The kitchen should bring joy and happiness - this is an axiom. However, making space in a small room can be difficult. It is necessary to use special design techniques, to know the main subtleties.
Features and style
The kitchen in the "Khrushchev" with a refrigerator may well be equipped conveniently, despite the lack of space. It is often believed that equipping this space is possible only in contemporary style. Laconic neoclassic is also suitable. It is good for people who organically cannot stand the coldness of minimalism. When choosing very bright models of refrigerators, it is advisable to design the rest of the room so that it does not distract from the main subject.
For the greatest optimization of a small kitchen with an area of 4 square meters. meters:
- refuse jewelry or reduce their use;
- clean curtains from windows;
- take the dining area beyond the borders of the kitchen space.
Attention deserves such a style as eclecticism. However, one must understand that only experienced designers can competently implement it. Classic brickwork, painted in brown or red, rarely looks advantageous in a small room. It is better to design an eclectic interior with white or gray paint. It is not necessary to use mezzanines to equip the room as it should - there are many other practical solutions.
Kitchen space optimization techniques
A fairly common technique is the fusion of kitchen and guest spaces. Even the increase in repair costs does not allow us to unequivocally reject such an idea.The most fashionable design developments may contain this technique. The problem is that You can change the layout of the room in the apartment only with the consent of the Housing Inspectorate and BTI. In a private house, such a permit does not need to be issued - but you will have to independently calculate and think through everything in order to eliminate errors.
Please note that the combination of working and guest spaces may be accompanied by the spread of smells from the kitchen. To deal with them will help only a fairly powerful hood.
As for the style of the combined room, the loft is considered the best choice for it. Suffice it to say that it was in this style that people began to connect rooms for the first time consciously.
But in the kitchen "Khrushchev" with a refrigerator, you can do otherwise, moving the partition. It is worth noting that such a solution will be more expensive than mixing rooms. It’s impossible to manage without official permission. An important advantage of such an interior is that foreign odors will not spread in the guest space. No interference from kitchen noise. And the arrangement of a normal dining area, which will accommodate the whole family, is greatly simplified.
A very good option is to merge the kitchen with the loggia (not with the balcony!). Such a solution allows you to use the reserve area as fully as possible. In some cases, the dining area is transferred to the loggia without demolishing the wall. However, you will have to take care of quality insulation according to all technological rules. That is, to form a competent “pie” of insulating materials.
If the work site is transferred, dismantling the partition completely or partially, you will have to obtain official permission. In some cases, it is advised to put a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets on the loggia. This will get rid of the most bulky things.
Additional recommendations
The structure of the headset is determined primarily by the geometry of the room itself. A direct variety of kitchen units in the kitchen "Khrushchev" with a refrigerator is recommended for narrow spaces. If the shape of the room is close to the square or exactly corresponds to it, the angular type is better. When connecting rooms, or moving the dining area to another room, the use of double-row or U-shaped headsets is allowed. Such a choice is suitable for a large family, where it is required to place as many household equipment and inventory as possible.
In some cases, the refrigerator is placed in unusual places. To do this, relatively narrow refrigeration models are used. At the same time, they should have a large height or horizontal execution. If the refrigerator has a normal width, it is recommended to place it in a niche or under the headset. The device built-in or masked by the facades of furniture will enter the space as harmoniously as possible.
Sometimes you have to equip a small kitchen, where there is already an atypical (not too deep) suite. The optimal output are compositions with a gas stove or an electric focus of small width. Almost any store offers models with a width of 0.45 m. A good alternative is the use of hobs. To cook food fully, buy an oven, which is built into the headset.
You can do with a washing machine in different ways - but most often it is hidden by facades. However, this solution is not too practical. And if the model is outwardly beautiful, elegant, you can set it openly.
An important role in the kitchen of "Khrushchev" is played not only by the correct definition of the dining area. It is necessary to organize it very carefully, taking into account all the requirements.Common design techniques are:
- replacing a regular window sill with a countertop;
- use of a bar (if 1 or 2 people live in the house);
- placement of a folding or folding table;
- use of a round table without folding mechanisms;
- the use of transparent chairs or lightweight stools (they are in no way inferior to massive counterparts).
When choosing furniture and other items in the kitchen with a refrigerator, it is advised to pay attention to the colors. Light colors make the room freer. Pastel paints are recommended for modern styling. But the most fashionable solution since the late 2010s is a white interior. For greater comfort, it is worth introducing several bright accessories.
To make the space look as open as possible, it is advised to use murals or simple wallpapers with a perspective effect. The drawing rushing into the distance helps to cope with the main drawback of the "Khrushchev" - low ceilings. But if the kitchen is too narrow and therefore inconvenient, it is worth using options with horizontal stripes. The geometry of the room directly affects how the drawing should be oriented in the decoration of the floor. When the kitchen is in the form of a square or rectangle, the floor must be decorated with a diagonal pattern
To make the space (which is also absorbed by the refrigerator) look larger, use mirror and glossy elements. An excellent choice is the use of glass aprons. Not necessarily it will be thrown off - a simple mosaic is no worse. Placing a large mirror on one wall will add space and comfort to the room. However, the mirror itself must be made in a special way so that the glass does not crumble when damaged.
Examples
It is not necessary to place a refrigerator in the Khrushchev’s kitchen at the door. Light yellow furniture facades harmonize with the dimly gray exposed part of the wall. In such a composition, the refrigerator does not look defiant or contradictory.
And here a different solution is shown. The “food keeper” is close to the window. On the opposite side, a washing machine hides behind an elegant, low-key facade.
