The kitchen is a place where hardworking housewives spend countless evenings in their lives. For loving wives and mothers, cuisine is almost a sacred place. After all, it is there that a woman tries to cook tasty and healthy food in order to feed her beloved family. Therefore, every housewife needs to have in her kitchen not only a convenient workplace, but also a pleasant cozy atmosphere. A large kitchen always offers many opportunities for interesting design, but the design of a kitchen in Khrushchev is usually poor and despondent. How to organize the space of a small kitchen, given its size and all the safety requirements?
No matter how small your kitchen may be, you should not forget some rules:
- It is strictly forbidden to place the stove next to the sink; in extreme cases, the sink should be equipped with a “wing” - a partition separating it from the stove;
- you can not put the washing machine close to the stove, its body runs the risk of yellowing and getting wrinkled by heat;
- the gas stove should be at least 30 centimeters from the window, and if long curtains hang in the kitchen, this distance must be increased to 60 centimeters. This rule can not be neglected in any case, in a very small kitchen it is recommended to abandon the curtains;
- from the oven door to the nearest furniture you must not leave a distance of less than 1.2 m, otherwise it will be quite difficult to remove the baking sheet from the oven;
- if an extractor hood is not installed above the stove, it is better to refuse hanging shelves and cabinets above it. It is also not recommended to place cabinets at a distance of less than 30 centimeters on the sides of the stove;
- When planning a kitchen design in Khrushchev, it is better to replace chairs and stools with a corner sofa. Very often people in small kitchens stumble over the legs of stools;
- Instead of an ordinary door, it is better to install a sliding, saving a small space of the room.
Also, to save kitchen space, you should choose corner kitchen furniture and cabinets with sliding doors or curtains. It must be remembered that the protruding cabinet doors are very easy to hit your head. To make the most of the available space, it is recommended to purchase kitchen furniture that does not leave an opening between its lower bottom and floor. At the very bottom of such furniture drawers are usually located on flat wheels. If the house has a spacious living room, you can move the dining table there and use the kitchen only for cooking. Firstly, the kitchen will have more free space, which will allow the hostess to prepare numerous dishes with great comfort. Secondly, at dinner, family members will not feel uncomfortable because of the cramped space. If this is not possible, it is recommended to install a folding table in the kitchen, which will be cleaned after family dinners.
How can you design a kitchen in Khrushchev to visually enlarge a room? Designers advise using only light colors in small kitchens. The abundance of mirror, chrome and glass surfaces will help to divert attention from the crowded rooms. It is important to maintain the whole kitchen in one style. You can not divide the kitchen into zones, this will only emphasize the limited area. When designing a kitchen with a gas water heater, you need to try to focus on the opposite wall or window. Some designers recommend using contrasts in small rooms: contrasting shades of the same color or contrasting materials in surface finishes. Creating a kitchen design with a loggia, you need to take care of good lighting, given that the loggia often "eats" the light. In such a kitchen can not do without reflective surfaces.
In any case, a successful kitchen design in Khrushchev is not possible without a careful attitude to light and free space.