"I'll have lunch in the cafeteria and operate in the operating room!" - this is how Professor Preobrazhensky from Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" responded to the demand to "compact" and leave one of the rooms of his apartment. Unfortunately, during the Soviet period, urban dwellings with canteens became a rarity. Moreover, the kitchens in high-rise residential buildings, such as Khrushchevs, were so cramped that they could hardly fit a tiny table for a meal, which could accommodate 2-3 people at most.
Today, apartments in new buildings have a more comfortable layout. However, even the owners of spacious private houses continue to allocate separate rooms extremely rarely as a place for eating. Instead, most Russians prefer the "kitchen-dining room" option, and sometimes their combination with the living room.
Benefits
The kitchen-dining room is convenient because the hostess does not have to set the table outside the room where dishes and cutlery are stored, andalso move food to another room away from the stove, refrigerator and dishwasher.
Sometimes apartment owners go even further and combine the living room into one large space. The popularity of this option is associated with the fashion for spacious studios. However, not everyone likes this type of dining room interiors.
Flaws
The options that combine the living room, dining room and kitchen have not only a lot of fans, but also a lot of critics. The fact is that this way of planning housing, which came to us from the West, does not correspond to the Russian mentality. After all, it is difficult to imagine an American or a Frenchwoman who is preparing pickles in the kitchen or making jam there. In such cases, even with a hood, the room will experience high humidity and temperature, which will cause discomfort to the rest of the family who want to relax in the combined living room.
Kitchen area layout options
There are several solutions for arranging furniture, appliances and necessary equipment in rooms designed for cooking and eating at the same time.
The most popular options are corner, i.e. L-shaped and linear layout. This is not surprising, since it is with the location of storage systems and work surfaces, as well as household appliances along one wall or with a small branch, that the maximum possible area of \u200b\u200busable space will remain so that a dining group can be installed.
If consideredthe interior of the dining room in a private house, which, as a rule, are quite spacious, you can use a parallel layout.
Island
Sometimes due to the presence of windows and the location of doors, no traditional layout option allows you to place all the necessary appliances and storage systems. In such cases, the interiors of the dining rooms complement the "island". A hob or an additional sink can be installed on it, and cabinets with shelves and sliding doors are arranged in the lower part. In some cases, a small dining table becomes a continuation of the "island". It can be transformable and retract or shrink after use. It should be noted that options with an "island" are only suitable for fairly spacious kitchen-dining rooms. Otherwise, you can create an additional work surface or organize a dining area with high bar stools, using a wide window sill.
Parallel layout
As already mentioned, the interior of the dining-kitchen, if we are talking about a fairly spacious room, can be arranged by placing furniture and equipment in parallel in 2 rows and installing a large dining table with original stools in its center. This option is especially suitable for a walk-through room or one with a large window in the center of one of the walls.
In addition, with the parallel placement of kitchen furniture, as well as household appliances and work surfaces, you can use the "island", and the dining groupmove to corner.
Dining room interior ideas
If the room where you are supposed to eat also functions as a living room and kitchen, then it will require a variety of furniture. In particular, a comfortable dining area can be organized using a soft corner. Among other things, this solution will save space.
A great option is to place furniture for the dining area in the bay window (glazed ledge on the facade of the building). It most often occurs in private homes, but today such an architectural detail can also be seen on the facades of new buildings. The installation of soft seats in the form of a bay window allows you to have family meals by the window, as well as save space.
The problem of a long, narrow shared kitchen can also be solved by using the right furniture. For the dining room, in this case, a long sofa in the shape of the letter “G” is suitable, which is better to install as a continuation of the kitchen set. If you move the dining table away from it, then the dining area will turn into a place to relax, especially when an LCD panel is fixed on the wall opposite.
One should not ignore such a detail as sliding partition doors. With their help, the dining room can be combined with the kitchen or with the living room.
In the design of rooms intended for a meal, a special role is given to color schemes. With their help, you can make the room visually more spacious or even affect the appetite.
Dining-living room interiors
The option of combining the functions of a room for family rest and eating in one room is the best fit for our mentality. After all, many Russians continue to arrange feasts and receive guests with pleasure. In dining-living rooms, it is required to carry out competent zoning in order to separate the place for meals from the corner for relaxation. This task is facilitated if the room has a niche or it is combined with a loggia.
Otherwise, zoning can be done by using two different types of floor coverings, suspended ceilings of different levels, etc. Even using wallpaper that differs in color and texture for a wall where a dining table and chairs are supposed to be installed allows you to create modern dining room interiors. In the case of private houses, real columns (without load-bearing functions) can also be used, and stucco imitating such decorative elements is perfect for classicist design even in a small room.
Now you know what a modern dining room interior can look like. The main criterion for choosing a particular option should be to achieve maximum comfort for all those who live in the house. After all, joint meals are extremely important for creating a warm and cozy family atmosphere.
