Design of the kitchen combined with the living room in the "Khrushchev"

Everyone who lived in "Khrushchev" knows perfectly well that cooking in her kitchen is very difficult. In order to somehow turn around in this room, you need to remove the dining table and refrigerator outside of it. It is no coincidence that there are many options for combining kitchens and living rooms in such apartments.

The standard size of the kitchen in "Khrushchev" is six square meters. There are even five-meter cooking rooms. It is extremely difficult to place everything that is an integral part of a modern kitchen set in such conditions. The thought of a kitchen combined with a living room involuntarily comes to mind. There are indeed many advantages to such a solution to the problem.

• The combination of the two rooms allows you to create a space like a studio, where it is convenient to relax and cook. At the same time, the total area becomes much larger.
• The visual expansion of the kitchen area eliminates the feeling of stiffness and allows you to be in this area for a long time without any problems.
• In the absence of a partition between the two rooms, it is easy to set the dining table moved to the living room.
• There is no need to buy a separate TV for the kitchen.

• It becomes possible to rearrange the refrigerator to a convenient place, while it is freed up in the working half of the room.
• The hostess does not find herself locked in a cramped kitchen space while working without the ability to freely communicate with other people in the room.
• There are many design options for the kitchen combined with the hall. There are plenty to choose from.
• By combining the hall and kitchen, you can generally improve the zoning in the apartment. It becomes possible to give part of the corridor between the hallway and the kitchen for an increase in the bathroom.
• The overall space of the combined rooms becomes brighter due to the fact that there are two windows.

With all the advantages of combining two rooms, this option also has its unpleasant sides.

• Smells from the kitchen penetrate the room. Over time, all the upholstered furniture and curtains in the room are impregnated with the taste of food.
• When working in the kitchen area, the chaos that reigns in this part of the common space creates a sense of clutter in the kitchen-living room in general. This makes you put a lot of effort into putting things in order.
• Kitchen sounds throughout the entire cooking process accompany the communication of those in the living room, interfere with listening and watching TV, and so on. And the noise of a working refrigerator becomes an integral part of the life of a common room.
• After the unification, neither the one who is busy with the preparation of food, nor the other households have their own space. The hostess loses the opportunity to work alone, and the one who is resting in the room also has no chance to completely distance himself from what is happening in the household part of the house. The biggest problems arise in a one-room apartment.

Modernization of the kitchen space should be approached competently, both from the point of view of compliance with the requirements of the law, and from the point of view of the development of the project itself. It is important to think over all the little things here:

• what materials to use during the repair;
• how diverse they can be;
• how to correctly delineate the space in terms of its functional purpose;
• what furniture to put on the renovated area;
• how to organize the lighting of the kitchen-living room.

It is possible to delimit the space by organizing visual perception. certain areas of the kitchen-living room with the help of light or highlighting the color and texture of the wallpaper and floor. Furniture, delivered in accordance with the purpose of a certain zone in the common space, also helps to create the convenience of being in it. Sometimes division into zones can be done using light partitions, for example, transparent or translucent. They can be movable or in the form of an accordion, removed and exhibited depending on the situation. This gives originality to the room and solves many everyday problems.

There are a huge number of floor finishing options. For the kitchen area, a more resistant coating that is easy to clean is more suitable. These are ceramic tiles, linoleum. For the living room area, you can choose parquet, or even carpet. The division itself can be done not only along a straight line, but also along a curly line - in the form of an arc, for example. In the kitchen-living room, "games" with the floor at different levels are quite appropriate. It is convenient to place a sofa and a TV on the podium.

It is advisable to choose different wallpapers for the kitchen and living room. Washable are more suitable for the work area. For the living room, it is better to choose materials for walls with a rich texture. In a small space, wallpaper or paint for walls of light shades will look good, which can visually expand it. The combination of white or beige tones with greens and pinks will make the atmosphere boring.

For the design of the ceiling, it is convenient to choose a tension option, although you need to see how much it will "eat up" the height of the room, which Khrushchev-type apartments could never boast of. The same goes for the organization of multi-level ceilings. Their use is permissible, but approach to the design of a kitchen combined with a living room should be extremely thoughtful in this way.

The convenience of being in the kitchen-living room space largely depends on how well the furniture is placed on this territory. In the case when the partition between the kitchen and the room is removed, installing a bar counter on the border of the two parts of the apartment becomes a good option. The stand will serve as a functional divider between the work area and the rest area. It can be made short or long - almost the entire length of the former partition.

You can use such a structure both as a dining table and as a countertop for household appliances. If this furniture is supplemented with shelves for dishes and other kitchen items, it will become even more convenient to use. On the border between the two rooms, you can also put an ordinary table, making here a full-fledged eating area. Pets will be able to calmly get together for lunch, and the hostess will easily put dishes on the table and serve dishes.

Designers recommend using functional lighting fixtures in the dining area, which will give this place more attractiveness and make it the most convenient. A place of quiet rest in such rooms is traditionally distinguished by a sofa or a seating area.It can stand not only against the wall, but also be facing the back of the kitchen area. Sometimes a rack is placed behind the sofa, on which books, framed photographs, vases and small sculptures are placed. It turns out to be functional and the division is the most obvious.

For a closet and other cabinet furniture, the easiest way is to find a place near a particular wall. But it is also possible to use them as a separator. However, it must be borne in mind that in this case, people in the room will see not only the facade, but also the back wall of such furniture. It should be decorated with wallpaper, paintings or finishing materials such as plastic wall panels.

The organization of lighting depends on the preferences of the inhabitants of the apartment. If the hostess wants the kitchen to be brightly lit during work, you can place a chandelier in the cooking area that provides high-quality light. But in the living room, you can make soft lighting using several light sources. No one will prohibit doing and vice versa by placing a rich chandelier in the living room, and in the kitchen several separate lighting fixtures that give side light.

The distinction between kitchen and room becomes clear when installing a bar counter that matches the color of the kitchen set and design elements on the floor. Also, the separation is emphasized by decorative design like an arch. The overall light tone of the walls and ceiling makes the space feel airy.

By installing a table on the border between the kitchen and the living room, you can achieve a feeling of simplicity, convenience and comfort. This is largely due to the special lighting above the eating area. Diversity in the decoration of walls and furniture unites the space.

Light colors in the decoration of the walls and airy light curtains in combination with accents of red and red colors on the ceiling, floor and furniture make it possible to visually expand the kitchen-living room. Exquisite design is achieved by simple techniques, the place for rest and kitchen work attracts to itself.

Refinement in the atmosphere of the Khrushchev kitchen-living room can be achieved through original design techniques. The semi-arch delimiting both halves of the combined space, inserts in the partition in the form of high "windows" made of patterned glass, commonality in the decoration of upholstered furniture and curtains create a harmonious whole.

The use of a beautiful screen-type partition, combined with the decor in the work area, serves as an excellent solution for decorating a harmonious space in the kitchen-living room. A bright, optimistic image will bring a positive into the overall perception of the room.

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