The kitchen is the area where family members most often meet, discuss the events of the day, argue and make up for a delicious dinner or a cup of tea. Therefore, the kitchen space should be arranged so that the household is as comfortable as possible. The furniture kitchen corner plays here not the last role.
Today this piece of kitchen furniture consists of a table and seats for seating in different variations. Before you buy a kitchen corner, you need to determine your desires and needs. For starters, it would be nice to understand what kind of kitchen corners there are, and how they differ.
Options for choosing a kitchen corner
Seat complectation
- Chairs
- Chairs + bench
- Chairs + corner sofa
- Chairs + padded stools + small sofa
Other variants are possible, exclusive models of a zone for a seat.
Availability of extra space for storage of household trifles
It is clear that if there are only chairs in the kitchen set, then you need to buy a separate pencil case for storing all sorts of stuff. Corners in the style of "high-tech" also do not imply the presence of any containers. For such furniture are characterized by elongated legs and straight or slightly curved lines of armrests. But there are a number of models that are equipped with secret lockers. So, the kitchen corners for the kitchen can be:
- Without drawers.
- With drawers( not very common).
- With drawers that can be opened by lifting the top of the seat.
Corner with drawers for storing household trivets.
Kitchen corner without drawers.
The drawer can be one large along the entire sofa, or maybe a few small ones.
Materials used in the manufacture of kitchen corners
Upholstery of the soft part
- Genuine leather is environmentally friendly, easy to care for, pleasant to the touch. True, not in any interior such furniture would be appropriate. In addition, at such kitchen corners, prices are quite high, which causes a limited supply of such models in the domestic market.
- Synthetic imitation leather. Practical, easy to clean, which is important in the kitchen. Today's leatherette is almost identical to natural skin, some even have the property of "breathing".
- Microfiber - the most popular synthetic material with increased wear resistance, long retains a presentable appearance. But a corner with such upholstery, most likely, it is necessary to order individually.
- Upholstery fabric : velor, splint, jacquard, plush, flock. The latter is very close in properties to the microfiber, but a little cheaper. It should be noted that the fuzzy version of the upholstery when changing lighting looks different and may not approach the surrounding interior, so you need to be vigilant when choosing a color. Fabrics with a clearly expressed longitudinal-transverse texture have a property to be salted.
Fillers for the soft part of the seat
- Foam. In the composition of this foam rubber there are flame retardants, which increase the resistance to fire.
- Polyurethane foam .A worthy analog of foam rubber, which has better moisture and heat insulating properties, but less susceptible to deformation.
Elasticity, and therefore, the ability to maintain the original shape depends on the degree of rigidity of the material. There is a filler of normal stiffness, increased stiffness, hard, soft, hyper-soft, high elasticity. Quality filler is not cheap, but its service life can reach 10 years.
The material of the main part of the soft kitchen corner( frame)
- chipboard .The most commonly used laminated chipboard, presented in different color and texture solutions.
- High quality wood. Kitchen corners from wood significantly exceed both the price and the quality of those made of chipboard.
- Metal. Metal parts of the frame can be made, especially if there are folding elements of the structure.
- Artificial materials.
To improve the moisture resistance of a part of the kitchen corners, usually treated with special impregnations.
The material from which most of the chairs and table are made.
- Tree. The most pleasant, safe, but not cheap option.
- Metal. The most durable and wear-resistant furniture.
- Plastic and other artificial materials. Easy and easy to maintain, relatively cheap.
Dependence of the kitchen corner model on the area of the dining area.
When choosing a kitchenette, in addition to the model and color scheme, you should pay attention to the size of the kitchen area and the entire apartment as a whole. If you are owners of a small one-bedroom apartment, but like night gatherings with a friend, then the ideal option will be a fold-out kitchenette. In the assembled form, such furniture will not take up much space and reduce, without that, a small area. And, having spread out the sofa, you can offer a guest a full bed without harming your own comfort.
A separate story - kitchen corners for small kitchens. Clearly, with all the desire, you will not squeeze into a limited space a large corner sofa. Here, either a small corner sofa with shortened sections for the seat, or a single sofa for one wall, or a variant with a bench. For micro-kitchens, unfortunately, it is necessary to be content with very small kitchen corners, or rather, a dining area with chairs or ottomans. Although, today practice alternative solutions for limited spaces. For example, the kitchen corners are popular, where the bench-sofa of the dining area is combined with the sill, as seen in the photo.
In addition, do not forget that the style in which the furniture of the dining area is made, should not break out of the general concept of kitchen design. The kitchen corner should not only be functional, but also decorative.
