The design of the dining room kitchen is a striking example of combining spaces, combining two zones - the kitchen itself and the dining room, designed for meals with a hall for receiving guests, equipped with a TV, a large soft sofa, etc.
The fashion for dining rooms, once forgotten, is returning, however, most often there is no room for them in the apartment, so combining in some cases turns out to be a necessary measure. This is how the design of a kitchen dining room in a private house appeared, inviting you to expand the scope and functionality of traditional rooms.
A standard apartment provides several design options, which depend on the layout of the rooms, as well as the kitchen itself. Taking into account the length, width, and number of windows, you can determine the optimal design move.
Project development
Development of a design project is the main point in carrying out such work. Based on the plan, you can calculate costs in advance, select materials and determine the optimal kitchen interior design.
Depending on the layout, there are several types of premises for the future kitchen dining room:
- Square or rectangular room.
- Long and narrow room.
- Passage room.
- A room with two doors on one wall.
- A room with several windows.
Room zoning
Naturally, the main advice when creating interiors of this type is zoning. Dividing space into active zones is very popular these days.
With the advent of studio apartments, zoning principles began to be actively used in the development of design for various interiors. In particular, when you decide to combine two spaces into one, then dividing the resulting room into zones is simply necessary, otherwise a banal mess will arise, and you will not be able to achieve the expected effect.
Zoning involves artificially dividing a room into areas. In this case, furniture (a large closet placed across the room), texture and color can be used as a partition, which allows you to create two harmonious, but isolated zones.
This technique is interesting, allowing you to create original, stylish and functional interiors with your own hands.
Depending on the layout of the rooms, zoning can be done as follows:
- Narrow room. Perhaps the simplest option for combining space. In this case, a working area should be placed in the front part, followed by a eating area in a linear arrangement. At the same time, interior items should not interfere with free movement around the room or limit space. A narrow kitchen-dining room should have enough free space for passages.
- Instructions for creating a dining room kitchen in a square room allow you to install an island-type eating area, which will be surrounded by kitchen interior items.
- Areas in a room with multiple exits should be arranged so that one exit is in the dining room and the other in the living room. In the absence of walls and partitions, this technique will look very interesting.
- In walk-through rooms, zoning should be done perpendicular to the location of the exits. The ideal option would be if the outputs are located opposite each other. In this case, the passage itself can visually divide the room into two zones.
Design features
Combining two rooms that have similar functionality would be an excellent option for an apartment with a small number of rooms. In most cases, such measures are resorted to when carrying out serious repairs, the price of which depends entirely on the cost of furniture and finishing materials.
Thus, you can determine the optimal expenses yourself, but in this case you should not go cheap.
- Combining the kitchen space with the dining room implies dividing the final room into a working and dining area (see also). The selection of the working (kitchen) area is done through texture and various finishing materials. Most often, the floor and walls of a makeshift kitchen are covered with tiles with original patterns applied to them.
- Many designers recommend using (as in the photo below) when dividing space. This element not only creates a sense of separation, but also brings the unique atmosphere of a small cafe to the kitchen dining room.
Advice! The separation of the kitchen and dining room spaces can be done using an arch. In this case, an arched opening will beautifully and originally divide the room into two parts, without taking up any space at all.
- An excellent way to divide space can be a small sideboard installed across the room. It can be decorated with a beautiful “grandmother’s service”, which will give the room a feeling of coziness.
- Naturally, there is no need to radically divide the room. Colorful contrasts are of no use here. The colors of the floor and wallpaper, just like the interior items in both parts, should be in harmony, creating a single picture.
- It is better to decorate the room in the same style. At the same time, you should not fill the entire perimeter of the kitchen with unnecessary furniture. If you are the happy owner of a large kitchen, leave some free space. Such space will not hurt at all.
A modern one should include everything you need and nothing superfluous. A table with chairs, a small cupboard for dishes on the dining room side and a set of necessary furniture and utensils on the kitchen side.
Kitchen design in a country house
The interior of a country house kitchen can be made in a wide variety of styles and options. At the same time, the most popular design ideas that are actively used in practice are:
- use of natural materials. Most often, country houses are built from wood. A completely logical consequence of this is the choice of natural materials as finishing materials. Among them, the most common are, naturally, wood and stone; stone and plaster, which are largely natural, are also less commonly used;
- use of refurbished old furniture. Taking out old things to the dacha, in replacement of which new ones were purchased, is a common practice. However, domestic craftsmen find ways to usefully use pieces of furniture that seem to have fallen into disrepair. At the same time, the interior takes on a fashionable retro or country style. An important advantage of this approach is that there is no need for any serious financial costs;
- daylight. In most cases, country houses are most actively used in the summer, when daylight hours are longest. That is why it is recommended to install windows and doors with a maximum glazing area.
There are many more ideas for making the design of the living room kitchen in a country house attractive and stylish. Each owner can easily select a suitable option on specialized resources dedicated to this topic. The main thing is to carefully weigh the available financial resources before starting work.
Features of layout and design
The use of light wood allows you to make absolutely any kitchen more comfortable and “warmer”
In a country house, the kitchen is most often small in size. It is always separated from other rooms by a wall and a door. Another difficulty is the windows. In a country house, the kitchen often has one window, but there are layouts where there are more windows - problems arise, since there are small distances between them, which makes it difficult to repair and remodel the kitchen with your own hands.
In a country cottage, the kitchen usually has a large area. Often it is combined with other rooms. This, on the one hand, gives enormous scope for imagination, and on the other, complicates the project due to the fact that the problem of zoning the room must be taken into account.
Types of summer kitchen
The summer kitchen is so practical and convenient that it was conventionally called a summer kitchen. Since in winter it can be used as storage, and in spring as a warehouse for gardening tools needed at hand. In the summer, it performs its direct functions as a room for preparing and eating food in the country. If a summer kitchen in a dacha is built with your own hands, then it is often equipped with a barbecue and a stove. Summer dishes cooked over an open fire and fresh air always delight city dwellers tired of fast food.
An open-type summer kitchen is usually used in good weather, without precipitation
An open summer kitchen can be located in a gazebo
Most often there are open-type summer kitchens. They are quite simple in design, not insulated and designed so that with the onset of cold weather, dishes and summer furniture can be easily moved to the dacha. Such buildings are cozy in their own way and sometimes more resemble spacious gazebos with barbecues.
The materials for constructing summer kitchens at the dacha are different types of wood, and the foundation is made of concrete or stone. The roof is usually made of plastic, galvanized metal and other types of roofing materials. Sometimes owners even refuse to completely cover the entire kitchen area. This way you feel more spaciousness and unity with nature. The big advantage of such premises is excellent ventilation and keeping the dacha cool even in the summer heat.
The closed version of the summer kitchen allows you to gather in it in any weather
A winter closed kitchen with a fireplace or even a stove is arranged according to the same principle as a regular kitchen in the house. It is often adapted even for overnight stays and longer stays at the dacha during the cold season, since it is much easier to heat it than the whole house.
Closed kitchens often have a large glass area, since due to their small size, the abundance of light windows makes them visually more spacious from the inside. As a rule, an enclosed summer kitchen in a country house is built using lightweight and inexpensive building materials - plywood, plasterboard and clapboard. It is good to use foam concrete for the load-bearing parts of the structure, and the same stone for the foundation.
The summer kitchen-veranda, glazed on all sides, allows you to enjoy the view while being in comfort.
Layout of a kitchen dining room in a private house
Very often the kitchen and dining room are combined in a home. This is one of the most successful solutions. In this case, the design of a kitchen in a cottage has many more options.
Important
: When choosing a project, you must first take into account the family’s lifestyle, the number of people who are planned to be placed in the kitchen, their age, and the presence of children.
In the kitchen dining room you can use a set of various configurations:
- linear;
- L-shaped;
- U-shaped;
- insular.
In the kitchen dining room, a bar counter is quite relevant, which can serve as a separator between rooms. In this case, it is best to pay attention to island models.
Combining the kitchen and dining room makes it possible to make the kitchen more functional and eliminates unnecessary movements. Such a project involves one drawback - increased humidity and foreign odors in the dining room. But for this there is exhaust hood and ventilation.
The design of a dining room kitchen in a large private house involves the separation of working and dining areas. The work area is often called the work triangle. It includes:
- Desktop;
- food storage place;
- food preparation place.
The optimal size of the working area in large kitchens is from 4 to 6-7 m. A large area will cause unnecessary movement and lead to overwork of the housewife. If the windows are poorly located, then it is best to place the work area along the walls and windows. In this case, the work area can be L- or U-shaped, where the space under the window is used for shelves and cabinets for storing food.
An island work area is good if you are designing a studio kitchen in a small private house. But it is worth remembering that a studio kitchen is quite complex in execution - you need to carefully consider the arrangement of the furniture and select a set for the kitchen so that it matches the style of the furniture as a whole.
When planning to renovate the dining room kitchen in your home, you need to approach the selection and placement of furniture responsibly, since the entire design of the room and its convenience will depend on this. It is best to move the refrigerator to the dining area if the work area is small. A small studio kitchen should be equipped with transformable furniture - then you can make maximum use of the space. Large kitchen dining rooms can be easily equipped with large dining areas.
Kitchen-dining room in a country house
In the Soviet Union, for ordinary citizens, even such a concept as a kitchen-dining room in a country house was rare. In those days, kitchens were designed to a minimum, although it was still a place where people gathered and had conversations over tea. As before, today the kitchen is a place for evening gatherings, relatives, friends and guests.
Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of separating the dining room and kitchen. Nowadays, the boundaries of these premises are becoming increasingly blurred, becoming thinner and more transparent, and even completely disappearing. The kitchen functionally carries a double load, since it is not only where food is stored and prepared, but also where feasts are held.
By combining the kitchen and dining room into a common space, you create a large room where you can simultaneously prepare food and communicate with family members and guests. If you currently have a kitchen and dining room separated by a wall (not a permanent one), then feel free to demolish it.
By removing the extra wall, you will only benefit, as you will save on the purchase of a dining table, TV and tape recorder for the kitchen. There is only one downside to such a redevelopment - the loss of an isolated room that could be used for other purposes.
The area of a combined kitchen-dining room in a country house must be zoned, since these are areas that are completely different in their functions. You can define the boundaries between the kitchen and dining room in different ways. The border can be marked by a slight difference in the floor, suspended ceilings, arched openings, or using protruding structures and columns.
Design specialists also recommend using different floor coverings in two zones, for example: tiles in the kitchen and laminate or linoleum in the dining room. Zoning also includes its own color composition. Even in small details you need to plan the design and interior of the work area.
To cover some undesirable elements of the kitchen work area, you can use portable partitions. This option is suitable if you need to close the work area located in some corner of the kitchen-dining room.
A bar counter can be used as an original separator of functional areas. In addition to the zoning function, the bar counter will act as a partition, covering the stove, sink, shelves and cabinets in the kitchen. We place high bar stools on the dining room side, and on the kitchen side we install a built-in refrigerator in the bar counter, and also install a stove and sink.
In the dining area we place a dining table, a sofa, armchairs, household equipment - everything that is consistent with habits and individual taste. But when furnishing a kitchen-dining room in a country house, you need to remember that the interiors of the dining room and kitchen should complement each other.
If the country house is small and the area does not allow using any part of it for a combined kitchen-dining room, then you can create a mini-kitchen-dining room option. Practice shows that the interior of a kitchen-dining room can be created even on an area of 6 square meters. meters.
For such cases, instead of a regular kitchen set, mini-kitchens are used (as in caravans). They contain the elements necessary for the kitchen: sink, stove, dryer, cabinets for food and dishes. A partition is used to zone the kitchen and dining room in small areas.
A kitchen-dining room in a country house is a good option for a comfortable interior, for the creation of which it is better to turn to professionals.
Combining kitchen and living room
In country houses where the kitchen area is small, the ideal design for a kitchen combined with a living room in a private house. This option is good in a studio, in a country house or in a house for seasonal living. This kind of interior of a private house, created with your own hands, allows you to create a feeling of large space and volume.
Combining the kitchen and living room is very convenient in everyday life, because in addition to functionality, the interior also acquires a feeling of “lightness” and “space”
If renovating a kitchen in a private house involves combining the kitchen and living room, then you can reduce the area of the living room and allocate this part to the bedrooms. This will allow you to create a comfortable living space even in a small wooden house. This is how you can remodel a village house, where the kitchen is usually small and the living room is too.
In a private country house, the design of a kitchen combined with a living room is almost unthinkable without the use of zoning elements. This could be: special lighting, shelving, cabinets. The interior will especially benefit from the use of a multi-level bar counter. At the same time, it is optimal that the bar counter does not completely block the space, but only creates a hint in the interior of the division of rooms.
Does it make sense to combine a kitchen with a dining room in a private home?
If you're looking to renovate a home where the kitchen and dining room are separated by a wall, here's what you need to think about: Does the kitchen have a wood stove that heats both sides of the wall?
If yes, then feel free to break down the wall, leaving only the piece with the “rough” one: this is enough to heat both the dining room and the kitchen. If there is no oven, then be prepared for the fact that the batteries that you currently have may not be enough.
After all, when there is a wall, it also warms up during the heating season and retains heat. And when there are no walls, then the heat goes away much faster and you need more batteries (and gas for their uninterrupted operation).
Then, one more point: a private house is a private house. Usually it involves a plot of land with a vegetable garden. And, if there are children in your house who often forget to take off their shoes when they run in for a drink of water, then we advise you to hold off on breaking the wall, otherwise the dirt from the shoes will be not only in the kitchen, but also in the dining room.
Country style kitchens
A country-style kitchen looks perfect in a rustic or simply wooden house. Kitchen design in a wooden house involves creating stylization according to the traditions of various nations. Country style is such a stylization.
Important
: Country style can have many variations. But if you choose a style for a kitchen combined with a dining room or living room, then these rooms should be designed in the same style. Otherwise there will be dissonance.
A kitchen design in a rustic country style can be easily created with your own hands. The English variation involves massive wooden furniture, an interior in dark colors, and a fireplace.
Kitchen design in a wooden house in American country style suggests:
- complete lack of decoration;
- abundance of natural wood;
- textured stone;
- wooden ceiling beams;
- natural wall colors.
The interior in Provence style, on the contrary, captivates with tenderness and grace. The walls are designed in light colors - mainly lavender, mint, and beige colors are used. Antique-style furniture in light colors and checkered, striped, and floral textiles are widely used.
The design of a kitchen in a private wooden house with several windows can be done in the Russian style. Wood and textiles are also widely used here. The most common colors are cheerful red and white with splashes of black. A rustic-style interior can be complemented by folk-style interior items - samovars, trays, antique irons, pots, jugs and pottery.
Decorating a kitchen in a country house
Do you want the kitchen design in a country house to be not only beautiful, but also practical and functional? Then it’s worth considering many nuances that will help you make the most efficient use of the available space, hide its shortcomings and highlight its advantages.
To create a harmonious decor, you need not only to choose an interior style, but also to think about the location of the set
In this section, we will look at the features of arranging kitchens with a non-standard layout and tell you which interior styles you can give preference to during the renovation process.
Types of layout
Unlike city apartments, kitchens in private houses have a wide variety of layouts. Each of them has its own characteristics that must be taken into account.
The layout of a kitchen in a private house can be open, walk-through, oblong or square
Let's take a closer look at the possible options for kitchen layouts in a country house.
- Open . An ideal option if you are designing a kitchen-dining room in a country house or a kitchen-living room. This layout is characterized by a clear delineation of several functional zones: cooking zones, eating zones and relaxation zones.
An open plan combines a kitchen with a dining room or living room
The division of space can be done using a bar counter, a decorative screen or partition, or using a kitchen island.
You can use a bar counter, ceiling beams or wall decoration as a visual space divider
- Narrow and elongated . In this case, the best solution would be to order a shallow set (up to 40 cm) in light shades. The furniture layout can be either single-row, double-row or U-shaped.
The layout of furniture in an oblong room can be linear, double-row or U-shaped
- Square . Due to the fact that a square kitchen can have several window and door openings at once, its arrangement becomes more complicated. A kitchen island with a sink and stove will look great in the center of a square room. Meanwhile, in the corner you can place a refrigerator with a compact set.
For a square room it is better to give preference to a U-shaped layout
Also install sliding doors hidden in the wall, and hang compact Roman or roller blinds on the windows.
A two-row layout will visually lengthen the space
- Checkpoint . Such a layout implies the presence of at least two entrances/exits in the room. If one of the exits leads to the veranda, place a table and refrigerator near it. This way, household members can always enjoy something tasty without interfering with the preparation of the main dishes.
For greater convenience, the work area should be equipped as far as possible from the passage
- Ostrovnaya . To get a truly unusual and stylish country house kitchen design, place a spacious kitchen island with a hob, sink and work surface.
A kitchen island makes cooking more convenient
Interior styles
The most logical solution would be to arrange a country house in a rustic style. Agree, high-tech metal or chrome surfaces or the rough finish of a loft will stand out from the atmosphere of housing outside the city.
High-tech or loft is not the best solution for suburban housing
There are several options for rustic decor that you can implement with your own hands. Let's look at them in a little more detail.
- English country music . Involves the use of finishing made from natural materials. It is better to choose a set in a classic style, made of solid wood. The style will also be enhanced by an impressive oak table, durable chairs and a sideboard with glass doors.
Dark muted colors are a distinctive feature of the English style
The color scheme of the English style allows the use of dark shades in decoration. It is better to choose textiles with floral motifs or a bright checkered pattern.
To make the atmosphere more cozy, use textiles with a floral or checkered pattern.
- American Country . It involves the use of not only wooden ceiling beams, but also textured stone. The color scheme is based on natural tones.
Textured stone can be used to decorate walls, floors or bar counters
American country interior does not accept a lot of decorations. You can add coziness to the room with a soft carpet or decorative skins.
American country music has no place for a lot of decor.
- French country . Provence captivates with its grace and tenderness. Instructions for implementing this style suggest using natural materials for finishing the ceiling and walls.
The color scheme of Provence is based on natural light shades
The color scheme of Provence is based on lavender, mint, beige, and olive shades. Textiles play one of the most important roles in the decorating process. It is represented by light curtains, an abundance of napkins with floral patterns, tablecloths, towels and chair covers.
Bright accents will make the decor more playful
- Russian country . It is also characterized by the use of natural materials in decoration and an abundance of wooden surfaces. The most common colors are rich red, white with light splashes of black.
The price for decorative elements for the Russian style is minimal. The necessary accessories can easily be found in grandma’s attic or in the country house.
All sorts of themed accessories will add atmosphere to the kitchen: samovars, antique irons, painted trays, pottery, etc.
Floral motifs on textiles are an important part of Russian flavor
Kitchen design in a country house (interior photo)
Attention, TODAY only!
By acquiring ownership of a private house, along with its undeniable advantages, we receive a number of new tasks, which, depending on the case, may consist of properly and most conveniently equipping a new kitchen. It would be good if, even at the planning stage, the customer’s wishes regarding the location and shape of the kitchen were taken into account. But it may happen that you receive a ready-made home with all its advantages and imperfections, which you will then have to put up with and only adjust if possible.
- You should be careful when using curtains in the kitchen.
If the room is large and the windows are not located near the hob or work surface, you can hang thick functional curtains with tulle. But when the dimensions of the room are small, the kitchen has an uneasy shape, and window openings are located along the cutting surfaces, it is better to reduce the amount of textiles and limit yourself to Roman blinds or roller blinds. This is much more practical and will save daylight, which is necessary in a modest small kitchen.
- Free access to all work surfaces must be ensured.
If the kitchen is small, you need to think about greater functionality of the furniture. Pull-out cabinets with practical countertop surfaces are welcome, you can use sofas with storage compartments hidden under the seat, etc.
Requirements for low-cost models
Depending on the area of the dacha, owners most often purchase budget sets. The advantageous options are compact pieces of furniture that are harmoniously located in the kitchen. Acceptable sets would be models in beige, brown, terracotta shades or those close to natural wood. Furniture in dark colors will be the most practical, since dirt and dust are invisible on it.
Sufficiently wide window sills in the kitchen can be used as shelves for beautiful sets and any utensils. When choosing a kitchen set for your dacha, you should consider the following points:
- functionality;
- quality;
- comfort;
- style (furniture in country or Provence style harmonizes perfectly with the kitchen);
- selection of accessories.
The country version of the furniture assumes practicality, a high degree of wear resistance, moisture resistance, and active fire resistance. Economy class sets are structures made of MDF or fiberboard, treated with a special protective compound.
The installed kitchen should be located in a convenient place, without interfering with free movement around the room. Ideally, the overall design of the set should be in harmony with the overall style of the room, and the colors of the cabinets and tables should be in harmony with the decoration of the walls, ceiling, and floor. It is advisable to purchase practical, easily washable coverings as materials for the dacha, then the country house will remain clean, cozy and pleasant.
This is a success: a square kitchen
If you become the owner of a square-shaped kitchen, moreover, the kitchen is a separate room, rest assured that you will not have to spend a long time and painstakingly organizing it. In a square kitchen it is quite easy to install the necessary furniture by choosing its optimal L-shape
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along one or two parallel walls
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If the kitchen area allows, it would be good to place a dining table on the wall opposite the furniture, say, by the window. This way the room will unobtrusively be divided into two full-fledged functional zones: a dining room and a work area for cooking.
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A table for daily meals with the family (if there is no separate room for it) can be installed in the very center of the kitchen and a beautiful chandelier hung above it. This technique is especially effective if the kitchen is spacious enough to allow you to move around the table and work surfaces without obstacles.
Kitchen island placement
in the central part of the room can save you from the need to install additional furniture, and such an object will be convenient both as a cutting surface and a dining table.
A square room can be visually divided into two equal triangles, in one we install kitchen furniture with work and hob surfaces, in the other we have a dining table with a seating area. And in order to divide the kitchen into working and guest areas even more effectively, you can install a bar counter on the periphery.
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Choice of furnishings and interior
Of course, the stove is a full-fledged mistress in the summer kitchen, so all interior details should work for it. But do not forget that this is primarily a cooking room, and for comfortable cooking you need countertops, sinks, hoods, a dining table and chairs. There are simply an incredible number of options for finishing the interior space. The summer kitchen at the dacha is shown in the photo in various interpretations of decoration. It all depends on your taste and imagination.
The simplest option would be to decorate the summer kitchen with wood.
An abundance of greenery will help brighten up the summer kitchen and make it a relaxing place
Kitchen combined with living room or dining room
Not a bad solution, especially when the kitchen lacks a few square meters. Combining with the neighboring room brings many positive aspects: this is the opportunity for the housewife to take part in a conversation and spend time with her family while preparing food; visually, not only the kitchen, but also the living room itself becomes larger and more interesting, since when combining these rooms, you should adhere to the same style for both in order to obtain an organic image of the interior.
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It happens that combining adjacent rooms allows you to add more daylight to the kitchen due to the lack of windows in it and the presence of large openings in the living room.
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We recommend that you take care of a good hood
, it will certainly come in handy during daily work in the kitchen combined with the living room. Otherwise, over time, all the odors from cooking will be absorbed by textiles and upholstery, creating a heavy, musty atmosphere.
Although the combined kitchen and living room form almost a single room, they still have different functional purposes. And to emphasize this, they use different ways to delimit rooms. So, at the border of an open-plan kitchen you can install a bar counter with high chairs, a kitchen island
rectangular or just the same cutting table; In this place, part of the furniture set (kitchen cabinets) can be supplemented with a transparent glass partition up to the ceiling.
Narrow kitchen
The first thing you should think about when arranging a narrow kitchen space is compact furniture, which, at the same time, should not lose even a fraction of its functionality. If the dimensions of your kitchen are close to critical and two people cannot pass each other in the aisle between the furniture along the walls, you should think in time about reducing the depth of the cabinets and drawers. Here it is important to carefully consider the filling of furniture and abandon protruding facades or mezzanine compartments hanging overhead.
Let the furniture be of neat, simple geometric shapes and always with a solid worktop, which will create a more harmonious, holistic image of a narrow, slightly wider room. If you are worried that you won’t be able to distribute all the dishes and other things you need in the kitchen, think about the roof rails
: hanging rods on which you can hang shelves and holders for various household items, detergents, dishes and other things.
Great when there is more than one window opening
, this will help the cooking process, and you will feel much more comfortable in a small room surrounded by tall furniture if your eyes can rest while contemplating the landscape outside the window. Of course, you can slightly deceive your eyesight and relax your eye strain if you use glass panels with a perspective image of nature and a city panorama as a kitchen backsplash. This method is generally very good when you need to slightly expand the boundaries of space, and in a narrow kitchen it will be an excellent way out of the situation.
If you are tormented by the question of where to place the dining table
in a kitchen with a narrow rectangular shape, place it against one of the “short” walls. This is quite logical, because most of the room is occupied by kitchen furniture, and you can increase the number of seats if you replace several chairs with a mini-sofa or a soft corner.
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Notice how casually the interiors of the kitchens above look, but they are narrow enough that if the design is incorrect, too flashy and bright, they will look much more deplorable.
Remember:
For a narrow kitchen
restrained light shades
; use them in large quantities for furniture facades and parallel walls. But to make the distance between the long walls of a narrow kitchen seem somewhat wider, you should use cool tones in their decoration: blue, lavender, mint.
A worktop combined with a window sill will help make the passage more spacious, and if, at the same time, the place for washing is located directly at the window, the process of washing dishes will become less burdensome.
At a glance: walk-through kitchen
Another interesting and very common example of a kitchen not only for private houses, but also for apartments is its walk-through version. For example, if you need to pass by it to get from the corridor to the dining room or loggia. It happens that the kitchen is something like a “pocket” with three walls, without an additional partition separating it from the intermediate rooms.
The task here is to emphasize and highlight the boundaries of the kitchen space, and for this you need to install kitchen furniture in a certain way, organize sources of artificial lighting, use different materials and flooring patterns.
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For example, in the kitchen area, lay the lining in a checkerboard pattern or using a rich color, and use laminate or tiles of a contrasting shade for the floor outside the furniture. Also, focus attention on the work surfaces, thereby drawing the invisible boundaries of the kitchen, using pendant lamps with shades on long cords, or a network of built-in spots.
Finally, a table with a cutting surface or a full island with drawers and cabinets should also be placed in such a way that it closes the interior space of the walk-through kitchen, making it more cozy.
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You can argue and argue about who has it easier: residents of their own house or apartment in a high-rise building ad infinitum. But, sad as it may be, when moving into an apartment, many still have to put up with the already created layout. In this regard, of course, owning your own home has a huge advantage, because you can design and build it yourself, taking into account all your wishes.
DIY kitchen interior in a private house
Since every woman dreams of a beautiful, large and functional room for preparing dishes, then we will talk about the subtleties that will help to properly design a kitchen in a wooden house.
Stages of construction of a summer kitchen
Foundation structure
Having chosen the right place in the country, you can begin leveling and marking the site for construction. When planning, it is necessary to take into account that the floor of this room (especially the open type) should have a slope of about 1-2° for rainwater drainage and ease of cleaning. If the kitchen at the dacha is planned to be open, then it is not necessary to build a full-fledged foundation. It is enough to make a depression in the ground 10-15 cm over the total area of the future house and sprinkle it with sand or screenings. Then you need to thoroughly compact the base and begin covering it with bricks, boards or tiles.
A more reliable structure would be one based on a strip foundation or brick pillars, which will support the entire load from the building. In this case, a strip foundation is preferable because it can withstand heavy loads and can support foam concrete, brick or stone.
Scheme of a strip foundation on columns
It must be taken into account that the floor should be 15-20 cm above the ground level to avoid water ingress.
Advice! If for some reason you cannot plan the work yourself, contact professionals who make summer kitchens for turnkey cottages. This way you will save energy, time and be sure that your dacha is in good hands.
Walls and stoves
The load-bearing wooden elements of the dacha structure are fixed together with brackets or screws. It is better to make support beams from a metal profile. Each master tries to make the external walls from a material that corresponds to both the assigned tasks and the design of the intended kitchen. The simplest and most popular material are 20-25 mm boards. The internal walls are covered with plasterboard, but when arranging an open kitchen it is better to give preference to plastic lining.
Diagram of a wall made of foam blocks
As you can see in the photo, when constructing walls for a closed summer kitchen in a country house, lightweight, durable and fairly affordable foam concrete is most often used. Blocks made from it are easy to lay, have sufficient strength and thermal conductivity. Brick walls are laid in half a brick, maximum in brick. When building a small structure, this is quite enough to get a strong and lightweight wall.
Well, what would a dacha be without a stove and a summer barbecue. For daily cooking at the dacha, ordinary gas stoves or electric stoves are installed. But a more exotic type began to come into fashion - the Russian wood-burning stove. It is laid out of refractory bricks, but the work on its construction should be entrusted to an experienced craftsman, since this process is quite labor-intensive and requires special knowledge that only professionals possess. The stove includes an effective ventilation system and an exhaust hood, the installation of which should be particularly scrupulous. Often in the country they combine a stove with a barbecue. A barbecue oven resembles a fireplace with a firebox at waist level. It is equipped with the necessary equipment for frying food over coals. But you need to think about a hood through which heat and smoke will be removed. A summer kitchen at the dacha can be made in different interpretations, so it is better to immediately look at photos of different projects and choose the optimal one. When choosing, be guided by the size of the plot, your budget and the availability of free space.
Arranging a brick oven - barbecue for an outdoor kitchen
Roofing
Deciding on the roof design is not difficult - it can be single-pitch, gable or flat. If you want to use the premises in the cold season, then you need to think about insulating the roof in your dacha. For example, provide a layer of expanded polystyrene, and ordinary slate or tiles are suitable to complete the roof.
For open summer kitchens, a canopy is often built over the area. This is a simple structure consisting of metal tubular posts or wooden posts, to which the sheathing is fixed and covered with any roofing material. A summer kitchen in a country house should be made taking into account all the wishes of the owner, so look through the proposed projects and choose the one that suits you.
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In what styles can you decorate the room in a village house?
A kitchen in a wooden house should be equipped only after the owners have finally decided on the style of the room. The most popular styles when decorating a country house are:
- country;
- Provence;
- classic;
- in eco and rustic style;
- kitsch;
- rustic, etc.
When a house is located on the seashore, it is often decorated in a marine theme.
If we think about more modern trends, such as minimalism, techno and loft, then the kitchen in a private house is used with their help much less often than in an apartment.
Acceptable styles for arranging a kitchen are shown in the table.
| Style | Peculiarity |
| Classic | White and cream shades, modeling, niches, a minimum of bright details, a lot of light |
| Modern | Functionality, nothing superfluous, smooth corners, smooth lines, asymmetry |
| Country | Natural muted shades, the main material is wood, many decorative elements, hood, stained glass, fireplace |
| Retro | Solidity, high cost, rich decor, strict geometry, bright lighting, “aged” furniture |
| High tech | Rationality and simplicity, a minimum of decor, straight lines, large windows and a lot of additional lighting, modern kitchen devices |
| Scandinavian | A light palette of colors with bright splashes, strict forms and natural materials, functionality, a minimum of decor, a maximum of free space |
| Loft | Open plan, rough, functional furniture, creativity, plenty of lighting, maximum resemblance to a technical room |
| Colonial | Bright color palette, natural materials, authentic decor |
Considering that the kitchen in a private house is as close to nature as possible, it would be appropriate to use natural materials in a rustic style:
- wood:
- wicker rattan furniture;
- stone;
- clay;
- ceramics.
The same can be said about decorative elements. The interior of a kitchen in a private house can be decorated with:
- dried flowers;
- onion or garlic bunches;
- embroidered napkins and towels;
- potholders;
- handmade curtains and tablecloths;
- clay pots;
- kitchen utensils;
- other bright details.
Kitchen-dining room design using examples in specific styles
And this block is all photos. We will give short recommendations here, but basically, just watch and be inspired.
Kitchen-dining rooms in classic style
As we already wrote above, a kitchen in a classic style can be afforded by those whose façade matches. In general, this is one of the most expensive options and, in truth, it does not always look good in a modern design.
It is much better if you make the interior in Italian style rather than in classical style. Italian is similar to the classics, but it is much more modern and not so pretentious. It is cozier and looks more homely than monograms, pretzels and other classic chic.
Kitchen-dining rooms in rustic styles
Nowadays, interiors in the Provence style, in the country style, in the style of a noble estate are very, very popular. This is not surprising, because such spaces simply breathe comfort and warmth. There is beautiful furniture, nice curtains, Viennese chairs, and grand pianos...
Photo of the Provence kitchen-dining room:
Photo of a kitchen-dining room in country style:
There's nothing cozier than a manor-style kitchen. Here you need not only a buffet, but also a writing desk and other elements that were present in manorial estates. Be sure to place a chair by the fireplace. However, it’s better to look at the selection of photos:
Kitchen-dining rooms in modern styles
In general, this is not the most comfortable type of design for a private house and a large area - it is not very good. Modern style or minimalism looks much better in a small apartment.
Here, see for yourself and draw your own conclusions. In our opinion, it is unconstructive to waste such a large area on such faceless mediocrity. Photo of a kitchen-living room in a modern style:
We hope you liked our article and got some fresh ideas for interior design. Write in the comments what else you would like to know and what tips on kitchen-dining room design you are missing in this article!
How to decorate a small room?
Independent interior decoration in the kitchen
Despite the fact that all kitchenettes in high-rise buildings have a small area, a kitchen in a wooden house or in a country house can have completely different dimensions.
If your room is limited in area, pay special attention to the selection of furniture and equipment in order to arrange them as compactly and conveniently as possible, because small rooms with well-arranged furniture are not inferior to a large and spacious room.
The same can be said about the choice of colors. Use light shades from a warm color scheme to help make the space appear larger.
Also, experienced designers often resort to using glossy surfaces, on which reflection allows you to visually enlarge the room. The same manipulations can be done with the ceiling, which will give the room spaciousness.
According to experienced designers, if your room is too elongated, install appliances and furniture along the entire length of the wall in an L-shape. If the width of the room allows, you can install interior items in a U-shape. Of course, it is inappropriate to use islands and peninsulas in narrow kitchens.
To decorate a small and narrow kitchen, it is better to choose cabinets with sliding doors rather than ones that open, because when opened they will block the space. I would also like to note that if you have the opportunity to order furniture according to your sketch, refuse standard cabinets with a depth of 60 cm. For your narrow kitchen space, furniture with a cabinet depth of about 40 cm would be more appropriate.
If at your dacha or in a country house the room is square, fewer questions will arise with it. Most often, in such a room, furniture is arranged in the form of an island, which is placed in the center of the kitchen.
If the kitchen room is square, but very small, the dining table will not fit here. In such a situation, it is worth thinking about “evicting” him to the dining room. If you don’t have one, install a bar counter or a collapsible table that can be folded when not needed and not clutter up such precious space.
Connecting the cooking room with the living room
DIY kitchen interior decoration
Connecting the kitchen with the living room is not a bad decision, especially if your kitchen does not have a lot of square meters. This connection has many positive aspects:
- the housewife can spend time cooking with her household;
- visually not only the kitchen, but also the living room is transformed into a larger room.
But, please note that if you dare to take such a move, you must follow the same style for both the kitchen and the living room, so that the image is consistent and laconic.
There are situations when such a connection between a room and a kitchen allows you to get more light if a window was not provided in the kitchen.
When connecting the kitchen to the room, immediately get a good hood that will prevent odors from spreading throughout the apartment while cooking. Otherwise, all third-party odors will be absorbed into the furniture, textiles, and the room will always have a musty smell.
Nuances when creating a walk-through open kitchen area
Kitchen decoration in a private house
If the kitchen design in a private house is designed in such a way that there is free access to the terrace, a summer terrace can be an unusual solution for placing a dining area on it.
To separate your workplace from the passage area with your own hands, install a kitchen island or bar counter on the border, which can smoothly and harmoniously become a continuation of the work surface. Also, a kitchen table can easily cope with this mission.
If the kitchen area and dining room are connected, the kitchen design in a private house receives enormous space for imagination. At the same time, some cabinets can be moved to the dining room, freeing up more space for preparing goodies. Your main task when decorating an open walk-through kitchen is to adhere to the same style in which the dining room and summer area are decorated.
Kitchen-dining room layout: what to pay attention to
One of the features of a kitchen in a private house may be a non-standard layout. If rooms in apartment buildings, as a rule, are small rooms of regular square or rectangular shape, then the kitchen of a country house can be of absolutely any shape with any arrangement of windows and communications.
ADVICE! When choosing a kitchen layout, you should adhere to the rule of the “kitchen” triangle: refrigerator-sink-stove.
Often this or that kitchen-dining room layout becomes one of the techniques for zoning a room. Some of the well-known ones, for example, parallel placement of furniture, are not suitable for a kitchen-dining room, but the corner and linear options seem to be convenient ways to place a kitchen unit. The U-shaped layout is also not the most convenient option, since it is only suitable for fairly spacious and free rooms. Among the most convenient and attractive ways to place a headset are:
Photo: Corner kitchen combined with dining room
- A corner kitchen-dining room in a private house is a rational way to place all the necessary details even in a limited space: a work area with all the necessary equipment, as well as a eating area with a classic round table and comfortable chairs.
- A linear layout for a private home is not just comfortable, but also the most suitable in terms of simplicity and conciseness. This solution is more suitable for those who do little cooking or order food at home: linear placement often does not allow for a feeling of comfort due to the lack of the correct location of the kitchen triangle.
- A kitchen-dining room with an island is a convenient and stylish option for a private home. The more spacious the kitchen, the more profitable this interior will look. Maximum comfort in terms of access to work surfaces and a spectacular appearance make this layout ideal for a country house.
Photo: Island version of the kitchen-dining room in a private house
Kitchen in the attic
We do the kitchen interior ourselves
The location of the kitchen space in a village house outside the city under the very roof is an unexpected, but effective and unusual solution. This looks especially beneficial if the attic has large roof slopes and is equipped with at least one window, which will allow you to get a source of natural light.
To decorate such a kitchen with your own hands, select furniture of different heights, as well as wall cabinets with a beveled top.
For decoration it is worth choosing light furniture. The design of a kitchen in a wooden house can be enhanced with roof rails, which will help you always have the necessary kitchen appliances at hand without cluttering the space with unnecessary furniture.
Summer cuisine
Kitchen interior
When it's summer outside, spending time in a hot kitchen is painful for any housewife. It is especially difficult when the summer heat coincides with the conservation season. But the way out of the situation is quite simple - a summer kitchen.
In private homes or dachas, a summer kitchen can be represented by:
- in the form of an open-air island;
- closed.
As you understand, a summer kitchen without a roof will not be able to protect you, your dishes and kitchen furniture from unexpected rain. To do this, you need to acquire utensils and furniture that are not afraid of rain or build some kind of cover. It would not be bad if the open summer kitchen was equipped with a canopy, sliding removable partitions or, in extreme cases, thick fabric.
A closed summer kitchen has more advantages, because the roof and walls can protect you from both unexpected rain and scorching sun rays.
Summer kitchen in the country begins with the foundation
If you are planning to build an outdoor summer kitchen, just remove a 15-centimeter layer of soil, cover it with sand, compact it well and cover it with boards, bricks or paving slabs.
If you are planning to build a summer house, then first you need to pour the foundation. It must be strong and resistant to precipitation. Of course, the requirements are not the same as when building a house, but it is better to use frost-resistant slabs.
Foundation slabs need to be installed in the corners of the house - this will give strength and reliability to your structure.
If you decide to make a monolithic foundation, then pay attention to the time of year so that it has time to dry and gain strength. In any case, the foundation must be covered with film for at least one week - this will avoid exposure to sunlight and evaporate moisture.
An example of the construction of an open country summer kitchen
To build a simple brick summer kitchen we will need:
- brick;
- components for concrete mixture;
- Decoration Materials;
- formwork
You will also have to rent a concrete mixer and a vibrator if you don’t have one on the farm.
- To build such a country kitchen, holes for the foundation are dug to a depth of about 35 cm. The edges of the hole are reinforced with formwork boards.
- The bottom is covered with gravel, a layer thickness of 5 cm is sufficient, leveled and compacted.
- Next, we lay 2 connected contours of the reinforcement cage and fill it with concrete. When pouring, concrete needs to be vibrated with a vibrator. Cover the foundation with film until it sets completely.
We are building the walls of the summer kitchen.
We start laying brick walls from the corner. If necessary, use a level to achieve even, vertical masonry.
We make the second row of masonry with a shift of half a brick. You determine the height of the masonry yourself, as it is more convenient.
Upon completion, all cracks must be filled with mortar, leveled with a grater and excess mixture removed.
We install a countertop in a summer kitchen in the country.
- Supporting steel rods are laid between the supports, and a wooden mold is placed on them.
- Pour the concrete into the countertop and let it dry.
- The top of the tabletop can be laid with flagstone.
We plaster the kitchen walls or decorate with heat-resistant materials. In fact, the summer kitchen at the dacha was built with our own hands.
We are making a stove for the summer kitchen.
Most often, traditionally, gas or electric stoves and ovens are installed in country kitchens, which are moved into the house in winter. But lovers of rustic exoticism can build a stove with their own hands, a real wood-burning one, as in the photo.
We are building a roof for a summer kitchen at the dacha
The roof of your summer kitchen can be either gable or flat.
A slope for drainage from rain must be made. The design of the pediment will depend on the slope of the roof; fastening points are worked out very carefully.
Beams with a rectangular cross-section are ideal for the structure. Metal anchors will add rigidity to the structure.
The most popular solution is the gable roof; it is more traditional and gives a finished look to the building.
If your country kitchen is made in the form of a house and you want to use it in colder times, you need to put a layer of thermal insulation on the roof, and then wood paneling and waterproofing sheets on top of it.
To complete the construction of the roof, you can lay tiles; they will blend perfectly with the background of nature and add harmony to your garden.
Ordinary wooden windows and doors will do, as they will let more light into the house and make the room feel welcoming.
On a note !
- The summer kitchen in the country should be located so that the wind does not carry smoke from it into the house.
- It cannot be placed on the south side, otherwise it will be hot to cook.
- Coniferous trees and shrubs should not be planted near the summer kitchen, as they are highly flammable; the distance to them should be at least two meters.
