Today we can boast of spaciouskitchens can be either owners of private houses or owners of apartments in new buildings. But what should the rest of those living in houses that are 15 years old and older do? After all, most of these homes have kitchens no larger than 9 m2. Every housewife dreams of a spacious kitchen-dining room, where there will be not only a cooking area, but also a place for a dining table for the whole family.
Figure 1. Combining the kitchen with the living room will increase natural light and add useful square meters.
What will it take to connect the kitchen and the living room?
So, what is needed is:
- redevelopment;
- the appropriate permit;
- wall transfer;
- design;
- zoning of space.
Figure 2. Facing options.Currently, an excellent solution to this problem has been found: the kitchen and living room together, in one room. Naturally, this will require redevelopment and demolition of unnecessary partitions, but the result is worth it. Please note that you can remove the walls only after consulting a specialist, so as not to accidentally touch the load-bearing one. It is advisable to coordinate the redevelopment with the BTI and obtain the appropriate permission. The main advantage of combining the kitchen and living room is a visual increase in living space (Fig. 1). You will be able not only to communicate with your household while cooking, but also to have lunch (dinner and breakfast) with the whole family at a large dining table (a luxury unavailable in the kitchens of Khrushchev-era buildings). This option is also common: a small kitchen with a spacious adjoining room. The wall between them is not removed, but moved. As a result, you get a small additional room and a spacious living room with a cooking area. Most often, the combination is used when creating interiors of studio apartments, but it is also quite relevant in old apartments.
Figure 3.A plasterboard partition, which can be made in the form of a bar counter, will help to separate the zones of a single room. Another positive point is additional natural lighting, since the combined room has two or three windows. This design solution is not without its drawbacks. In the combined living room and kitchen, smells mix, the aromas of cooking food are firmly absorbed into the soft upholstery of the furniture. Of course, not everyone likes this. The problem can be partially solved with a good hood. Another noticeable minus is that such a room has to be cleaned much more often. A thrown towel or a dirty plate in the kitchen is a common occurrence, in the kitchen-living room it is almost unacceptable. Return to the table of contents</a>
Features of combining living room and kitchen: how to make your own hands?
Having weighed all the pros and cons, you decided tocombining the living room and kitchen. Then you need to think about the interior design of the common area. Yes, there will be no wall between them, but some visual separation should be present. This is achieved by zoning the space. Here are several points:
Figure 4. Scheme of combining a kitchen with a living room.
Combining the kitchen and living room is a wonderful design solution, but it requires detailed development at the planning stage (Fig. 4). The result will be a cozy and multifunctional room.</ ul>
