Five options for accommodation and arrangement of the bar rack in the apartment planning apartments proposed by designers and architects
In the studio planning apartments, it is important to associate a parade living room and work kitchen. Bar rack at the same time goes to the front edge of the struggle for practicality and beauty.
In the form of the letter "P"
Bar rack forms a P-shaped composition, separating the kitchen from the public zone, including the living room and the dining room. Isama Kitchen, and the front part of the apartment is comparatively small size: respectively, 8 and 16m2, but at the expense of such a solution they seem quite spacious, especially since the corridor joined the residential area. To strengthen the result, architectural solutions also completed decorator receptions. There is a single color gamut (sand, brown, orange), the same materials are preventable and the front zone. Elegant kitchen furniture and household appliances are made using veneer wenge, matte glass, stainless steel and aluminum. Materials are repeated in the decoration of the dining group, in the selection of accessories. All this gives the effect of a single space.one. There are four types of lighting. Built-in seeds give common light filling. The table top brightly illuminate directional sources that are attached to mounted cabinets. Over the bar resistant, the two ceiling lamps that can be adjusted in height. Finally, a decorative glass shelf above the microwave oven is also equipped with built-in lighting devices.
Graphic bar counter declares the perimeter of the kitchen, denoting the zone border. It looks easy and air due to the absence of anterior wall and a non-trap countertop (45 cm).
2. TV hangs high on the wall on the bracket. Thanks to this, the screen is at the level of the eye under the desired angle, after all, the hostess in the kitchen is most of the time. In addition, the device does not occupy the work surface.
Tell the author of the project
The desire of any hostess is well equipped with a kitchen. I had to resort to small tricks to accommodate all the necessary household techniques at the minimum area. The microwave oven was mounted in a plasterboard partition, adjacent with the built-in wardrobe in the hallway. It is important that the technique does not occupy work surfaces for cooking, because they are so very small three "island" in 60cm. In addition, if the microwave was standing on the table top, it would be impossible to use space over it. When it is located in the partition there is no minus, since the device put a niche in the corresponding height. So a single important advantage in the fact that not the entire metal box remains in appearance, but only its flat facade.
Designer Olga Kondratova
New solution of the old problem
The author of this project was able to unite the two opposite principles of free planning and separate rooms. Thanks to the erected partitions and the reduced ceiling level, the kitchen is perceived as a separate room. However, two huge opening bind this architectural volume with a spacious living room. It turned out the elegant solution to the old planning problem. With an unsuccessful project, it would look like a ridiculous dressing in the middle of the front zone. Bar stand-high and closed, so those who are in the living room are not visible to the cooking process. From the side of the kitchen, her countertop hangs over the working surface, but this does not cause any inconveniences during cooking, because its width is 35cm.one. The windows are closed with Roman curtains from the creamy taffeta. The silk fabric is transparent, but perfectly protects from the bright light room facing south. The curtains are "veiled" with a transparent web with metal threads, exclusively for beauty. Initially, such a fabric. An unusual decorative effect can be achieved if it ished. The canvas retains the form given to it due to the metal threads.
2. A wide chest of drawers (90cm) is very convenient for a serving: it is waiting for their turns of the dish, there are additional devices and napkins, it is worn by IT.D. In addition, it performs a zonic function, separating the dining room from the living room.
The chest of drawers are made up of three kitchen modules taken from the same collection as the main kitchen furniture. His rear wall and end are lined with artificial stone Kamrock (Russia)
Tell the author of the project
The apartment is located in a new house. Designers have provided a centralized ventilation system. In addition to the apartment, we also installed the air conditioning system. To preserve the maximum height of the ceiling in the living room, the air ducts conducted above the kitchen, corridor and bathrooms. The kitchen ceiling dropped 40cm. But those who are in its small space (10m2), it does not cause discomfort: the height of the room is proportional to its area. The built-in equipment is quite a big-covered in the kitchen area. Therefore, the hostess could not accommodate everything you need, for example, she wanted elegant table linen and festive devices lay in a separate chest. After unsuccessful searches for such an object of furniture, which would be approached both in size and design, it was decided that I would design it myself.
Designer Veronika Aranovich
On a wide face
The main wishes of the host was to maximize the small area. Open space, an abundance of air, the lack of superfluous things and decorations based on these principles and built the concept of the interior. After the necessary coordination to the living room joined the loggia. The result is a huge window, from which the powerful flow of light pours. The "manifested" carrier column denotes the border between the living room and the kitchen. Knei is mounted on the brackets a concise bar of thick glass on the steel leg. The rack is isolated by Lighting Lights Lighting (Italy), built into the floor. They consist of a metal glass and glass-covers. The devices are almost not heated during operation. Sealed and durable lamps are not terrible neither spilled liquid nor fallen objects. They were mounted in the grooves made in the leveling screed, and joined the wires with moisture-resistant insulation, which were put into fines.one. The ceiling lamp hanging over the bar is lowered lower than the rest.
2. In front of the dining table and bar counter stand chairs of different heights, but the same design. This corresponds to a strict, laconic style selected by the authors Mikhail Khusainov and Elena Pushkova.
3. Tree, glass, metal and concrete - materials that create an atmosphere of the "male" interior.
four. Glossy parquet and stretch ceiling, reflecting the glass surfaces of the coffee table and bar counter, visually spread the space.
Tells one of the authors of the project
On the floor, the zoning of the kitchen and living room is indicated by a blue-blue tile and a flawless glossy parquet. When placing the ceiling, more complex techniques are applied: first, the ceiling is three-level; Secondly, heterogeneous materials are used: glossy tensioning and plasterboard; Thirdly, the difference between the levels is emphasized by color. We did not try to hide the Rigel passing directly above the bar on the border of the kitchen and the living room, but on the contrary, focused on it, stealing into a saturated blue-purple color. Plastic ceiling is beaten and with the help of lamps: small built-in and ceiling spotlights. There are several inclusion groups, so that you can create different light scenarios - for example, "rest", "guests", "View TV", "Return home". By the way, the owner always leaves the lamps included in the floor near the bar rack, even when leaves home. He is pleased to return to the updated apartment, open the door and see these funny lights.
Designer Mikhail Husainov
Apparently invisible
This unusual bar counter is part of a design that includes two supporting columns. To avoid the monotony of verticals, one of them was disguised as a wide box, which were decorated with aquarium. In order to visually "facilitate" the construction, the architect used several techniques. First, a light shade was selected for the color. Secondly, the horizontal planes that a multi-table, shelf, cornice, plinth, is emphasized here, - visually crushed the massive partition. Thirdly, the aquarium-luminous "window" itself between the living room and the kitchen attracts all the attention. At the sight of it, you just forget about the sizes of this complex design. Inaccination, created by the author of the project, the asymmetric composition is balanced by a dark column, which seems heavier. It is covered with wooden cherry veneer panels.one. The natural tree, from which the tabletop rack and eaves are made (the column is also trimmed), softens the rigor of the architecture and makes an interesting emphasis in seemingly simple design.
2. A lined with a veneer of the column under the ceiling and the floor is equipped with a built-in backlight that emphasizes its original shape. Rectangular volumes that are released on the surface of the column are not just a constructivist decor. One of them, for example, is a small cupcake.
3. From the side of the kitchen from under the bar countertops, there is another - traditional height and width. Family members use it as a work surface and breakfast space.Tell the author of the project
Aquarium in my projects I use not the first time. Nature-water, fish, sea flora - very attractive for urban residents. By the way, it is the presence of aquarium in my previously published project that prompted the owners of the apartment to contact me. Aquariums are very diverse in forms, and the choice of their filling is extremely wide. We prefer models of simple outlines so that they do not distract attention from architecture. Inside, they should not be overcoiled by the inhabitants either too saturated with plants, stones, otherwise the effect of the "window" is lost, which combines different parts of the interior.
Designer Olga Gavrilova
Harmony Circle
This apartment is for a young man who arrived in St. Petersburg from the Baltic States to study at the university. Parents were going to regularly visit the Son. But that the visits of the elders did not violate the movement of the young owner's life, two parts of the house were to ensure the autonomous existence of different generations. Adlya meetings of all family members were among the third, public kitchen area. Jeenno it turned out to be the most elegant. First of all, because the room is filled with light coming out of three windows. However, not only nature, but also architects Natalya Zaitseva and Nikolay Nikitin, worked well. Inclusive of the forming element they chose a circle. The zone of the dining room is highlighted around the floor laid out of the porcelain tile. Its outlines repeat the shapes of the suspended ceiling, tables and lamps. In addition, these chords are reinforced by the motive of the semicircles. A small bar counter with a cuisine and dining room with a siene partition. In general, this design resembles an interesting art object.one. The choice of furniture and lamps is strictly predetermined by the main theme of this interior. Forms of plafones, tables and chairs are invas with the outlines of architectural elements.
2. Bar rack can be very small. But the very fact of its presence is important. It is enough to imagine that this rack is not, - and it becomes clear that it is an interior highlight and asks a dynamic scenario of life in a new apartment.
Tells one of the authors of the project
The complexity of this project was to actually create two apartments in one. The unusual planning task led to the fact that in the public zone not only a kitchen with a living room and a dining room, but also a corridor. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, you can see the hallway through the kitchen. The presence of such a multi-faceted perspective obliging us to carefully work out all zones - parade and service. Each corner should have become spectacular and worthy. We chose one strong reception using a circle form in both architectural and design solutions. The ancient Greeks believed that this figure encompasses harmony, bringing peace and peace in the soul.
Designer Nikolay Nikitin