- What you need to consider when drawing up a design project
- Arrangement of furniture
- Designing a kitchen set
When it comes time to equip a new kitchen or repair it, there is a need to design a project. Many prefer to use the services of specialists, but it is much more profitable to develop the project yourself. After all, only the owner knows exactly what the room should be to fully meet all the functional requirements, storing utensils and utensils, sufficient space for food and kitchen equipment, and other moments.
Project Scheme
What you need to consider when drawing up a design project
Deciding to make the arrangement on their own, everyone wants to get a beautiful, functional and cozy room in the end result. With a competent approach, this is within the power of everyone.
The decisive factor in the design of the kitchen are the dimensions of the room and the location of window and door openings.
Also, the design of the kitchen itself will require not only the selection and arrangement of furniture, but also the design of walls, floors and ceilings, to think over the organization of lighting, the design of windows.
In order for the design to be successful, it is necessary:
Layout of outlets.
- choose the style in which the room will be decorated;
- determine the color scheme, choosing harmonious color combinations for the future project;
- to familiarize with rules of arrangement of kitchen furniture;
- choose materials that will be used for finishing.
The kitchen is the most technologically advanced room in the house. There are a lot of communications, the location of which must be taken into account when designing. Therefore, before you start working, you need to make a plan of the room, noting on it the location of all communications, it will help to avoid mistakes.
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Arrangement of furniture
Making up the design of the kitchen yourself, you need to remember that the arrangement of furniture in the room should create not only coziness, but also the maximum convenience of the cooking process. It is very important to properly place the functional elements of the kitchen, called the "kitchen triangle" - a refrigerator, a sink and a stove, forming storage, preparation and cooking areas. Correct arrangement of them ensures the convenience of cooking, in this case it should be taken into account that:
- the plate is always installed near the gas pipe;
- the refrigerator can not be placed near the stove and heating appliances, because due to their heat it can break down;
- above the sink is convenient to provide a dryer for dishes, and near it - cabinets for storing utensils and cutlery.
The project can provide for several types of furniture arrangement:
Scheme of embedded equipment.
- Direct, in which all the furniture is located along one wall. This method of placement is often used in standard small-sized rooms, the area of which is 6-12 m2.
- L-shaped arrangement of furniture is one of the most common and convenient options. In this case, the design project involves installing the headset along two adjacent walls.
- Kitchen sets of the U-shape look good in large rooms. In small rooms, their installation is justified only if the kitchen will only perform cooking, and for its reception there is a dining room.
- In some cases, for example, in the presence of two doors, the design may provide for a parallel arrangement of furniture along two opposite walls.
- "Island" layout can be a highlight of the design project of a large kitchen in a private or suburban house. In a small apartment, alas, this arrangement of furniture and technology is impossible.
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Designing a kitchen set
When designing the set yourself, it is necessary to take into account those restrictions that impose the parameters of the room, the location of doors and windows. For example, you need to take into account the opening of doors when the cabinets or the refrigerator are located on the side of the hinge of the door leaf.
Typically, the design of kitchen sets assumes a two-row arrangement of furniture: the bottom row - under the table top, and the top - hanging lockers. One-row arrangement (without the upper row) is also possible, but it is less functional. Also you need to decide on the style in which the design will be designed.
Scheme of a typical project.
First you need to make a list of the equipment and furniture, the placement of which is mandatory. This can be cabinets for storing dishes and food, a table and chairs, a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a microwave oven, a hood, a hob, an oven, etc. It is better to buy a sink and built-in appliances in advance or to accurately determine their dimensions. The size of the table is determined by focusing on the approximate area of free space that is formed after the installation of the headset. When designing the kitchen with your own hands, you should remember that the minimum free passage along the installed furniture should not be less than 60 cm, and near the plate - 80 cm. Around the dining area, even if the chairs are pushed aside, it is necessary to provide a passage width of at least 50-60 cm.
In order to design correctly, you need:
- draw a scale plan kitchen and walls, along which will be arranged furniture, and denote them all communications (sockets, pipes, etc.);
- at a height of 0.8 m, indicate the countertop;
- considering the requirements, choose the location of the sink, stove and refrigerator, drawing them on the plan on a scale;
- the remaining space is filled with cabinets of various configurations.
Choosing facades for kitchen furniture, you need to consider the conditions of their operation. For them, resistance to moisture, high temperatures and mechanical influences, durability, ease of care is very important. Considering these requirements and your financial capabilities, when designing a kitchen, you can choose facades made of wood, MDF, laminated chipboard, covered with plastic or PVC film.
To make an interesting design yourself, taking into account all the requirements, is not so simple as it may seem. This may require a compromise between the possible and the desired.
Are you looking for fresh ideas for creating a beautiful kitchen? GD-Home has prepared 20 ready-made projects, as well as several ideas and tips to help you design a practical and cozy design yourself. The kitchen has long ceased to be just a place for cooking. Today I want to add more heat to the interior. A healthy diet, a beautiful serving of dishes, original dishes on the shelves of stores have done their job. Modern cuisine should radiate beauty.
If you are ready to get your hands dirty, then let's start 😉
Kitchen by own hands: photo + ideas
● Tiles and not only
For finishing the kitchen is excellent tile. It is well cleaned, does not deteriorate from moisture, high temperature, detergents. Designers recommend doing the design of the kitchen, using not only tiles. There are several possible combinations:
- floor - tiles
- apron - tile / tempered glass
- wall near the dining table - paint / wallpaper
- ceiling - paint / wallpaper
Combining different textures, you get a stylish kitchen design. In addition, it will cost much less.
● Functional and stylish furniture
Choose a kitchen set depends on the size and layout of the kitchen. For a rectangular long kitchen, you can arrange furniture along two walls, for a square one - with the letter P. For a small space will be by the way corner kitchens, for non-leaved square meters - kitchen island.
You can save on the quality of lockers, but do not save on the countertop. It should be made of durable material that does not get spoiled by the fact that a hot frying pan was placed on it, dropped something heavy, hooked with a knife, etc.
● Textiles and decor
Decorated kitchen with their own hands can not do without a beautiful decor. Depending on the style, it can be completely different, but must be present. In minimalism, it can be pictures / photos on walls, in provence - cute jars, pendant plates or dostochki, for the Scandinavian style nice pots with flowers will do. Completion of the kitchen will add textiles. Choose curtains and towels in one color scheme. With the help of textiles, you can both support the color design of the interior, and add colors. For example, a kitchen in gray color comes to life with the help of yellow textiles.
Decorating the kitchen with their own hands will be cheaper, but still repair is expensive. In order to maximize the maintenance of the family budget, it is necessary to carry out repairs with precise planning of the updates. Plus it will help to establish a time frame and not stretch the "pleasure" for an indefinite time.
1. Find an idea
With the help of the heading Kitchen Design you will find hundreds of ready-made designs of small and large kitchens, differing in style of decoration. Of course, it is not so easy to find a kitchen ideally suited for planning and size. If you are not among the lucky ones, use imaginative thinking to combine several photo ideas.
2. Necessary work
When repairing it often turns out that it is necessary to change the wiring, replace the plumbing. Identify all that is necessary, which requires mandatory replacement, including windows and doors.
3. Make an estimate
Using the article Kitchen repair: budget planning you will learn how to correctly calculate the repair budget by including everything in the list, up to the last can of paint. And also learn a few points about which usually everyone forgets 🙂
4. Get down to work
Finally, it's time to put your hands on it! Cleaning walls, plastering, laying tiles, wallpapering, etc., will take a lot of time, but a pre-compiled repair plan and a photo of the finished project will motivate as soon as possible to finish with hard work.
Let the design of the kitchen bring not only troubles, but also pleasant memories!
GD-Home hopes to help in this!
The possibilities of modern manufacturers of kitchen furniture make it possible to realize the most daring design fantasies. That is why the choice of several affordable models comes to the full design of the kitchen set. Using special programs for building models, we can create a suitable image on the computer screen, which will then be implemented in practice.
But having the skills to work in a computer program for designing furniture is not even half the job. It is important that we understand the laws governing the elements of the kitchen set, and what nuances must be taken into account.
Kitchen Style
The first thing you need to think about when developing a design - a kitchen headset design is a style kitchen solution. From the style chosen by us, not only the appearance of the facades will depend, but also a set of basic elements of kitchen furniture. In other words, the style will set the direction in which we will develop our design.
The most popular style solutions today are:
- Classic style. The main elements of the kitchen in the classical style are made of natural wood or materials, imitating it (laminated or veneered panels). For the classical style, the paneled facades with figured carving and glazing are characteristic, as well as the use of copper or bronze fittings.
- Country style. The basis of this style - furniture with simple forms, made of wood with minimal processing. In the kitchen-country, carving or glazing is rarely used. Most often, the facades are brushed (processed with a rigid brush) or fired with subsequent treatment with stains or matt lacquer.
- Scandinavian style. This style solution is typical for spacious kitchens with an excess of free space and large windows. Kitchen sets in the Scandinavian style are laconic and light in color.
- The distinctive features of this design are the use of "high-tech" materials, such as plastic, tempered glass, polished metal. If for the previous styles, attention was focused on the natural nature of the materials used, then in the hi-tech interior all the details are artificially stressed.
Of course, the list does not end with these styles, since the variety of models available on the market is almost unlimited. So you can safely choose the style that is closest to your own sense of beauty and harmony.
Advice! Still, do not forget that the stylistic solution of the kitchen should be combined with the overall design of the apartment.
Basics of designing kitchens
Kitchen configuration
- One-way kitchen
Basics of designing kitchens
Kitchen configuration
When the most appealing style is chosen, one should think about how the main elements will be located in the room.
Of course, the arrangement of furniture elements depends on the shape of the room, but still several configuration options are largely universal:
- One-way kitchen is installed in the case if the room has a long form, and its width is insufficient to arrange kitchen modules on both sides. In the case of a one-way kitchen, all elements are mounted along one of the long walls, while the second wall is equipped with a folding table or bar counter.
- L-shaped kitchen is one of the most popular options. Projects of corner kitchen sets allow the most rational use of space, occupying one long and one short wall of the room. In the corner part is most often placed a sink (in some cases - a cooking surface of a special shape).
- U-shaped kitchen. Suitable for spacious rooms, because its modules are installed along three adjacent walls. In such kitchens, a combination of a countertop with a window sill is very often used, which significantly expands the free surface.
In addition to these three options, the island configuration is also in demand, in which a countertop is placed in the center of the kitchen on two or three pedestals. An island hob can be fitted with a sink or hob, and a special hood is placed on top of it.
Each type of configuration has its pros and cons, and to get the most ergonomic cuisine, you need to take into account all the features of the room.
We place household appliances
To the design of the kitchen turned out to be sufficiently functional, i.e. to ensure the convenience of performing all operations for cooking, it is very important to observe the rule of the "kitchen triangle". This rule is as follows:
- Each kitchen has three key elements associated with various technological processes. It is a refrigerator (storage), a sink and a working surface (primary processing of products) and a plate or a cooking surface (heat treatment).
- Ideally, all three elements should be placed on the vertices of an imaginary equilateral triangle with a side no more than 2 meters.
- Naturally, not every kitchen can implement such a layout, but one should strive for such an arrangement. The main thing is that all elements go one after the other in the specified sequence, and free access is provided to each of them.
As for the choice of specific models of household appliances, modern specialists advise to pay attention to embedded models. They have smaller dimensions, and therefore can significantly save space, which is always not enough.
dimensions
Most often, companies engaged in the manufacture of kitchen sets, independently provide services for measuring the size of the room. This is due to the fact that it is the size of the kitchen that underlies all sizes of kitchen furniture.
And still, we will give some tips that will be useful to you in the event that you do it yourself.
Note! Here are only general tips, and more detailed instructions for measuring are contained in numerous video clips on our website.
The first thing to do is measure the dimensions of the room itself. Alas, in most standard apartments, the walls do not differ in rectangularity, therefore, to correctly select the headset by size, we need to calculate the minimum height and width of the room (see photo).
Note! To facilitate the process of performing room measurements, the laser level on the tripod will help you, which projects a dimensional stack from horizontal and vertical lines directly to the walls.
After finding out the overall dimensions of our headset, you need to determine the size of individual elements. These include the height of the countertop, the distance from the countertop to the hinged lockers, the dimensions of the cabinets and cabinets, etc.
Of course, all these dimensions are individual, but there are some standards that can be oriented:
- The height of the bottom of the headset, taking into account the countertops - 850-900 mm.
- The distance from the edge of the countertop to the wall (depth) is 600 mm.
- The distance from the table top to the bottom edge of the mounted module is 450-550 mm.
- The depth of the mounted module is 300-350 mm.
Separately it is worth mentioning the dimensions of the facades, i.e. doors of upper and lower lockers. It should be borne in mind that each manufacturer has the standard dimensions of these parts, and when designing a kitchen it is better to divide the modules in such a way that the size of the facades conforms to these standards as closely as possible. Thanks to this, the price of the headset will be lower, since the mark-up for the manufacture of non-standard parts ranges from 30 to 50%.
Colors and lighting
Color selection
When all the main issues related to the configuration of the kitchen and its bundling are solved, it's time to pay attention to the appearance of the headset. In terms of color, there are a few simple recommendations:
- The classic option - furniture, color and texture imitating a natural tree. Such headsets almost never go out of fashion.
- For kitchens overlooking the shady side of the building, it is better to choose facades in bright and warm shades. It will be appropriate to have peach, orange, lemon-yellow kitchens.
- Kitchens facing south can be maintained in a more restrained style. They are suitable for light green or turquoise. In addition, these colors will bring coolness to the kitchen, they also contribute to a decrease in appetite, therefore, following a diet in such a kitchen will be much easier.
Fixtures for the kitchen
The final design stroke is the selection of fixtures. Strictly speaking, the choice of a kitchen chandelier for planning the headset does not apply, but without a qualitative light the project can not be considered complete.
This article gives a lot of advice, and each of them can be implemented. But the main thing that should be done is before designing a kitchen set, you need to try in every detail to present your future kitchen. Handle this task, and then even the most difficult moments of planning will not cause you any difficulties!
Interesting design solutions - does not mean bold, extravagant, bright. The best design in the context of the kitchen is one that guessed the mood of your home and flattered your own artistic taste. Of course, the design has its own fashion, and you can make repairs in the apartment on the last of its squeak, but this is an option for wasteful and fickle people. The most fashionable in the end will be the situation in the house, which makes it cozy, warmer, which suits the household and is liked by the guests. The rest is nuances. And yet, how to combine this desire to make the right choice of design in the spirit of the time, while not changing the appearance of the apartment as a whole?
Kitchen Design Rules
There are a lot of them, but the main ones are worth mentioning, or the most urgent ones. They will help you decide on some important aspects that are sometimes recalled at a time when repairs are in full swing.
The rules of modern kitchen design:
- Cold color domination. True, it must be diluted with one juicy and bright accent. For example, cold and discreet blue is diluted with optimistic yellow, and blue successfully combines with red splashes.
- Color sophistication. This is not something bright, ornate, original, it's a classic in the modern view. Red, black and gray - this sophistication a priori, but combinatorics of these colors and distinguishes good from durnovkusiya.
- The main tone is one. Let it be unusual, let it determine the design solution in the kitchen, but the main one is just one tone, and the others complement it. And the rest is not more than three.
- Furniture should merge with a wall, if the kitchen in the house is small. If the color of furniture and walls match, your kitchen will visually become larger.
- Glossy surfaces. Yes, they will have to tinker with them more than with matt ones, but again - this is a trick to visually enlarge the room.
Of considerable importance is the combination of colors. That's where serious mistakes are allowed.
Kitchen design and color design
Color combinatorics - the basics of good repair, any other efforts will not be noticed if there are color blunders. Here are just a few of the most basic tips on design in the kitchen color.
Color combinations:
- Bright shades of blue + pink (yellow / green);
- Pale blue + any neutral tones;
- Sky blue + crimson;
- Blue + gray;
- White / coffee + shades of fuchsia;
- Calm blue + green;
- Beige + yellow / blue;
- Brick + beige / pink / chocolate;
- Sand / lemon / white + blue / brown;
- Orange + olive / terracotta / chocolate;
- White + red / yellow / green / crimson.
The rule of three colors as a maximum is not forgotten. And even in this case, the main color is one.
Small kitchen design
In a house where there is a small kitchen, the owners rarely resign themselves to this position, and in different ways try to at least visually increase it. An example of this is the purchase of glossy furniture with mirror and glass inserts, glossy floors. There are other solutions in favor of design with a small footage of the kitchen.
Design of a small kitchen:
- Functionality above anything else. Everything is placed as compactly as possible, each zone is involved, which can not be put - you can hang it.
- Transformable kitchen table. It can be the same wall-top for two, which is pulled out only during meals.
- Narrow Wardrobes. There is an opportunity - make them to order, save space, the functionality of cabinets from this will not actually change, and the extra light in an apartment with a small kitchen is important.
- Use the window sill. Do not miss the opportunity and attract him to your side, usually the window sill in this case is transformed into a table top.
- Working area at the window. An example of this is the design in the western house, where such an arrangement is a common thing. And if the view behind the window is fine, do not even think about it, then you'll say "thank you" to yourself.
- Do not be afraid of minimalism. If the table is small, and only two people can sit down for it - it's not the collapse of your hopes, but rationality. Most of the family dinners and celebrations you most likely take out to another room.
And pay attention to such an important detail as comfort in the kitchen. Strictly, cleanly as in the office - this option in the house is still not the best. An example of numerous photos of small apartment designs on the Internet says the opposite. There small-sized kitchens always have such lovely distracting maneuvers, like "grandmother's" rug on the floor, warm cloaks on chairs, cozy curtains, etc.
Kitchen design with air duct
Your task is to turn the vent into a non-local design solution. Simply put, that everyone thought, they say, it is necessary.
There are many options and metamorphosis of such camouflage, the choice is yours:
- Turning the box into an antique column - modern designers often encounter such a request, and they themselves offer customers a similar choice;
- False fireplace can be installed on the end wall of the ventilation duct - practically in any house the appearance of the fireplace ennobles the appearance of the room;
- Masking the box with tiles, wallpaper, mosaic - that is, it must merge with the adjacent areas;
- Emphasize what you need to hide - and such a postulate works (color mosaic copes with this task perfectly).
Or maybe you will create your own example of masking the air duct - many ideas for the kitchen in the design appear during the repair.
Ready kitchen
This choice is for those who want to quickly deal with the repair in the house. An example is this: repair is in the whole apartment, and to pay attention to the numerous options for kitchen design, there is no possibility.
Then you look at ready-made kitchen sets or modules, remember the best, take into account all the other factors from the size of the kitchen and the size of your budget, and buy a suitable ready-made kitchen.
Kitchen design: ready-made solutions
The choice is always just for you, but a lot of ideas and concepts, will help you in it to decide.
It is impossible not to tell about such an actual aspect in terms of design, like ergonomics.
Ergonomics is an area of practical tasks that makes design smart, that is, increase productivity.
Remember the words of Steve Jobs that design is not what the thing looks like, but how it works. That's about it and ergonomics.
Well, the specific rules of ergonomics in the kitchen, or a sort of design from the practical side for the kitchen can be given in several examples. And then it's easy to transfer them to other zones in the apartment.
Vivid examples of ergonomics for kitchens:
- The height of the countertop should depend on your height, and not be averaged;
- High people must work with deep shells, and low ones with shallow;
- Above or under things there should be nothing stored - things are stored in one layer;
- The oven door should be at the waist level, and this makes it comfortable, not non-standard;
- The best lockers will be those whose door opens up;
- Every object should be stored where you used it for the first time (the principle operates throughout the house).
The ergonomic approach in the apartment does not deny that at the same time the renovation can be stylish, and the design with such a kitchen does not lose its original task - decorating, making a harmonious space in the house.
As for the promised fashion trends, you can consider them with the example of such topical Scandinavian cuisines.
Kitchen house in Scandinavian style
If the apartment you appreciate warmth, comfort, coziness, no congestion in color and gloss, the Scandinavian style is just for you.
Such kitchens have the following features:
- No artificial materials;
- The color gamut is neutral;
- Simple multifunctional furniture without any pretentiousness;
- If there is a place for bright accents, there are very few of them;
- Cleanliness, space and harmony are three Scandinavian-style whales.
A combination of noble wood with stone and glass is allowed. The plus of this design is that it became a classic, which means it will not be out of fashion for very long.
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