Design of kitchen-living room 20 sq. m: how to zon and arrange a room?

In recent years, a particularly relevant solution in the field of interior design is to combine the kitchen and living room in one single room. And such a move is very convenient not only for urban studio apartments, but also for private houses. The design of the kitchen, combined with the living room, can be the most diverse, the main thing in planning is to take into account all the most important points and nuances. Next, we will learn in more detail how to choose the design of a kitchen-living room of 20 sq. m. on your own, how to properly zon this kind of premises, and also get acquainted with important tips from professionals.

The combined room of the kitchen and living room today is an ideal solution for the embodiment of a wide variety of style decisions in the interior. The space of the room will look uniform only if it is correctly divided into independent functional zones. This is usually done using what is called zoning. The following points can also be attributed to the features.

• Large combined kitchen-living rooms are equally well suited both for single people and for entire families. For the second, they are especially relevant, since during cooking you can easily look after small children.
• In the combined kitchen-living room you can easily gather not only all family members, but also guests, because in such a room it is always cozy, especially if it is spacious and well thought out.

In some apartment buildings, combining two rooms into one is not always possible, especially when it comes to old-type houses, sometimes special permissions may be required. Unauthorized planning is considered illegal and can lead to serious negative consequences.

When combining the kitchen with the living room 4x5 m, you can get a lot of free space. Today it is not necessary to invent some of your own projects for arranging 20 squares, spending a lot of personal time on it, because there are already ready-made plans that can be taken as the basis for your future interior. Let's consider them in more detail.

• For narrow and long rooms experts recommend using parallel arrangement of furniture. With this layout, the kitchen is located on one wall, and the dining area is on the opposite. Such a layout is perfect for rectangular rooms, because with its help you can save a lot of free space in the room.

• One of the most successful is considered layout with the letter P, it is very reminiscent of parallel and ideal for combined rooms kitchen + hall. Suitable for elongated rectangular rooms. A kitchen set in such a project is usually placed immediately along three walls, recreating the letter P and making it the basis for passage into the living room.

• Designers carry out many interesting projects, creating L-shaped layout. This asymmetric design can best fit into modern interiors. This kind of angular placement can be applied both to the kitchen set, and to the sofa module. The most successful such layout is considered for square-type premises.

To date, the ideal solution for separating the functional areas of the passage of a large room is zoning, which can be done in a variety of ways. Most often, the premises are 20 square meters. m. to separate the cooking area from the dining room and from the recreation area, the following separation options are used.

• Decorative partitions made of plastic or glass. The second is extremely difficult to care for, especially if the family has children.

• Bar counters often combined with a kitchen set, as well as kitchen sets with an island or peninsula.

• Of various kinds screens and curtains as well as textiles like carpets.

• Decoration Materials different colors and textures: wallpapers and floor coverings. Tiles in the cooking area go well with laminate or parquet in the recreation area.

• At the planning stage, premises can be installed partitions with arches and niches from drywall.

Also indoor zoning can be performed using furniture attributes: fireplaces, sofas and various kinds of shelves, for example, with books or flowers; often for zoning even use aquariums to create a special accent in the interior. Lighting can also help to make competent zoning of a spacious kitchen-living room. For example, a chandelier can be placed in a part of the living room, and spot lighting with small lamps in the cooking area.

Choosing the style of a combined room, of course, should be based on your own preferences, as well as taking into account the following points.

• Design and design of all other rooms in the house, in the country or in the apartment.
• Financial opportunities. One of the most expensive styles, for example, is considered classic. It is very important to make all preliminary calculations before repair.
• Preferences of all family members. It is recommended to select the desired interior of the combined room all together so that each member of the family in such a room is cozy and comfortable.
• The individual characteristics of two combined rooms, namely the height of the ceilings, the material of the walls, the presence in them of ready-made niches and the like.

Consider the most common styles in which a kitchen-living room of 20 square meters can be decorated. m

• Classic style. It is considered one of the most popular styles, which is realized in large rooms. Usually it is inherent in the use of muted and pastel tones with contrasts. This style is very respectable, requires serious investment, since most of the materials used in the interior are natural. Expensive and exclusive furniture made of natural wood, very often solid oak, luxurious flooring, fireplaces, crystal chandeliers, textiles of the highest quality. Kitchen-living room 20 sq. m. in the classical style, of course, will become a real work of art, but before you bring it to life, it is recommended to calculate each detail and form a preliminary project with calculations.

• High tech. This modern style is considered very relevant and quite affordable, especially among young families. With the help of this style, it is possible to fit the most modern and advanced technologies in one single room without harming the overall comfort. Typically, this style uses an abundance of gloss, plastic, glass, chrome and other metallized surfaces. Equipment for a kitchen set in this style is usually selected built-in with minimal noise, which is especially true for a combined room.

• No less demanded is the style minimalism. This style is suitable for those people who love interiors, where “everything is on business” and there is nothing superfluous. Everything is functional, and the furniture is ergonomic. Typically, minimalist interiors use built-in appliances. In this case, a prerequisite is the availability of free space in the room. The main color scheme for this style is usually colder, with much attention always being paid to proper and competent lighting. For finishing, chrome surfaces, tiles, tiles, glass and plastic can be used.

• French lovers provenceOf course, they can pay attention to this particular style. Typically, the interior of the kitchen-living room in the Provence style is very "home", warm and cozy, it is pleasant to have family members of any age in them. Designers in such interiors pay much attention to forged parts, candlesticks, carved frames, decorative plants, as well as original textile products, such as homespun rugs.

• Loft. This modern style will appeal to those who are interested in the style of industrial buildings. In the interiors of loft-style kitchens, you can see concrete and brick surfaces, as well as unhidden wires, pipes and all kinds of original accessories inherent in the style of the 40s of New York. In the kitchen-living room loft it is recommended to pay special attention to textiles, direct curtains made of natural materials look especially advantageous. To decorate the relaxation area with a sofa, you can use miniature pillows in bright colors.

The selection of colors usually depends on the chosen style of interior. So, for the loft style, the colors are not flashy, muted, for example, shades of gray, brown and other calm tones, but at the same time, there are always bright accents in the general style. Provence and country style is characterized by the use of warm colors, including shades of nude, as well as options for delicate shades with different patterns and flowers (especially for wall coverings).

For modern styles like hi-tech, minimalism and futurism, experts recommend choosing a colder color scheme. For example, it can be silver, white, black, gray, blue, violet and some others. Regardless of style, the color scheme for the room is usually selected based on the personal preferences and tastes of all family members. It is important to remember that in the combined room a uniform color scheme must be sustained, inappropriate combinations of shades that can make the kitchen-living room tasteless should not be present.

In the combined kitchen-living room, it is recommended to put:

• kitchen set;
• television;
• a large spacious sofa, corner or 2 small sofas (it is possible to place armchairs)
• table with chairs.

When using the classical scheme invented by designers, it is best to place a corner sofa against the wall, here you can also place shelves with books and even a coffee table. The entire cooking area should be located on the other side of the room, but in the center you can put a large table with chairs. Best if the kitchen is direct. If you want to use a bar counter or an island with high chairs instead of a table next to the kitchen set, you can easily make a very spacious sitting area in another part of the room, where several sofas and a small table will fit at once.

To adjust the proportions of the narrow kitchen-living room, we recommend placing furniture along smaller walls. It is very important to create a functional cooking zone. To save space and make additional places for storing equipment, it is best to choose kitchen sets with upper drawers under the ceiling. To avoid the spread of unpleasant odors throughout the combined room, it is recommended to install a quality hood. But in order for households not to be hindered by unnecessary noise emitted by appliances, it is best to buy built-in, almost silent options in the kitchen set, which also save a lot of space when furnishing a room.

It’s not at all difficult to furnish and equip a combined room, the main thing is to have on hand a project (albeit done independently) and a general idea of ​​what and where you want to place it.

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