We draw up combined kitchen space and hallway: rules for design and zoning

Rules for coordination and redevelopment, separation of zones, selection of finishes and furniture - reveal these and other issues in the article.

Kitchen-halls in layouts of typical apartments is practically not found. This is a trend in the design of private houses and small studios in new buildings. He came to us from the West, such a combination is familiar to American and European homes. We tell how to arrange combined rooms stylish and practical.

All about the design of the kitchen in the hallway

Features

Redevelopment

Planning options

Regulations

- Finish

- Choice of furniture

- Lighting

- Decor

Pros and cons entry combined with kitchen

In such a layout there are our obvious advantages.

pros

• The most important is the increase in the useful area. There are no unnecessary walls, partitions and corridors.
• In addition, it is convenient, because literally everything is at hand. Yes, and after the hike behind the products, you do not need to drag packages across the apartment: they are easier to disassemble them easier.

But there are also cons of such layouts.

Minuses

• It will be necessary to clean the cleaning much more often, especially in the inlet door zone.
• If the apartment is small, the smells of cooking spread literally everywhere: they are soaked and the outerwear, which hangs immediately.
• Such spaces are often located away from the window, so you have to think through the lighting system.

Whether redevelopment is possible

If the kitchen is originally scheduled in this zone, the transfer of communications and redevelopment will have to be coordinated in all instances, after preparing the relevant project. It is quite difficult for a long time, besides, it is not always consistent. And if the apartment provides a gas stove, then it is generally impossible. We will have to change it on the electric.

Are these troubles justified? For a family consisting of three or more people, a separate kitchen, even small, can be a more profitable option in terms of the distribution of the useful area.

Planning options

To combine the kitchen and an entrance hall in a one-room apartment, make a scheme with an indication of communications, accurate proportions of the room and the furniture parameters that you plan to purchase. Consider the two most common occasions.

Passionage narrow room

This is an option for a kitchen-hallway, located in a narrow long corridor or in an elongated room.

• The most comfortable, in terms of layout, types of headset will be linear and parallel. The choice depends on the width of the room.
• Simple linear suitable in small spaces. To carve out a bit of place, the lower row headset can be made slightly wider than the standard 60 cm, for example 70-80 cm.
• Parallel - good solution for spacious room. In Western projects, such a planning of the kitchen-hallway in a private house often provides for the installation of the kitchen island or dining room between the rows of cabinets.
• The parallel headset is a convenient option for complying with the ruler of the working triangle. Two zones: for example, sink and oven, are placed together on one side, and the refrigerator and storage system are on the other.
• In parallel, you can place the headset and the storage system.

Proportional room

The case when the union takes place not only with the hallway, but also from the living room, and with the dining room, that is, it is a studio or private house. The choice of headset also depends on the area of ​​the room.

• In small rooms, the angle is distinguished under cooking. Therefore, it will be logical to enter here an angular headset. He is the most convenient in terms of ergonomics. The rule of the work triangle here is the easiest way.
• You can separate the room with a bar counter, replacing the dining group. And it can be a continuation of the M-shaped headset, turning it into the P-shaped.
• It also happens that the headset is located in a niche, and there is not enough space for all zones. Then you can equip a linear headset, but the refrigerator is out of the niche.
• In spacious premises, the living room and kitchen are often divided from the sides of the room, and zoning is carried out using a sofa, bar counter, a dining room group or a kitchen island - a lot of options. In this case, the entrance is closer to the living room area.

Whatever option you choose, remember that in combined premises the width of the passages should be greater than in simple. The minimum distance between the chairs near the table or bar and the cabinets is at least 150 cm.

Regulations

There are several rules that will help create a functional and stylish space.

Finish

If the room is small, it is better to do without contrasting solutions in zoning the kitchen and hallway. You can combine two shades of one palette, which differ in several tones, or at all make the walls in monophonic. For decoration, paint and plaster are suitable, which can be washed, or the same type of wallpaper.

The same principle applies to gender. In the combined premises, the medium is considered tough, the coating material should be moisture-resistant and wearless. Most often, there are porcelain stonewares and tiles. Laminate and parquet - the decision is not the most practical: both, and the other is afraid of moisture and is not intended for a harsh environment.

The most versatile ceiling design is white matte. It can be a suspended design, and stretched, and simply painted ceiling - no values. The main thing is to do without multi-tiered systems, attacks and niches.

The choice of color decoration depends on the amount of light. If it is enough, you can choose colder and dark shades. If not, light gamma is suitable. In any case, to create a universal interior, choose the basic color of the finishes.

Choice of furniture

If the walls and gender are neutral, then experiments can be allowed in the choice of furniture. Call the following points.

• Fashionable bowl block today, dividing space on color spots, easy to implement with wardrobes and headset. If it is difficult to build a vertical line, look at the multi-colored bottom and top facades.
• Since the hallway, and the kitchen is the "dirty" zones, it is better to avoid open shelves and hooks. Closed facades and wardrobes for clothes and shoes are not only convenient, but more hygienic.
• Facades to the ceiling - one of the trends of recent years. This is a stylish and practical solution.
• The wardrobe today can not be called very relevant. Designers more often installed doors with a classic swollen mechanism. However, if the room is completely tiny, take a look at the installation of such a model.
• Dining group, if the area allows, can become an emphasis.
• If there is a little place, the dining group is transferred to another room or replace it on a bar rack or a folding table. They can pick up weightless chairs on thin legs or transparent models - and those and others do not overload the interior. Often you can see such stylish examples in the photo of kitchen hosts in designer projects.
• A good powerful extract is not just a recommendation, but the need. It is she who will not give smells to spread throughout the apartment.

In the choice of furniture, it is very important to stick to one style for both dining and cooking zone and for the input group. Do not experiment with style and in one space choose wooden facades, and another plastic.

But the opposite effect, when all furniture from one set, also a bad version. There may be a feeling of clearance from the catalog. Golden middle: When the furniture is made in one style, but from different collections or from several manufacturers.

Lighting

Thoughtful scenarios of lighting are a mandatory part of the design of the kitchen-hallway. This applies to both large areas and small.

• In each zone, it is desirable to equip your accent light source if the area allows. In the dining room, it can be a large chandelier over a dining group, point lamps over the table top, in the hallway can be both spotlights and one large light source.
• In small rooms, it is better to limit one chandelier of medium size, and supplement it with point and wall light sources. A successful alternative to large chandelier can be a lamp in a modern style of glass and metal.
• It is worth considering and lighting over the working countertop - it can be all the same point lamps or LED tape. With the latter it is worth being careful - it can reduce the rest of the interior.
• Pay attention to the materials from which lamps are made. Products should be durable and resistant to moisture.

Decor

Kitchen-entrance hall, unlike a simple room - the space itself is not easy. Therefore, the decor is not just not appropriate here, but it will only interfere. You can limit yourself to interesting textiles, curtains, pillows, upholstery of upholstered furniture. If the area needs to be visually enlarged, then the mirror surfaces: it can be the facades of cabinets or wall mirrors.