The small kitchen is room of 8-9 sq.m and less, or with irrational planning, for example, through passage, narrow,-shaped, with indirect corners, many-sided. To feel comfortable in such space, it is necessary to optimize it competently.
Planning of mini-kitchen
To create beautiful design of small kitchen, the plan is necessary. When planning it is necessary to make scrupulous measurements and to consider some important points:
- distance from floor, walls, ceiling to extract and air vents;
- where there is gas pipe;
- distance from walls and floor to window;
- height and width of radiator;
- electrical outlets are located to note at what height;
- to measure distance from floor and walls to water pipes.
If you do not make the plan of planning, then making out interior of small kitchen you can face that the fridge closes half of window or door of the floor cabinet standing in corner do not open up to the end because of radiator, the hinged locker closes ventilation, etc.
Furniture for small kitchen
That it is economical and reasonable to place the equipment and furniture in the small room, it is necessary to show some ingenuity. For a start to be defined whether in it you will prepare quickly semi-finished products or to potter with home-made goodies in the afternoon. How many people it will have to accomodate. Whether you will receive guests here. Make the list of household appliances which you are going to place and think whether there will be places enough.
The radical way to move apart space is to increase the kitchen area due to re-planning. Less expensive way to make the room is to remove door on kitchen more, it to some extent will make the room more. The lack of storing places can be compensated by installation of the rounded-off or slanted cabinets with the open regiments leaving in corridor. However the lack of door is fraught with distribution on the apartment of smells. If to you it not to liking, it is possible to establish sliding door that will also allow to save space.
As it is possible use "upper floor" more rationally. It is not terrible that you will reach the top shelves, having risen on stool, but you will make kitchen more free. It is necessary to try to involve corners in-shaped kitchen, on maxim to use each millimeter of the area. That the corner formed by two lockers did not create problem, use furniture with the rotating regiments. Make corner easily accessible, having placed in it open floor or wall and cabinets.
Get small rack for fruit and vegetables. This useful thing is simply necessary in small-sized kitchen. Thanks to it you exempt the room from boxes and bags which constantly get underfoot. The low and wide windowsill can be used as sofa. Considerably will save space replacement of oar doors at cabinets on doors - and blinds rollers. The uniform style of interior is important – let the kitchen will be small, but comfortable and beautiful!