The kitchen niche is the kitchen space which is not separated from all directions by walls, and equipped directly in the living room or other room. Such planning of kitchen allows to save the place and to make small-sized apartments or houses is more spacious. Today kitchens niches are popular not only in small housing, this element of the European planning began to be applied also in spacious multiroom apartments.
Kitchen niche according to rules of construction
Questions of design and planning of kitchen niche in apartments are stated in the set of rules under the name "Apartment Residential Units". According to this joint venture, the kitchen niche represents the auxiliary room intended for cooking, without table zone, not separated by partition or wall (it can be separated only from three parties). In such kitchen surely there has to be mechanical ventilation and plate. As a rule, such niche is projected in one-room apartments not to spend the square at planning of two rooms – inhabited and kitchen. The area of such corner has to be not less than 5 square meters – such minimum is necessary to place all necessary for cooking.
The kitchen niche optional has to have natural lighting that too allows to save on construction – enough windows which are located in the living room.
Many modern apartments in new buildings are planned thus, with kitchen niche, and in older housing the tendency to such re-planning is observed. To equip niche for kitchen and to demolish partition between the living room and the kitchen room, it is necessary to develop the project and to agree on it in housing inspectorate.
It is optional to design kitchen niche in the living room, it can be in corridor or even the storeroom.
Merits and demerits of kitchen niche
The kitchen niche allows to expand visually space, it is especially important for small apartments with small rooms. Such planning saves the area which would leave on construction of wall and installation of door. Such kitchen gives the chance to the hostess or the cook, being in kitchen, to communicate with guests, to listen to music, to look after children or to watch TV. In terms of interior design kitchen niche – the interesting and fashionable decision, it is possible to register it originally, by means of design elements visually to separate from premises. The kitchen niche has and several essential shortcomings. First, smells and sounds extend on all room – noise of the microwave oven or dish washer will disturb the people who are in the living room. Secondly, on such kitchen corner it is very important to keep ideal order as the living room loses the attractive look at once. In normal kitchen it is possible to leave for a while the scattered towels, cups and plates which are standing still not, dirty ware in sink whereas the niche demands constant purity.
Planning of kitchen niche
Malenkaya Square of kitchen niche can become advantage, but not shortcoming if it is correct to plan everything. There is rule of kitchen triangle – distance between three main areas of storage, razdelyvaniye and cooking (the fridge, washing with work table and plates) have to be small that it was possible quickly and conveniently between them to move. The most widespread, but not the most convenient way of planning of kitchen niche is to build all kitchen furniture in one row if the area allows. But the corner built along two walls will be more suitable. If the niche rather deep, is better to arrange furniture letter "P" or along two walls.