Secrets of a successful kitchen design combined with a hall

The kitchen combined with the hall is an incredibly practical design solution. The advantages of such a layout are so obvious that it is now used in many new buildings, and old Khrushchevs are not rarely altered in this way. In this case, the room will increase not only visually, but also real useful square meters becomes larger.

However, such a solution has a number of shortcomings, which we sometimes do not even think about. That is why it is worth weighing all the pros and cons before stopping in the kitchen combined with the hall.

kitchen interior combined with a hall

In the kitchen, a person spends a lot of time, so this room should not only look beautiful, but also be extraordinarily practical and convenient. When planning it, do not rely on the opinion of outsiders, think first of all about your family and about the hostess who will spend the most time in this kitchen.

On a standard 6.5-meter kitchen, it’s almost impossible to eat at one table for three people at once, but if you have a larger family? And guests in such a tiny area you will not accept. You can certainly go for the trick: take the refrigerator to a balcony or a corridor or instead of a table to install a small bar, but this will solve the problem of shortage of the area only partially.

kitchen with breakfast bar combined with a hall

In the search for an optimal solution, many options have been invented. But still nothing so does not increase the area of ​​the kitchen, as the demolition of unnecessary partitions. And the hall in this way will become substantially larger. And the purpose of such projects is not always an increase in area, because the open layout of the apartment has a lot of other undoubted advantages.

Cons of the kitchen combined with the hall

• One of the main drawbacks is that even the most powerful hood can not prevent the spread of smells of cooking food in the hall.
• Also, kitchen appliances, unfortunately, does not work silently. Therefore, it is comfortable to watch TV in the hall and at the same time to warm up something to eat in the microwave you hardly get. And if you put a washing machine in the kitchen, it’s better to forget about the TV during washing. Although these shortcomings can be reconciled.
• Since the kitchen and the hall are one, you will have to take much more care of the cleanliness of the room. After all, you will agree that unwashed dishes in the kitchen are one thing, but if it is visible from the hall, then this is completely different. Although if you are not a perfectionist, then you can not pay attention to such trifles.

If the shortcomings of the kitchen combined with the hall did not frighten you, then let’s proceed to the merits of such a layout.

zone division by means of different levels

Positive moments of the kitchen combined with the hall

• The most important thing is that now you can gather with the whole family at the dinner table, without experiencing any inconvenience. And in the modern world, when we so rarely see our loved ones, this circumstance is of the greatest importance.
• As we already mentioned, the combined layout increases the room not only visually, but also in practice, and every new square centimeter for a small kitchen can become a breath of fresh air.
• In addition, in such a kitchen to hold various events will be a continuous joy, which, undoubtedly, will be appreciated by the guests of your house.
• You can prepare meals and serve the table without taking off from warm friendly conversations. Believe me, this psychological factor is of great importance for the mistress of the house.
• For the kitchen combined with the hall does not require the purchase of a separate TV, it will be enough to have one plasma panel in the living area. And this is somehow, no, but saving.
• If you have all your life dreamed about a fireplace in your house, even if it’s decorative, then the combined layout will allow you to install it. And enjoy a leisurely dance of fire can be both from the kitchen and from the hall.

Zoning kitchen and hall with the help of a bar rack and ceiling

Design of kitchen combined with a hall

When it comes to a kitchen combined with a hall, These two rooms should in no case be dissolved in one another, but only harmoniously complement each other. That is why it is necessary at least visually to separate the kitchen from the hall. Designers have come up with a lot of interesting ways of doing this in practice, among which you are sure to find the most optimal for your apartment or house.

So, most often the kitchen area from the hall area can be separated by a bar counter. This method is the most optimal if you want to create a kitchen-living room. In this case, the rack can be mounted on the remains of the wall, which once divided the hall and kitchen, or even build a new structure, the so-called false wall. A magnificent cladding for such a stand will be wooden panels, laminate, facing stone and so on. Although it is not necessary to use a false wall as the basis for a bar counter, it can perform an exclusively decorative function, the purpose of which is only to visually zonate the space.

zoning space with upholstered furniture

Also very often to separate one zone from another designers use a different-level floor. This method is relevant only in rooms with a high ceiling. But the podium has one more important advantage – it can hide under itself various communications like wiring and pipes. The main thing is not to forget about such a step, otherwise it can be hooked and traumatized for it. Although over time, all tenants of the house will cross it on the machine.

Also visually divide the kitchen combined with a hall it is possible using in the hall one floor covering, and in the kitchen – another. So, in the hall most often use carpet, parquet or laminate, but the floor in the kitchen is tiled. Thanks to this method, you can visually separate both zones, even if they do not have clear boundaries.

Another great option is the installation between the kitchen area and the hall of the so-called island. This is a special kitchen design with drawers, which can also be used as a bar counter or a dining table and at the same time a cutting table.

to divide the kitchen and the hall can use the “island”

You can also simply put the dining table on the border between the hall and the kitchen, and directly above it, hang the lamps. Such a non-tricky method will also help to share space.

With the function of zoning space, light semi-transparent partitions will perfectly cope, which will only visually separate the kitchen from the hall. The advantage of this solution is that, if necessary, you can completely hide the kitchen area (for example, when guests arrive), and in the rest of the time the space will be a single whole.

It is not necessary to completely dismantle the separation wall, you can partially leave it. Thus, you not only divide the room into functional areas, but also you can make an unusual element in the interior of the room, because from the former wall you can make an arch or something much more original. It all depends on your taste and imagination.

Also, as a visual boundary between the kitchen zone and the hall area, various furniture can serve. For example, a sofa can be put back to the kitchen.

A wide arch – an excellent solution for modern interiors

Kitchen interior combined with the hall

It is quite logical that the furniture in each of the parts of the combined room should be selected so that it harmoniously combined with each other, consistent with the general color scheme and design.

However, this is not an axiom, because a good designer can successfully connect among themselves and find a common thread, even in two stylistic different solutions. Therefore, in different zones it is acceptable to use different styles. The most important thing is not to allow excessive variegation and bad taste, and you can combine the kitchen with the hall with the help of small parts and accessories.

podium and a two-level ceiling as a zonal space separator

Lighting

The lighting system must be thought through in the most careful way. After all in addition to its main task – to illuminate, it can help visually delineate the room into zones. That is why to create a functional system it is desirable to resort to the services of a professional designer.

If the streams of light are not distributed correctly, then it can visually reduce the kitchen combined with the hall, which is especially dangerous if the room does not boast of large dimensions.

In this case, do not forget that the work surfaces in the kitchen should be in any case perfectly illuminated. But the dining table should be lightened less intensively.

Use of hanging and spotlights for maximum kitchen lighting

It is not recommended to use halogen lamps and bright light sources in the hall, since lighting in this room should in no case strain your eyes and irritate you. Although, if necessary, you can equip the hall with additional lighting, but so that it can be switched on separately from the main one.

Technical points when designing a kitchen combined with a hall

Do not forget that when planning any redevelopment of an apartment you it will be necessary to obtain permission to the BTI (Bureau of Technical Inventory). This is done in order not to demolish the load-bearing wall. Although you can independently determine where in your house there is a load-bearing wall, and where there is just an interior partition. The latter is much thinner. However, all these moments must necessarily be coordinated with the state authorities, otherwise the fine may not be the greatest trouble for you, because the destruction of the bearing wall can lead to serious consequences.

Also, do not forget that the kitchen is a wet area, so moving it to another location in your apartment will be incredibly difficult. In principle, if you wish, you can transfer all communications (water, gas), but this business is too troublesome and expensive financially. Therefore, to equip the kitchen in a combined with the hall can be exclusively on the place where it was originally planned.

Kitchen and living room, decorated in a single design

Conclusion

Despite some shortcomings, the kitchen combined with the hall becomes an increasingly popular solution, because there are more pluses in this layout than minuses.

Proof of this is the fact that in most modern homes ready apartments are planned in this way, it is worth recalling at least the now so popular studio apartments. Yes, and old Khrushchevichki is not rarely altered in this way. So boldly experiment, because the kitchen combined with the hall is not only beautiful and functional, but also extremely practical, because your apartment will be at least a bit, but more.

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Author: Daria Degtyareva