We tell how to use a sofa, carpet and other elements for zoning and what rules to take into account in the arrangement of furniture in a small and spacious living-dining room.
The union of the rooms - the lot is not only small apartments, especially when it comes to the design of the living-dining room. Such layout is very often found in spacious apartments, and country houses. Let's deal with the features of such space.
All you need to know about the design of the living-dining room
Basic principles planning- In the apartment
- in a private house
Methods of zoning
How to combine space
Basic principles planning
Much depends on the available area. The rules for the design of spacious country houses will differ from Khrushchev and small apartments.
Interior of the dining room - living room in the city apartment
Whatever spacious room was not, there will still be more than three windows in it, more often there are two or in general one - depends on the specific apartment. Based on these parameters and conduct layout.
Usually the brightest and spacious part are removed under the dining room. In a darker half of the room, the living room area is located: sofa and television. It also happens that the form of the room itself prompts the layout and the correct distribution of the area. For example, you can successfully place a dining group in a niche.
With a limited space, the main thing is to correctly distribute the area. Think what kind of zone you are more important. If the main thing is for you - Sunday dinners with the whole family and meeting with friends for dinner, it is obviously worth choosing a table for 6-8 people. And the rest of the rest is on the recreation group. If in priority a joint viewing of a movie, games on the console, then the large area will take the living room and a seating area with soft seats and a cozy sofa.
In a private house
Usually, the combined space in a private house is distinguished by its dimensions. This is a spacious room in which the living room and dining room occupy about the same number of space.
In the design of the living-dining room in a private house it is worth considering the following points. If the dining room is far from the kitchen, you can hardly cover the table every day. Therefore, it is logical to provide a small table next to the working surface or equip a bar rack, a kitchen island for 2-3 person.
Quite often in apartments, and in the cottages there is an idea of uniting a dining room with a kitchen. In this case, the work area is made as disguised as possible, it does not focus on it. This is a convenient option for those who are infrequently preparing at home. The working plot has a small wall or in the corner, the headsets are usually selected in the color of the walls - minimalistic facades are relevant here.
4 popular zoning methods
The interior of the dining room in the apartment or in a private house consists of two functional zones. So that they are read, they must be divided. We propose to consider four universal methods.With the help of a sofa
This is one of the most popular techniques. With this layout, the sofa is usually located in the center of the room, and the table is perpendicular or parallel to it. Such a layout of furniture looks much more modern and more relevant than standing around the perimeter. So that zoning was clear, pay attention to the criteria for choosing a sofa.
How to choose a suitable sofa
- It should be three or more. You can choose the angular models. The main thing is that the sofa is big.
- It is desirable that he has a high back.
- Strengthen the effect of selection by color. The sofa will perform a bright spot in the center of the room.
- If you do not want to highlight the color, you can choose a model made in another stylistry or form. If the room has all the furniture angular, the sofa can be a soft rounded form.
Enter doorway
This is a suitable option for dividing the dining room and kitchen. The opening can be made arched or decorate it with bas-relief, eaves or even aged platbands.
With the help of light
This is also a classic method. Usually, in this case, the lighting project is as follows.
- Large accent chandelier or somewhat more neat models - above the dining group.
- Point lighting or one more accent chandelier in another stylist - in the recreation area.
With the help of different floor finishes
Unlike the kitchen, the atmosphere is not strict, and soft. Therefore, it is not necessary to work here a system of finishes other than the main one. Parquet and laminate - this will be appropriate and in the food zone.Select the dining group or living room using a carpet. Active bright accent on the floor is the relevant reception today.
Which carpet is better to choose
- Single - a win-win solution in any interior: from minimalism to classics. If you want to play contrast, choose models other than the main design. It is only important that the color was about the same in brightness and saturation. Then he will fit well in the interior.
- Ethnic motifs are an excellent option for the Scandinavian style and the minimalist approximate to it. So that such a carpet looked into the room appropriate, duplicate the color of his ornament in another textile: for this, curtains and decorative pillows will fit. Well, the Persian carpet is an indispensable satellite of the classic interior.
- Geometric prints are also at the peak of popularity today. And this universal drawing is almost for any style, the exception is only a classic. The color selection principle is the same - duplicate the shade in the design.
How to combine space
Stylistic association - a prerequisite for the creation of a solid interior. In the photo, such a design of the dining room in a private house or in an urban apartment looks very harmonious.
- Watch out the style. The living room and dining area should be a single style concept. Differences are allowed only in accents.
- Use the same textures and materials for the design of areas in which there is no accent. This applies not only to finishing. Textiles and materials of cabinet furniture can be duplicated.
- If you decide to print, it is important not to use the reception on duplication in the forehead. This is a little outdated approach. Let the patterns be from the same collection, but different: one is slightly larger, the other is smaller, performed in the same gamma.
- In each zone there must be a semantic center. In the dining room, this is the table, in the living room - usually TV. But the aquarium, poster, book rack or even a fireplace is suitable. Around these objects and build a picture.
