Corner kitchens with a window: how to correctly design and beautifully design?

Designers agree that the corner layouts in the kitchen with a window are quite functional and ergonomic, which is why this option is most often used when planning and designing kitchen rooms. Such solutions are especially relevant for small spaces. Depending on the location of the windows, there are several options for rational planning - they will be discussed in our article.

Corner kitchens with a window will be the best option in two cases:

• if the kitchen area is less than 10 square meters. m;
• if you make a kitchen corner in the studio or in a common room combining the kitchen and the living room.

However, if desired, you can use a similar design in other conditions, since such a layout has several tangible advantages.

• Compactness - with corner placement, the furniture set and household appliances take up much less space.
• In the corner you can always arrange not only the main working area, but also the dining area. In this case, a corner sofa is placed there - as a rule, it is small in size, and the drawers located under the seats can achieve significant savings on shelf space.
• The corner design of the kitchen effectively zones the space.
• With corner picking, you can always arrange the furniture in accordance with the principle of a triangle, when the stove, refrigerator and sink are located at an equal distance from each other, and within walking distance. This saves users time by minimizing unnecessary movements.

Corner kitchens are not without some drawbacks.

• If the kitchen has a non-standard layout, has ledges or niches, then competently designing a corner set will be quite problematic - any wall irregularities often not only add to the worries, but also significantly increase the budget for the work.
• If the kitchen is small, then most often the sink is placed in the corner, so there is a significant saving in area. But at the same time, such a sink is very inconvenient to use, since there is very little space left in front of it, and this inconvenience turns into a real problem for housewives of a large physique.
• The corner kitchen project is not suitable for elongated rooms, since the space is used irrationally and there is a great risk of overloading an already small area. And also you should not use similar furniture in square spacious rooms, since in this case you will have to make a lot of unnecessary movements moving from one corner to another.

Some designers suggest decorating corner kitchens with a window so that they can fit everything you need for cooking. That is why when planning, pay attention to some recommendations:

• if you have a small room, it is better to install a two-burner stove instead of a four-burner;
• Choose a small sink;
• be sure to leave a little space between the sink and the sink - this will facilitate the work in the kitchen;
• when buying household appliances, give preference to the built-in modules;
• pay attention to furniture with hinged doors that open upwards;
• the hood is better to use a small but powerful one;
• as a table, it is better to install a folding transformer model.

It should be noted that for a competent arrangement of space, it is necessary to approach the determination of the location of the countertop, sink, refrigerator, and stove as rationally as possible. When decorating corner interiors, they should be located as close as possible to each other, so that the distance between any two objects does not exceed two meters.

The most common layout option is L-shapedwhen the furniture is placed along two perpendicular walls. In this case, all furniture modules are located on both sides of the corner zone - this option is optimal for both small and spacious rooms.

For a large kitchen you can consider option with a peninsula: one part of the headset is located near the wall, and the other is mounted across the kitchen perpendicular to the first.

A universal solution is considered U-shaped layout - it can be used in any type of room, with the exception of narrow rooms with a width of less than 2.5 m. A particularly striking version of the design of the corner zone looks in studio rooms, where the furniture allows you to separate the kitchen from the rest of the apartment.

It is possible to arrange the room in which the window is located in the middle of the wall in different ways. If the window opening is in the center, then the niche beneath it can be used as a unit for storing food or household items - these can be small things needed daily, or things that the owners use a couple of times a year.

Wide window sills often play the role of countertops, this is especially true for small kitchens - such a countertop is used instead of the work surface, and it is also converted into a sink, having removed the battery, built-in sink and having all the necessary communications.

However, far from always the windows in the room are located in the middle of the wall, often there are corner options for the location of window openings - usually this layout is found in non-standard rooms, for example, in elongated narrow kitchens.

If the room has two windows that are located on perpendicular walls or are located at a small distance from each other, then between them you can install a compact corner cabinet with open shelves.

The spacious kitchen and two corner windows located in it are an excellent solution for the design of the dining area: natural lighting and the view from the window will surely create a truly cozy and warm atmosphere. Here you can put a small sofa and complement it with a round table - such a composition fits perfectly into the space between a pair of windows.

Narrow kitchens with a pencil case with a window at the end are most often found in private houses, a standard option for new buildings is unusual. Such a narrowing of the kitchen space is explained by the need to allocate more space for the living area.

You can make the interior more airy and light if you follow the recommendations of the designers.

Facades of a corner headset in the style of provence with transparent glasses or glossy inserts, as well as completely made of glass, they will visually expand the space, open shelves take on the same role.

In the modern kitchen mirrors are rarely used, at the same time - this is one of the most effective ways to expand the boundaries of the kitchen space. It is advisable to make a mirror apron in such a kitchen, especially if you design it in the loft or high-tech style, or hang a large mirror on the walls that are not occupied by the headset - this option is more appropriate for classic interiors.

In classic and neoclassical interiors it is better to use light angular wood headsets, and to hang spectacular draperies on the window. In modern versions of decor, a combination of metal with glass is often used, the corner zone can be supplemented with a glass apron, and in the space between the headset and the window it is better to hang a television plasma panel.

This photo selection of interesting options for angular placement of furniture in the kitchen with a window will help you choose the option that you like.

See how to use a window in a kitchen interior:

• for installation of a sink;

• for a cozy narrow table;

• for panoramic corner glazing in a private house;

• if there are two windows, one can place a stove, and the other a dining area;

• under two windows located on different walls, hold a unifying work surface.

An overview of the layout of the corner kitchen with a window, see below.