Compactness and functionality are the main criteria for kitchen corners capable of solving the problem of the element in the kitchens of different sizes. Of course, kitchen corners are invented not yesterday, but it is today that manufacturers surprise us with a design, size and additional features. How to position the furniture, reasonably begun the size of even a small kitchen area, the advice of specialists will help.
Standard dimensions
What is a kitchen corner? First of all, this is a place where the family will not only have breakfast, dine and dinner, but also receive guests. Therefore, the main requirement for furniture is convenience and functionality.
- Sofa. Usually it is an angular, comfortable, there is almost every complete set.
- Chairs or stools. They are necessary in any case, however, in some configurations they are missing, therefore often bought separately. Sometimes stools are equipped with a place for storing small things, which is very convenient in a small kitchen.
- Table. There may be any form, depending on your requirements: Round, oval, sometimes triangular. Mandatory condition: proportionality with a sofa, otherwise the design will look ridiculous.
- Additional accessories: Puffs, pillows or benches.
Seats for kitchen corners produce two types: soft or semi-mad. The first option is more like the standard sofa seats, and the second is a bit rigid and resemble the seat of chairs. Deciding to buy the necessary furniture in the kitchen, first of all, it is necessary to decide on the length of the sides of the kitchen corner. Generally accepted standards for which buyers and furniture sellers are oriented, this is from 140x110 to 140x200 with respect to a rectangular sequencing angle.
Such a corner is easy to find in any specialized furniture store. Such furniture will allow you to accommodate the displacement of the family of a family of 3.
The height of the furniture also has almost always a standard size: 80-90 cm. Of course, you can pick up or order a higher back of the product, then the whole kitchen corner will seem high. If your kitchen area allows you to place more overall furniture, it is quite logical in it will look a kitchen corner of larger. Individual size models can be ordered without any problems, manufacturers will be able to perform any option.
In stores are offered corners of various sizes, shapes and structures.
- Rectangular 3-section. Such corners consist of 2 sofas and angular inserts. All the necessary inserts have different lengths. Analogs of two sections are 2 sofas located an angle into the angle with each other. The dimensions of their 1000x1000 cm or 1200x1200 cm.
- Square. All sections are the same in size, small. This is the perfect option for a small room.
- Round. Mostly larger dimensions than the rest of the structures. Suitable for non-standard kitchens.
Dimensions for small kitchens
The kitchen corner is a saving solution for the kitchen room of a small size. The most compact dimensions in this case are 110x110 cm. Such a design is equipped with a variety of boxes for various trifles, where you can also store cereals, potatoes or kitchen towels and napkins, which significantly saves space. In this case, the need to have an additional wardrobe on the kitchen territory. Everything you need will be at hand.
Behind the kitchen corner you can always arrange more people than on the chairs, especially since such a landing place is much more comfortable simple stool. For example, the depth of the sofa of 50 centimeters is quite comfortable for vacationers.
The miniature model of 1010 x1010 mm in size is made complete with a small table and two stools.
The kit is slightly larger than 850x1500 mm, 1000x1300 or 1100x1600 mm you can pick up a standard full dining table. In any case, the size and dimensions can be changed by ordering an individual kitchen corner. The model performed by the letter "G" is particularly popular. If you stopped on the square form of furniture, then you need to carefully weigh where the sofa is installed.
Corners of small sizes are produced in unimprovable or modular. The latter can be used in full design and separately. If your kitchen is completely small, then manufacturers offer designs no backs, and pillows included in the kit are attached directly to the wall using a special sticky tape. Place the corner is preferably a meter from the kitchen cabinets.
Parameters of corners with sleeping place
Of course, the model with a sleeping place deserve special attention. This is especially true in a one-room apartment, when guests suddenly came to you.
Experienced designers recommend to beat this nuance and make your kitchen not only comfortable, but also a stylish room.
Corners with a sleeping place have a number of indisputable advantages:
- Such a model takes a minimum of space, which significantly saves it;
- With a reasonable arrangement, that is, with the right corner of the reversal and sizes of the corner, you can create a rather stylish design of the kitchen space;
- When buying such furniture, you get a full-fledged bed;
- You can assemble such a furniture corner yourself, it will not be difficult.
If you have chosen a corner with a folding sofa, remember that it should be at least 180 cm, so that the person can easily settle on it. There are models with smaller dimensions - 110-140 cm. It is also necessary to take care of the proper height of the seats - at least 40-50 cm, but the depth should be from 50 to 70 cm.
With regards to height, it is 80-95 cm, and sometimes more, if there are various design elements on the backs of the product.
If a kitchen corner becomes a permanent berth of someone from households, it is better to choose a steady kit with a solid mechanism and leather seats. If only guests are sleeping in the kitchen, you can choose a model with a softer coating. Such corners are also equipped with comfortable boxes, covering the seats of the corner. They can even keep banks with conservation. True, because of a small prayer, the kitchen will have to periodically push the table to take everything you need from the boxes.
Unusual options
Convenience and functionality are not always becoming criteria for choosing small kitchen corners. It is clear that all this furniture is adapted for eating, so it is important that the seats of the sofa and the back of the chairs were very comfortable for a long pastime. Non-standard sizes and options for such sets in addition can turn your small kitchen in a very stylish room. To order such a furniture, you need to calculate how many people are usually sitting at the table, it is convenient for them to come to a corner, whether the kit fits in the overall design of the kitchen room.
An unusual your kitchen can do not only size, but also the color of your chosen furniture. Thanks to today's ability to technology, experts will be able to offer unusual and memorable colors: from orange to black.
An important point in this case will be the selection of accessories and textiles in the kitchen. For example, the kitchen in the marine style will make your room quite unusual. Pillows A-la Tel will add a highlight to a corner in a blue-white color.
In this option, you can choose a bright green upholstery of the seats, add bouquets. In a small room you can recreate the illusion of the coupe: for this, a small table and 2 seats decorated in minimalist style are sufficient.
True, such a kitchen is designed for a family of 2 people.
If you are the owner of a spacious kitchen, you can equip the corner of the P-shaped When it obtained a completely complete zone for the adoption of guests and conducting sincere conversations. By adding a couple of chairs, here you can take a small guest company. The walls are enough to arrange in bright colors, even in white, and the upholstery of furniture to choose a color or with an unusual pattern of geometric shapes. This will allow you to even more expand the space, and unusual textiles will add a positive element in the kitchen.
It will be nice to look and stylized wooden kitchen corner with rigid seats. There will be superfluous bedding and pillows, and the corner zone itself will be temporary "refuge" for making food in a large and spacious kitchen.
Many designers recommend arrange a kitchenette near the window opening with a luxurious view of nature.
How to pick up?
So, if you decide to decorate your kitchen space, for a start, decide which size suits you. Here, the height, length, width are important. Carefully measure the number of the room and decide on the place where the corner will be located.
It is better to install it away from the refrigerator, the hob or washing, ideally at the window.
Some owners are used for a kitchen corner of a loggia, an attached balcony or a terrker, where the sofa is easily placed. The second point is the upholstery of the kit. This element can simultaneously spoil the appearance of the kitchen or, on the contrary, to improve.
- Upholstery fabric can repeat the design of the curtain in the dining area.
- The upholstery material today is presented in a wide range. If you choose a soft sofa with fabric upholstery, remember that the most common materials are velor, jacquard, plush or shenill.
- A microfiber with teflon coating has perfectly proven - the material from which it is easy to launder all the spots.
- Flock with a short pile is less wear-resistant than microfiber, but also very practical, with a huge color scheme.
- Leather coating - the classic of the genre, it is a durable material, the skin is easy to care for the skin, but this corner will fit only in a certain style of design of the kitchen.
- Ecocatus has been hurting records for popularity for many years, this is a fire-resistant material that visually resembles natural skin, while significantly cheaper.
- Both overalls, and miniature kitchen corners will look great with any of the above-mentioned fabric upholsters, the main thing is to skillfully beat the coloring with the surrounding design.
If you do not like cloth, choose "hard" seats, imitating a wooden coating. Decorate their multicolored pillows, and an element of a garden rest will appear in your kitchen.
The next point is the material from which the kitchen corner is made. It is necessary that the table, and the sofa lining and chairs coincide on the texture. It will be not bad if the externally "wooden" design of your furniture will be different with a color tinge from the floor. Manufacturers offer the following material options.
- Chipboard. A good budget variant, depending on the laminated coating can have any color. Of course, the chipboard is less qualitative than a tree, but visually this coating is very noble, especially if you pick up the upholstery of good quality.
- Wood. High-quality, natural and wear-resistant material, however, far from a budget option. The most appreciated products from beech, pine or birch.
For a small kitchen, it is better to choose a kitchen corner with a table on one leg, it will facilitate the "shrinkage" present process at the corner. As you can see, a kitchen corner is capable not only rational to use a member of the kitchen room, but also make it a rather stylish and comfortable area for recreation and meetings with friends.
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