Area of one-room apartments, studio apartmentsshould perform several functions. The correct division of the room into a bedroom, which requires a calmer atmosphere, and a living room for receiving friends will help create full-fledged spaces for rest, sleep, receiving guests, and family communication.
If the living room is unjustifiably large, then a good solution would be to divide it into several small rooms.
Principles of division of a room
The main recommendations concern the positioning of the bedroom and living room, furniture requirements, and lighting issues:
Living room zoning project.To prevent the living room from turning into a dark closet, partitions must solve two opposing problems: on the one hand - to create the illusion of separate rooms with their own atmosphere (bedroom and living room); on the other - to provide access of light from the window to both zones. If it was decided to use thick large partitions, you can improve the lighting by installing a mirror that reflects at least part of the window. In this case, the use of light finishing materials is especially relevant for the living room. To divide (zon) a room into a bedroom and a living room, methods are often used that do not require special repair work:
- curtains;
- mobile partitions;
- furniture;
- decorative elements.
Another group of room division methods include those that require renovation work:
- changing the height of the ceiling and floor;
- fixed partitions and sliding doors;
- finishing (painting, wallpaper, additional light sources).
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Curtains and their use for dividing rooms
Dividing the living room with curtains is convenient becausethat the curtains can be moved or pulled apart at any time. The most economical way to separate the sleeping area from the rest of the room is to hang a curtain. However, this solution to the "housing issue" requires additional measures to style the entire interior. Curtains can be arranged in three ways:
The curtain should not look too heavy.and stand out in texture and color scheme. Usually, dividing curtains and drapes are made of light, airy materials that let in light. The use of dense fabrics is possible, but this reduces the visual effect of zoning when opening the curtains to let in light. Original curtains can be made of beads, bamboo or thick threads. The presence of such a space divider in a room stylized as country or Scandinavian modern will destroy the stereotype of curtains and drapes as a temporary forced measure with low income. Return to contents</a>
Portable partitions
Scheme of a mobile partition.This lightweight, mobile option for dividing a bedroom and a living room is a good alternative to curtains. Fabric panels on frames and accordion screens are used as partitions. Partitions can be made not only of lightweight fabrics, straw, bamboo, but also of metal, glass, plastic, wood and even plasterboard. Mobile partitions in the form of accordion screens are convenient to use in the case of rented housing or when a quick transformation of room zones is required. Screens made in an ethnic style are especially popular. Furniture can be used to divide rooms. The selection and correct arrangement of furniture will help to do without special partitions. The advantage of this method is not only space saving, but also the ability to rearrange furniture to transform the room for different situations. A high bed back or a sofa handrail are often used as dividing furniture. This option for marking the bedroom and living room zones in a room is one of the simplest, but it is usually not enough. It is advisable to enhance the zoning effect with a floor rug and a small chair or ottoman opposite the sleeping area. If the room is very tiny, a solution may be to install a sofa in the living area parallel to the window; in the sleeping area, the foot of the bed adjoins the back of the sofa.
A shelving unit is a good choice for zoning a room.or a bookcase A wall cabinet was often used to solve the problem of dividing a room in small "Khrushchev" apartments. A more modern option for dividing the living room and bedroom is to use shelves, racks, in which you can aesthetically place books and souvenirs. Such structures can be built-in, connecting to the ceiling, but mobile options that can be rearranged are more common. If there is often a need to quickly change the zoning, it is convenient to use furniture equipped with wheels. It is advisable to install additional light sources in bulky furniture partitions. Low furniture allows you to designate another zone and restrict access there, without obstructing the passage of light from the window to the living room. If there is no need to hide the sleeping area from guests, interior elements with a decorative function will help to separate the living room and bedroom. Large floor pots with tall plants or a shelf with many small flower pots will aesthetically mark the place of delimitation of spaces. Flowers can be placed on the shelves of the rack, in plasterboard slots.
You can separate the bedroom from the living room with the help ofpodium, raising the bed to a small elevation, thereby separating the bedroom from the living room. A popular decorative tool, as well as a visual dominant of the living room is an aquarium. The advantage of installing such a divider in the room is the ability to contemplate the aquarium life from both sides - the living room and the bedroom. The room is effectively and practically divided into zones using podiums and suspended or stretch ceilings of different heights. In addition to zoning, such elements can perform additional functions, for example, if light sources are built into them. By installing ceilings of different heights in the room with an additional accent in the form of decoration (paint, wallpaper), you can clearly visually distinguish the living room and bedroom. How to divide a room while saving space? A practical solution is to use the space at the base of the podium: drawers are placed there, in which it is convenient to store seasonal things (if there is not enough space for wardrobes), bed linen. Another useful function of the podium - it can serve as a bed. It is enough to take out the necessary bedding from the drawers, lay it out, make it - and the bed is ready. And during the daytime, this area can be used as part of the living room. Podiums are additionally decorated with curtains. An interesting option can be a high podium, access to which is provided by a ladder. The ladder can also be equipped with drawers for things. Return to the table of contents</a>
Fixed partitions and sliding doors
For partitions of this type, it is more often usedplasterboard, although other materials can be used, such as glass blocks. For example, if the room is square or wider than long, and the doors are not centered, this should be used by placing the sleeping area in the corner behind a stationary translucent partition. This is a rare case when the window will “belong” to the living room area. Through the partition material, natural light will also reach the corner with the bed, but the sleeping area must be provided with its own additional light source. In plasterboard, you can cut out through and decorative holes of various shapes. Often, plasterboard elements are used in combination with other types of partitions, for example, a column of this material from floor to ceiling looks good in a set with sliding doors. The most radical option for dividing zones is to create a wall of plasterboard with a sliding door installed in it, that is, practically creating a separate room. But bulky plasterboard partitions reduce the amount of light in the living room. Slots help avoid this. In plasterboard structures, you can install shelves for books and decorative elements. Sliding doors in plasterboard walls are a good way to make the sleeping area a separate room. For this type of partition, imitation of Japanese style and the use of stained glass are popular. If the sliding door of the bedroom separates the living area from the window, a practical option would be to choose doors made of transparent and translucent material. Return to contents</a>
What help will coloring
You can separate the bedroom and living room usingdifferent colors, plastering of walls and ceilings. You shouldn't paint zones in completely different colors, it's enough to just change the tone a little. A good visual effect of dividing space is provided by wallpapers of different textures and colors, as well as the use of photo wallpapers in one of the zones, or even in two, but with different content. Each zone can be equipped with its own light source, which will highlight its boundaries with a spot of light.</ ul>
