Repair work in the kitchen is approached with particular responsibility, since this is the most visited place in the apartment. Everyone wants to equip the room with high-quality appliances and equip it according to the latest fashion trends. Is it possible to make interesting design in the kitchen of Khrushchev? For small rooms, there are many design solutions that can turn a room into a convenient kitchen unit.
Features of the layout of small kitchens
In order to visually push the spatial boundaries, there are a number of rules. Furniture for such kitchens should be comfortable and convenient, if possible you should opt for high sets, due to their size they will fit perfectly into the interior and help save space. If possible, you should distinguish between the working area and the dining room, the latter can be moved to a larger room, removing the massive dining furniture from the kitchen.
Kitchen design with arch
Often, interior designers propose replacing bulky doors, as they take up a large amount of space. Instead, they place arches that are able to visually enlarge the room and easily fit into any interior. There are many options and types of such openings, but you need to select an element in strict accordance with the style of the entire room. Replacing the door with an arch, you can safely rely on the release of some space in the kitchen area and take a small cupboard or convenient shelves.
The market is filled with offers of finished arches made of various types of wood; sellers offer a whole package of services together with the product: from the designer’s departure to the installation and installation of the structure. In order to save money, you can install it yourself. Before starting work, it is necessary to find out some important points:
- The functionality of the wall. If it is a carrier, then it is not recommended to make a large opening, if the wall acts as an interior partition, you can proceed with dismantling.
- Decide on the size. The width of the arch should match the dimensions of the opening, but the height should be greater than about 150 mm.
- Before dismantling the wall, it is necessary to find out what material it is made of in order to determine the type of tool.
For fasteners of the finished structure, guide and rack profiles, self-tapping screws will be necessary, and for concrete walls - dowels.
Furniture arrangement
When designing a small-sized kitchen, a number of problems and questions arise. Often disputes and disagreements occur at the time of purchase and selection of a kitchen unit. In rooms of small sizes, you have to give up large household appliances or furniture. Transformer tables fit perfectly into the modern design of the small kitchen. When folded, they take up very little space, they can easily be moved to any part of the room: to the wall or to the center. When the structure is extended, the number of seats increases.
Choose a dining table according to the general style of interior decoration. In Provence style kitchens, you can install a light wooden table that does not burden the atmosphere of the room and supports its style, or a glass sliding table. For the classic design option, wooden dining furniture is suitable, in order to save space in the space, it is placed at the window or in the free corner of the room.
You can completely abandon the dining table, replacing it with a bar. This solution significantly saves free space in the room, because behind such furniture you can not only eat, but also cook food. Having designed the rack so that the wall was only on one side, you can easily push high bar stools into the resulting empty space, which will allow you to slightly expand the room.
Placement of equipment
If desires are not inferior to financial opportunities, then you should look at the built-in household appliances. It is necessary to give preference to models that combine a number of functions. For the microwave, you need to select a hinged shelf so that the oven does not take up much space on the countertop.
The design of a small-sized kitchen with a refrigerator should be considered based on the dimensions of the equipment. For small rooms, the solution will be a technique with a built-in freezer, which will significantly save space in the room.
Choosing the right lighting
In kitchens, combined lighting is often used, which includes low light for work surfaces and a high light for lighting the room completely. For wall lights choose lamps with soft light. They are installed in the immediate vicinity of the working area.
For smaller rooms, central lighting is the best option. The shapes and sizes of the fixtures are quite diverse, but it should be remembered that it is necessary to choose a lamp in accordance with the general style of the room.
Spotlights
To evenly distribute light throughout the room, it is recommended to use a group of spotlights with a narrow diffusion angle. Such devices are divided into two types: rotary (they can be placed in any convenient direction and illuminate the desired part of the kitchen) and non-rotary, with a strictly directed luminous flux.
Spotlights have significant advantages: energy saving, clean light, and the duration of operation.
LED Strip Light
This type of lighting is suitable for illuminating the working surface of a kitchen or any other part of a small room. The light is rather dim, not bright, can be used for decoration of a cornice or ceiling. The backlight is easy to install, durable, protected from overheating.
Color schemes
To visually increase the size of the room, you should choose the right color scheme during registration. In the decoration it is necessary to use a neutral color, for example, white, and complement it with interesting elements of the interior decor. Textile decorative details should be chosen in pastel shades. In the design of the premises, it is recommended to adhere to one style, try to withstand the atmosphere in one or two colors.
Provence style kitchen
The interior of this style is simple and comfortable, the room is decorated in soft, pastel colors. The abundance of greenery, floristic compositions from fresh and artificial flowers, dried flowers are actively used to decorate the interior of a small kitchen. Furniture in Provence must be functional, so a sliding glass table will become a central element of the interior.
Selection of textile parts
Provence is a delicate and romantic French style, therefore, since ancient times, mistresses chose only light pastel colors for curtains and tablecloths, with a faint print or without it. The drawing was preferred by discreet, mainly it was a cage, peas or a delicate floral ornament. This style is simple, so heavy curtains are not used in interior design. Curtains often act as a decorative element, they often decorate open shelves.
Although the style does not accept complex ornate patterns or bulky furniture, it can not be called boring. In order to diversify the light tablecloth, you can use all kinds of bright details of the finish. For example, supplement a milk-colored tablecloth with a blue ruffle. Curtains and table coverings should be combined with color and ornaments to maintain the overall atmosphere of the room.
For the design of a small-sized kitchen with a window, this style is most suitable, the flower pots with plants installed on it will receive the necessary amount of sunlight and add a twist to the interior. In this style, window blinds or blinds will be relevant, it is also possible to use a light tulle of a gentle shade.
Classic style kitchen
This version of the interior involves the use of a large number of elements made of natural wood. The furniture for the classic kitchen is made of maple, ash or oak. Textile elements: curtains, tablecloths - should be chosen from natural fabrics, linen or cotton. To slightly dilute the classics with modern notes, small porcelain souvenirs or figurines, compositions from natural materials are added to the interior. The color scheme of the style is quite strict, restrained pastel shades prevail.
Minimalism
One of the modern styles, which is distinguished by functionality and concreteness and is ideal for interior design of a small-sized kitchen. There is nothing superfluous in this design, everything is simple and tasteful. The style is preferred to calm colors and modern furniture. The only drawback is its simplicity, since decorative elements of various complex shapes should be absent.
Design of a small kitchen with a column
Unfortunately, a significant inconvenience in the kitchen, which residents of small families encounter, is a gas water heater, which stands out strongly against the background of the wall and spoils the appearance of the room. For this reason, designing a kitchen in Khrushchev is not an easy task. The pipe is masked and hidden in a special hanging cabinet, in which it is necessary to make a large number of ventilation holes. Such a drawer can easily fit into any interior, just add a few hanging cabinets designed in the same style to it.
Development of a design project for small-sized kitchen
Currently, there are many enterprises that provide services for the design and creation of kitchen furniture, interior design. Specialists offer a wide selection of materials and colors, create projects according to customer preferences. Designers paint the future kitchen interior in special programs so that the client can clearly see the location of the elements of the room.
If you have little skills with drawing programs or drawing programs, you can use online planners and develop an individual design yourself. The programs provide an opportunity in real time to draw your own design 3D project, and then save the work on the page of a social network or send it by e-mail. The finished project can be guided by the installation of furniture and appliances.