You have no idea how beautiful and functional it isremodel your one-room apartment? Especially for you, designer Alina Chernyshova will tell you about all the intricacies of remodeling a small apartment and even demonstrate a visual example. Nowadays, small apartments fit into the modern concept of comfort with great difficulty. But while trying to fit all the components of a comfortable and beautiful life into a small area, one should not forget about the safety of both the apartment owner and all the residents of the house. Often, the desire to make a two-room apartment out of a one-room apartment at all costs leads to gross violations: demolition of load-bearing walls, dismantling window sills, moving kitchen equipment into living quarters, and the like. Today, designer Alina Chernyshova will tell you how to do it right. Alina Chernyshova Alina Chernyshova has been working in the field of interior decoration for over eight years: as an editor for leading media outlets on architecture and design, she shares theoretical knowledge gained in the practice of managing her own projects. Alina studied art history at Moscow State University. Lomonosov, and interior design - at the school-studio "Details". Founded a workshop of accessible art and her own design bureau. modbum.ru Using the example of a typical layout of a one-room apartment in a P-43 series building, we will consider zoning options that expand the functionality of the living space without violating the rules, building codes and legislation.
One-room apartment in a P-43 series buildinghas one important planning feature: a storage room adjacent to the corridor. It would seem that this is a huge plus for the old housing stock. However, in the depths of the dark room there is a house air duct, which takes up half of the already miniature room. It is forbidden to demolish, dismantle, or reduce the air duct under any circumstances! The second air duct is located quite traditionally for panel houses - in the kitchen. This "column" is also untouchable! By changing the dimensions and configuration of the air duct, homeowners harm themselves first of all, disrupting ventilation in the entire house. The third type of untouchable parts in any apartment is a sewer riser, equipped inside a shaft that outwardly resembles an air duct. In the P-43 series apartment, it is located in the combined bathroom. The wall that conditionally divides a one-room apartment in a P-43 series house into two parts is load-bearing (marked in red on the plan), which means that it is strictly forbidden to demolish it. The only partition in this apartment that can be dismantled is between the kitchen and the hallway (marked in blue on the plan above). The location of the "wet" zones is the second important point that requires special attention. On the plan (below), the living area, the room, is marked in red - a kitchen and especially bathrooms cannot be located in this area. The areas where kitchen equipment can be located are marked in blue - the kitchen itself (in the developer's plan) and the hallway. But this circumstance will not help to radically change the zoning of the apartment - such a configuration of the hallway does not allow the kitchen to be moved here.
Style and color preferences - lasta design project item that shapes the future look of the apartment. Classic or high-tech, white Scandinavian or bright modern — everyone makes their own choice in this matter. In the dispute “who is better: Mozart or Vysotsky” no one is right. Of course, the owners of the apartment who create the interior together with the designer should, as they say, be “on the same wavelength” with the author of their future interior. The designer’s task is not to guess what exactly you like, but to listen carefully, asking the right questions in advance, and to reflect your lifestyle within the framework of a particular layout. Alina Chernyshova, designer Option 1. Neoclassicism for the lark This zoning option was created for a young married couple who are planning to have children in the next five years. The prospect of becoming parents coincides with the dream of buying (by that time) a larger home, so it is too early to make a full-fledged children's area, but now the newlyweds' parents come to visit, guests often stay until the morning, which means that the only room should have a full double bed (for the owners) and a fold-out sofa (for guests).
The bed is turned towards the window:Waking up with the first rays of the sun is a great joy for "early birds". The living room area is located with its "back" to the bed (through the newly erected partition). Dividing the only and not very large room into two parts increases its functionality, but "eats up" the space. Several techniques will help to visually correct the situation: three mobile coffee tables can be made of transparent material, it is better to choose a sofa without armrests and bright contrasting upholstery. This way we will fill the room with air and light.
The play of light and shadow is supported by glassa doorway in an openwork lattice. It solves several problems at once: it functionally separates the kitchen from the hallway, while not squeezing the room into frames, allowing sunlight to freely penetrate the room. The area of the kitchen is increased by adding a loggia. The dining table is located right on the window sill block. The entire space of the loggia is like a garden gazebo, where you can comfortably sit on pillows and have breakfast even lying down. The refrigerator is built into the central part of the T-shaped furniture group at the wall opposite the stove. In the hallway near the front door, an L-shaped mirrored cabinet is mounted - it is deliberately made in a minimalist style so as not to visually compete with such a spectacular glass doorway, but only to reflect light.
The bathroom is designed in a classic style.The initially combined bathroom in the new layout includes a bathtub - a "drop" model, the shape of which saves space without depriving the pleasure of pleasant procedures. The corner cabinet with a sink, corner mirror are also designed to use the space ergonomically and effectively. Such a utilitarian item as a toilet is located in the same way as it was originally conceived by the developer. It is impossible to change its position in the existing conditions: the sewer drain is located above the floor in the riser shaft, too thin walls and a low ceiling do not allow to pull communications anywhere. The "column" of the riser is increased along the wall towards the "drop" bathtub. In the sketch, a line is deliberately left from which hidden side shelves begin. In real execution, of course, the structure merges into one without any seams. At the same time, jars, bottles, shampoos are hidden from prying eyes, and the bathroom is always clean and tidy. The storage room, which we mentioned at the very beginning, when talking about the atypical location of the common house air duct, is now equipped with a laundry room. A washing machine is installed here: a top-loading model fits perfectly into the dimensions of the room. Electric towel warmers are installed above the machine: two models with a shelf - for quick drying of a large number of things.
Option 2.Vertical and Geometry Panoramic glazing of the balcony became the starting point for creating this layout option. Vertical windows from floor to ceiling open up an almost limitless view of the stunning view from the window, which was a pleasant bonus for the owners of the apartment. The window sill block in the kitchen is equipped with a place to sit at a table, the height of which allows you to install two bar stools facing the window.
There are no passages between the kitchen and the corridor.partition, and a door. The initially set theme of geometry is read in the long, enfilade-like passage that pierces the apartment. Along the entire wall, from the entrance door to the kitchen window, a wardrobe is built, its facades also set a rectilinear dynamic. The opening with the door to the room is organically inscribed between the wardrobe blocks.
The air duct in the kitchen is painted in the color of the furniture anddecorated with a rectangular panel — in order to integrate it into the large-scale furniture group of this part of the apartment. All the cabinets are mounted from floor to ceiling — this technique will visually increase the height of the room. The layout of the only room is solved on "two levels". The sleeping area is raised to a very high podium. With a total wall height of 2.7 meters, this structure, of course, cannot be called a full-fledged attic, and even more so a "second floor". But such a technique will allow not only to zone the space, but also to become a decoration of the entire interior. In addition, in this podium, under the bed, storage drawers are planned. The steps are also equipped with pull-out compartments. In the center of the newly erected "wall", facing away from the bedroom, a TV is fixed. On the floor there are two transparent coffee tables that can be easily moved towards the sofa. And behind the sofa there is a console table with a pull-out long pouf. This furniture group creates the effect of a home office. On both sides along the walls there is a free passage through the entire room to the window.
Combined (originally according to the projectdeveloper) the bathroom is equipped with a shower cabin made of transparent glass. This technique fits very well into the vertical geometric theme of the apartment's design. And the suspended toilet is mounted on a sewer shaft box, the dimensions of which were increased inside the room for hidden installation of the installation system. The layout of the storage room, which was converted into a laundry room, completely repeats the solution given in the first option.
We thank the talented designer AlinaChernyshova for the provided sketches (I must say that she did them herself) and a detailed story about how to properly redesign a one-room apartment. We hope that the expert's advice will be useful to you. Live comfortably! And be together with etk-fashion.com.
Two options for redevelopment of a typical one-room apartment: ready-made solutions from a designer - etk-fashion.com
