The interior and design of the kitchen combined with the living room in a private house

The idea of a kitchen combined with a living room came to us from the west. Many associate the appearance of such an original design solution with the active performances of feminists. They considered the kitchen a prison for the entire female family, so the destruction of the wall between the living room, where the household was resting, and the kitchen, where the housewives worked tirelessly, had not only practical, but also symbolic significance.

Create the right image

Undoubtedly, the main practical goal of the studio’s kitchen is to visually expand the space, because when you demolish the wall between the living room and the kitchen area, there is actually not much free space. But, despite the difficulties and cost of such repairs, studio rooms are quickly gaining popularity in Europe and the CIS countries due to their practicality and huge scope for the designer’s imagination to fly.
The main difficulty when working with a kitchen studio is the correct zoning. Most often, the room created after the demolition of the wall is divided into three zones: a living room, a dining room and a "kitchen island".

Vertical union

In small apartments of the old, Soviet layout, the kitchen is most often located above the living room and closer to the exit from the premises. In such cases, it is most convenient to work with the demolition of walls and the layout, and the created image will look much more aesthetically pleasing. Even when the wall is completely removed, with a vertical arrangement of rooms it is convenient to divide them into thematic zones, which allows you to more competently distribute the space for work and rest.

Horizontal pool

The rooms located "trailer" - this is a big mistake builders of the Khrushchev period. It may take more than a decade to fix this mistake, but I want to live now. What to do to people who want to make a kitchen-studio, but their living room and kitchen are located "trailer"? In this case, the main task of the designer will be to choose the right style and competent color scheme. It is impossible to make such a studio too bright, given that dirt will also spread smoothly from the kitchen, which will smoothly flow into the living room. In addition, special attention should be paid to the proper arrangement of hoods and air cleaners, because the smells of the kitchen can interfere with other household members who are doing their business in the living area.

Bar counter saves the situation

The extent to which a bar is a unique piece of furniture can be described indefinitely. Even in the case of creating a studio kitchen, she found her place, and taking one of the leading roles. By arranging this piece of furniture on the border of the forge zone and the living / dining room, using the colors and styles of both thematic zones in your decor you can achieve unprecedented success.

In addition to the important role in the decor of the studio's kitchen, the bar counter is a very practical and convenient element of the interior. By installing it, you can neglect the dining area, which will save a lot of space, and add a lot of additional seats. For those people who like to gather in noisy companies or in a large circle of relatives, bar stools will become simply irreplaceable. Think for yourself, because thanks to their height, the people who are on them will not be blocked by high backs of sofas, and eye contact with them will not be interrupted.

Exceptions to the Rules

It is possible to create a kitchen studio without any problems in almost any apartment. The only and saddest exception is the rare, unusual layout of the living area, in which the living room, dining room and kitchen are located in completely opposite parts of the apartment and do not have common walls.

Difficulties can arise in apartments where the kitchen and living room touch only part of the walls. In this case, the creation of a studio kitchen is possible, but it must be clearly monitored so that the "dead zone" is not piled up with unnecessary decor items. At this stage, the “dead zone" can be called the diagonal connecting the two opposite corners of the kitchen and living room, lying approximately at the level of the eyes of a standing person.

Work with color

An equally important step in creating the perfect studio kitchen will be the choice of color. Scientists have proven that professionally selected colors can contribute to proper digestion, which, no doubt, will be a great bonus for any kitchen. But is it worth using such colors in the interior of the living room? Will he not return the thoughts of vacationers to food, constantly arousing an unjustified feeling of hunger? This is the main problem of the layout of the kitchen studio. The colors of all thematic zones should overlap without breaking out of the general design idea.

For example, the dark blue color is great for the living room, if its purpose is not to stimulate creative ideas, but to relax. A pair of such a room will be a kitchen in pale blue tones, which, on the contrary, will stimulate the brain and improve the digestion process.

In addition, white and black colors remain a beautiful color pair for centuries. Their contrast adds liveliness to any interior, but does not pile it in half tones. In addition, white and black colors always remain in fashion even after hundreds of years.

Originality is our credo

Now the studio's kitchens are at the peak of their popularity. Such a layout can be seen in almost every apartment in any capital of the world, so creating something truly unique is becoming increasingly difficult. Modern designers, working on kitchen studios, are finding more and more new ways to stand out, and describing the flight of their imagination is thoroughly impossible, but focusing on the main details is quite real.

Podium for a real hostess

The most unusual and convenient way to separate the kitchen area from the living room is to place it on the so-called "podium". Raising the kitchen over other areas, it is worth remembering that now it will become a key moment in the interior, so its design should be thought out to the smallest detail, like a model’s dress. Podiums conditionally differ in height: single-stage, when the raised floor itself plays the role of a step, and multi-stage, in which the floor becomes too high, and you have to pick up a ladder to it. Also, the kitchen, located above the living room, can be an excellent observation point for any mother whose children like to cut the carpet in the living room or color their favorite daddy's books. In addition, with this kind of division of the room it is much easier to highlight both thematically and in color, but without breaking them with thick walls or bulky partitions.

Red thread ideas

Oddly enough, it is the unification of all zones in one style that is now becoming a more original design idea. For some reason, most designers rush to share the newly joined room, leaving only a few connecting links, completely forgetting that no one has yet canceled the classics of the same style.
The kitchen and living room can be combined in one color. In fact, this is the easiest way to blur the boundaries between these two completely dissimilar rooms, because a single color scheme, the same materials from which the furniture will be made and common decor elements are an economical and quick way to create a harmonious kitchen studio. For example, when working with this idea, it is worth choosing the right lighting fixtures that are identical for both the kitchen and the living room. In addition, details such as the same photo frames, vases and paintings from the same collection or custom-made paired images will also look good.

A more costly, but the most unique way is to create an author's design. In this case, all the decor elements, furniture and even wallpaper will be made to order by specialists, in whose hands your new kitchen will be reborn from the oblivion of repair. The original design style is characterized by furniture that is ideally fitted in size and style, as well as unusual solutions to problems such as the placement of bulky kitchen hoods or the right selection of equipment.

Let's start highlighting

Another idea radically different in its essence is the contrasting emphasis on the kitchen or living area. In this case, using budget options, you need to work with the brightness of the selected color palette. That zone, which will have to rivet your eyes from the first second, needs to be made much brighter. Be careful and do not overdo it, so that a too catchy palette afterwards does not interfere with working in the kitchen, because the main task of this room is precisely technical, and only after aesthetic. It is better to arrange the living area in pastel colors, which will allow both the eyes and the consciousness of the people in them to relax.
Properly located furniture can also contribute to a competent visual separation of the kitchen from the living room. For example, a sofa with a high back, installed with its back to the kitchen, will serve as a symbolic partition between the two zones. If this kitchen studio is created for a large family who wants to achieve a symbolic separation of zones, but does not want to be separated from each other, then the high bar or kitchen cabinets can play the role of a partition. In addition, flowers, living or artificial, located on the border of two zones can be a good solution to the problem. They will become a wonderful contrasting spot, will attract attention and serve as a kind of separator.

Pros and cons of a kitchen studio

By itself, such an interior will be a hell for those who do not like to cook under the supervision of someone else. Most often, young housewives or newly married women who simply do not have enough privacy in their life reject this idea. But people who are more sociable, who find it difficult to be alone for a long time, or women with children, who always need an eye and an eye, appreciate this design innovation.

One of the main disadvantages of the studio kitchen has always been dirt, which is carried by households not only in the kitchen, but also in the living room, which gives the hostess double inconvenience. In addition, not every extractor hood will cope with all the flavors of the kitchen, and very often they leak into other areas of the studio. But can these inconveniences compare with the joy of a person who can always be close to loved ones? In addition, these problems in the twenty-first century are easily solved by technical innovations, which every year make human life easier and more carefree.

One way or another, which kitchen to choose is up to you. The main thing is that the result obtained is always pleasing to the eye and you never regret your choice.