Design kitchen-dining-living room

Sometimes you want to not just update the interior of the apartment, and do something radically different, for example, to expand the space by combining several rooms into one. If annoying dismantling of the walls and partitions of the permission, the kitchen, living and dining It can be combined into one large room, making it a truly comfortable, light and ergonomic. This result is achieved thanks to the competent zoning and regulated in various ways.

Advantages and disadvantages of combining

Despite the apparent simplicity harmoniously organize three functional areas in one big space is actually quite difficult. First of all raises the question of choosing the design of the room. To room looked comfortable and attractive, choose the overall style of the interior for all its areas. In this case, each should carry out their functions and in a certain way to stand out. If it is difficult to resolve all issues on their own, you can seek help from a specialist designer and still look appropriate options for images on the internet and magazines.

Planning similar changes in the apartment, you need to know that this event will have its pros and cons. Before you get to work you need to weigh the pros and cons, as well as to obtain the necessary documents authorizing to conduct redevelopment and dismantling.

Pros:

• Creating a large room that allows to realize any creative ideas, design solutions. Over a large area, you can unleash the imagination and use virtually any design, interior style, focusing on your own taste and preferences.
• Demolition of walls between the kitchen, dining and living room will make the room lighter, since it will already have two windows.
• Combining rooms allow constantly spending time with your family, even if one is busy cooking in the kitchen, while others relax in the lounge or watch TV. The absence of partitions allow to communicate seamlessly with each other at all times, not to be alone in a small enclosed space.
• Organize a dinner for your friends and family will be much easier and more comfortable. Without unnecessary walls and barriers of time to set the table, take much less. In addition, a large space can accommodate a full lunch place, that, unfortunately, it is impossible to do in a small kitchen.

Minuses:

• Do not get completely rid of the smell, which occurs during cooking. Even with a powerful drawing and good ventilation is still some "flavors" will penetrate into the living room.
• The same goes for noise. Running appliances such as a dishwasher or washing machine, microwave, kettle and even a refrigerator will be heard not only in the kitchen but also in other areas of the room. To reduce the negative impact of the sound, you can buy equipment with minimal noise.
• Combining the kitchen, dining and living room includes maintaining an ideal of purity, especially in the cooking area. Since any unwashed dishes, the remains of food on the table or overflowing trash can in sight would spoil the appearance of the interior, and cause negative emotions.

Planning decisions kitchen-dining-living room

Combining requires separate facilities to approach the process correctly, that further there was no Only visual disharmony, but also not to disturb the comfort and functionality of each zone separately.

Design and planning of the combined space of the interior must start with the kitchen. The first step is to build a properly working triangle - the cooking zone with a sink, refrigerator, stove.

They should be located in close proximity to each other, be accessible and easy to use.

If the kitchen is quite spacious, you can use any convenient layout as a U-shaped, and parallel, in-line, and even the island. For compact kitchen corner is the best one set, which can be supplemented if desired bar.

Further, should pay attention to planning the dining room. Dining area should be located closer to the kitchen than the living room. It is much more convenient and practical, especially during a dinner party with many guests, because they do not have to carry the dishes across the room.

Design techniques of zoning spaces

Divide the total area and highlight the individual zones in two ways: visually and functionally. The first involves the use of visual separation methods, ie the use of color, lighting, decorative materials, different textures and textures. The second method, physical, based on the arrangement of furniture and interior items, as well as some of the architectural details.

visual distinction

Lighting

In addition to natural light, a large space must have an artificial quality. For example, for the kitchen of the suite a good solution would be to use spotlighting, and the tabletop can be identified LED tape. In the dining area to hang a chandelier in the living room and apply several options: ceiling lamps, floor lamps, wall lamps, etc.

Color

One of the most simple and effective way to highlight certain areas - to paste one of the walls contrast with wallpaper or paint in a different color, different from the rest. Such an embodiment is suitable for dining. The dining area will stand out from the others, thanks to the bright pattern or ornament. The rest of the walls can be more soft, neutral colors, without the colorful patterns and other decor.

floor material

Finish and floor design is also a good solution in the zoning of the space. For the kitchen can use a tile, and a dining table to allocate flooring, laminate flooring, natural wood.

functional zoning

Screens, curtains, partitions

Depending on the style, you can use different materials and design for partitions: glass, concrete, wood, plastic, plasterboard, and even metal. Sizes and shapes can be any at the level of the kitchen cabinets, and floor-to-ceiling windows.

For the screen, you can use a wooden frame with glass or fabric inserts. By construction it can be of two types: folding, sliding. The role of the partitions and curtains perform well as a dense fabric neprosvechivayuschey and quite light of tulle, lace, chiffon, or breeds, of beads and bugles.

Door coupe

This technique has been used successfully not only in cabinets and wardrobes, but also as a partition. They can be really zoned space, covering, for example, the kitchen from the living room, and thus eliminating, extraneous sounds and smells.

In most cases for sliding doors, partitions used metal frame and the insertion of a transparent or opaque glass, plastic, and wood door coupe.

Furniture

The separator can be a bar. Usually it is located in the kitchen area and shared space for cooking and dining part. But the bar in interior design plays a role not only a decorative element, but also functional, as is suitable for breakfast and snacks, and is able to accommodate two or three people.

If the size of the room allows, then delineate kitchen and dining area, you can use a kitchen island. He is, depending on the layout, but because its design usually involves the presence of plates or cleaning, it should be easy access to the rest of the cooking zones.

The backrest of the sofa and chairs can also serve different partitions that separate the living room from the rest of the space. This role will suit and shelves, kitchen tables, consoles and other furniture items.

The decor and architecture details

Delineate the room as possible and with the help of decorative items such as rugs and carpeting. This variant is suitable for decorating the living room or dining room. Carpets give the room a glamorous, festive look, of course, if they are selected on the basis of stylistic solutions decor.

As a separator space suit and other decorative objects: paintings, pictures, vases, flower pots, mirrors, sculptures.

Plus, it further decorate the interior, profitable emphasize his style adds coziness in the situation. There can be used all kinds of arches, columns, beams, openings, plasterboard ceiling levels.

Decide to merge three buildings into one is not so easy. It requires deliberate action, good design and zoning while maintaining functional properties of each room. Upon successful result you can get a spacious and bright room, where it will be convenient to prepare and to rest comfortably.