Unfortunately, we still have a pressing problemmany small apartments, especially one-room apartments, on the rational use of the space available in them. Some tips from designers come to the rescue. As a rule, the only room is used by the owner or hostess as a living room - for receiving guests, but you also need to sleep, work, eat somewhere ... For this purpose, such a favorite technique as zoning is used. It is carried out in different ways: with the help of popular today multi-level ceilings, podium floors, light curtains, veils, carpets, various screens and partitions, for the manufacture of which even an ordinary school workbench is quite suitable. They can also be arranged from some furnishings, using cabinets and shelves for this. Using simple equipment, you can get homemade shelves that will help you properly organize free space, dividing it into the required number of zones and economically using it to place the necessary household items. For example, a combined workbench will serve as such a help. Often, a light color is used, which visually expands the space, and zoning is done using different shades. Mirrors also serve to visually increase the area, and another technique can be placing racks with green climbing plants located at different levels along the border line. In order to use everything to the maximum, you should use for the environment, freely composing it depending on the circumstances. Solutions with built-in or folding are perfect - such are tables, beds. As a saving, you can use a serving table on wheels: either as a dining table, or a coffee table, and if necessary, it can also serve as a desk. Using these tips, you can arrange an office, studio, bar, gallery, museum, home theater and even a workshop if you make a workbench, disguising it as a desk.