11 tips for design and arrangement of kitchen-studio

Kitchen-studio fosters the communication of household members with each other, holding home parties and parties. And the open planning of studios visually increases the space - so that even the smallest kitchen due to the adjacent living room and corridor does not seem close. That is why apartments with a studio kitchen are so in demand both in new buildings, and in the Khrushchev, Stalinka and other "small rooms". However, sometimes the owners of studios, on the contrary, need to isolate the kitchen in order to be able to retire, cook under the light of the lamp while someone sleeps, make a mess, not afraid to spoil the sight of everything premises. And the smells of food in the absence of walls often interfere with vacationers on the couch and impregnate all the textiles in the apartment. In this material we will give 11 tips on how to equip the kitchen studio with maximum comfort, correctly plan its lighting and zoning. In addition, here you will find 90 photo interiors and design tips.

Attention! If you want to find out about the nuances of replanning an ordinary apartment in a studio, then we invite you to read this article.

11 tips for design and zoning space in the kitchen-studio

Tip 1. Divide space into zones - visually or physically

Competent zoning - the main guarantee of a sense of order in the kitchen-studio. In addition, using some zoning techniques, you can change the area of ​​a zone, make the kitchen partially / completely isolated or, conversely, open.

Method 1. Sliding partition or door

Cloths can be retracted into a pencil built inside the wall, or simply move along its outer side. To make the light from the window in the living room penetrated the kitchen, sliding doors should be selected from matte, semi-matt or transparent glass / acrylic, perhaps with a sandblasted pattern or stained glass. Below is a design of a small studio with glass sliding doors with a layout.

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And here is an example of the design of a through kitchen-studio with a sliding partition-coupe that isolates the adjoining bedroom-living room.

If the kitchen-studio has its own window, then it can be fenced off with blind doors like in the photo below.

Method 2. Partition with a distributing / interroom window or transom

If the kitchen studio borders on the bedroom and you want to isolate it, without blocking access to the light from the window, this can be done with partitions with a built-in transom or window. So the bedroom will be completely secluded, but the kitchen will penetrate the light and if necessary fresh air from the window. In addition to the bedroom, you can hang curtains as shown in the following design project kitchen studio.

And here are other examples of arrangement of the interior window in the kitchen.

Sometimes the interior window helps out, if you need to let more light into the hallway or the corridor from the window in the kitchen.

By the way, the partition with the window can simply denote the boundaries between the functional zones.

The dispenser window will allow you to partially fence the kitchen, leaving access to light and air from the adjacent premises. The niche of the dispensing window can be supplemented with a bar counter as shown in the following photos.

See also: How to use windows in kitchen design

Method 3. Partition with an arch or portal

The partition with the portal or arch also encloses the kitchen, without depriving it of light and air.

On the organization of the archway read in the material: Arch in the kitchen - design and manufacture with your own hands.

Method 4. Complete insulation with partitions

If the kitchen has a window, then you can isolate it with partitions made of plasterboard or with capital walls from foam blocks. If there are no windows in the kitchen, the partitions should be transparent (or partially transparent), for example, glass in the type of French or veranda windows (photo).

Method 5. Zoning with furniture

Kitchen in the studio apartment can be fenced off with a sofa, bar counter, island / peninsula or shelving. Below is a photo-example of the zoning of the kitchen bar counter in a small apartment-odnushke, re-planned in the studio.

Method 6. Zoning by a curtain

Most often in apartment studios, this technique is used to isolate the sleeping place, but why not fence the kitchen in this way? In the photo below the project of Galina Yurieva, in which the kitchen is separated by thread curtains.

And another great example of zoning curtains.

Method 7. Podium

Under the podium, you can hide communications and built-in boxes.

Method 8. Zoning of different wall, floor and / or ceiling finishes

With the help of finishing the walls, floor and / or ceiling with different materials, you can not only zonate the space, but also make it practical. So, for example, the floor in the working area is often tiled, and in the dining / living area - less wear-resistant, but more "residential" parquet board / laminate.

Examples of different wall decoration in the kitchen in the Scandinavian style are presented in the next selection of photos.

The ceiling in different zones can also be decorated in different ways, for example, in the kitchen the hinged construction or decorative beams will look good, and in the hall there is stucco molding. By the way, a ceiling beam (photo below) can also indicate the boundary between rooms, which, as a rule, can not be demolished during re-planning.

Method 9. Zoning with color

For visual zoning, you can use the following method - select one color gamut and decorate it and kitchen, and adjoining living room and corridor, but so that the color accents were present in different zones in different proportions. For example, the kitchen can be brighter and darker, and the living room / bedroom - lighter and calmer. An example of this color zoning can be seen in the next interior studio apartment area of ​​40 square meters. m.

Tip 2. Design the kitchen as a logical extension of the living room and vice versa

If the apartment in the standard layout allows a fundamental difference in the design of rooms, then in the interior of the kitchen studio, all zones should support each other in style and color scheme. As an example, we present a photo of the design of an apartment-studio in a classical style.

Tip 3. Choose the built-in home appliances

To the kitchen area looked neater and as little as possible, the refrigerator, dishwasher and hood hide behind the facade of the headset. After all, the kitchen studio is a room in which they prepare, rest and work, and therefore it often remains in a state of "living" disorder and aggravate it with heterogeneous surfaces.

Tip 4. Install a powerful hood

To culinary smells as little as possible spread throughout the apartment and not absorbed in the textiles in the living room, you need to install a powerful hood and cook with it always. To calculate the optimum performance of the hood, multiply the area of ​​the combined space to the height of the walls, then multiply this work by 12 (this is the rate for updating the air in the kitchen by SES). Finally, multiply the resulting number by, or, (coefficient for the electric plate).

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Tip 5. Evenly distribute the light

Good lighting is a vital necessity for a kitchen in a studio apartment, especially if it is far from the window and small in size. To space seemed more spacious, it was comfortable to be and convenient to cook, you need to abandon the habitual placement of one chandelier in the center of the ceiling. It is much more efficient to use instead of it a few small lamps (you can, in addition to the chandelier), say, wall sconces or ceiling spots. So the lighting will be more uniform and soft.

• Choosing fixtures for the studio, remember that they must be combined in style, color and / or finish materials. Fixtures in the dining room, living room and bedroom should be more elegant, but in the kitchen and in the hallway / corridor - more modest. Are you afraid to combine the "front" and kitchen lamps unsuccessfully? Then install the chandelier only in one zone, for example, in the dining room above the center of the table (at a height of 70 cm from the countertop) or in center of the living room, and the rest of the room lighted with spotlights, such as in this kitchen studio a photo.

Of course, do not forget about the furniture lighting table tops.

And one more tip: keep in mind that if the kitchen is away from the window, then the lamp should be chosen with the light of the white spectrum, since it is as close to daylight as possible.

See also: Choosing the perfect chandelier for your kitchen

Council 6. Choose a Silent Technique

Especially carefully choose a dishwasher / washing machine, refrigerator, hood, and other kitchen gadgets. They should not be too noisy to not disturb the peace of those who rest in the living room or bedroom area.