Today, the popularity of studio apartments with free planning is gaining momentum, where instead of a small isolated kitchenette in the common space, they are equipped with a full kitchen area and other functional areas. Free layout of apartments is not only in modern buildings, it is also sought by many owners of small apartments in the old houses of the "Khrushchev" series.
What can be a kitchen in a studio apartment for maximum comfort of tenants, how to create a kitchen-studio in a small apartment on your own and what points to pay attention to when planning and repairing this important functional room. All this today will tell "House of Dreams" in this publication.
Kitchen in the apartment-studio
Studying the pluses of the kitchen-studio in the apartment
The layout of the apartment with the kitchen-studio has its advantages:
- arrangement of the kitchen area is convenient for large families;
- the woman does not feel isolated from the family, doing cooking;
- visually expands the space of the whole apartment or living room, if the kitchen is combined with only one room.
Kitchen area in the studio apartment photo
Kitchen in the studio apartment photo
We create a kitchen-studio: how to start the redevelopment of the
To realize this idea in the old apartment, you first need to demolish the walls that fence the kitchen. Only then it will be possible to divide the received space into zones. This is the main difficulty of reconstructing compacts.
Important: before demolishing the wall, it is vitally important for you to have permission for this action to be sure of safety.
The total space of the studio apartment must be divided into zones with different functional load: kitchen area, recreation area, work area. The kitchen zone in the studio apartment needs to be carefully planned, as it will be the place of concentration of noise from the operation of electrical appliances, various smells, elevated temperatures and humidity accompanying the cooking process.
Kitchen studio in the apartment photo
5 kitchen zoning receptions in the studio apartment
Zoning of the studio kitchen in the apartment or the room can be done in different ways:
1. Lighting
You can, for example, separate the kitchen area from the rest of the functional areas using different lighting. To illuminate the living room, designers recommend the use of a single light source, for example chandeliers or compositions of several bubbles in the center. In the kitchen, it is better to use a spotlight or single lights to be able to illuminate this zone in different versions.
Interior of the kitchen studio photo
Small kitchen studio design photo
2. Floor covering
The floor of the kitchen can be laid out with ceramic granite or ceramic tiles, which coincides in color and texture with a common floor covering in the apartment. This will create a sense of a single space.
Kitchens for studio apartment
3. Podium
Another trick of the kitchen section is its location on the catwalk, that is, on a small elevation above the main floor. True, this method takes 10-15 cm from the height of the room, so it is not suitable for apartments with low ceilings.
Design of the kitchen studio in the apartment
4. Ceiling
With the help of stretch ceiling or ceiling structures of plasterboard, located below the level of the main ceiling, you can also visually isolate the kitchen area. But, again, this technique is good only for rooms with high ceilings. To highlight the kitchen space in low-rise apartments, you can use ceilings of the same level, but with different textures, for example, in the kitchen make a glossy stretch ceiling, and in the next zone - matt.
Design studio kitchen with living room
Interior of studio room with kitchen
5. Bar counter
The most successful option of separating the kitchen area is the use of a bar counter, equipped with a table top, built-in drawers and stands. The bar counter will harmoniously work to close the kitchen space and, at the same time, carry a functional load.
How to separate the kitchen in the apartment of the studio
How to separate the kitchen in the apartment of the studio
How to separate the kitchen in the studio apartment with a bar counter Photo
Furnishing and design of the kitchen studio in the apartment: practical recommendations
By equipping the kitchen in the studio apartment, it must be equipped with a good hood overcooking surface or stove, so as not to inhale the smells of food prepared in all corners of the room and to protect furniture from particles of soot and grease. Also try to choose low-noise household appliances, because it's not very pleasant to fall asleep under the loud buzz of a refrigerator or to read a book to a child under the roar of a food processor.
We hope you will find these tips on how to arrange the kitchen in the studio apartment and see a few examples of the layouts presented in this review. Beautiful design and cozy kitchen-studio in your apartment!
