Owners of small apartments quite often have a problem: how to fit both a resting place for adults and a bedroom for children in such a small space?
After all, a child needs his own place for games and activities.
Fortunately, modern designers have found the answer to this question. With the help of zoning you can easily combine a children's room with a living room.
If you approach this matter wisely, each zone will be practical and comfortable.
Children's room and living room in one room
How to combine a living room and a children's room? To begin with, you need to take into account some features. Both the baby and the adult should be comfortable in such a room.
To do this, you need to pay attention, among other things, to the child’s age and his needs.
For example, if we are talking about a preschooler, he will need a spacious bed and a comfortable place to study. A school-age child will, in addition, need shelves for books.
Don't forget to highlight the place where he will play.
In addition, we must not forget that the child is growing, and over time he will need new furniture that will take up more space. This is also important to consider when allocating space in the room.
How to increase the space of a one-room apartment
Owners of a one-room apartment are concerned about the following question: “how to visually increase the space of a single room and make the living area functional and cozy.” Zoning the room with curtains can help solve this dilemma.
When purchasing curtains for this purpose for a one-room apartment, you should take into account how many people and what age live in the living space.
If a family consisting of three people lives on square meters: a child and parents, the space is divided into three conventional zones: living room, bedroom and children's room.
If there are two family members, three areas are also visually distinguished: living room, bedroom and workplace.
When zoning a one-room apartment using curtains, one should not forget that in addition to the main function, the fabric also has an additional one, namely, it visually enlarges the space and gives it maximum comfort.
To do this, you need to choose curtains of light and warm shades. The fabric should be light, with some shine allowed. You should not purchase heavy curtains; they will not increase the space, but will create the opposite effect, reducing it.
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Zoning of a one-room apartment with a child initially provides for the division of a single space into two independent corners intended for parents and the baby, respectively.
In this case, the option of zoning the room into a bedroom and a nursery is appropriate. To perform such actions, it is better to choose two curtain options, the front side of each of which will face the corresponding area. Warm colors are suitable for a bedroom, but for a child it is better to choose bright colors, patterns, and shapes.
Zoning the bedroom and nursery provides for one important point: one “room” will be near the window, the other in the depths of the apartment. Therefore, to create comfort and provide sufficient lighting, it will be necessary to purchase additional lighting sources.
Zoning: main points
Before you start zoning the living room and children's room, you need to determine the functions of each part of the room. In addition, make sure that the size of the room allows this.
In other words, the room you plan to divide must be at least 20 square meters. Otherwise, both parts will be uncomfortable and not very functional.
Designers advise dividing the room so that adults and children do not interfere with each other. For this you need some kind of partition.
Its role can be played by a cabinet or a separation structure. If you want the partition to be easy to remove, try separating the zones from each other with a curtain.
You can move it to the wall at any time.
A good option is a screen that can be easily moved from place to place. This way you can shift the zone boundaries at any time.
Designers advise paying attention to a stationary partition made of fiberboard or chipboard. These materials are strong enough that they can be used to place your child’s toys or school supplies.
How to fence off zones yourself
To fence off zones in an apartment yourself, you should take into account some of the nuances of these manipulations:
- For an apartment whose windows face north, fabrics in life-affirming shades are chosen to add bright colors.
- If there is insufficient lighting in the room, additional sources are installed. With their help, you can also create a cozy and warm atmosphere in your apartment.
- When zoning a room, you should take into account the lifestyle and habits of household members to create a cozy corner designed for each family member.
- When dividing a room into living room and bedroom zones with fabric, you need to know that sound easily penetrates through such a partition. If one is used to going to bed early, and the other prefers to watch TV all night, this should be taken into account.
- Fabrics that are used as space delimiters should not be too heavy or bulky. In addition to the fact that they visually reduce space, such curtains are inconvenient during washing and cleaning.
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To ensure that your apartment feels cozy and comfortable after the zoning procedure, you should familiarize yourself with the ideas developed by specialists. Then the apartment will become not just a place to spend free time, but a real family nest.
Color scheme for children's
It is very important to choose the right color and combination of shades for the children's part of the room. According to psychologists, this can affect a child's behavior, mood and learning abilities.
It is best to choose warm colors - green, yellow, beige, orange. At the same time, you should not make the nursery too bright.
If possible, choose a color together with your child - after all, he will be the one who will live in this room.
