Design of a combined kitchen and living room in Khrushchev

Design features

Many designers believe that the living room and bedroom are rooms that are difficult to renovate and decorate. Indeed, how to do everything in a hall area of ​​16 to 18 sq. m so that you can then receive guests here, hold family evenings and various festive events. But if you try, even a small living room or bedroom in a Khrushchev building can become beautiful and stylish spaces. The main thing is to take into account important features and ideas when designing:

• if you want the living room interior to be comfortable, convenient, multifunctional, try to visually expand the space, using every free centimeter;
• A good way to expand the area is redevelopment. When making repairs, you can remove walls, the main thing is that they are not load-bearing;
• Various arches and decorative partitions will look beautiful and stylish;
• the living room is often combined with a kitchen, sometimes with a bedroom;
• If you choose a Provence color scheme for decorating a living room, then try to make sure that it does not differ much from the colors of other rooms. Since the Khrushchev apartment has a small area, it is better to use light colors; these colors will help visually expand the living room space;
• It is recommended to make ceilings in Provence style. They should be light; dark ceiling surfaces will exert pressure. In addition, dark colors significantly reduce the space of the room. A suitable option would be to install glossy ceilings. The mirror effect will make the design of the living room in Khrushchev even larger and wider;
• Do not overload the living room interior with unnecessary furniture. It is better to install comfortable, ergonomic items in light, calm colors.

In addition to these features, it is necessary to make high-quality repairs, as well as arrange the correct lighting, select the right furniture, zoning the space, decorate the walls, ceiling, floor, use a suitable color scheme, and also decorate the room with various decorative elements and accessories. Let's take a closer look at the ideas for arranging a living room in a Khrushchev-era building.

"Bad apartment"

Most residents of Khrushchev-era apartments are openly afraid to undertake grandiose renovations due to distrust of their own apartments. From the point of view of the average person, something worthwhile can hardly come out of such housing.

Increasing the living room space with white shades

All the rooms are so small and the ceilings are so low that a logical conclusion suggests itself: a Khrushchev-era apartment is not a good apartment for high-quality renovation and converting it into more or less decent housing.

Interior layout of a living room in Khrushchev

The point of view is not entirely correct, since any housing (even a rural adobe hut) can be sufficiently modernized if desired. Therefore, do not make hasty conclusions and do not limit yourself to the usual wallpapering. Deprive your apartment of its former banality. But before you start renovating, study all possible photos of the interior of a living room in a Khrushchev-era building, consult with professionals and amateurs who managed to transform their standard housing beyond recognition. Choose the best option for yourself and get started. Everything should work out.

Living room design in Khrushchev in brown tones

Textile

Textiles in every home create a feeling of home comfort. The use of textile elements in the design of a modern small living room should be subject to the standards of the style that you have chosen for your apartment.

A lot of textiles are used in country style design. This rustic style involves the use of natural materials and, of course, a lot of fabric with floral or geometric prints. Light curtains and drapes made from natural fabrics, handmade embroidered tablecloths, homespun rugs - all this is appropriate in a country living room. Pastel shades will add a warm, calm coziness to your room.

In more strict styles - modern, high-tech, the presence of fabric elements should be reduced to a minimum. It is worth giving up tablecloths and massive curtains, giving preference to light tulle or curtains made of multi-colored glass. If the room has not one large window, but several small ones, then you can use Roman blinds. This will allow more light to penetrate into the room.

Tip: In loft-style apartments, it is better to abandon textile curtains altogether, using thick roller blinds at night.

The design of a small Khrushchev living room requires compliance with certain rules. By following our little tips, you can create a cozy and spacious, and most importantly, modern room. You just have to discard stereotypes and keep up with the times!

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Lighting

The living room in Khrushchev usually has low ceilings. For this reason, it is necessary to organize proper lighting to expand the space of the room. Examples of design and placement of lighting fixtures in a living room of 16 and 18 sq m can be seen in the photo.

You can look at various photos with design options for lighting a small living room space, but it’s still better to use design ideas for the location and use of lighting fixtures:

• It is not recommended to install large, bulky lighting fixtures in the center of the ceiling. They will take up too much space, and the light from them will be harsh and intense;
• a stylish room interior can be created by using dim lighting, which will be located around the ceiling surface;
• a good option would be to use spotlights that should be installed around the perimeter of the room;
• For a walk-through room, you can use spotlights with low-intensity light in white or blue, this will create an effect of mystery and unique charm:
• lamps should be installed so that they emit diffused light onto all objects in the room;
• Directional lighting is recommended for certain areas. To highlight a reading area, you can use an additional wall lamp or a floor lamp near the chair; additional lighting can be installed above the TV.

Floor

When renovating your floor, you can choose different materials. A living room in a Khrushchev-era building will be stylish if you install parquet boards, laminate or linoleum on the floor to match the color of the furniture. The main thing is that this material is of good quality. You should not use coverings of different colors or with large, catchy patterns; all this can reduce the space of the hall.

If you plan to use carpet for the living room, then it should be in harmony with the overall interior of the room and furniture.

If a brown or white sofa is installed in the room, then light brown parquet or laminate will look beautiful. Look at various photos where you can see the types of materials for the flooring of the living room in Khrushchev.

Pros and cons of merger

A kitchen in a Khrushchev-era building, combined with a living room, has both advantages and disadvantages, which you should definitely familiarize yourself with first. The advantages of such a redevelopment include:

• thanks to the combination, one spacious room is created where it is convenient to cook, receive guests and relatives;
• combining rooms makes the apartment more “European” and modern, eliminating the feeling of constraint and compression. It is comfortable to stay in the kitchen for a long time;
• If you redesign the apartment, there will be more options for the placement of furniture and large household appliances. This allows you to apply various interesting design solutions;
• the combined room is much lighter because it has more windows.

If you combine a kitchen in a Khrushchev-era building with a room, the room will become more functional and practical. At first glance, it may seem that this solution has no downsides . However, such a layout also has weaknesses:

• odors from cooking will penetrate into the dining room and be absorbed into furniture and textiles;
• in most cases, cooking is accompanied by a slight mess, which will “spill over” to the dining room;
• Sounds generated during cooking may disturb the rest of the family from watching TV. It is also worth considering that the noise of the refrigerator will always be heard in the room;
• after combining 2 rooms in the apartment there will be less space for privacy.

One of the most significant problems faced by people who decide to combine 2 premises is obtaining permission from the BTI. It is possible to think over the design of a kitchen combined with a living room in a Khrushchev-era building only after permission for redevelopment.

On a note! It is worth considering that preparing the necessary documents not only takes time, but also requires certain financial investments.

Ceiling

When repairing ceilings in Provence style or other styles, follow the recommendations:

• for a small hall of 16 or 18 square meters, light finishing materials should be used for the ceiling. It is better to whitewash or plaster it;
• Stretch ceilings with a glossy surface will look beautiful;
• To expand the space of the room, you can use mirror cladding for the ceiling. Look at the photo and you will see how beautiful the mirror ceiling looks.

It is not recommended to use a plasterboard ceiling for a living room in a Khrushchev-era building. This design will reduce the height of the room.

Selection of furniture and household appliances

The design of a combined kitchen and living room in a Khrushchev-era building, the photo of which you see below, assumes the presence of furniture and modern appliances. The main requirement that is placed on them is their maximum functionality.

Kitchen area

You can’t do without a kitchen set, a sink, and a refrigerator. Additionally, a microwave oven, mixer, blender, as well as a dishwasher and washing machine can be placed here. You can also place a dining table with chairs in this area, but you can also use it as a border between two zones.

Living area

A mandatory piece of living room interior is a sofa. In addition, there may be a small coffee table. One of the advantages of a combined interior is that the TV available here can be watched simultaneously from both rooms.

Walls

Wall repairs should be carried out using finishing materials in light colors, without contrasting colors. Ideas for decorating walls in the Khrushchev hall:

• if wallpaper is used, then use high-quality textiles without bright colors or small patterns. It is acceptable to use plain wallpaper;
• The combination of wallpaper looks beautiful. You can put light-colored wallpaper on the bottom, choose a material with different patterns or a darker tone on top;
• decorative stone or stucco can be used to decorate the walls;
• A cheaper option, but at the same time modern, is painting the walls.

Color solutions

The design of a small living room with an area of ​​16 or 18 square meters is characterized by the use of light colors. It is better to use light-colored furniture; if a sofa is installed in the center, then its color should not be conspicuous; all cabinets should be in harmony with the color of the walls, ceiling and floor. The interior of the hall in Khrushchev should be decorated in light colors:

• white;
• beige;
• yellow;
• brown;
• gray

Style solutions

To create a cozy design for a kitchen combined with a living room in a Khrushchev-era building, it is advisable to choose one style direction for all functional areas.

Loft

The combination of a kitchen and a living room in a Khrushchev can be achieved by choosing a loft style, the calling card of which is the use of imitation brickwork or natural stone finishing. This style solution is especially popular among creative youth.

Classic

A good design option would be to connect a kitchen with a room in a Khrushchev-era building, as in the photo below, using classics that never go out of fashion. Nowadays the snow-white version of its execution is most relevant.

Scandinavian style

The combined kitchen with a living room in a Khrushchev-era building, the photo of which is shown below, looks great, for which the Scandinavian style is used - it is distinguished by the use of natural, environmentally friendly materials, simple forms, as well as the predominance of white textures.

High tech

The design of the kitchen and the living room together is often in high-tech style, which is clearly visible in the following photos.

Its characteristic features are:

1. An abundance of plastic, metal, glass;
2. No unnecessary details.

The kitchen hall, the design of which uses high-tech style, has many smooth surfaces, and must also be equipped with ultra-modern appliances, as in the photo.

By combining a kitchen and a living room in a Khrushchev house, a large number of photos of which were presented in this material, you can not only visually expand the boundaries of your own apartment, but also enjoy communication with all members of your family, while simultaneously preparing culinary masterpieces for them. And there is always a place for welcome guests here.