Quite often for small urban apartmentsThe method of combining individual rooms into one is used. It concerns also such rooms, as a bedroom and a drawing room. In this case, the peculiarity is that the common room for rest is at the same time a sleeping place. You can think about how to equip the kitchen with the living room most profitable. In the case of kitchens, zoning space is easier, since it is only necessary to remove the unpleasant odors that arise when cooking. In the second case it is necessary to allocate a place for a bed, for rest of all members of a family, for reception of visitors. This task is not so simple, but there are many options, how to solve it yourself. 
If the living room has an elongated shape, it is possible to separate the sleeping place with the help of a wall made of GLA.
Combination options
Deciding how to equip the kitchen or living room,it is necessary to pay special attention to ventilation, which will ensure the removal of unpleasant odors during cooking. If the living room and bedroom are combined, then it is necessary to intelligently zonate the common space, so that all conditions for rest and full sleep are created. 
A low partition can serve not onlya means of dividing the zones in the room, but also a convenient shelf. For the bedroom you need a comfortable bed, and for the living room you use armchairs, sofas, cabinets. Modern apartments can not boast a large area. This means that it is not always possible to equip individual bedrooms for all members of the family. Is there a way out of this situation? Yes, you can combine living rooms and bedrooms, having a large single space. But such a room should be convenient, providing equal conditions for rest of the whole family and sleep. There are not many options for accommodation, but they all provide the required conditions. To equip the living room and bedroom, you can use one of the following options:
- installation of dividing structures;
- use of lighting;
- competent layout of furniture or low partitions;
- use of seats and podium.
Back to contents</a> Installation of partition structures 
Для комнат в восточном стиле для разделения зон curtains can be used. In order, but to maintain free space, not cluttered with furniture, lightweight dividing structures can be used. In their role, lattices made of thin metal pipes or wooden slats can act. Partitions should be selected taking into account the style of the interior. To highlight a sleeping place, you can use beautiful wooden trellises, which will be decorated with climbing houseplants. This not only creates a cozy place to sleep, but also freshens the air in the room. In this case, there will not be a solid wall, but a lightweight structure resembling a garden gazebo will turn out. A similar option can be used for many styles of apartment decoration, for example, for a romantic or country style. In modern interiors, dividing grids can be used as shelves for TVs, for storing books, paintings, photographs. Light plasterboard partitions or partitions made of colored glass blocks have gained popularity today. In this case, the bedroom takes on an unusual look, you can select only a sleeping place, but at the same time create conditions for a full-fledged pleasant stay without taking up a lot of space. The described technique is used today for studio apartments, where there is simply no way to allocate a lot of separate space for the living room or bedroom. The same technique may be required when you need to equip the kitchen. Glass blocks can also be used as partitions, creating a beautiful and soft illumination of the interior space. Back to the table of contents</a> Advantageous use of lighting 
In modern interiors you can usesliding doors for zoning. Separation of 2 separate functional zones is achieved with the help of lighting. A similar method is used when the bed is located near a window. The bulkhead is installed as translucent as possible, usually thin metal tubes that only outline the dividing wall. For a berth natural light and small wall sconces are used. For the rest of the living room space, a brighter ceiling light, wall lamps and floor lamps are suitable. To bright light does not interfere with sleeping, you can use thick curtains. In the daytime they are pushed or lifted, while the entire room is lit by natural light from the window. In the evening, curtains fall, the living room is illuminated with lighting fixtures, and for the bedroom the soft light that breaks through the curtains will do. Cornices can act as an original method of decorating space. They are attached to the ceiling, when installing gypsum board suspended structures, you can immediately install LED lighting, which is equally suitable for both the sleeping area and the living room. Back to contents</a> Use of furniture or low partitions Ifa living room and a bedroom will have only one window, and this is common to many studio apartments, it is no longer possible to use deaf partitions, since part of the room will be poorly lit. A completely different method is already used here. As the dividers are a variety of pieces of furniture. 
The catwalk visually differentiates the zones, to saveplaces inside the podium can be installed drawout boxes. Small rooms are suitable for small partitions, which are also shelves. For example, it can be long pedestals with a height of up to 70-80 cm. Their flat surface can be used as a stand for photographs, flower pots, various knick-knacks. In this case, the bed can be placed near the far window, the installed partition in the form of a cabinet will not obscure the light. It is also planned to install soft armchairs, a small bar. For a modern interior, the bedroom and living room can be separated by a bar counter. Not only the kitchen can boast such an object of the interior, recently more and more often bar counters appear in the living rooms. They are also used to put light baskets of fruit on them, flower vases. It is important only to select them in full accordance with the interior. For the modern style of hi-tech, there are strict modern racks of chrome-plated metal and glass, stone. For a classic interior, this option is not applicable. There are already used wooden carved posts, made in the form of beautiful and elegant pedestals of small height. If you choose them correctly, then the interior turns out to be not only beautiful and cozy, but also original, amazing its elegance. Back to contents</a>
Chairs and podium in the atmosphere
As separating pieces of furniture, you canuse soft and comfortable chairs. They are placed on the border of two zones so as not to interfere with the rest in the bedroom. Usually they are installed near the TV panel, a comfortable coffee table. Nearby you can put a beautiful floor lamp, which will additionally help to zonirovat combined space. Instead of chairs you can use beautiful carved chairs, next to which will be a coffee table, ottomans. To separate the space, you can use the podium. It has a small height above the general level of the floor, creates a small step between the living room and bedroom. You can lift up space for living room or bedroom, but experts recommend that you arrange a soft backlight for the step so that you can walk safely on the floor even in poor lighting conditions. As such illumination it is best to use LED tapes that are easy to assemble, completely invisible from the side. The combination of living room space is not an easy task. With the help of such a combination it is possible to transform even a small city apartment, adding comfort and style to it.
