Small kitchens: 9 ideas of comfortable design

Modern designers, preparing their projects, focus on space, freedom and minimalism in interiors. In particular, according to fashionable design trends, modern kitchen should be spacious enough so that it can accommodate all necessary items of furniture and equipment, as well as numerous devices and decorative delights. However, many of us inherited from the Soviet construction small kitchens, which do not always get to equip even a minimal set of furniture.

But do not be discouraged if you are the owner of such a kitchen, because there are design techniques, thanks to which even the smallest rooms become comfortable and comfortable. And "House of Dreams" will tell today about them.

Ideas for small-sized kitchen design

We offer you 9 ideas, thanks to which kitchen of small sizes will visually be more spacious, it will be more convenient to place during cooking and eating, pleasant tea-drinking withguests and just alone with a cup of fragrant morning coffee.

1. Remove the doors

Remove the doors and the wall that connects the kitchen to the living room, you can increase its dimensions not only visually, but also in practice. When dismantling the connecting wall at your disposal will be a few additional centimeters, which can be used to arrange furniture or kitchen appliances. In addition, the kitchen, connected to the living room or other room, will appear more spacious and free. However, this method will suit you only if you are ready for a radical redevelopment. If you do not want to combine the kitchen and the living room, make sure that the doors in this room open outwards.

2. Filling the free space

In each room there are several so-called "dead zones", the area of ​​which is very difficult to use. In the kitchen, such areas are the space under the windowsill, as well as the area under the ceiling. Since in our case every centimeter is expensive, designers recommend using these zones to organize additional storage locations. For example, under the window sill, you can equip open or closed shelves to store utensils or other kitchen utensils, or transform a window sill into a dining table, as shown in the photo. And under the ceiling you can hang small drawers, which can also be used to store the necessary things.

3. We connect the kitchen and balcony

An interesting idea for a small kitchen is the layout in which the wall between the kitchen and the balcony completely or partiallydismantled. In the case of a complete dismantling of the wall, we will have a studio-plan kitchen with an additional balcony space, which can be used at our own discretion, for example, for organizing shelves and lockers or decorating a dining area. If you dismantle the wall in part, the remaining structure can be equipped for a bar counter or a compact dining place.

4. Choose a multi-functional suite

The convenience of a small kitchen largely depends on the kitchen set. Since the room has non-standard dimensions, it is better to make a set on order. In addition, try to choose the most versatile construction. For example, in such designs, the sink can be covered with a lid, using it as a table-top or expanding the working area due to the retractable elements. In addition, it is desirable that in the headset for a small kitchen all the doors open vertically.

5. Create an additional area

During the arrangement of a small kitchen, the greatest difficulties arise when placing household appliances - refrigerators, microwave ovens, etc. However, this problem can be solved if you organize embedded niches. The built-in refrigerator in the niche, firstly, will be less noticeable, and, secondly, it will take considerably less space, freeing up additional space. As for the microwave oven, you can also arrange a separate niche or place it in a hanging cabinet. In addition, as can be seen in the photo, niches are convenient to use as additional shelves.

6. Alternative to dining table

Unfortunately, in a small kitchen it is simply impossible to install a full dining table. Furniture for this room should be as light and compact as possible. To solve this problem it is possible by means of alternative variants of a dinner table. For example, its role can be performed by a bar counter or a sliding table top. If you select a sliding tabletop, then, as a rule, it is mounted inside the work surface or built-in niche, and if necessary, it is pulled out.

7. We engage the kitchen apron

The kitchen apron refers to the part of the wall between the table top and the suspended ceilings. This place can be used with advantage, equipped with its hooks, magnetic boards or railing systems. These small but incredibly useful designs will help you store all the necessary kitchen accessories at your fingertips.

8. Fill the lower level of the kitchen

It is optimal if the lower level of the kitchen will be equipped with multi-tiered drawers hidden behind one door. Unlike many small drawers, such a system will not overload the interior of a small kitchen and at the same time will allow using space to the maximum. In addition, it is desirable that these systems are fully movable.

9. Playing light and shadows

To make the design of a small kitchen seem more spacious, in the surface finish, give preference to light pastel tones. As a decor, you can use small bright blotches, but their presence should be insignificant. In addition, the right lighting plays a big role in the arrangement of a small kitchen. To make the room seem more, in addition to the central lighting, you need to use additional lighting. For example, built-in lamps can be mounted in the facade of a headset, above a bar counter or a dining area. In addition, it is very important that the room is well lit by natural light.

Make small-sized kitchens comfortable and comfortable, albeit not easy, but quite feasible. The main thing in this business is to take into account the recommendations of designers and not be afraid of experiments.