Kitchen-living room 20 sq m (45 photos): video instructions for creating a room design with your own hands, photo, price

How compatible are the kitchen and living room with each other? Moreover, are there boundaries for a reasonable combination, for example, by area, by design developments, by the use of certain finishing materials?

Is it possible to squeeze this solution into at least 20 squares? These questions are of interest to residents of multi-storey buildings, and not only them, for more than a dozen years. Let's talk about this.

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What we have

And really, what?

• If you have a room that is clogged in the plan of an apartment like a kitchen, the area of ​​which is 20 square meters, then it will not be difficult to turn it into a kitchen-living room;
• If you have a Khrushchev and you decide to dismantle the wall in such a way that you get a kitchen-living room of 20 square meters, then here you will have to show much more ingenuity and ingenuity to turn the whole complex into a single ensemble.

Living room kitchen option.

Consider both options

A kitchen-living room of 20 meters is a fairly simple solution, but only at first glance.

The simplicity lies primarily in the fact that:

• This room is designed in the same style;
• Furniture and household appliances are located, often in one line, or L-shaped;
• Does not require zoning;
• The visual effects of expanding space are rarely used.

Even dark colors in interior design are acceptable.

Indeed, on such an area, a kitchen set, kitchen appliances and even a large dining table can easily be accommodated. Add here a small plasma panel, or a home theater and, alley-up, the family is ready to welcome guests.

What's so difficult here? Rather, these are not difficulties, but constraints:

• The interior of the kitchen-living room of 20 sq m practically does not accept combined color solutions for such components as floors, ceilings, walls;
• The allocation of additional zones in such a room will look at least strange;
• Taking into account the aggressive kitchen environment, in such rooms it is recommended to use such materials for the upholstery of upholstered furniture that can undergo chemical treatment (hygienic coatings).

Note! In these solutions, the interior of the kitchen-living room 20 m does not accept the U-shaped arrangement of furniture in the kitchen, the allocation of "islands", which practically narrows the possibilities of design imagination.

Looks good, but a little boring.

Now compatible

And now about the painful question, combining a small kitchen with a small living room. Moreover, it is necessary to do this so that this miracle of combination has a decent appearance and at the same time does not contradict any building codes and regulations.

Note! In Soviet-era houses, the expansion of the apartment's space due to the demolition of the wall, or part of it, can have fatal consequences. Therefore, before awakening the instincts of destruction, grab a sledgehammer or puncher with your own hands, consult a specialist. The wall you want to destroy may be a load-bearing wall.

Everything was possible here.

And what in return? And in return we will receive several advantages that are quite important and from which an apartment with a small area only benefits, namely:

• The number of design solutions is increasing;
• Increases natural room illumination, and adding contrasting artificial lighting in the kitchen, the effect will be even more pronounced;
• Introduced zoning, which allows you to introduce additional decorative elements, a variety of color and architectural components;
• There is a need for the introduction visual effects expanding space.

The remodeling is interesting in itself.

Kitchen-living room 18 sq m - see here.

Several options and more details

When combining the kitchen and living room in old houses, it will be possible to get the same 20 squares at the exit from which we are now trying to push off.

1. The design of the kitchen-living room of 20 sq m has much more possibilities when combining not so much "thanks" as "because of". It's just that the owners of these apartments have nowhere to go. They are forced to save as much square meters as possible, resorting to all sorts of tricks to cram the maximum amount needed into the space, which, to be honest, has not changed. Hence the visual effects, and the revitalization of the palette with a variety of matching tones, and the introduction of additional architectural and interior forms.
2. Introduction of diversified lighting for different areas of the living room and kitchen, work area and recreation area allows you not only to save energy, but also to create a unique color and light color of your home setting.

Note! The illumination of the working areas of the kitchen and the working area in the living room should be as bright as possible. Special explanations are not required here, just the object to which increased attention is paid should be as illuminated as possible.

1. Zoning. It's more of an ordering element. The fact is that not only walls can serve as borders, but also false walls, screens, sliding partitions, various large items, for example: aquariums, bar counters, sofas, armchairs, armchairs and many other items (cm. See also article Zoning the kitchen and living room: popular ways).
2. The design of the living room-kitchen 20 m simply requires a visual expansion of the space. This effect will also benefit from improved room illumination. A mirror in which the kitchen or other space will be reflected from floor to ceiling is very useful here. The cost of this improvement will be rather big, but the benefits are quite large. Yes, just like in the photo.

Visualization is a great thing.

Finally

Transforming a kitchen into a living room kitchen is a creative process. Any instruction will not be able to provide for all the options that are interesting to you and acceptable in your apartment.

That is why we advise, first of all, to trust only professional advice. And our traditional video will allow you to see firsthand the options for solving this problem.

Kitchen-living room 16 square meters - see here.