Tired of puzzling over how to arrange furniture in a room? We recommend using the tricks of designers. We bring to your attention the options for arranging furniture in various ways, depending on the size, shape and purpose of the room.
General rules and recommendations for the placement of furniture
Each room in the house is endowed with special functionality, has individual dimensions, shape, a certain arrangement of door and window elements.
There are several general rules that can help correct flaws and emphasize the merits of any room.
First of all, you need to determine the parameters of the room and each furniture unit. Using the measurement results, draw a plan on graph paper. Separately prepare paper-cut furniture images to scale. Models can be drawn or made voluminous, giving the layout even more realism.
Highlight the main element of the room. The center of the living room can be a sofa, TV or fireplace. The bedroom will lead the bed. In the kitchen there is a dining table. Choose a place for the main element of the room and proceed to the arrangement of the remaining interior items.
Position the remaining furniture so that the gaps between each element are from 1.8 to 2.4 m. Free space is necessary for comfortable movement between objects.
Consider filling corners. In small rooms it makes sense to use them to the maximum. Fill them with corner cabinets or create a separate reading area with an armchair and a coffee table. You can decorate a corner by placing a decorative floor vase or floor lamp in it.
When arranging a sofa, armchairs, tables and chairs, make sure that the distance between them does not exceed 0.8 m. These objects should be at arm's length.
To adjust the small space, place the pictures as high as possible. Install mirrors in the entire wall. They will make the room twice as large, fill the room with light.
In a large room
The living room is the largest room in the house. This is where fantasy should unfold. Unfortunately, one often has to see how a spacious room is turned into an uncomfortable space with furniture installed along the walls. Meanwhile, competent zoning can turn such a room into a stylish, and most importantly, comfortable interior. Careful consideration should be given to the placement of the filling.Each item should organically fit into the interior, be logical - to be in its place.
Before proceeding with the arrangement of furniture, you need to understand what zones you want to highlight in this room. Some parts of the living room can act as:
sitting areas with sofa and TV;
dining room - with a large dining table and chairs;
an office where a work desk and separate lighting are required;
bedrooms, with a full bed, bedside tables and wardrobe.
Having decided on the necessary zones, you can proceed with the arrangement of furniture. Thanks to the layout, the risk of making a mistake during the purchase will be reduced to zero. You know in advance the dimensions of the necessary furniture, so you do not have to “reinvent the wheel” afterwards. Furniture with the necessary parameters fits perfectly into the space allotted for it.
Large rooms often have a simple geometric shape. But there are non-standard living rooms - with five corners or semicircular walls. A must-have for the correction of such premises is custom-built furniture.
In the central part of the room, install large objects - a sofa group, a chest of drawers. It is not advisable to place a sofa or chairs with your back to the door.
The western wall is the best place to install a TV and other video equipment.
In a small room
Arranging furniture in a small room is a headache for apartment owners. How to cram everything you need to get a beautiful and comfortable interior.
We recommend using the following tips:
discard bulky cabinet cabinets in favor of a compact rack or a small cabinet;
replace the bed with a folding sofa such as a book or an accordion. This will ensure maximum free space in the daytime;
if necessary, zone the room with transparent partitions or shelves with open shelves. They are not so cluttered with space, in comparison with blank walls or cabinets;
to save space for games in the nursery, designed for two, it is better to put a bunk bed;
use multifunctional furniture - a sofa with a place for storage, a coffee table with shelves, a bed that can transform into a desktop or wardrobe;
use the window-sill - it can be turned into a desk, a place to relax, read or play;
use the area around the window by integrating a floor-to-ceiling rack with drawers for storing things and a pet house;
furniture should be as simple as possible, without an abundance of decor or carving;
choose products with rounded corners - in a limited space there is always a high risk of injury.
Arrange interior items in a small room along the walls and in the corners. So you get more freedom. The main condition - before going to the store, do not be too lazy to develop a plan, and even better - make a layout of the future room.
In a studio
Proper zoning and a well-designed lighting scenario are the main requirements for the design of the studio. The task of the designer is to place on a limited area everything necessary for the comfort of those living. And here again built-in furniture should be called for help. This will greatly increase the cost of the project, but it will make it possible to accommodate everything you want, and at the same time not to deprive residents of free space.
In the studio, the need for zoning becomes a prerequisite. The open kitchen area must be at least visually separated from the living room. This can be done with the help of a sofa set with a back to the kitchen. Often, a chest of drawers or a rack with a height of about the same as the back of a sofa comes to help him. On the surface you can arrange vases, flowers and other functional or decorative elements. They will make the border between the zones even more pronounced.
The bed in the studio apartment should have compartments for storing bedding, blankets and pillows.Here, as in a separate small room, transforming tables and chairs are relevant. It is better to choose light furniture, preferably with glossy or mirrored facades, which visually make the room twice as large. As a partition can be the head of the bed, a bookcase. For storage of things, it is worthwhile to provide hanging mezzanines. The entrance area must be equipped with a bench, with shelves for storing shoes. If the studio has a bay window - this is a great opportunity to place an additional zone in it - a workplace, a nursery, a library, a winter garden. It is better to choose built-in furniture, which will repeat the semicircular shape of the architectural element and will not allow a single “cm” to disappear.
In a narrow or elongated room
An overly long room can be visually shortened with a closet, shelving, or mantelpiece set against a short wall. If the room is extended at the expense of the bay window, place a dining area in it and enjoy city views while eating.
A narrow room will add volume to light furniture of simple shape. She will visually push the space. The window should be decorated with blackout curtains that will stand out and approximate a short wall, making the room more square. Minimize the number of shelves on long walls, or at least do not litter them with an abundance of decorative elements.
Basic placement methods
There are proven ways to place furniture in a room. Use them if you do not want to rack your brains and subsequently repeatedly move sofas and cabinets, leveling errors of incorrect placement.
Symmetric
This method involves pairing the furniture with respect to the central element. Such a place does not have to be the center of the room. Items can be arranged in pairs relative to the TV, window, picture, corner or fireplace. With this arrangement, furniture of small or medium dimensions is used.This method is ideal for a square room. It can look as follows: in the center there is a fireplace, and on the sides of it there are two armchairs, a coffee table with identical sofas on both sides, a bed with bedside tables on the sides. Furniture should be made in the same style. You can continue the symmetry with the help of lighting and decor - the same lamps near the bed, photographs in the same frame near the TV, two candlesticks on the edges of the fireplace or chest of drawers.
Asymmetric
The asymmetric method is often used in walk-through rooms or non-standard shape rooms. In separate locations - the kitchen, the nursery, a similar arrangement of furniture is dictated by the need for functional zoning of the space. Despite the asymmetry, objects in the room should not upset the visual balance. Harmony can be achieved by balancing furnishings according to the following principle - we group small objects or place small elements in the center of the window zone, or against a contrasting wall. In order to make bulky furniture visually easier, it should be placed against a neutral wall, closer to the center of the room or diagonally.
Circular
The method involves the presence of a central element. It can be a table or a chandelier. Furniture is placed along the contour relative to the center. The contour can have a round, square, rectangular and even polygonal shape. It is appropriate products of different styles, with diverse decor. The main condition is that spaces should be left between objects, leaving freedom of movement. This is an ideal arrangement of furniture in a room with semicircular walls. The circular method can also be symmetric and asymmetric. Often one of the elements of the composition can be a fireplace or a TV.
Placement of furniture depending on the room
Each of the rooms in the house has a special functionality. Filling is selected taking into account this circumstance.The arrangement of furniture is carried out taking into account the dimensions and shape of the room.
Living room
Living room - a common room where the whole family gathers. Here guests are welcomed, family holidays are held.
Choosing a massive center, you can design a room in a symmetrical way. The soft zone is located around the main element. For example, if the fireplace is chosen as the center, armchairs are placed on the sides, which can be directed both towards the heating device and to the center of the room. Opposite, they place a sofa on which the whole family can freely sit.
If you want to choose a circular arrangement, set the center of the coffee table and mark upholstered furniture around it. Turn the sofa to the TV, on both sides of which put the shelves or twin vases. Here you can install coasters with indoor plants, small coffee tables. In this zone, scribble soft padded stools. Children love being in an informal atmosphere. This place will become a favorite for the whole family, because it has the opportunity to spend evenings together for games and watching programs.
In the living room, highlight the dining area, the center of which will be the table. Arrange identical chairs around it.
The small living room has its own rules. There is no place for a dining table here - it should be stored folded in anticipation of its finest hour - receiving guests or a family celebration. Furniture is better placed along the walls so that the passage remains free. Maximum - in the center you can allow a miniature coffee table. The ideal style for mini-rooms is minimalism. The less furniture and decor, the more modern and harmonious your room will look. To distract attention from the walls lined with furniture, place a spectacular long-pile rug in the center.
With the help of furniture you can zone the space. In the spacious room there is a place for several centers at once, around which certain furniture will be grouped.
Bedroom
For the design of the bedroom, a symmetric arrangement option is best suited. In the center of the wall is a bed framed at the edges by two nightstands. In the room where you plan to organize a mini-cabinet, symmetry is more difficult to achieve. The working area will disturb the balance, and in order to level the situation, it is recommended to place elements on the opposite side that are similar in size and design, for example, a chest of drawers from the same collection as the table.
The workplace can be distinguished as a separate zone. Use a screen, curtains, sliding partitions as a separator. Individual zones can be distinguished simply by the color and texture of the finish. The competent organization of space and work with color and lighting will turn the bedroom into two stylish rooms, one of which will become an office. If desired, a wardrobe area can be distinguished in this way.
In a small bedroom, the bed is best placed along the wall so that it does not block the passage.
Children
To properly arrange the furniture in the child’s room, you need to remember the main points:
children need free space to move;
the room should solve several problems - this is a bedroom, a games room, a rest room, and a study space. The nursery should have the maximum amount of space for storing clothes, toys, textbooks and other necessary things.
Based on this, we can conclude - in a small room it is better to abandon a large amount of furniture in favor of free space. In conditions of limited space, safety concerns come to the fore - furniture must be with rounded corners or equipped with special corners. In a large room, you can select separate zones with local light sources.
Set the cooking table so that daylight falls on the left side. Place the bed in the center of the room or slide it against the wall.If the room is elongated, shorten it with the help of a partition behind which the dressing room will be located.
Kitchen
The placement of furniture in the kitchen depends on its area. First of all, determine the place for the kitchen set. It is tied to communications and is located in the wall area, where there are water and sewer leads. The headset may have a linear arrangement, angular, U-shaped. In spacious kitchens, it makes sense to install kitchens with an island or bar counters. Miniature rooms limit the scope of imagination and offer a linear or angular arrangement. In narrow kitchens, it is recommended to put furniture along two walls to place everything you need and make the cooking process more comfortable. You can use the window sill area under the working surface.
If the area allows, you can apply the principle of circular arrangement - in the center to establish a dining table, an island with a designated area for eating or a bar. Around are chairs - regular or bar. You can use a corner sofa instead of chairs. If the dimensions of the kitchen are insufficient, organize the dining area using a folding table or a folding surface, which will be used only during meals.
Hallway
The way furniture is arranged in the hallway depends on the shape of the room. As a rule, these are the following options:
long narrow corridor - furniture is installed along one of the walls. The entrance area is equipped with a regular hanger and a bench with shelves for shoes. In the lobby area, a closet or swing cabinet is placed, if the width of the corridor allows;
square room - furniture can be placed on both sides of the door. As a rule, on the one hand they place open hangers with galoshes and shoe stands, a dressing table with drawers. On the opposite side they build in a capacious wardrobe with sliding doors or with conventional swing doors;
miniature square hallways, more like a vestibule. There is only a small hanger with hooks and shelves for hats and shoes, and a mirror. Outerwear has to be stored in wardrobes located in other parts of the apartment.
Furniture zoning
Zoning rooms allows you to endow one room with several functions. This technique is relevant for both spacious and small rooms. In a large room, zoning helps to achieve greater comfort, harmony, proper organization of space. Owners of small-sized rooms are zoning their square meters because of the need - you need to organize a workplace at home, equip a full-fledged bed or separate areas for heterosexual children. In each of these cases, you can use furniture as a partition. For example, to partition the nursery with a double-sided shelving unit with open shelves. As a result, each of the children receives not only a relatively isolated space, but also many shelves for storing things, textbooks, and office equipment.
As a separator, a chest of drawers deployed with the back wall to the back of the sofa or the head of the bed is quite suitable, although in principle you can do without it.
You can divide the room using the bar. In the living room, it is usually installed on the site of the former windowsill. In this case, you can place a bar or a dining table in the balcony area. The bar counter is an excellent tool for dividing the kitchen into working and dining parts. Zoning in the kitchen is performed using the island.
Common mistakes
One of the common mistakes that terrifies all interior designers is furniture along the walls. If the space of the room allows, it is better to use symmetrical or circular placement.
Another mistake is incorrect zoning. In small rooms it is not necessary to saturate each zone with bulky furniture and partitions.For example, in a one-room apartment, you can safely allocate a place:
for sleep - a folding sofa;
for tea drinking - by moving the coffee table to the same sofa;
for work - by installing a folding or folding table in the corner of the room;
for storage of things - having built in a corner of the room a full-fledged dressing room.
For this, it is not necessary to install partitions and reduce the space of an already small room.
Another mistake is the mismatch of the size of the furniture to the parameters of the room. In the large hall, small furniture will look ridiculous and scanty, and in the scanty studio a huge U-shaped sofa and a dining table for 16 people look strange.
Phone apps
If there is no desire to glue paper mock-ups, try to create a drawing using a special scheduler program. Applications are installed directly on the phone, they are intuitive and make it easy to recreate the future room along with decoration and furniture. The advantage of such tools is that you get the opportunity to use your smartphone to create online not only drawings with a top view, but also full-fledged 3D-layouts of the interior with any content. You simply set the parameters of your room and make it furniture. And you can immediately choose the color and texture of the surfaces. Programs allow you to avoid planning errors and immediately give the opportunity to evaluate the correctness of your ideas.
Design Tips
It is believed that the most successful form for a living room is a square. In such a room, it is easier to build symmetry and maintain balance. Since the layout of standard domestic apartments often resembles wagons, it is necessary to adjust this feature of the Khrushchev using furniture.
To visually make the shape as close as possible to the square, designers recommend installing a closet in the end of the room. Another option is to build a podium in the back of the room. The space will visually become shorter.
The distance from the cabinet or bookcase to other pieces of furniture should be at least 80 cm, and preferably a meter. This will provide free access to all departments.
A well-organized living room should be only 50% full of furniture. In case of space deficiency, this rule can be neglected.
Conclusion
For the layman, choosing the best option for placing furniture is a very difficult task. But there is nothing impossible, and if you are overwhelmed by the desire to plan the interior yourself - start by drawing up a diagram, and our tips will help you with this.
Tired of puzzling over how to arrange furniture in a room? We recommend using the tricks of designers. We bring to your attention the options for arranging furniture in various ways, depending on the size, shape and purpose of the room.
Content
General rules and recommendations for the placement of furniture
Each room in the house is endowed with special functionality, has individual dimensions, shape, a certain arrangement of door and window elements.
There are several general rules that can help correct flaws and emphasize the merits of any room.
First of all, you need to determine the parameters of the room and each furniture unit. Using the measurement results, draw a plan on graph paper. Separately prepare paper-cut furniture images to scale. Models can be drawn or made voluminous, giving the layout even more realism.
Highlight the main element of the room. The center of the living room can be a sofa, TV or fireplace. The bedroom will lead the bed. In the kitchen there is a dining table. Choose a place for the main element of the room and proceed to the arrangement of the remaining interior items.
Position the remaining furniture so that the gaps between each element are from 1.8 to 2.4 m. Free space is necessary for comfortable movement between objects.
Consider filling corners. In small rooms it makes sense to use them to the maximum. Fill them with corner cabinets or create a separate reading area with an armchair and a coffee table. You can decorate a corner by placing a decorative floor vase or floor lamp in it.
When arranging a sofa, armchairs, tables and chairs, make sure that the distance between them does not exceed 0.8 m. These objects should be at arm's length.
To adjust the small space, place the pictures as high as possible. Install mirrors in the entire wall. They will make the room twice as large, fill the room with light.
In a large room
The living room is the largest room in the house. This is where fantasy should unfold. Unfortunately, one often has to see how a spacious room is turned into an uncomfortable space with furniture installed along the walls. Meanwhile, competent zoning can turn such a room into a stylish, and most importantly, comfortable interior. Careful consideration should be given to the placement of the filling.Each item should organically fit into the interior, be logical - to be in its place.
Before proceeding with the arrangement of furniture, you need to understand what zones you want to highlight in this room. Some parts of the living room can act as:
Having decided on the necessary zones, you can proceed with the arrangement of furniture. Thanks to the layout, the risk of making a mistake during the purchase will be reduced to zero. You know in advance the dimensions of the necessary furniture, so you do not have to “reinvent the wheel” afterwards. Furniture with the necessary parameters fits perfectly into the space allotted for it.
Large rooms often have a simple geometric shape. But there are non-standard living rooms - with five corners or semicircular walls. A must-have for the correction of such premises is custom-built furniture.
In the central part of the room, install large objects - a sofa group, a chest of drawers. It is not advisable to place a sofa or chairs with your back to the door.
The western wall is the best place to install a TV and other video equipment.
In a small room
Arranging furniture in a small room is a headache for apartment owners. How to cram everything you need to get a beautiful and comfortable interior.
We recommend using the following tips:
Arrange interior items in a small room along the walls and in the corners. So you get more freedom. The main condition - before going to the store, do not be too lazy to develop a plan, and even better - make a layout of the future room.
In a studio
Proper zoning and a well-designed lighting scenario are the main requirements for the design of the studio. The task of the designer is to place on a limited area everything necessary for the comfort of those living. And here again built-in furniture should be called for help. This will greatly increase the cost of the project, but it will make it possible to accommodate everything you want, and at the same time not to deprive residents of free space.
In the studio, the need for zoning becomes a prerequisite. The open kitchen area must be at least visually separated from the living room. This can be done with the help of a sofa set with a back to the kitchen. Often, a chest of drawers or a rack with a height of about the same as the back of a sofa comes to help him. On the surface you can arrange vases, flowers and other functional or decorative elements. They will make the border between the zones even more pronounced.
The bed in the studio apartment should have compartments for storing bedding, blankets and pillows.Here, as in a separate small room, transforming tables and chairs are relevant. It is better to choose light furniture, preferably with glossy or mirrored facades, which visually make the room twice as large. As a partition can be the head of the bed, a bookcase. For storage of things, it is worthwhile to provide hanging mezzanines. The entrance area must be equipped with a bench, with shelves for storing shoes. If the studio has a bay window - this is a great opportunity to place an additional zone in it - a workplace, a nursery, a library, a winter garden. It is better to choose built-in furniture, which will repeat the semicircular shape of the architectural element and will not allow a single “cm” to disappear.
In a narrow or elongated room
An overly long room can be visually shortened with a closet, shelving, or mantelpiece set against a short wall. If the room is extended at the expense of the bay window, place a dining area in it and enjoy city views while eating.
A narrow room will add volume to light furniture of simple shape. She will visually push the space. The window should be decorated with blackout curtains that will stand out and approximate a short wall, making the room more square. Minimize the number of shelves on long walls, or at least do not litter them with an abundance of decorative elements.
Basic placement methods
There are proven ways to place furniture in a room. Use them if you do not want to rack your brains and subsequently repeatedly move sofas and cabinets, leveling errors of incorrect placement.
Symmetric
This method involves pairing the furniture with respect to the central element. Such a place does not have to be the center of the room. Items can be arranged in pairs relative to the TV, window, picture, corner or fireplace. With this arrangement, furniture of small or medium dimensions is used.This method is ideal for a square room. It can look as follows: in the center there is a fireplace, and on the sides of it there are two armchairs, a coffee table with identical sofas on both sides, a bed with bedside tables on the sides. Furniture should be made in the same style. You can continue the symmetry with the help of lighting and decor - the same lamps near the bed, photographs in the same frame near the TV, two candlesticks on the edges of the fireplace or chest of drawers.
Asymmetric
The asymmetric method is often used in walk-through rooms or non-standard shape rooms. In separate locations - the kitchen, the nursery, a similar arrangement of furniture is dictated by the need for functional zoning of the space. Despite the asymmetry, objects in the room should not upset the visual balance. Harmony can be achieved by balancing furnishings according to the following principle - we group small objects or place small elements in the center of the window zone, or against a contrasting wall. In order to make bulky furniture visually easier, it should be placed against a neutral wall, closer to the center of the room or diagonally.
Circular
The method involves the presence of a central element. It can be a table or a chandelier. Furniture is placed along the contour relative to the center. The contour can have a round, square, rectangular and even polygonal shape. It is appropriate products of different styles, with diverse decor. The main condition is that spaces should be left between objects, leaving freedom of movement. This is an ideal arrangement of furniture in a room with semicircular walls. The circular method can also be symmetric and asymmetric. Often one of the elements of the composition can be a fireplace or a TV.
Placement of furniture depending on the room
Each of the rooms in the house has a special functionality. Filling is selected taking into account this circumstance.The arrangement of furniture is carried out taking into account the dimensions and shape of the room.
Living room
Living room - a common room where the whole family gathers. Here guests are welcomed, family holidays are held.
Choosing a massive center, you can design a room in a symmetrical way. The soft zone is located around the main element. For example, if the fireplace is chosen as the center, armchairs are placed on the sides, which can be directed both towards the heating device and to the center of the room. Opposite, they place a sofa on which the whole family can freely sit.
If you want to choose a circular arrangement, set the center of the coffee table and mark upholstered furniture around it. Turn the sofa to the TV, on both sides of which put the shelves or twin vases. Here you can install coasters with indoor plants, small coffee tables. In this zone, scribble soft padded stools. Children love being in an informal atmosphere. This place will become a favorite for the whole family, because it has the opportunity to spend evenings together for games and watching programs.
In the living room, highlight the dining area, the center of which will be the table. Arrange identical chairs around it.
The small living room has its own rules. There is no place for a dining table here - it should be stored folded in anticipation of its finest hour - receiving guests or a family celebration. Furniture is better placed along the walls so that the passage remains free. Maximum - in the center you can allow a miniature coffee table. The ideal style for mini-rooms is minimalism. The less furniture and decor, the more modern and harmonious your room will look. To distract attention from the walls lined with furniture, place a spectacular long-pile rug in the center.
With the help of furniture you can zone the space. In the spacious room there is a place for several centers at once, around which certain furniture will be grouped.
Bedroom
For the design of the bedroom, a symmetric arrangement option is best suited. In the center of the wall is a bed framed at the edges by two nightstands. In the room where you plan to organize a mini-cabinet, symmetry is more difficult to achieve. The working area will disturb the balance, and in order to level the situation, it is recommended to place elements on the opposite side that are similar in size and design, for example, a chest of drawers from the same collection as the table.
The workplace can be distinguished as a separate zone. Use a screen, curtains, sliding partitions as a separator. Individual zones can be distinguished simply by the color and texture of the finish. The competent organization of space and work with color and lighting will turn the bedroom into two stylish rooms, one of which will become an office. If desired, a wardrobe area can be distinguished in this way.
In a small bedroom, the bed is best placed along the wall so that it does not block the passage.
Children
To properly arrange the furniture in the child’s room, you need to remember the main points:
Based on this, we can conclude - in a small room it is better to abandon a large amount of furniture in favor of free space. In conditions of limited space, safety concerns come to the fore - furniture must be with rounded corners or equipped with special corners. In a large room, you can select separate zones with local light sources.
Set the cooking table so that daylight falls on the left side. Place the bed in the center of the room or slide it against the wall.If the room is elongated, shorten it with the help of a partition behind which the dressing room will be located.
Kitchen
The placement of furniture in the kitchen depends on its area. First of all, determine the place for the kitchen set. It is tied to communications and is located in the wall area, where there are water and sewer leads. The headset may have a linear arrangement, angular, U-shaped. In spacious kitchens, it makes sense to install kitchens with an island or bar counters. Miniature rooms limit the scope of imagination and offer a linear or angular arrangement. In narrow kitchens, it is recommended to put furniture along two walls to place everything you need and make the cooking process more comfortable. You can use the window sill area under the working surface.
If the area allows, you can apply the principle of circular arrangement - in the center to establish a dining table, an island with a designated area for eating or a bar. Around are chairs - regular or bar. You can use a corner sofa instead of chairs. If the dimensions of the kitchen are insufficient, organize the dining area using a folding table or a folding surface, which will be used only during meals.
Hallway
The way furniture is arranged in the hallway depends on the shape of the room. As a rule, these are the following options:
Furniture zoning
Zoning rooms allows you to endow one room with several functions. This technique is relevant for both spacious and small rooms. In a large room, zoning helps to achieve greater comfort, harmony, proper organization of space. Owners of small-sized rooms are zoning their square meters because of the need - you need to organize a workplace at home, equip a full-fledged bed or separate areas for heterosexual children. In each of these cases, you can use furniture as a partition. For example, to partition the nursery with a double-sided shelving unit with open shelves. As a result, each of the children receives not only a relatively isolated space, but also many shelves for storing things, textbooks, and office equipment.
As a separator, a chest of drawers deployed with the back wall to the back of the sofa or the head of the bed is quite suitable, although in principle you can do without it.
You can divide the room using the bar. In the living room, it is usually installed on the site of the former windowsill. In this case, you can place a bar or a dining table in the balcony area. The bar counter is an excellent tool for dividing the kitchen into working and dining parts. Zoning in the kitchen is performed using the island.
Common mistakes
One of the common mistakes that terrifies all interior designers is furniture along the walls. If the space of the room allows, it is better to use symmetrical or circular placement.
Another mistake is incorrect zoning. In small rooms it is not necessary to saturate each zone with bulky furniture and partitions.For example, in a one-room apartment, you can safely allocate a place:
For this, it is not necessary to install partitions and reduce the space of an already small room.
Another mistake is the mismatch of the size of the furniture to the parameters of the room. In the large hall, small furniture will look ridiculous and scanty, and in the scanty studio a huge U-shaped sofa and a dining table for 16 people look strange.
Phone apps
If there is no desire to glue paper mock-ups, try to create a drawing using a special scheduler program. Applications are installed directly on the phone, they are intuitive and make it easy to recreate the future room along with decoration and furniture. The advantage of such tools is that you get the opportunity to use your smartphone to create online not only drawings with a top view, but also full-fledged 3D-layouts of the interior with any content. You simply set the parameters of your room and make it furniture. And you can immediately choose the color and texture of the surfaces. Programs allow you to avoid planning errors and immediately give the opportunity to evaluate the correctness of your ideas.
Design Tips
It is believed that the most successful form for a living room is a square. In such a room, it is easier to build symmetry and maintain balance. Since the layout of standard domestic apartments often resembles wagons, it is necessary to adjust this feature of the Khrushchev using furniture.
To visually make the shape as close as possible to the square, designers recommend installing a closet in the end of the room. Another option is to build a podium in the back of the room. The space will visually become shorter.
The distance from the cabinet or bookcase to other pieces of furniture should be at least 80 cm, and preferably a meter. This will provide free access to all departments.
A well-organized living room should be only 50% full of furniture. In case of space deficiency, this rule can be neglected.
Conclusion
For the layman, choosing the best option for placing furniture is a very difficult task. But there is nothing impossible, and if you are overwhelmed by the desire to plan the interior yourself - start by drawing up a diagram, and our tips will help you with this.