To combine or not the kitchen with the living? The answer to this question depends not only on your desires, based on studying of glossy magazines, but also on the number of households and apartment size. Many designers believe that if housing is less than 100 square meters and there are always 4-5 people, due to the creation of a single space will disappear recreation area. It is quite another matter, if you live in the apartment unmarried, childless couple or a mother with a child. However, to make the interior was really cosy, it is necessary to consider all the nuances of similar design.
The smell and smoke
The main problems of any kitchen-living room, the smell and the smoke. If the stove will boil the milk in the oven pereselitsa chicken or starts to burn pancakes, unpleasant aromas have to breathe all the inhabitants of the apartment. Therefore, in the kitchen, living room, must be powerful and desirable low noise hood that does not operate in the recirculation mode (clears the air through the filter and throws him back into the room), and outputs the kitchen dirt on the street through a common ventilation system. However, the duct will have to hide behind cupboards, otherwise it would spoil the whole image. For the same reason seriously consider approaching the design of the hood.
Even the best hood will not solve the problem of the smell when in the kitchen preparing 2-3 times a day and something like meat with spices. In this case, you will have to take care of good ventilation. You should purchase equipment that is locally keeps unpleasant odors, aerogrill, steamer, etc.
Without oven and TV
Giant white refrigerator, free standing stove and other highly evolved in the interior of the technique may prevent you combine the kitchen and living room. Therefore, for the sake of disguise choose only built-in furniture and appliances. By the way, set in this case will perform the role of insulators. In addition, it makes sense to pay attention to separate the freezing and refrigerating chambers, so as not to clutter the kitchen cabinets type pencil case. In order to save space in the apartments-studios, many also refuse ovens and televisions.
When planning a living room and kitchen design cabinets place for small equipment. If the countertop will stand mixers, toasters, blenders and other assorted units, shop interior they will not add.
Clean and tidy
Very nice looking from living room to kitchen area immediately after the repair. But how long will remain in perfect order? The hostess on hand the necessary jars with spices, spoons ladles, towels, and dirty dishes are not always promptly cleaned or hiding in the dishwasher. But even a couple of extra items on the countertop look from the living room as a terrible mess. To avoid such problems, refrain from open shelves, do not place the rails with a large number of kitchen appliances and train yourself immediately after cooking to wash the dishes and use things used on the lockers.
The disorder is especially noticeable on minimalist kitchens, high-tech, requiring purity, as in the operating room. It is therefore considered that the most suitable style for combined space - Provence, which admits light chaos and the combination of different textures.
Separation zones
In order to delimit the area, the kitchen is often a place on the podium or make over her suspended ceiling with spotlights. To separate the working-cooking part of the territory of relaxation and using different partitions. For example, plasterboard, but to make them better to the ceiling or lost all sense of Studio apartments, and a height of about 1-1 .5 meters Sometimes instead of partitions used shelving, partitions with glass shelves and even flowing waterfalls. Great classic dining table between the kitchen and the living room will also serve as a namespace separator.
If the apartment is no place for a table, set the bar. It can be plastic, wood, metal, glass.
How to create harmony
There are different techniques on how to make a combined interior really harmonious. The most important thing is the kitchen, dining room and living room should be designed in the same style, and overlap with each other in the color. For example, if the recreation area is made with wooden floor, of the same material, you can run the fronts of the kitchen cabinets (or lower). If you are not strong in complex combinations of textures and colours, go for a simpler way - select the same Cabinet furniture for living room and kitchen and buy a single upholstery for chairs in the dining room and sofa bed in the lounge. For those who don't want to in the working area stood out kitchen apron is to choose not classic tiles and ceramics that mimic the texture of different materials - leather, cloth, wood. In the style of hi-tech look good glass (often completely transparent, under which insert pictures), metal or polished concrete. Additionally expand the space and will fit almost any style mirror apron.
For those who want to bring the design of the kitchen to the living area, it makes sense to abandon the hanging cabinets. But then a problem may occur placement of utensils and products, so think carefully whether you will be able for the beauty of the interior to lose places for storage.
Expert opinion
Anastasia Novikova, designer of the Moscow architectural center
If the size of Studio apartments allow you to set a dining table, it is better if he will be with glass top, otherwise its volume he will "stuff" the whole space. If desired, it is possible to add transparent chairs. Instead of tablecloths will fit plastic or straw trivets under hot. And in General, to get involved in textiles in the Studio apartment I do not advise. On Windows it is better to hang the blinds, and instead of the classic kitchen towels to use paper in rolls.
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