Design of a narrow kitchen (41 photos): video instructions for decorating the interior of a long small room with your own hands, price, photo

Kitchens in many typical houses are distinguished not only by a small area, but also by a rather disproportionate configuration. In such conditions, the owner of the apartment has to seriously try to, for example, plan the design narrow kitchen of 8 sq m - not only is there not enough space, but also the kitchen set is not normally post.

But, nevertheless, in narrow kitchens it is possible to provide a comfortable environment - the main thing is to abandon stereotyped approaches and adopt the recommendations of leading designers. This, in essence, is what our article is about.

A narrow kitchen is a challenge even for an experienced designer

Features of the interior of a narrow kitchen

Planning of narrowed kitchens

The design of a narrow and long kitchen assumes a different arrangement of the kitchen set from the traditional one. If in an ordinary kitchen of a small area, a corner set is most often installed, then for a kitchen whose length is much larger than the width, such a solution is rarely called suitable.

However, there are accommodation options that will almost perfectly fit into the design of a long narrow kitchen:

• Single row placement. It is used very rarely, since it is not very convenient to work behind a single-row kitchen set, lined up along one wall in a line.
  This layout is only suitable for kitchens with a minimum width, in which it is simply impossible to put the second row of furniture.

Two-row furniture placement

• Two-row placement is the most suitable layout for medium sized kitchens. In this case, furniture must be positioned so that the stove, sink and refrigerator are not on the same side - the so-called "rule of the kitchen triangle". This arrangement of key elements of the kitchen interior, as shown in the photo, will greatly facilitate your cooking work.

"Working triangle" in the kitchen

• U-shaped placement. In order to harmoniously fit the U-shaped headset into the design of a long and narrow kitchen, a sufficiently large area is required.
  Therefore, it is not possible to implement such a layout everywhere. However, the convenience of such an arrangement is indisputable, especially in the case when a countertop adjacent to a short wall can be combined with a window sill.

Note!
As a rule, the design of a narrow long kitchen with a U-shaped arrangement of the headset does not imply the presence of seating.
You can get out of the situation by installing along one of the walls a narrow kitchen bar and putting high chairs to her.

Bar counter in the kitchen

Furniture for disproportionate kitchens

An important factor influencing the convenience of the kitchen is the correct selection of furniture.

If the kitchen at our disposal is long and narrow, then the task becomes much more complicated.

• Only furniture can fit into the design of a narrow small kitchen that will not interfere with free movement along the aisle.
  That is why, for narrow kitchens, designers advise choosing headsets with as smooth as possible kitchen facades, without protruding parts of the fittings.
• If there is a pantry near our kitchen, or if the lower drawers are enough to store all the kitchen utensils, you can refuse the upper modules. This will significantly expand the upper part of the kitchen, making the room more spacious.
• Also, a great way to visually increase the area of ​​a long kitchen with a small area would be to use glass facades, such as the one in the photo in this article.
  Of course, the price of quality glass is quite high - but the effect produced is worth it!

Glass facades

• As for the table in a narrow kitchen, it must either be replaced with a bar counter (as we wrote about above), or made folding.
  At the bottom of the folding table you can make cabinet for storing rarely used kitchen utensils - large pans, saucepans, etc.

Design Tips

Color solution

In fact, how effective in terms of convenience will be the design of a small narrow kitchen, depends not only on the layout and selection of the right furniture, but also on many nuances in the design of the premises.

And it is the color scheme of the kitchen that comes to the fore.

Light colors for narrow kitchens

The main problem of such kitchens is not even their small area, but disproportion.

It is with the disproportionate ratio of the length and width of the kitchen that we will fight with various means:

• The floor in a narrow kitchen can be anything, both light and dark. The transverse strip on the floor will significantly expand the room, therefore it is such a tile pattern or linoleum for kitchen you have to choose.

Note!
Laminate must also be laid across the kitchen or diagonally - even if the luminous flux will emphasize the joints.

• The optimal furniture colors are white, beige, light gray, turquoise, etc. Pure white areas should be diluted with small color accents.
• The original solution is the combination "light top - dark bottom". In this case, the lower kitchen modules can be made of dark wood, and the upper ones must be light or transparent.
• A completely dark set and finish can only be tolerated in very spacious elongated kitchens. But in this case, there should be several bright places in the room.

Lighting, textiles and accessories

Lighting also plays an important role in the formation of a single image of the kitchen:

Lamps for a narrow kitchen

• Built-in lamps in a narrow kitchen will create the feeling of a tunnel, therefore it is better to refuse them. Instead of built-in light, it is better to use low hanging ceiling lamps.
• As a spotlight, you can install a clothespin lamp on a flexible arm - this way you can direct the light where we need it.
• Window curtains are an important component of kitchen decoration. Transparent and weightless curtains are not suitable for a narrow kitchen - it is better to sew a beautiful bright curtain with your own hands. It may not be too long, but its bright color and large pattern will become an important accent in the design of the room.

Curtains for the kitchen window

Advice!
Instructions for sewing curtains, as well as an explanatory video are in the corresponding section of this site.

• Even in the narrowest kitchen there should be a place for accessories - small table clocks, figurines, paintings, flower arrangements, etc. Let these details be few - but they will create a unique style your kitchen.

Undoubtedly, a long and narrow kitchen is a kind of challenge for a designer, because making such a room cozy is very difficult. But nevertheless, if you try, your kitchen will become very comfortable - and in a few days you will no longer notice the peculiarities of its layout!