The owners of modern new apartments or country houses are absolutely happy, in which all residential and utility rooms are bright and spacious. However, not everyone can boast of having large apartments, and everyone wants to make a beautiful repair. This issue is especially relevant for kitchens - the most beloved and most visited place in the apartment. And if there is always a place for a flight of designer imagination and a huge amount of much-needed furniture in a large area, then the layout of a small kitchen quite often causes some difficulties for the owners.
This concerns primarily the houses of the old construction, the so-called "Khrushchev", in which kitchens are usually not more than six to seven square meters. But you really want to have beautiful furniture, new appliances, a large roomy refrigerator and a lot of different other useful things that are so necessary for the hostess. Therefore, for many, the question of which layout of the kitchen in the "Khrushchev" is considered optimal and how to properly equip a not too large room is very relevant.
Creating comfortable conditions in a small area in which it will be convenient not only to cook, but also to relax is not an easy task. However, the competent layout of the kitchen, the rational and functional use of all the free space, the rational arrangement of furniture and a few cunning design techniques will help not only to fit all the necessary items into this room, but also to make the stay in it pleasant and convenient.
Of course, the most effective way to increase the space is to connect the kitchen with the living room. To do this, it is enough to break the wall between these rooms, after which the problem of lack of space will disappear by itself, because the question of where to put a large refrigerator or where to place furniture will not be so acute. However, such a redevelopment of the kitchen is not suitable for everyone, not everyone will decide on such radical measures, if only because this method requires very significant financial costs. Therefore, to increase the free space, sometimes it’s enough to just get rid of the door to the kitchen, which takes up quite a lot of usable area. Instead of the usual swinging, you can make a sliding door or build an arch - it will turn out both beautifully and modernly.
The next step is the competent organization of space, thanks to which every centimeter of the precious area will be involved. Furniture for a small kitchen is best made to order in order to make maximum use of all the free corners and walls. So, hinged boxes should be made at the very ceiling, so that on the upper shelves you can place very necessary items in everyday life, but not so often used. It is also worth paying attention to tables equipped with folding tabletops, which when folded will take up a minimum of space. Built-in appliances can significantly save space, and multifunctional stools with drawers inside are very useful in a small kitchen. The kitchen interior will look modern and elegant , if you choose the corner option for placing furniture, which, by the way, will also help to significantly increase the usable area.
A competent layout of the kitchen is not only the skillful placement of furniture and appliances. The correct use of color shades will help to visually expand the space, make the room more spacious and bright. You should not get carried away with white in the kitchen, but all the shades of pastel colors, light green, soft purple, blue will visually expand the room quite a lot. In addition, the glossy surfaces of drawers and countertops, stretch ceilings, various shiny nickel-plated elements, many spotlights will also visually increase the size of the kitchen.
Of course, arranging a kitchen in Khrushchev’s is a more complicated task than, say, planning a kitchen of 9 meters of total area, but it is quite feasible. A correctly chosen interior, functional placement of furniture, skillful use of decorative details and color shades will help to make a small kitchen cozy and comfortable.