Interior of living room combined with kitchen

One of the most popular practical design solutions to date is the kitchen, combined with the living room. The open plan of the interior of the living room combined with the kitchen perfectly suits both for a small apartment and for a huge country house. One of the main appointments of the kitchen - the living room is an extension of the space, a visual increase in the area. And despite the fact that the design of the combined kitchen seems simple, in fact it is not at all, and to develop such a design is quite a complex and time-consuming process. Let's look at it in more detail.

Kitchen interior design with living room

1. First of all, to create an interior of a combined kitchen with a living room is necessary with the division of the territory into zones. Of course, you should understand that the united kitchen does not tolerate active cooking, since the best hood in the world can not rid you of odors. Although in any case without a powerful hood can not do. However, let us return to the zoning of space.

• one of the most popular methods is the use of different floor coverings, for example, a practical tile is ideal for a kitchen zone, and a good laminate or carpet will perfectly fit in the living room area.
• The interior of a large living room with a kitchen can be divided into zones using different ceiling and wall finishes, here you can use both different colors and different materials according to the invoice.
• A stylish and at the same time very practical separator is the bar counter . It can be used for its intended purpose, and as a working surface.
• podium, as a divider, is ideal for interior living room kitchen with bay window. Thus, emphasizing the bay window, giving a special French sophistication to the kitchen.
• an interior of a drawing room of kitchen with a ladder it is quite possible to beat light, having chosen it as a separator for zones.

• above the plate and the working surface should be a good, bright lighting.
• In the living room area, the light should be soft, muffled.
• advantageously emphasize the interior design of the kitchen with a living room with spotlights
• the interior of the living room kitchen with a fireplace must be carefully beaten with light, leaving the possibility of its adjustment over the fireplace.
• ideally, the working area should be placed near the window, thus using, in addition to everything else, natural light.

As already mentioned before, the undoubted advantage of the combined kitchen is the expansion of space, because one room of 18 square meters, looks much more than two to 9. Thanks to the increased number of windows and natural lighting is more. One of the important advantages of a combined living room is that during the reception of friends, the hostess will not feel restrained, hanging in the kitchen. That will allow to spend more time with guests. It will also increase the joint pastime with the family. Well, it's undeniable that having a small kitchen you simply can not physically place a large dining table, which can not be said about a combined kitchen.

Of course, all this splendor has a minus, for example - cleaning will become much more. After all, the living room does not require such frequent cleaning as a kitchen, but in a combined version it will be necessary to clean the whole territory. Well, for the time of the mixer, coffee maker, etc. you should forget about the silence in the living room.