Despite the popularity of new buildings in almost all regions of Russia, many, if not most of us, live in Khrushchev houses in panel houses. The so-called small apartments of the time of Khrushchev. They are distinguished by relatively small kitchens, a separate bathroom. In this article we will talk about the design of one-room Khrushchev. The approximate area of finishing works is 30 - 32 sq. M. How to make a small one-room apartment visually large, spacious, if redevelopment is not available to you.
In a small apartment, as a one-room Khrushchev, the owners are fighting for every millimeter in the repair, so that visually the space looks bigger and you can physically fit in the minimum space. We will try to discuss the subtleties of this task. Below we will talk about the style that you could stick to in the decoration of the apartment, about the intricacies of finishing and renovating all the rooms, about the individual details of the finishing works. Such as, the choice of wallpaper, their existing types. Zoning space, all available options. Options for finishing floors. Doors in small apartments. We will also reveal the theme of the influence of color in space on the behavior and mood of people. We hope that, having learned the current trends, you will be able to make the choice that will bring the best quality result of your work.
Style selection
It can be difficult to choose one particular style in Khrushchev, something may like from one, but something completely different from the opposite. Do not be afraid to mix styles, choose what is close to your taste. To maintain one image in the Khrushchev premises is quite difficult, and then it is the most reasonable to use materials from different genres, guided by their own choice of forms, finishes.
1. Classic. The combination of tradition, solidity, with the high cost and quality of materials used. Natural wood furniture, upholstery expensive fabric. The tones in this style are calm and restrained. Beige, pastel, rich brown, or greenish. Here pictures of different size and with a massive, expensive frame will fit well.
2. Ethnic direction. Apartment in the form of culture, traditions of another country. This is the choice of travelers, experts of a particular country, when you want to plunge into the original interior of foreign traditions, when you come home. It can be Chinese, English, African, Egyptian. You can, of course, mix several ethnic groups in one apartment. Such 1 room Khrushchev will be quite exotic and original.
3. Modern. It includes country, art deco, minimalism, modernism, hi-tech, loft. In this style there is no extra comfort. The contrast of adjacent shades is especially manifested. A lot of backlighting is applied to the main light. Clear form of furniture.
Room design
1. If several people live in 1 room apartment, it is convenient to make a room zoning. Allocation of at least two zones. For each option such zones are relevant in their own way. Zoning can be done in direct order of visually real wall or fence. For example, from foam blocks (then the wall will be real), chipboard, or drywall. Such a partition can be soundproofed and insulated, for example, glass wool.
Partitions made of wood are upholstered with shingles, plaster. To keep as much of the living space as possible, many try to make the partition as thin as possible, or to disguise something else under it. For example, install sliding doors, they do not occupy too much space, opening in both directions by sliding. Separate parts can be simply a wardrobe, shelves with height from floor to ceiling, shelving or furniture.
2. Finishing can be for every taste, the color range is now varied. Of course, visually increase the area of the mirror, properly selected interior one-room Khrushchev. It should be immediately determined in the range, as this may then depend on the color of textiles, and furniture. The lighter the tone, the more space appears. The height of the ceiling can be increased by using vertical stripes on the walls. A horizontal space will seem more. The recent novelty is liquid wallpaper, decorative plaster, paints of two tones. Modern design solution is a different color of the walls. For example, three walls with one finish, and one wall filled with bricks, or interesting wallpaper.
Wallpapers are now all kinds of colors, colors, patterns. Vinyl, paper, bulk, simple. We'll talk more about their choice and colors below. If the floor is uneven, then now there are many ways from filling to leveling with wood panels and level. It is better to make the floor in the whole apartment of the same level, without sills and a sharp change in height. Another design point of residential 1 room in a one-room apartment is paintings or photographs, which can be hung on a wall in a specific order.
It is necessary to pick up in advance the places where the pictures will hang, so that later you don’t have to seal the holes from the nail.
3. The ceiling in the room, often trimmed with so-called suspended ceilings, or, for example, wallpaper for painting. There is also the technology of simply stretching beautiful natural fabric between self-made beams. You can make squares from beams and lacquer them. It turns out something like a Swedish ceiling.
Give your attention to home textiles. You can combine to your taste, choose everything in different colors: from curtains, to sofa upholstery, from carpet to tablecloth. Someone prefers coarser fabrics, noble ones, someone lighter, more transparent. In a small space, it is better to use furniture-transformer, modern walls, not weighting cabinets. Cabinet furniture leaves room for imagination in its arrangement.
4. For the floor using parquet, or a cheaper version of the laminate. As a rule, the bedroom-living room is decorated with carpet of various sizes. On a dark floor it will be favorable to look the light carpet of the small size. If the color is light, then the carpet, for example, in the bedroom area may be of a different color.
Kitchen Design
1. The floor in the kitchen can be different. Most importantly, it should be waterproof. For example, linoleum, floor tiles. Laminate is rarely used, since when moisture gets between the joints of the boards, swelling may occur, deformation of the floor, which is then very difficult to fix.
2. Of course, it is desirable that in the kitchen all the finishing had the property of being washed. But painting and tile on the walls now do not satisfy the exquisite taste. Therefore, at the moment there is a large selection of wallpaper in the kitchen, which can be cleaned.
3. Furniture in the kitchen can now be not only comfortable, but also stylish, bright, original. At various sites, you can pick up the furniture on the photo, and it will be like that in reality. You will be delivered and collected, it is not a big problem. In a small space it is better to maximize the use of walls, reduce the depth of cabinets, use narrower household appliances.
4. Kitchen "apron" can be lined with tiles, the most diverse. Now there is a new trend: a glass photo apron.
5. If the ceiling in the kitchen is flat, then you can proceed to painting without plaster.
Bathroom design
Repair bathroom devote a lot of effort and time. In the one-room Khrushchev can combine bathroom. The main problem in the design of the bathroom in a one-room apartment, Khrushchev and decorating small areas here. It is difficult to place on such an area: a bath, a toilet, a sink, a washing machine. It is better to think immediately from the beginning of the repair where it will stand, and preferably to the millimeter. Hop bath replaced by shower. Hide toilet bowl in the wall.
1. The main material for wall decoration in the bathroom is tile. Now it can be of different sizes, manufacturers come up with decorating tiles. At the moment, also use plastic panels for decorating the bathroom. They are available in various colors, with a pattern, as well as "under the tile."
2. Selection of furniture. Someone pays special attention to the functional part of the cabinets and shelves, someone tries to hide the ugly parts of the pipes under these elements, someone does not use furniture in the bathroom at all. If the area is small, then it will be possible to place a maximum cabinet with a mirror above the sink and under it. Plus some shelves on the walls.
Doors in a small apartment can take a lot of extra space. You can install compartment doors, or just leave the arch, for example, from the corridor to the kitchen.
Shine
In specialized stores and on the Internet sources a large variety of chandeliers, wall lamps, floor lamps. They can be complementary to each other and are made in the same style, from the same materials, sold as a set. You can choose dissimilar light sources, but advantageously emphasizing the design. You can buy LED strips, highlight the perimeter of the ceiling. In the fashion now also cabinets, with shelves, illuminated by the same LED strips. In any case, the light in the apartment should be multilevel, so that by turning off the main light, leave a more intimate.
Color spectrum
How to make it so that it is not only pleasant and comfortable in her apartment, but also she would give strength and vigor? Psychologists have asked this question. They studied the influence on the state of a person, making decisions of such design components as colors, shapes, textures, images. The color of a design can significantly change attitudes, skills, and habits.
Red gives vivacity, activity, contributes to making the right decision. It is like a call to action. If the walls are red, then the person will have a feeling of warmth in the room. But red is able to reduce the visual space. Since it promotes digestion, it is better to use it in the kitchen.
Orange is uplifting, as well as unite people in the orange room, so it is better to arrange in orange the room where you often spend together.
Yellow can create a sunshine feeling. It enhances creativity. This is an image of harmony and joy. If you have windows to the north or in your climate there is little sun, then you can take the yellow color as the basis of your room.
Green is a symbol of nature, tranquility, contemplation, peace. This is a soft image, calling for emotional balance.
Blue calms the feelings of a person, slightly suppresses activity. Like green, it is a passive color. It contributes to the feeling of coolness relieves emotional and physical stress.
Blue is the shape of the dreamers. As with blue, on a hot day in the room you will feel the coolness.
Purple looks quite mysterious, original. But with his choice in the room, he can reduce the efficiency, vitality, a certain passivity.
Pink is a symbol of romance, can quickly tire, does not fit the classic image of the apartment.
Brown is a style of reliability, security. Causes a mild mood.
White so-called hospital background. May cause a feeling of cold, as well as the impression of modesty.
When choosing a design should clearly understand the functionality of the room and the characteristics of the color that you want to use in the main decoration. It is possible to combine shades to achieve optimality in the impact on all family members.
Wallpaper selection
Selecting wallpaper, you should understand what is closer: plain canvases or wall decoration with an ornament.
Plain wallpaper has the following advantages. They visually expand the space. Allow to combine light and brighter tones. Perfectly used when zoning a room. Profitable allocate furniture, curtains, interior room one-room Khrushchev.
Under them easier to choose curtains. They do not overload the visual perception of the person, cause peace. These wallpapers are well suited for minimalist style and high-tech style. Using the combination of wallpaper, you can emphasize the features of the layout, emphasize, change the proportions. True on the wallpaper can be strongly distinguished all the surface irregularities. Therefore, it is necessary to ideally prepare the walls under the gluing. Wallpaper can be divided into:
- on production materials (paper, flusilin, vinyl, fabric, etc.)
- on the structure of the canvas (duplex and single)
- by texture (under natural materials, under fabric or without texture)
- on texture (smooth and embossed)
Wallpaper with a pattern can reflect all the basic colors of the interior and advantageously complete the basic style of the room.
There are several types of wallpaper with a pattern:
- with a monophonic pattern. This is a wallpaper when the pattern and base are of the same color. The picture can stand out just a certain contour or, just stand out, be more voluminous.
- abstract drawing. The character of such wallpaper is spots, wide brush strokes, dots, stains. Thanks to such a pattern, the joint or seam is almost imperceptible on them.
- geometric patterned. On such wallpaper there are various lines, geometric shapes. They fit well into a neutral interior.
- striped. This wallpaper can fit well not only in a modern, but also in a classic style. As we have said, these wallpapers expand the space or raise it.
- classic drawing Here are the weave that form a single pattern. Different spraying can be used. These wallpapers will fit better in the classic style of the interior.
- with a natural pattern. May be from the interweaving of leaves, flowers, stems. In this case, docking is necessary.
Flooring
Open the topic of modern flooring in more detail. After all, this is also a very important issue, to which a lot of attention is paid. Finishing under the white key is better to start after finishing the walls and floor. Materials are divided into: natural and artificial.
Parquet. The parquet has the highest wear resistance, it is practically not deformed. Piece parquet is more susceptible to external influences, for example, moisture than all other types. The parquet is durable, but it is better to use it in rooms that are not popular in terms of patency.
Cork floor. Environmentally friendly material. Cork is available in the form of tiles, which consist of extruded layers. The outer layer is veneer, top varnished. In this case, very good sound and heat insulation. Such a material, even with a slight deformation, is evened out again. It has antibacterial properties.
Marmoleum is made from natural ingredients. These tiles are glued. Quite resistant to fire.
Laminate has several layers. The base is MDF, using plastic, and on top is a decorative layer.
Linoleum is durable and wear-resistant, not afraid of moisture and easy in the process of flooring.
Carpet is best used in bedrooms, living rooms, in rooms where a cozy, soft atmosphere looks better.
In conclusion, I want to say that even the process of repair and finishing itself can bring real pleasure, because this is a change. Repair means everything new, change of scenery, color. Of course, this will not give your one-room apartment a new life, but it will significantly change it, you will see how much happier you will be at home. This is a new breath of your home, and it depends only on you whether it will bring you true pleasure. Good luck with the result.
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