Kitchen-living room 20 sq m (45 photos) - fantasy and reality

How compatible are the kitchen and living room? Moreover, are there boundaries for reasonable combination, for example, in terms of area, design developments, and the use of certain finishing materials?

Is it possible to squeeze this solution into at least 20 squares? These questions have been of interest to residents of multi-storey buildings, and not only them, for more than a dozen years. That's what we'll talk about.

What we have

But really, what?

• If you have a room that is crammed in the plan of the apartment like a kitchen, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bwhich is 20 square meters, then it will not be difficult to turn it into a kitchen-living room;
• If you have Khrushchev and you decide to dismantle the wall in such a way that you get a kitchen-living room of 20 square meters, then here you will have to show much more ingenuity and ingenuity to turn the entire complex into a single ensemble.

Consider both options

The kitchen-living room of 20 meters is a fairly simple solution, but only at first glance.

Simplicity lies primarily in the fact that:

• This room is decorated in the same style;
• Furniture and household appliances are often located in one line, or L-shaped;
• Does not require zoning;
• The visual effects of space expansion are rarely used.

And indeed, on such an area, a kitchen set, kitchen appliances and even a large dining table can be easily accommodated. Let's add here a small plasma panel, or a home theater and, alle-up, the family is ready to welcome guests.

What is so difficult here? Rather, these are not difficulties, but limitations:

• The interior of the kitchen-living room of 20 sq m practically does not accept combined color schemes for such components as floors, ceilings, walls;
• The allocation of additional zones in such a room will look at least strange;
• Taking into account the aggressive kitchen environment, it is recommended to use materials for upholstery of upholstered furniture in such rooms, which can be subjected to chemical treatment (hygienic coatings).

Note! In these solutions, the interior of the kitchen-living room of 20 m does not accept the U-shaped placement of furniture in the kitchen, the allocation of "islands", which practically narrows the possibilities of design imagination.

And now compatible

And now about the painful issue, the combination of a small kitchen with a small living room. Moreover, it is necessary to do this in such a way that this miracle combination has a decent appearance and at the same time does not contradict any building codes and regulations.

Note! In the houses of the Soviet period of construction, the expansion of the space of the apartment due to the demolition of the wall, or part of it, can have fatal consequences. Therefore, before awakening the instincts of destruction in yourself, grabbing a sledgehammer or a hammer drill with your own hands, consult a specialist. The wall you want to destroy may turn out to be a load-bearing one.

And what in return? And in return, we will get several advantages that are quite important and from which an apartment with a small area only benefits, namely:

• The number of design solutions is increasing;
• is increasing natural light in the room, and by adding contrasting artificial lighting in the kitchen, the effect will be even more pronounced;
• Zoning is introduced, which allows you to introduce additional decorative elements, a variety of color and architectural components;
• There is a need to introduce visual effects expansion of space.

Several options and more

When combining the kitchen and living room in old houses, the output will be the same 20 squares from which we are now trying to push off.

1. The design of the kitchen-living room of 20 square meters has much more possibilities when combined, not so much "thanks" as "because of". It's just that the owners of these apartments have nowhere to go. They are forced to save square meters as much as possible, resorting to all sorts of tricks to cram the maximum amount of what they need into the space, which, to be honest, has not changed. Hence the visual effects, and the revitalization of the palette with a variety of matching tones, and the introduction of additional architectural and interior forms.
2. The introduction of differently saturated lighting for different areas of the living room and kitchen, work area and recreation area allows not only to save energy, but also to create a unique color and light flavor of the home environment.

Note! The illumination of the working areas of the kitchen and the working area in the living room should be as bright as possible. Special explanations are not required here, just the object to which special attention is paid should be illuminated as much as possible.

1. Zoning. It's more of an ordering element. The fact is that not only walls can serve as borders, but also false walls, screens, sliding partitions, various large-sized objects, for example: aquariums, bar counters, sofas, armchairs, chair-beds and many other items (see also article).
2. The design of the living room-kitchen of 20 m simply requires a visual expansion of the space. This effect will also be favored by improved illumination of the room. A mirror in which the kitchen or other space will be reflected from floor to ceiling is very useful here. The price of this improvement will be rather big, but the benefits are quite large. Yes, just like in the photo.

Finally

Transforming the kitchen and turning it into a kitchen-living room is a creative process. Any instruction will not be able to provide for all the options that are interesting for you and acceptable in your apartment.