How to furnish a one-room apartment: interior design
In apartments of prefabricated houses and typical "Khrushchevs", where there is only one room, the lack of space is almost the norm, especially if more than one person lives in the room. Living space "odnushki" rarely exceeds 14-18 square meters. m., and the total - 35-50 meters. Before you furnish a one-room apartment, you should carefully study the recommendations for its improvement, allowing you to make the interior as comfortable as possible for living, cozy.
The main feature of "odnushki" is that in a small area you want to place a bedroom, living room, dining room, and sometimes even a nursery and an office. The space needs to be visually expanded as much as possible, while at the same time to be arranged in such a way that it is comfortable for everyone living in it. It is especially difficult to make out an elongated room well - unlike a square, its shape will need to be slightly adjusted.
If there is such an opportunity, a redevelopment is done in the "studio" - in a separate room with a door then there is only a bathroom. In the presence of an insulated balcony, loggia, they are also attached to the main room - only a glazed window-door block is taken out or a part of the wall is completely disassembled. It is important to use every centimeter, corner, niche.
When a redevelopment is planned, it is recommended to create a project with all the elements and sizes before starting it.
Basic principles of arrangement
To make the apartment as comfortable as possible for living, you need to adhere to some recommendations:
take into account the number of residents, their age, gender. The room for one person will be very different from the apartment of a family with children;
redevelopment. Getting rid of internal walls or moving them helps to optimize the space, depending on the desired result;
changing the direction of opening doors, replacing them with sliding ones or eliminating them completely;
the use of multifunctional furniture. It will be a sofa bed, a wardrobe, folding chairs, a mobile wardrobe-bar, a two-tier structure for one or two, where a workplace is arranged below, a sleeping one from above;
visual extension techniques. With the help of light tones, mirrors, lighting effects, the apartment seems a little bigger.
To place everything you need in a cramped apartment, you will have to use its space completely - from floor to ceiling.
Proper, thoughtful zoning
When zoning "odnushki" it is required to separate the sleeping area from the hall - both of these places will have to be equipped in one room, furnished separately. In the case of a studio apartment, the decor of a single room also includes a dining room with kitchen. When the layout of the dwelling, in which two adults with two children or a parent with two or three children are temporarily going to live, provides for a spacious kitchen, then the nursery should be decorated in the room space, and the adult bedroom in the kitchen.
Zoning is performed using elements such as:
screens - they enclose a sleeping place, dressing room, mini-office. The main advantage of this element is mobility. The design is easy to fold-out, without taking up much space in any form;
plasterboard partitions - they won’t be easy to quickly remove, but installing such a wall is simple, cheap, as well as giving the necessary configuration (arched, rounded, angular, perforated);
curtains and curtains - such a transparent element is suitable for purely symbolic zoning, more dense - for creating darkness, a comfortable sleep for one of the family members, when the other will do his own thing in the light;
furniture items are cabinets with a mirrored rear wall, through racks placed at right angles to the wall. Sometimes a slate board or narrow shelves are placed on the back of the cabinet;
Podiums are a convenient example of zoning. A bedroom or a mini-study, a kitchen or a dining room are compactly placed on it, and a storage for various things is arranged in the drawers of the platform. The greater the height of the ceiling, the higher it is allowed to make a podium;
sliding partitions or doors - occupy a minimum of space, perfectly separating part of the room. As a barrier material, glass, transparent plastic or metal sheets, thin plywood, fiberboard, depending on what result is needed, are used.
Inexpensive and beautifully, you can arrange a one-room house, even just getting rid of everything superfluous, making only cosmetic repairs.
Stylistic decoration of the apartment
Not all design styles are suitable for a close home. Luxurious options such as baroque, empire, art deco are unacceptable - they require significant space to accommodate heavy, solid furniture, abundantly decorated with textured carved decor. It is not advisable to use a loft - such interiors involve large open spaces, high ceilings, a large amount of air. The Scandinavian style is suitable, but it is difficult to fully reveal it in a cramped apartment.
The best options are:
minimalism;
neoklassnika;
ecological;
Japanese;
high tech;
functionalism;
Provence
retro;
modern.
For minimalism, translucent sliding partitions are used, Japanese style - folding screens. In hi-tech, the expansion of space is achieved through large mirrors, and the ecological one is made in natural colors, almost merging in the summer with the background outside the window. But most of the apartments are rarely decorated purely in one style: a light retro dining group is placed in the modern interior, the neoclassic is diluted with Chinese characters on the wallpaper, and provence decorated with delicate tones are complemented by neon lights in the style of futurism.
The choice of colors, finishing materials
For any small room, pale, pastel colors are preferred. There should not be many contrasts - just a few small elements of decor that do not clutter the interior too much. At the same time, it is not recommended to decorate the entire room with one color (white, gray, pink, beige, etc.) - it is boring and not too beautiful.
Small apartments are best finished using two or three colors, in accordance with the rules of the "golden section": the base tone here will take 60-65% of the space, the secondary one - up to 30-35%, one more (if available) - no more than 5- 10%. The floor is necessarily made darker than the ceiling and walls, except if the ceilings are very high - then it is allowed to decorate them with a dark color.
The most suitable two-tone combinations:
agate gray with pear;
vanilla with light olive;
caterpillar with melon;
pale yellow with apple green;
steel with coral;
amaranth pink with beige;
pale blue with mustard;
herbal with violet;
cornflower blue with snow-white;
beaver with purplish pinkish;
pistachio with khaki;
grederlevy with peach-orange;
pearl with tea green;
canary with cream;
lavender with honey;
mint with orchid;
golden with light blue.
When decorating an apartment with color, it is important to consider where its windows go - if to the north and west, then only warm, light tones are used, when the south, east side are allowed, colder, more saturated colors are acceptable.
Rules, Lighting Secrets
With the help of well-placed light sources, even the smallest apartment can be visually made more spacious.
The basic rules are as follows:
the use of several light sources - a ceiling chandelier, a lamp on the walls, decorative lighting;
each place has its own light. Separately highlight the work area in the kitchen, the place where food is taken, a table for working at a computer, a berth, especially if you plan to read in bed, a dressing area. In the bathroom, a lighting fixture is mounted over each plumbing fixture;
the color and intensity of the light flux for different places is different - where it is planned to read, write, cook, white, daylight, and bright are preferable. In a place intended for sleeping, watching TV, relaxing, eating, less bright, warm lamps are mounted;
the form of lighting fixtures, their shades, is chosen suitable for a certain interior style. For the classics fit lamps stylized as torches, candelabra, minimalism - spherical or cubic, the modern style can be decorated with chandeliers and sconces in the most intricate configurations.
With the help of light, it is easy to adjust the shape of an elongated room: if you highlight its long walls and shade the short ones, the room will take on a closer look to the square. When the ceiling is low, the top and bottom of the room are highlighted, when it is excessively high, ceiling lamps are generally refused, in favor of wall sconces.
Storage system
The smaller the area of the apartment, the more questions arise where and how to put all things. This is especially true if the family has children. Many old apartments have a pantry or closet up to four square meters, which is difficult or impossible to combine with the room.
In such a place they usually organize a dressing room - they mount rods with hangers, pantographs, shelves, arrange boxes, boxes.
Convenient storage boxes are built into the sofa, the podium, are placed in the corner closet of the hallway. In the presence of a loggia, almost everything is stored there - clothes, shoes, a vacuum cleaner, skis, carpentry tools, a table, winter blankets in the summer, etc. You can also organize a storage system in any niche.
Convenient places for all kinds of things are equipped under window sills, on compact corner shelves, and also above doors.
Functional furniture, rules for its placement
The furnishings of a cramped dwelling are made as versatile as possible, but not excessive - excess parts only clutter up a small room, preventing free movement. In search of a radically new solution for a one-room space, it is advisable to remove all the furniture from it or not to buy a new one until a clear decision is made regarding the reorganization of the room. If you need a lot of furniture items, they are placed next to each other.
Before buying furniture, it is advisable to take measurements of the room - the furniture should fit into the available space so that movement around it is not problematic. In the presence of a child, he is provided with the brightest, warmest place, devoid of drafts, which is also distinguished by color - brighter, more fun. When there are more than one children, they either get a bunk bed or equip a podium room.
The choice of this or that furniture needs to be coordinated between all family members.
Hall / lounge
In the room "odnushka" is required to place both the hall and the bedroom.From the furniture put:
wardrobe or rack - roomy and tall, often used as a zoning element;
bedside tables, chests of drawers - narrow, compact are chosen, the TV stand is made in the form of a narrow console;
bed - a full double in a cramped room does not fit, because it is replaced with a wardrobe bed, an attic bed, if the ceiling height allows. If you want to organize several places for sleeping, one of them is pulled out of the podium, the second is placed on top of the platform;
sofa - you can sleep on it when it is laid out, or receive guests, watch TV when the structure is folded;
table - computer and toilet can be one and the same subject. The role of the lunch in the "studio" is played by the bar. Folding shelves often also serve as a table, as well as an extended window sill;
armchairs - it is advisable to refuse them, except for options for armchairs. You will have to sit on folding chairs and ottomans.
Kitchen
The kitchen in the studio apartment is often separated by a cabinet, the back wall turned to it, a stationary, folding or folding bar counter, which also serves as part of the dining area. A set for a cramped kitchenette is made to order, a bit narrower than standard. Stove, refrigerator, washing machine also need the most compact. The sink is often placed above the washing machine, the microwave oven is on the shelf, the window sill is used as an additional cutting surface. In the corners they organize retractable carousel sections for storing dishes, table linen.
Hallway / hallway
An integral attribute of the front is the mirror. It can be relatively small, allowing only to apply makeup or occupying most of the wall. The hallway is often combined with the room, separating only a wardrobe, which stores almost all the clothes. The shelf for any little things here is replaced by a narrow console, under which they put a pouf.
A bathroom
The bathroom in a one-room apartment is usually also very cramped. Separate are sometimes combined - this adds a few tens of centimeters to the space, allowing you to put a washing machine or a tiny dressing table. In the joint “Khrushchev” bathroom, the bathtub is always very small, because many replace it with a shower, the toilet and sink are suspended, as compact as possible. Cabinets for storing detergents, bathing accessories are placed high under the ceiling, choosing corner designs. You can also put something under the bath.
Mistakes that should not be made in the interior of small apartments
In a small apartment, it is recommended to use all existing ways to expand the space. To ensure that the only room does not seem overly cramped, furniture should not be placed along the walls, as was fashionable thirty years ago, but 15-30 cm away from them. This option simplifies cleaning, making the room visually more spacious.
To make the dwelling not only comfortable, but also look stylish, it eliminates the need for old cumbersome but unimportant furnishings - giant “walls”, obscure nightstands, lamp TV stands that are a pity to throw out, although they have not been used for a long time. All this is being replaced by modular, transformable designs.
It is important not to overload your home with excessive decor, voluminous draperies on all surfaces, and over-zoning the room.
Conclusion
Beautiful design of a one-room apartment is easy to do with your own hands or with the participation of invited designers. Many interesting design ideas appear daily in popular glossy magazines of the corresponding orientation, as well as on Internet pages. Arrangement of "odnushki", for the most part, is less expensive than a similar repair of a spacious home, a little time is also spent here.
In apartments of prefabricated houses and typical "Khrushchevs", where there is only one room, the lack of space is almost the norm, especially if more than one person lives in the room. Living space "odnushki" rarely exceeds 14-18 square meters. m., and the total - 35-50 meters. Before you furnish a one-room apartment, you should carefully study the recommendations for its improvement, allowing you to make the interior as comfortable as possible for living, cozy.
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Features of a one-room apartment
The main feature of "odnushki" is that in a small area you want to place a bedroom, living room, dining room, and sometimes even a nursery and an office. The space needs to be visually expanded as much as possible, while at the same time to be arranged in such a way that it is comfortable for everyone living in it. It is especially difficult to make out an elongated room well - unlike a square, its shape will need to be slightly adjusted.
If there is such an opportunity, a redevelopment is done in the "studio" - in a separate room with a door then there is only a bathroom. In the presence of an insulated balcony, loggia, they are also attached to the main room - only a glazed window-door block is taken out or a part of the wall is completely disassembled. It is important to use every centimeter, corner, niche.
Basic principles of arrangement
To make the apartment as comfortable as possible for living, you need to adhere to some recommendations:
Proper, thoughtful zoning
When zoning "odnushki" it is required to separate the sleeping area from the hall - both of these places will have to be equipped in one room, furnished separately. In the case of a studio apartment, the decor of a single room also includes a dining room with kitchen. When the layout of the dwelling, in which two adults with two children or a parent with two or three children are temporarily going to live, provides for a spacious kitchen, then the nursery should be decorated in the room space, and the adult bedroom in the kitchen.
Zoning is performed using elements such as:
Stylistic decoration of the apartment
Not all design styles are suitable for a close home. Luxurious options such as baroque, empire, art deco are unacceptable - they require significant space to accommodate heavy, solid furniture, abundantly decorated with textured carved decor. It is not advisable to use a loft - such interiors involve large open spaces, high ceilings, a large amount of air. The Scandinavian style is suitable, but it is difficult to fully reveal it in a cramped apartment.
The best options are:
For minimalism, translucent sliding partitions are used, Japanese style - folding screens. In hi-tech, the expansion of space is achieved through large mirrors, and the ecological one is made in natural colors, almost merging in the summer with the background outside the window. But most of the apartments are rarely decorated purely in one style: a light retro dining group is placed in the modern interior, the neoclassic is diluted with Chinese characters on the wallpaper, and provence decorated with delicate tones are complemented by neon lights in the style of futurism.
The choice of colors, finishing materials
For any small room, pale, pastel colors are preferred. There should not be many contrasts - just a few small elements of decor that do not clutter the interior too much. At the same time, it is not recommended to decorate the entire room with one color (white, gray, pink, beige, etc.) - it is boring and not too beautiful.
Small apartments are best finished using two or three colors, in accordance with the rules of the "golden section": the base tone here will take 60-65% of the space, the secondary one - up to 30-35%, one more (if available) - no more than 5- 10%. The floor is necessarily made darker than the ceiling and walls, except if the ceilings are very high - then it is allowed to decorate them with a dark color.
The most suitable two-tone combinations:
Rules, Lighting Secrets
With the help of well-placed light sources, even the smallest apartment can be visually made more spacious.
The basic rules are as follows:
With the help of light, it is easy to adjust the shape of an elongated room: if you highlight its long walls and shade the short ones, the room will take on a closer look to the square. When the ceiling is low, the top and bottom of the room are highlighted, when it is excessively high, ceiling lamps are generally refused, in favor of wall sconces.
Storage system
The smaller the area of the apartment, the more questions arise where and how to put all things. This is especially true if the family has children. Many old apartments have a pantry or closet up to four square meters, which is difficult or impossible to combine with the room.
In such a place they usually organize a dressing room - they mount rods with hangers, pantographs, shelves, arrange boxes, boxes.
Convenient storage boxes are built into the sofa, the podium, are placed in the corner closet of the hallway. In the presence of a loggia, almost everything is stored there - clothes, shoes, a vacuum cleaner, skis, carpentry tools, a table, winter blankets in the summer, etc. You can also organize a storage system in any niche.
Functional furniture, rules for its placement
The furnishings of a cramped dwelling are made as versatile as possible, but not excessive - excess parts only clutter up a small room, preventing free movement. In search of a radically new solution for a one-room space, it is advisable to remove all the furniture from it or not to buy a new one until a clear decision is made regarding the reorganization of the room. If you need a lot of furniture items, they are placed next to each other.
Before buying furniture, it is advisable to take measurements of the room - the furniture should fit into the available space so that movement around it is not problematic. In the presence of a child, he is provided with the brightest, warmest place, devoid of drafts, which is also distinguished by color - brighter, more fun. When there are more than one children, they either get a bunk bed or equip a podium room.
Hall / lounge
In the room "odnushka" is required to place both the hall and the bedroom.From the furniture put:
Kitchen
The kitchen in the studio apartment is often separated by a cabinet, the back wall turned to it, a stationary, folding or folding bar counter, which also serves as part of the dining area. A set for a cramped kitchenette is made to order, a bit narrower than standard. Stove, refrigerator, washing machine also need the most compact. The sink is often placed above the washing machine, the microwave oven is on the shelf, the window sill is used as an additional cutting surface. In the corners they organize retractable carousel sections for storing dishes, table linen.
Hallway / hallway
An integral attribute of the front is the mirror. It can be relatively small, allowing only to apply makeup or occupying most of the wall. The hallway is often combined with the room, separating only a wardrobe, which stores almost all the clothes. The shelf for any little things here is replaced by a narrow console, under which they put a pouf.
A bathroom
The bathroom in a one-room apartment is usually also very cramped. Separate are sometimes combined - this adds a few tens of centimeters to the space, allowing you to put a washing machine or a tiny dressing table. In the joint “Khrushchev” bathroom, the bathtub is always very small, because many replace it with a shower, the toilet and sink are suspended, as compact as possible. Cabinets for storing detergents, bathing accessories are placed high under the ceiling, choosing corner designs. You can also put something under the bath.
Mistakes that should not be made in the interior of small apartments
In a small apartment, it is recommended to use all existing ways to expand the space. To ensure that the only room does not seem overly cramped, furniture should not be placed along the walls, as was fashionable thirty years ago, but 15-30 cm away from them. This option simplifies cleaning, making the room visually more spacious.
To make the dwelling not only comfortable, but also look stylish, it eliminates the need for old cumbersome but unimportant furnishings - giant “walls”, obscure nightstands, lamp TV stands that are a pity to throw out, although they have not been used for a long time. All this is being replaced by modular, transformable designs.
Conclusion
Beautiful design of a one-room apartment is easy to do with your own hands or with the participation of invited designers. Many interesting design ideas appear daily in popular glossy magazines of the corresponding orientation, as well as on Internet pages. Arrangement of "odnushki", for the most part, is less expensive than a similar repair of a spacious home, a little time is also spent here.