Design living room with kitchen (45 photos): a bar, an island layout, variations of the original design

Rational combined kitchen and living room - the idea is not new, it is sufficient to recall the Russian log hut with a stove in the middle of her home. Happy owners of cottages or modern apartments in new buildings, as a rule, choose this option. With architecture Khrushchev era a little more complicated, but if you wish and there is work to do. Next we will talk about how to properly develop the design of the living room with open plan kitchen in the Khrushchev and not only there.

Replan Khrushchev.

Consider the basic pros and cons

The man who saw with their own eyes for the first time a good design combined with kitchen facilities, just notice obvious benefits of such plan.

It's really good for several reasons:

• If we talk about the notorious Khrushchev, then the average kitchen 6m² not much overclocking. Normally dine there maybe two, maximum three people. So there immediately solved the problem a lack of usable area by increasing the dining area.

Separation by flooring.

• If you raided the guests, it is a problem, the hostess will have to constantly run between the stove and the table in the living roomAnd because it is also a human and wants to sit down with them. And in this case, the association is almost the only correct option;
• Another advantage is a more convenient layout. Room combined with kitchen design allows you to suddenly get rid of the barriers standing in the way, piling furniture and narrow doorways. The room immediately becomes a roomy and comfortable;
• A visual extension of the space is achieved largely due to the appearance in the room of two windows. After all, how much is not mounted lamps, and two powerful natural sunlight source is still better;

Studio apartment.

• Rather than settle for two small TV in the kitchen and living room, you can install one full wide plasma and relax in front of her after a hard day;
• And the most important advantage of such a plan is the ability to gather the whole family for a wide dining table.

Tip: many owners dream set in a house fire.
Interior design of living room with kitchen area allows it to do as well as possible.

Reviewing the photos ready design projects, where everything is beautiful, smooth and serene, this option may seem almost perfect. But do not jump to conclusions, this layout is not all suitable combinations facilities have a number of quite serious flaws.

Breaking the pier, many owners have spared.

Examples layout.

• Let's start with the fact that all the flavors of fried fish, baked or borscht will no longer be exclusively by one kitchen. If you are convinced that the powerful extractor hood above the stove will save you, do not believe it is only slightly reduce the intensity of the odor. In large families, where they are used to cook a lot and often have to put up with a sofa and curtains, smelling kitchen;
• The modern kitchen is filled with a mass of household appliances. Microwave, dishwasher, and sometimes washing machine, coffee maker, kettle, fridge, all the amenities of civilization make sounds, and not everyone likes the "chorus" during the holidays;
• When cleaning is a pair of unwashed dishes or cups, on the separate kitchen is not evident. But once you break down the pier and combine space, accidentally forgotten how even a napkin on the table will give the impression of chaos. According to the experienced housewives, wash, wash and clean with this layout will have at least 2 times more;

Sketch studio apartments.

• Also, you should consider the number of residents of the apartment, including children. Breaking the barrier in the standard dvushke have all sleep in the same room, or someone living in the makeshift kitchen.

Important: competent design combined kitchen and living room is very important.
Simply remove the wall is not enough, if it is wrong to distinguish between areas, it may give the impression of unfinished repairs.

Popular design options

Ways zoning space is now there are many. It can be furniture, the use of different types of interior and of course, the division with the help of floor and wall cladding materials.

Replanning in comparison.

Tip: many owners have resorted to the most simple variant.
After the demolition of capital partition in its place installed multi-compartment sliding door, sort of a closet in an enlarged format.
Given that the price of such a design is relatively small, it is quite a popular option.

The bar counter in her apartment

Many owners of modern design of a kitchen-living room can not imagine without a makeshift bar. Indeed such a plan is very convenient and is now probably the most popular. After all, it can be used for the expansion of the working area of ​​the kitchen table, and for its intended purpose, for light snacks and buffets.

redevelopment schemes in the Khrushchev.

But you need to mount it with the mind. If this add-on to the desktop, it should be noted that the distance to the sink and stove must be no closer than 1,2 m but not more than 3m.

If you plan to exclusively BANQUET option, then it rises slightly above the table top, and the traditional bar stools, in when they are provided for, shall be placed on the part of the kitchen so that the eyes sitting facing out living room. With this approach, it will be convenient not only give out snacks for the guests, but also to drink a cup of tea on the desk itself.

Easy rack.

Furthermore, such a design can be made in two levels, as in the conventional bar. The lower level is used as a supplement to the working table, the upper table top for supplying snacks and drinks.

If your goal is to play, then under the bar countertop is best to set one foot decorated. This option is convenient by the fact that the leg itself and countertop can be made foldable.

Stationary racks are usually made to order of furniture boards, are used to the maximum usable space under the counter. Although no one will interfere with their hands folded support of brick or other suitable material and cover it with a laminated worktop.

Easy stationary rack.

As for the space directly above the bar, it is not necessary to "reinvent the wheel" The most appropriate will tie the number of "combs" for hanging elegant wine glasses, which make the interior shine completed.

Lovely island in the kitchen

This interior design living room with a kitchen is often used in large areas of private cottages or apartments with a free plan. Here, a separation line structures instead the bar-type self-contained full set islet on which is mounted further apart countertop sink, and sometimes even with the furnace.

Stationary island.

Tip: The kitchen stove on the island makes sense to install only if it is an electric version.
Gas burners, in addition to complex and very costly for documenting, the room look pretty rough.

As a full dining table, this design is not well suited, because in most cases, all the space under the sink take all sorts of cabinets and shelves for kitchen utensils, plus a table level is usually made up of the traditional lunch. Although some models around the island bar stools are provided for a light snack.

An island with a makeshift bar.

A few more versions of the original design

Another common method is to design the construction of a small podium for the kitchen area. The height of the platform is usually not more than 150 mm, but this approach allows clear distinction between the two premises. This option is convenient by the fact that a well-placed podium all kitchen communication.

Layout of the cottage.

Relatively inexpensive and at the same time a universal way is to install a large dining table on the border areas. So that the table did not look lonely, he should be beat with the help of directional luminaires.

As the idea, and guide itself is quite simple. Bottom space is filled with chairs, and on top of the worktop suspended luminaire 2-3. Thus, a kind of the light curtain.

In addition, you are not forced to take down the wall completely. Sometimes it is enough to cut only part of the septum. Wide opening between the rooms is classically in the form of an arch, but it is not a dogma. Depending on the style of the interior configuration can be any.

Partial separation false wall.

Output

Design of a combined kitchen and living room creative process, and topics related to any art and requires the development of imagination, virtually inexhaustible. The video in this article, we picked up a few more options. We are interested in your opinion on this topic, feel free to write in the comments, the debate promises to be interesting.

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