The passage room in the recent past was considered an example of an extremely unsuccessful layout - it is impossible to retire there, you have to be in full view all the time. The Khrushchevs of the era of functionalism, with such uncomfortable rooms, even cost an order of magnitude less than with completely separate ones. In modern time, there are a lot of original stylistic solutions for the halls through which they constantly go, taking into account their footage, the number of doors, the required functionality.
The entrance hall in a panel or brick building can undergo a complete redevelopment or remain in its original form - at the request of the owners. In private two-three-story houses, the design of the entrance room is complicated by the presence of a staircase leading upstairs. Usually a living room is intended for spending time together with the whole family, guests. In this case, the fact that it is “cross-cutting” becomes a positive side.
Depending on the number of rooms in the apartment, there can be from two to four doors in the entrance: from the corridor, to the kitchen, bedroom, dressing room, and nursery. Doorways should not be cluttered - the message between the rooms should be free. Clear zoning makes sense only in large spaces - for small ones an open plan is suitable, in which a third of the wall or the whole is cleaned, forming a bedroom-living room or kitchen-living room. It is also possible to get out of the hall in a cramped apartment, and it is very simple to attach a logged balcony, a loggia to the hall. Individual space is fenced in the common room with a wardrobe, a screen, a shelving, amounting to only a few square meters. If there is a passage, the issue of complete redevelopment into a studio apartment is often considered.
It is preferable to design all doorways in the entrance room the same way - so the interior will look solid.
Features of arrangement and masking of doors
They are made out in several different ways, sliding designs are preferable - this solution will not take up too much space, since with constant going back and forth they are unlikely to be closed. The doors to the corridor, the kitchen can be abandoned altogether, and the rest can be moved. You should not unnecessarily abuse the partitions in the living room - they only separate the sleeping place, the office for work, if there is no way to place them in closed rooms.
The doors are masked by gluing, painting the walls in color - so they will become less noticeable, without violating the overall picture.Stylized as cabinet doors look interesting, they are painted with fantasy patterns. Sometimes they are a continuation of the picture depicted on the wall - in this way the space expands, becomes more vibrant, especially if you draw a forest, sea, sun lawn, panoramic window and mountain peaks behind it. Mirror doors are an excellent move, they visually expand the room, even if they are only partially decorated with a mirror. Wall murals, large posters on the doors are used as an addition to the general style of the interior.
With any arrangement of inputs and outputs, the space should look solid - it is unacceptable to “tear” individual elements from the overall design of the hall.
Parallel
With a parallel, “through” arrangement of doorways, it is convenient to switch from one room to another, and the passage does not become cluttered. "Pockets" on both sides of the exits can be fenced off with screens, curtains on the electric cornice, furniture, forming a kind of separate rooms. You should also consider the option of placing a rack, cabinet along one wall, dining area, sofa, TV - about the remaining three. When there is a passage to the loggia, an insulated balcony, then they place a berth, an office.
Diagonal
This option is considered the most unfortunate - you will have to try hard to comfortably place upholstered furniture, a TV, a coffee table, or any wardrobe for things. But to expand the space here is easily possible with glazed or bright openings. A room with a staircase in a private house most often also “suffers” from diagonal walkways - two or three doors are in different places, plus also access to the second floor. When the staircase and the main entrance are parallel, they can easily be separated by a screen of any height, creating relative privacy.
Adjacent
This arrangement is the most advantageous, since it “takes away” only one corner from the living room, which, if desired, is separated by a partition, a screen, a single curtain, floor vases or just differently finished. For a classic interior, bivalve or single are suitable.When a bedroom and a nursery are located in adjacent rooms, the organization of high-quality sound insulation is paramount. Zoning the space is usually straightforward - almost everything can be done here just as with a single large door.
Two doors on one side
Both entrances are located on the same wall, which allows you to effectively use the entire room completely. Between them they place a decorative imitation of a fireplace, shelves for books, photos or paintings in frames, a plasma TV that is mounted high on the wall. If the distance allows, here you can put a narrow folding sofa, and the TV - on the contrary. The symmetrical arrangement along the middle axis will be most convenient here, but it can quickly get bored - to prevent this from happening, the interior is “diluted” with some bright decor elements.
Moving the doorway - create a separate room
To transfer an element, a separate project is most often required - if the wall is bearing, its thoughtless demolition, even if partial, threatens with the collapse of the ceiling. This is especially dangerous if the neighbors from above or below have chosen the same way of improvement. Sometimes it may be necessary to additionally strengthen the doorway with metal structures or concrete columns. Most often, the doors are transferred from the living room to the kitchen, they remove part of the wall, creating an open combined space of the room and the hallway. In the three-room “vest”, when it is required to completely separate one room, an additional thin partition wall is erected - the entrance hall “loses” one of the three doors, and the exit from the bedroom is connected by a narrow corridor to the entrance hall.
Furniture arrangement
If the space is completely symmetrical, then the furniture can be arranged symmetrically. In a large hall - an area of 20 square meters. m., welcome the island location of the sofa, dining area in the center. This is especially convenient if there are more than two doors.If the room is small, it is better not to clutter it. The ideal option is folding, sliding, transformable furniture, which, if necessary, is easy to fold, put into a corner.
Oversized items are placed near the walls, where there are no entrances and exits, more compact - along the rest. It is better to purchase furniture right away as a set in the same style, for a large living room you will need a sofa, a table, a size sufficient to fit the whole family, a wardrobe or a bookcase. If there is not enough space, then instead of a cabinet, narrow hinged shelves with lighting, a folding or glass table, chairs are used.
If possible, do not put sofas, chairs, chairs with a back to any of the doors - people sitting on them will not be psychologically comfortable.
Decoration, decor and lighting
For cramped spaces, preferably bright, warm lighting, a simple, bright, mostly plain finish. The color scheme may not differ from other rooms, but because of the abundance of doors, even the vast hall seems much smaller, because dark accents are used to a minimum, like any surround decor.
The best colors for the living room entrance:
white,
sunny yellow
light orange
beige,
cream,
silver,
blue,
pink.
These colors are suitable for walls, ceilings, floors, but ceilings should be at least a couple of tones lighter than the floors. For the floor in the aisle, it is better to use a wear-resistant coating - the carpets will quickly wash, wear out. If you decide to add bright contrasts, it is recommended to paint one of the walls in burgundy, turquoise, orange, gray-violet, leaving the rest light. The decor is used as little as possible - if there is a lot of it, the hall looks overly cluttered. “Heavy” window decoration is not welcome; light curtains or light curtains are preferred.
There are often problems with the light in the passage room, especially if the window is only one and small or none at all.Lighting is preferably spotlight - along the perimeter of the hall, central - in the middle of the ceiling, local - above each zone, if any. The central chandelier should be flat, compact, not clutter up the middle of the room, not lower the ceiling.
Any fragile objects should not be placed in the middle of the road from room to room, this is especially important if there are young children in the house, elderly visually impaired people.
Conclusion
The presence of a passage room is not the worst thing that happens in an apartment. With a competent approach, this space has every chance of becoming the most convenient, beautiful, comfortable. It is important to make it whole, harmonious, fit well into the overall concept of an apartment or house. If the independent improvement of the above-described premises causes some difficulties, then you should contact professionals involved in interior design and having experience in designing just such “inconvenient” places.
The passage room in the recent past was considered an example of an extremely unsuccessful layout - it is impossible to retire there, you have to be in full view all the time. The Khrushchevs of the era of functionalism, with such uncomfortable rooms, even cost an order of magnitude less than with completely separate ones. In modern time, there are a lot of original stylistic solutions for the halls through which they constantly go, taking into account their footage, the number of doors, the required functionality.
The entrance hall in a panel or brick building can undergo a complete redevelopment or remain in its original form - at the request of the owners. In private two-three-story houses, the design of the entrance room is complicated by the presence of a staircase leading upstairs. Usually a living room is intended for spending time together with the whole family, guests. In this case, the fact that it is “cross-cutting” becomes a positive side.
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Features of the layout of the passage room
Depending on the number of rooms in the apartment, there can be from two to four doors in the entrance: from the corridor, to the kitchen, bedroom, dressing room, and nursery. Doorways should not be cluttered - the message between the rooms should be free. Clear zoning makes sense only in large spaces - for small ones an open plan is suitable, in which a third of the wall or the whole is cleaned, forming a bedroom-living room or kitchen-living room. It is also possible to get out of the hall in a cramped apartment, and it is very simple to attach a logged balcony, a loggia to the hall. Individual space is fenced in the common room with a wardrobe, a screen, a shelving, amounting to only a few square meters. If there is a passage, the issue of complete redevelopment into a studio apartment is often considered.
Features of arrangement and masking of doors
They are made out in several different ways, sliding designs are preferable - this solution will not take up too much space, since with constant going back and forth they are unlikely to be closed. The doors to the corridor, the kitchen can be abandoned altogether, and the rest can be moved. You should not unnecessarily abuse the partitions in the living room - they only separate the sleeping place, the office for work, if there is no way to place them in closed rooms.
The doors are masked by gluing, painting the walls in color - so they will become less noticeable, without violating the overall picture.Stylized as cabinet doors look interesting, they are painted with fantasy patterns. Sometimes they are a continuation of the picture depicted on the wall - in this way the space expands, becomes more vibrant, especially if you draw a forest, sea, sun lawn, panoramic window and mountain peaks behind it. Mirror doors are an excellent move, they visually expand the room, even if they are only partially decorated with a mirror. Wall murals, large posters on the doors are used as an addition to the general style of the interior.
Parallel
With a parallel, “through” arrangement of doorways, it is convenient to switch from one room to another, and the passage does not become cluttered. "Pockets" on both sides of the exits can be fenced off with screens, curtains on the electric cornice, furniture, forming a kind of separate rooms. You should also consider the option of placing a rack, cabinet along one wall, dining area, sofa, TV - about the remaining three. When there is a passage to the loggia, an insulated balcony, then they place a berth, an office.
Diagonal
This option is considered the most unfortunate - you will have to try hard to comfortably place upholstered furniture, a TV, a coffee table, or any wardrobe for things. But to expand the space here is easily possible with glazed or bright openings. A room with a staircase in a private house most often also “suffers” from diagonal walkways - two or three doors are in different places, plus also access to the second floor. When the staircase and the main entrance are parallel, they can easily be separated by a screen of any height, creating relative privacy.
Adjacent
This arrangement is the most advantageous, since it “takes away” only one corner from the living room, which, if desired, is separated by a partition, a screen, a single curtain, floor vases or just differently finished. For a classic interior, bivalve or single are suitable.When a bedroom and a nursery are located in adjacent rooms, the organization of high-quality sound insulation is paramount. Zoning the space is usually straightforward - almost everything can be done here just as with a single large door.
Two doors on one side
Both entrances are located on the same wall, which allows you to effectively use the entire room completely. Between them they place a decorative imitation of a fireplace, shelves for books, photos or paintings in frames, a plasma TV that is mounted high on the wall. If the distance allows, here you can put a narrow folding sofa, and the TV - on the contrary. The symmetrical arrangement along the middle axis will be most convenient here, but it can quickly get bored - to prevent this from happening, the interior is “diluted” with some bright decor elements.
Moving the doorway - create a separate room
To transfer an element, a separate project is most often required - if the wall is bearing, its thoughtless demolition, even if partial, threatens with the collapse of the ceiling. This is especially dangerous if the neighbors from above or below have chosen the same way of improvement. Sometimes it may be necessary to additionally strengthen the doorway with metal structures or concrete columns. Most often, the doors are transferred from the living room to the kitchen, they remove part of the wall, creating an open combined space of the room and the hallway. In the three-room “vest”, when it is required to completely separate one room, an additional thin partition wall is erected - the entrance hall “loses” one of the three doors, and the exit from the bedroom is connected by a narrow corridor to the entrance hall.
Furniture arrangement
If the space is completely symmetrical, then the furniture can be arranged symmetrically. In a large hall - an area of 20 square meters. m., welcome the island location of the sofa, dining area in the center. This is especially convenient if there are more than two doors.If the room is small, it is better not to clutter it. The ideal option is folding, sliding, transformable furniture, which, if necessary, is easy to fold, put into a corner.
Oversized items are placed near the walls, where there are no entrances and exits, more compact - along the rest. It is better to purchase furniture right away as a set in the same style, for a large living room you will need a sofa, a table, a size sufficient to fit the whole family, a wardrobe or a bookcase. If there is not enough space, then instead of a cabinet, narrow hinged shelves with lighting, a folding or glass table, chairs are used.
Decoration, decor and lighting
For cramped spaces, preferably bright, warm lighting, a simple, bright, mostly plain finish. The color scheme may not differ from other rooms, but because of the abundance of doors, even the vast hall seems much smaller, because dark accents are used to a minimum, like any surround decor.
The best colors for the living room entrance:
These colors are suitable for walls, ceilings, floors, but ceilings should be at least a couple of tones lighter than the floors. For the floor in the aisle, it is better to use a wear-resistant coating - the carpets will quickly wash, wear out. If you decide to add bright contrasts, it is recommended to paint one of the walls in burgundy, turquoise, orange, gray-violet, leaving the rest light. The decor is used as little as possible - if there is a lot of it, the hall looks overly cluttered. “Heavy” window decoration is not welcome; light curtains or light curtains are preferred.
There are often problems with the light in the passage room, especially if the window is only one and small or none at all.Lighting is preferably spotlight - along the perimeter of the hall, central - in the middle of the ceiling, local - above each zone, if any. The central chandelier should be flat, compact, not clutter up the middle of the room, not lower the ceiling.
Conclusion
The presence of a passage room is not the worst thing that happens in an apartment. With a competent approach, this space has every chance of becoming the most convenient, beautiful, comfortable. It is important to make it whole, harmonious, fit well into the overall concept of an apartment or house. If the independent improvement of the above-described premises causes some difficulties, then you should contact professionals involved in interior design and having experience in designing just such “inconvenient” places.