of the zones

Interior design and layout

Owners of a small studio room and kitchen with the help of manipulation such as the demolition of interior partitions can get quite a substantial area, and modern examples of interior design offers many options for space premises.

There are 5 of the most popular choices of layouts:

• linear;
• island;
• parallel;
• combined;
• corner.

In the first embodiment, headsets, and the whole plate work surface disposed along one wall.

The island kitchen layout is based on the organization of comfortable work. This plan will help you when preparing a variety of dishes - not a routine obligation to the landlord, as a hobby. This layout means the work area, located in the center of the square, and it is an island layout is commonly used in professional facilities for cooking. Minus a plan - it takes a lot of space, so as not to create discomfort, should be made for the kitchen is not less than 20 square meters.

Concurrent planning in the interior of the kitchen-studio is acceptable in cases where the kitchen is quite narrow space allotted land. When such a layout all appliances, furniture and work surfaces are arranged along the walls facing each other.

Combined option plan is most suitable for a small area, so plan kitchen - the most simple, comfortable and most convenient of all the above. Zoning is suitable for almost all of the above ways, but the best could be called partitions, bar counters.

Corner layout suits those with large apartments in which a cooking zone can be highlight area sufficient to accommodate household appliances, the headset and the work surface along two adjacent walls. Here as well it will look and a large dining table for large family or group of friends.

Combining room studio with kitchen: tips from designer

Modern interior designers agree that the studio room combined with dining area and cooking area - a perfect solution, which has many advantages.

• Opportunity to always be in the middle, even when suddenly descended on the guests and have settled in living room, and the woman has not yet had time to prepare a meal - you can chat with the guests, not looking up from the ground lessons.
• A visual extension of the studio premises.
• Savings on electricity. One light fixture illuminates just two different zones. Similarly, one can operate the TV at once into two "rooms", there is no need to buy an extra TV for the kitchen.

Of course, there are disadvantages in addition to those discussed above.

• The lack of personal space. Simply there is no opportunity to be with you alone, when combined living room with a working kitchen area, always someone is located or in the refrigerator or on the couch watching TV.
• We have to literally sleep in the kitchen, sometimes it can be psychologically pressure on the owner of such property.
• For young couples room studio room with kitchen space - the perfect solution, but after the appearance the child has to think about the organization of space for the baby in such a small space, it will make not easy.

Studio-kitchen with breakfast bar

Often, owners of apartments combine the living area with the kitchen in an effort to efficiently use every square centimeter of space.

The bar counter in the kitchen design studio can help you save a few square meters: it much narrower standard dining table and at the same time can play the role of two different delimiter territories. In addition, the bar - it's stylish, high bar stools or stools do not occupy much space and look modern.

In this bar in the interior of the kitchen-studio has several significant advantages:

1. Additional work surface. This is especially significant in small apartments, where the entire surface is occupied thumbs small household appliances - microwave, kettle, multivarka - bar is a great place of production "culinary works. "
2. Replacing a standard dining table - perfect for a small kitchen-studio, when ordinary table to put nowhere.
3. Additional storage space. In many bar counters are located deaf wall, within which you can organize the storage of various relevant details.

Which headsets to choose for studio apartments

Of course, the only functional! Given that the studio is usually small in size, set to occupy less space as possible and to be very spacious. Well, if a part of the headset has a high unit as desired: it encompassed all the dishes, and if necessary - groceries, and takes up very little space.

The best option - making headset to order, because you always want to create a comfortable interior and functional layout.

Initially, all the nuances of the organization kitchen space and living room need to think carefully, consider how zoning will be done, what part of the interior will be given to the kitchen area, which - residential. You can refer the matter to the expert, and you can do everything yourself.

We need to take a piece of paper and answer the following questions:

1. What functions should be carried out of space?
2. How many family members will at the same time to sit down at the dinner table?
3. How often have guests?
4. Where most family likes to spend his spare time?
5. Do I need an extra bed in the living room?

Answers to these questions will not only choose the layout of the kitchen, but also pick up furniture, appliances and lighting.

The family rarely gets together at the same table? Apartment owners prefer to meet friends in a neutral territory, in parks and cafes? Discard the large dining table, perfect plain bar, thus it helps to save space.

If you love to cook, order a large and spacious suite with lots of cabinets and drawers. If cooking - not for you, it is quite a small headset and hob with two rings. The main rule - free should remain 60-80 cm work surface (the minimum necessary for comfort during cooking).

Rules of interior design in a small room with wallpaper

Small kitchen in the studio should always be functional. But also want comfort! Is now rare to find food, to-ceiling tiled floors, are increasingly the owners of apartments purchased wallpaper.

When choosing wallpaper for a small kitchen must pay attention to several important factors: durability, moisture repellent properties, easy care (best if the wallpaper - washable). For a small kitchen appearance is important - the wrong wallpaper will make the room even smaller. So, you should not choose the wallpaper with large or too bright pattern - the room will "squeeze" on the residents of the apartment. Color kitchen - business premises owners taste, but it is not necessary to resort to overly bright and colorful flowers.

It is worth remembering that the wallpaper is a kind of "background", which should look favorably selected furniture and organically. To choose the right wallpaper, should take into account the style and color of the pre-selected furniture.

If the furniture is bright and even more fanciful, wallpaper should have a calm, neutral color. When using the furniture simple shapes and neutral tones wallpaper you can pick up a more vivid. You can also pick up the wallpaper and furniture the same color but different textures. An example of such a choice may be the fact that a stylish white glossy headset is always advantageous to look with white wallpaper, if they are made "under the old plaster." The same trick also works in reverse: matt furniture will look great in a room with glossy wallpaper. The difference textures when used properly, always adds harmony and balance in the interior.

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