An area of 9 square meters will seem to some people not too spacious, but with a competent layout of a 9-meter kitchen with a refrigerator, you can create the perfect look of the room by successfully placing in it both household appliances and a dining table with chairs. This is possible thanks to a variety of projects and original design.
Layout
Bearing in mind that the functional part of the kitchen, including the headsets, appliances and the refrigerator, in any case will take up a lot of space, if possible it is necessary to expand a small area. This is done at the expense of the neighboring rooms adjacent to the storage room, hallway, balcony or loggia.
It is much more difficult to use the “shift” of the bathroom for these purposes. In all other cases, a combination of rooms will be required, but for this you need to demolish the walls, as well as clean the doors, and sometimes the windows.
However, such actions cannot always be carried out - there is a risk of damage to the supporting structures, therefore, you will first need to get expert advice and then permission to redevelop.
However, designers believe that even without these steps, you can successfully optimize the space, pre-selecting the desired form of furniture, calculating its size and planning the placement.
But the first thing to consider is the location of the zones.
Despite the standard layout in apartment buildings, you can arrange the wiring of electricity and water supply at your discretion. And even in the case of a gas stove, it is possible to install it in another place using a flexible hose.
Furniture Arrangement
In a small kitchen you can place furniture in different ways, but there are certain options that are used most often.
- A small family of 3-4 people can choose a simple U-shaped layout of the room. At the same time, there is no familiar dining table - it is replaced by a bar counter or part of the headset in the form of a peninsula, around which chairs can be located. This project does not provide for a sofa, but it does imply a certain spaciousness of the kitchen working area.
- Linear placement - option, when the kitchen with stove and refrigerator occupies one wall, and near the second there is a table with chairs. However, here it is quite possible to install a sofa with a table and several chairs.
- You can stop on the bent, semicircular objects of the headset, but this arrangement is mostly relevant for the wrong geometry of the kitchen space. The dining area is opposite - usually a sofa with a round table, the original solution will be the design of the working area with curved (radius) facades. There are a lot of such functional options - these are simple and complex configurations with curved and concave elements. In addition, the kitchen with the use of such designs looks not only original, but also more elegant, and smooth bends hide the design flaws.
- The most popular are options with a L-shaped working area. Such projects are most suited for the safe and convenient operation of kitchen functionality. The room can even be spacious if instead of a sofa only a table and chairs are used, which are located in the corner opposite the headset.
An important point is the choice of dining furniture. If there is too little space, you should use light, including in appearance, tables and chairs that quickly assemble and fold. The dining part of the kitchen is often furnished with a corner sofa - this option involves the presence of seats under which you can hold some things. Then there may be no need for hinged shelves.
Families of two or one person, in general, can afford to do without a traditional table, replacing it with a bar, setting a couple of high chairs next to it. This makes it possible to save a lot of free space. It is worth knowing that the most compact version of the table is a square or rectangle, not counting the round shape in the presence of bends in the kitchen.
Interior decoration
Of course, it is easier to equip a 9-meter square-shaped kitchen, and, unfortunately, creating an image in a classic style will not work, but the modern design will be ideal for a small area, and it will cost much less. Following some rules, it is possible to optimally place furniture in a narrow space.
A non-standard idea is to position the kitchen unit along the windowsill. If it is installed near the walls, and extended by the windows, then this part can become a dining table.
To prevent the chairs from interfering during cooking, it is better to choose folding views that can be removed for a while. In principle, the table can be folding, this will save a lot of space. This project is impeccable for a young family of 2 people.
The use of built-in wardrobes and closed facades, where you can put household appliances, including a refrigerator, will add free space. At the same time, it is better not to use glass doors, as details visible to the eye will interfere with general perception. The exception is matte doors, or having any ornament on the surface.
Instead of additional cabinets cluttering up the room, it is wiser to use hanging cabinets.
- It is advisable to always design small rooms in bright colors that add volume to the area. - Any neutral colors are perfect for this. Shades in this case can be any: light blue, beige, gray or green. In combination with white lighting, they will make the kitchen neat and spacious.
- For walls suitable plain washable wallpaper. If there is a picture on them, it is important that it is slightly darker than the general background, literally half a tone. A good solution would be pastel shades with a beautiful texture.
- In a small kitchen with a ceiling height of 2.5 m, it is better not to do stretch ceilings, since the construction will take from 5 to 7 centimeters, and due to this, the room will visually decrease even more.
- As for objects such as duct or hood, it is better to close them with plasterboard boxes.
Lighting
In a small room you should not use one chandelier, it must be supplemented with several lamps located evenly on the ceiling.
It is believed that yellow light, of course, comfortable for the eyes, will narrow the space of the kitchen, so you have to choose between it and white, artificial light.
Even in a small kitchen you can use such a technique as a lamp low suspended above the table, in the presence of lighting above the working part of the room.
Dressing
First of all, in a small room it is worth thinking about a white ceiling, without which any attempts to expand the space would be futile. If height allows, of course, it is advisable to make a tensile structure, which also helps to solve the problem with the placement of small lamps - auxiliary light sources.
With a white matte ceiling, it doesn’t matter at all what tone the furniture will be chosen - this is already a matter of taste for the owners.
However, it is still desirable to establish dark accents, so the general appearance will be more organic.
When designing the interior, you should pay attention to a number of nuances.
- No need to clutter up the walls with lots of decorative elements. On 9 squares of the square, two or three panels, paintings or photographs, or one mural, if there is a place for a beautiful clock, calendar, will be enough. It is allowed to complement the design with flower pots, a candy box, a candle or a vase of flowers on the table. The main thing is not to overload the space.
- In a small room, it’s better not to put a lot of magnets on the refrigerator, which can violate a harmonious image, creating an undesirable multicolor and randomness.
- Large mural paintings or paintings are better to decorate the surface of the walls in the dining area. However, such elements can be placed in the functional part of the room, if they do not create a sense of uselessness.
- Typical corner kitchens can be decorated with vertical stripes or vertical murals. as well as additional upper or lower moldings to match the paint or wallpaper.
- Chandeliers choose small but light in appearance, glass products look perfect in this regard.
- Do not pick up heavy and tight curtains, You can stay at simpler options without pronounced drapery - classic plain curtains, blinds.
When thinking about design, one should not forget that these are not only decor elements, but also a well-equipped view of the hood, dishwasher, minibar, refrigerator, which should look uniform and harmonious in combination with the general concept of the room.
Useful Tips
To equip a kitchen in a small room, it’s important to know some subtleties, related to accommodation and other landscaping issues:
- for convenience of unloading products, it is important that the cabinet is located next to the refrigerator and the sink, and next to it is a table for cooking;
- the swing door can be replaced with a sliding door to save space;
- between the sink and the refrigerator, as well as between the stove and the refrigerator, it is necessary to observe a distance of at least 110 cm, possibly more;
- if there is space in front of the dining table, you can put a TV, but it should be away from the stove and sink;
- the window sill can be replaced with a wide tabletop and used as a dining table or work surface;
- If you choose a high headset that is placed close to the ceiling, in addition to more spaciousness, it eliminates the need to regularly wipe dust off the shelves.
If you carefully plan the layout and design of the kitchen, then in a small space you can arrange all the necessary pieces of furniture and appliances, creating a unique room design that is comfortable for residents.
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