When planning the interior of a 12 m² living room, it is necessarymake every effort to make the room more spacious. The living room is a room for receiving guests, and an area of 12 m² is clearly not enough to receive them comfortably.
The living room is a room thatis intended for receiving guests, so it should be cozy, beautiful and functional. But there are some solutions that allow you to make a large hall out of a small living room. First of all, this is the redevelopment of the apartment. Before starting the redevelopment, you need to invite specialists who will advise how this can be done. After all, load-bearing walls cannot be removed.
Uniting the living room and the loggia
Project for joining a loggia and a living room.A simple type of redevelopment that does not require collecting documents is combining a living room and a loggia. Very often in city apartments these two rooms are separated only by a thin partition with a window. Removing it is not difficult. A brick arch or a plasterboard arch is made in this place. A spacious dining area is obtained on the loggia, significantly increasing the area of a small living room. The loggia must first be insulated so that the cold does not come from there into the room. Insulation is done with any suitable material. Penoflex is most often used, since it is easy to install. On top of the insulation, they put foil-clad polyethylene for vapor barrier, stuff the lathing and attach the finishing cladding from plasterboard, plywood, clapboard or other material. When combining the loggia with the hall, it is necessary to take into account that although these are two zones, but these are two zones of one room, therefore, they should be united by one style, one design solution. After insulation, the loggia will not need additional heating, as it is heated by the air coming from the living room. Return to contents</a>
Combining the living room and kitchen
When combining the hall and kitchen asan arch can be installed as a divider. Another option for a simple redevelopment is to combine the living room and kitchen. In this case, the partition separating these two rooms is demolished. The kitchen becomes part of the hall. When doing such a redevelopment, you should take care of good ventilation, install an exhaust hood above the stove. The kitchen is highlighted as a separate area of the living room. This can be done in different ways:
- arch;
- light;
- level;
- color;
- rack.
The arch can be made of brick, cinder block ormounted from plasterboard. The kitchen is highlighted with light by installing additional lamps on it. As a rule, the kitchen is made lighter than the living room. When highlighting the kitchen with a level, you can raise the floor level or lower the ceiling level. The floor level should not be raised if there are small children or elderly people in the apartment, since such a threshold can lead to injuries. The ceiling is lowered using plasterboard. This option is also good because built-in lamps can be mounted in the suspended ceiling. When highlighting the kitchen interior with color, it is necessary to take into account that only the shades should differ. The colors should not be contrasting. Only in this case, the interior of the living room combined with the kitchen will be a single whole.
As a divider between the kitchen and the living roomyou can install a bar counter. Very often the kitchen and living room are separated by a counter. In the living room, the area of which is 12 square meters, you can also install a bar counter, but it should not be too bulky. This option is very convenient, because there is a place where you can sit with friends near the kitchen. Often the counter is equipped with additional lamps, which looks very impressive, emphasizing the unusual interior of the kitchen. The kitchen-living room is a stylish modern solution in the design of the apartment. It may be somewhat unusual, so you should weigh everything before combining these two rooms. It should be remembered that by combining these two zones, you create one large room. The kitchen interior should echo with . When thinking about the redevelopment, you can combine these two options and combine the living room with both the loggia and the kitchen. Return to the table of contents</a>
Nuances of redevelopment
If it is not possible to redesign the living room, then you will have to visually enlarge the small space of this room.
Photo wallpaper with the image of open spaceallow you to visually enlarge the room. This can be done well with photo wallpaper depicting an open space. Such photo wallpaper should be pasted opposite the entrance to the living room. Mirrors greatly enlarge the space. You can install a mirror wall or simply use large mirrors to decorate the walls of this room. You should not use massive furniture or a large amount of furniture to furnish such a living room. If it is not possible to really enlarge the space of the room by adding a loggia or kitchen to it, then you should get by with only the most necessary things. It is best to use furniture with a large number of glass and mirror elements. Furniture should be selected depending on the chosen interior design style. You can decorate the living room in a traditional style or use modern design solutions. You just need to remember that the living room space is small. Any materials can be used for wall decoration. It depends on whether you are doing the repairs yourself or using the services of professionals. When doing the repairs yourself, the easiest way is to paste ordinary paper wallpaper or vinyl-based wallpaper. This does not require great skill. If the repairs are done by professionals, then you can use non-woven wallpaper or decorative plaster. This type of renovation will cost more, but the living room will look better and the finishing material will last longer.
When decorating a small living room, you shoulduse light shades as much as possible. When planning the design of a small living room, it should be taken into account that in small rooms you should use only light colors to decorate the walls and ceiling. You should make sure that more sunlight enters the room. And if the windows face the north side, then you need to add unobtrusive artificial lighting. You should not use wall panels in the design, since their installation narrows the space even more. It is necessary to take into account that a horizontal pattern on the wallpaper visually expands the space of the room, and a vertical one increases the height of the ceiling. Before creating the design of a small living room, it will not be superfluous to familiarize yourself with different design solutions, listen to the recommendations of people who give useful advice on arranging such living rooms. If difficulties arise, you need to use the advice of a professional designer. From a room of 12 m², you can make a very comfortable and attractive living room. You just need to put in a little effort for this.
