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Not everyone can boast of having a spacious kitchen. And I want even the kitchenette to be beautiful and comfortable. This can be achieved by knowing some of the techniques that professional designers use in their work. The design of a kitchen of a small area is an individual matter, and the concept of “small” is quite loose – it can be 4-5 squares, and 6-8 squares. A square or a rectangle, the location of the door and window – all this affects the development of the layout. So you have to “try on” all the ideas for your kitchen.
General rules for the design of small rooms
Let’s start by choosing a color scheme. For small spaces, it is desirable to use muted, desaturated colors. The lighter the design, the more spacious the kitchen looks. The second tip for color design is no more than two colors. Bright multicolor will overload a small volume and will “crush”. You won’t stay in such a room for a long time, and given that the housewives have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, then she will be very tired. Therefore, we choose two desaturated colors and try to squeeze everything out of them. Look at the photo.
The next secret concerns the type of paints and surfaces used. Furniture and wall coverings should be plain and glossy. At least a light semi-gloss is highly desirable. Surfaces reflect light, surrounding objects and space visually expand.
Patterns should not be used. If you really want to, then in a very limited amount and dim, but barely expressed. All contrasting combinations will “eat up” the volume, due to which the area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe room will seem even smaller.
Window decoration
In a small kitchen, you will have to abandon frills and layered curtains. The ideal option is Japanese, Roman or roller blinds. In some interiors, blinds are suitable. If you really want to have a curtain, then only light and with a minimum of assemblies, but it is better to do without them. You can close the room from prying eyes with the same roller blinds.
In terms of colors, everything is also 1 of the shades present in the design or the right combination. If the kitchen turned out to be very monochromatic, you can hang a bright curtain on the window and put a couple of gizmos of the same color.
How to make a floor
It’s about choosing a color, not a material. As you understand, you need to make the floor and the doors of the floor cabinets the same color. In this case, the boundary between the wall and the floor is lost, and even a very tiny kitchen is visually perceived as more spacious.
If this option does not particularly please you, you can choose the color of the floor covering to match the countertop or the finish of the furniture set. You remember that the design requires the use of no more than two colors. So the choice is not very large, to make a very light floor or a little darker, but in the same range. You can see the dark floor to match the countertop in the photo above, and the light one in the photo below.
Something like this, with the help of different textures and colors, you can make the room more voluminous. But the most difficult task is to arrange all the kitchen appliances and furniture in a small space. Yes, so that it is comfortable and the interior is not overloaded. This problem is solved by a competent layout of furniture in a small area.
Furniture for a small kitchen
Life is constantly acquiring new gadgets. What used to be in the kitchen? Stove and refrigerator. Today, a microwave oven is almost mandatory added to them, often a washing machine is put in the kitchen, those who do not like to wash dishes also have a dishwasher. And you also need an oven, and without a food processor you simply can’t. Plus a coffee grinder or coffee machine, slow cooker, mixer, etc. And this is not a complete list. All this needs to be put somewhere, and so that it is convenient.
Little tricks
One option is to place the microwave and oven (if any) one above the other in a tall cabinet, also called a pencil case. Below there may be drawers in which other equipment will be stored, and above you can make a cabinet for dishes or equipment that are used infrequently.
Any even the smallest area should be used. For example, often between the refrigerator and the wall there is a distance of about 10 cm wide. Well, how to use it? Make a drawer for spices or other small things.
To save space, you can make cabinets in the kitchenettes, the doors of which do not open to the sides, as we are used to, but move up. Such fittings are quite expensive, but save quite a lot of space.
In general, storage systems allow you to use every centimeter of space. Of course, they cost money, because the compact mechanisms that provide such functionality provide the work.
Where to put the table
Often the room is so small that it is problematic to place a table. But there is a solution, and not just one. The easiest option, if there is a window sill and there is free access to it, is to make it part of the table. It will be necessary to order a countertop of complex shape and install it in place of the window sill. It will turn out quite a decent size table at which two people can dine.
Moreover, it is not at all necessary that the surface of the window sill table be at the same level as the working surfaces of kitchen cabinets. They can have different heights, and the resulting shelves can be used properly.
The second option is a folding table device. It can be attached to the same window sill, make a retractable tabletop that comes out from under the table top. You can attach a folding tabletop to the free side edge of the desktop. In general, look at the circumstances. Several options in the photo gallery.
Sometimes it happens that there is a place, but by placing an ordinary table, we immediately “land” the entire interior. It becomes flat and uninteresting. The trouble is that the usual one will look heavy. And if in large areas this is balanced by massive furniture, then in a small kitchen, it is simply cumbersome. In this case, look for tempered glass. Even if it is not completely transparent, there will still be no heaviness.
Chairs
It is good to refuse bulky wooden chairs. Chairs and stools on chrome-plated metal tubes look lighter (and weigh too). To save space, look for stacking one on top of the other. When you don’t need all the chairs, stack them up.
The design in the kitchen of a small area is made up of little things. It is they who form not only its appearance, but are also responsible for convenience and practicality.