A kitchen in a private house, combined with a living room: how to correctly plan and arrange everything?

In addition to the desire to move away from the hustle and bustle of the city, there is one more reason in the desire to settle in a private suburban housing - to live out of crowded conditions. Combining the kitchen and living room in your home allows you to get closer to the ideal in this sense. And there are a lot of options for the layout and design of such a room.

The kitchen-living room is essentially a studio. The fashion for premises where the functions of rest and a working area for cooking are combined came to our country from America. But on Russian soil, this trend has acquired special features. If in the USA almost no food is cooked at home, in our country it is an everyday process that leaves its mark on everyday life in the kitchen combined with the living room.

Steam and smells from food penetrate everywhere, soaking into upholstery, curtains, pillows and other things in half of the living room. This disadvantage can be compensated for by installing a powerful hood, but only in part. The noise from the clanging of pots, knives, the hissing of pans, the hum of the refrigerator and other household appliances can interfere with those who are busy with their own business in the living room.

However, a room with a dining room and kitchen has its advantages.

• The living room and kitchen area visually seems larger in the absence of a wall between them. This is especially evident if the area of ​​the room is small.
• The kitchen, "not locked in four walls," allows you to safely place all the necessary equipment and furniture in convenient places.
• The combined space allows you to receive guests with great convenience. It is easier for the hostess to keep track of the children when, during household chores, she can observe the offspring playing in the room in front of her eyes. She also has the opportunity to communicate with adult relatives without interrupting her work.
• A large room allows you to give enough space for a dining area, in which all family members can gather comfortably.
• The kitchen-living room looks fashionable. The design in a private house helps to make it very attractive and comfortable in a style that matches the material of the building, for example, wood, brick, and so on.

Ideally, the project of the kitchen-living room should be foreseen even before the whole house is built. Then it will be possible to competently make ventilation, distribute the load on the supporting structures, provide for the required number of windows in the room with combined functions. You can plan your kitchen-living room in several ways. The simplest thing is to place a kitchen set on one side of the room, and a table and upholstered furniture on the other. It is also convenient to divide the room into functional zones using a bar counter, a kitchen island or a peninsula.

The layout depends on the configuration and area of ​​the room. At ten to fifteen meters, it is better to arrange furniture along the walls so that the middle remains free.This option is appropriate, for example, in a country house that does not pretend to be interior delights. On a larger area, you can distribute furniture into separate "areas": in one place to organize a quiet relaxation area with a TV or fireplace as a unifying principle, in another - a dining area with a long or round table, in the third - a kitchen. In an intermediate version, the bar counter can serve as a dining table.

An additional technique for zoning is the use of arches or beams, screens, sliding panels, color separation, the use of various materials in decoration, the use of podiums and the creation of a multi-level ceiling. An arch or beam will emphasize the isolation of the kitchen, especially if it is located in a niche. Screens are often decorative. Their width is two to three times narrower than the width of the entire room. If you make it larger, then it will become inconvenient to move between the living room and the kitchen. Screens are most often made of bamboo, wood or plastic. A more solid structure can be used as a storage place for kitchen items or an electric fireplace can be built into it.

A tiered ceiling is an excellent means of separation, besides, with this approach, you can "play" with different finishing materials and originally solve the issue of lighting in different zones. For example, in a wooden (lumber) house, the ceiling above the part of the room given over to the living room can also be wooden, emphasizing the texture of the entire structure, and over the kitchen, a coating is used to decorate it, which is easy to clean - tile or stretch ceiling.

Floor coverings in the kitchen and living room, even for practical reasons, need to be used differently, not to mention to demarcate the territory with it. For the kitchen, tiles and linoleum of good quality are suitable, which are resistant to mechanical stress and are easy to clean, and for the living room it is better to use, for example, parquet. A soft carpet or carpet will also be the place here.

The podium is useful for highlighting different areas. For example, lift the kitchen half onto it. The podium itself is convenient to use as a storage place for couches and ottomans. For a harmonious separation using decorative techniques, you can use companion wallpaper, or decorate the walls in colors that combine well with each other, or their color is almost the same, but the texture of the finish is different (tiles and wallpaper, for example). When dividing zones, it is important to ensure that the unity of style is maintained in different zones. It certainly cannot be that the living room is decorated in a rustic style, and the kitchen is in high-tech style. Such disharmony will be all too obvious.

It is possible to emphasize the commonality of different zones with the help of simple techniques in the form of using the same accents of color, when, for example, the shades of furniture in one half overlap with the shades of lamps in the other. A large house with several floors opens up unlimited possibilities for arranging a living room-kitchen. The space can be arranged with a transition between the two zones, which will look completely natural.

For the kitchen in such houses, a place is often allocated in the area of ​​\ u200b \ u200bthe stairs to the second floor. The kitchen set fits well into this niche. On a spacious area in a wooden house, you can easily find a place for a quiet rest with a fireplace. It serves as a heater, a center of attraction for guests, while also being a noticeable design accent.

The design of the kitchen-living room largely depends on what material the building is made of. In Russian realities, most often it is a wooden cottage or a country house made of such material. Modern finishing options allow you to design a kitchen-living room in any style so that not even a hint of structural features remains. But living outside the city, it is still better to emphasize the unique flavor of a wooden house. If the building is made of calibrated logs, it is easier not to decorate the walls at all, but to use the texture of the tree itself to create a special atmosphere of the chalet style. Although this option is for those who like an intimate twilight, as it can be quite dark in rooms with wooden walls.

But in such a living room, a fireplace decorated with stone will settle. On its shelf you can display books, framed photographs and animal figurines. Large pile carpets (or animal skins) will appear on the floor. Furniture may also be finished with fur, leather or wool. Candles add intimacy to the atmosphere and paintings on the walls on the theme of nature will complement the entourage. The most suitable colors for a kitchen made in this style are reds, browns, or grass colors. Household appliances should not be conspicuous. For example, it is better to choose a refrigerator not in a traditional white color, but in a wood or steel look.

You can also equip a combined country-style room. Furniture that combines white and brown colors will be very appropriate here. It is best if it turns out to be using natural wood. The picture will be complemented by textiles without a hint of synthetics. Light colors are suitable for him - blue tones, beige, sand, yellow, milk-chocolate. Bright hues can be used to create accents.

To decorate the kitchen-living room in eco-style, you should choose glass, metal and wood. The furniture is made in simple lines. It is preferable to close the windows with roman blinds. Lightweight curtains will also come in handy. You can complement the impression with the help of indoor plants and panels made of natural materials. The most suitable colors are green, white and brown. In a kitchen-living room made in this style, a large amount of light, primarily natural, should be provided.

And also in the case of a wooden house, it would be appropriate to create an image of a room in the old Russian style or in the spirit of a medieval castle. In such an entourage, the use of plastic (for example, when creating window frames and doors for access to the balcony) and LED, neon lighting is completely out of place. It's good if the kitchen-living room is equipped with shutters, the kitchen set is made of pure wood, and all household appliances are built into the cabinets (a microwave oven in such an environment really looks strange).

In the dining area, you can install a sturdy large table and the same armchairs or chairs. It is better if the tree is aged (there are special techniques for this). Cracks and roughness will set the inhabitants of the house and guests in a certain way. Furniture can be finished with wood carvings. Common artistic elements in the carving can emphasize the integrity of the whole image of the kitchen-living room. It will be possible to give a special flavor to the room with the help of painting, embroidery.

Little things like decorated pots and cutting boards, and towels with folk elements will help create a natural atmosphere. To place such lively accents, you can apply your own manual labor to this or order the work from the masters.Lovers of the classics can provide a spacious kitchen-living room, finding the most advantageous place for an elegant set of upholstered furniture, complemented by pillows and blankets. It is good to place a bright carpet in such a room. The walls can be decorated with stucco molding.

The kitchen-living room, decorated in the style of a chalet or Russian style, will be a great place to spend time for the whole family. The disadvantages of dark wood are compensated for by the original lighting solution in the dining area, as well as with the help of additional light sources.

The combination of dark wood with contrasting elements in the kitchen and living room setting emphasizes the natural texture of the finish. The dining area is separated from the rest of the entire room by a solid sofa back. At the dining table in such a dining room, you can spend hours with tea and talking.

It is convenient to make a practical leather sofa, complemented by a set of a coffee table and a bedside table of the original design, as the central element of the room in eco-style. The kitchen set is designed in the most usual way. The bar counter and the dining group with a round table add zest to the dining area.

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