This piece of furniture creates feeling of ease in kitchen and submerges in the atmosphere of the huge pulsing megalopolis. Subconsciously it can be connected with distinguished cocktail parties or just to consider the place of relaxation. Yes, it is about bar counter in kitchen.
History of bar counter
Several decades ago on equipping bar counter at home, not each hostess would decide. To agree to establish the characteristic part in interior relating rather to alien western pleasure institutions only very extraordinary persons could dare. Besides, the normal small apartment hardly successfully would enter in the interior kitchen with bar counter. More likely, it would look a little ridiculously.
Everything has changed when the states which are part of once great country have gradually begun to be restored from ruins. Priorities of citizens completely were replaced. All myths about as if the rotting West were discredited. People absolutely have in a new way looked at the dwellings. Then the people have begun to pull down actively walls in the apartments, pursuing the aim to create modern design of kitchen. As reference point in the solution of this task the people took the sketches and photos spotted in foreign magazines. The Soviet five-storey apartment blocks with the destroyed partition separating kitchen from the rest of the apartment carried the modern and important name "studio apartment" now. And the richest have begun to dismantle rewalls to establish ultramodern jacuzzis and compact shower cabins.
Shortly and the bar counter was not associated only with elementy dolce foreign vita any more. Now it was not purely bar element any more, but also and kitchen. It has quietly fitted nearly into every third design of the kitchen combined with the living room.
People have understood that the bar counter is not only beautiful interior subject, but also quite useful and functional part.
Options of use of bar counters
The kitchen with bar counter does not limit freedom and allocates the room with dynamics elements. Now guests and owners are not tied only to table. It is not obligatory to sit grandly at all, it is possible to move freely about the room with glass in hands. And it will be more difficult to pretty children to pull down the forbidden delicacy located on high surface. If you want to make repair and doubt whether it is worth removing wall between kitchen and the room, be not afraid. The bar counter serves not only ragzranichitel between the kitchen and living room zones. It also performs functions and the uniting link. And for small-sized barchelor kitchen such design with installation of bar counter in general great option. The small island with high chair which is accurately entered in interior is, enough, to make for themselves sandwich and to eat it. The bar counter can be built in also complete kitchen. Then it will be part of working surface. Especially relevant it for small kitchens, for such option ergonomic use of each centimeter is not luxury, but need. And this task first of all is the cornerstone of the majority of design decisions for small rooms. It is possible to use, of course, bar counter and as independent element of interior. In this case the kitchen has to be or wide and big, or combined with the hall. Besides, by means of bar counter you can unite kitchen and balcony. This trick especially will suit those at whom the window of kitchen comes to the shaded side of the house. Most likely, because of it you often do not accept lighting in kitchen, especially in cooking time. Light in kitchen in principle is very important therefore such problem can never be disregarded. And if you were lucky to become the owner of kitchen with balcony, safely unite them in one room. And the bar counter in this case will become excellent association and addition of such unusual, stylish and practical interior. Thus you also will add light, and will introduce fresh note in design of kitchen. Well and, of course, what it is bar counter if on it illumination is not established. This important part will become irreplaceable addition to romantic dinner, any holiday, party or just to arrival of guests. Besides, she will also add to you light indoors. And in general, it is simply beautiful: is pleasing to the eye and lightens the mood, instantly takes off fatigue after heavy day of work and does not allow to appear even to hints on depression.
But, certainly, the bar counter has also shortcomings. The main is that constantly it will be not really convenient to have dinner behind it. But to drink cup of coffee or aperitif – just what is necessary.
Also let bar counter does not treat obligatory and necessary home decoration, nevertheless, many designers quite actively enter it in the numerous projects. The interior of kitchen and its design with use of bar counter as if emphasize ease and ease of all situation, good style and creative thinking of her owners.