If you have become the owner of a one-room apartment, then you have a big headache in a small space - how to live in this room without a bedroom and a guest room? But look at the situation from a different angle - you are the absolute owner of your square meters, and the flight of fantasy is not limited by internal partitions.
Equip two cabinets standing in opposite parts and shelves along the front edge.
Think carefully and decide what furniture you want to put in. Your task is to create free space, but not to the detriment of comfort. Therefore, when choosing, follow very simple rules.
A big headache in a small space is how to live in this room without a bedroom and a guest room.
Before you arrange furniture in a one-room apartment, carefully measure your home, existing interior items and make a detailed plan on paper. Use these measurements when choosing furniture, as well as when working with various computer programs designed to create and select the most successful layout options.
Your task is to create free space, but not at the expense of convenience.
Use storage systems
Wall cabinets and shelves are quite suitable for this purpose. Buy poufs, beds and recreation areas with built-in drawers.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION! The advantage of this approach is that you will always have quick access to things instead of sorting through the clutter in the storage room.
Before you arrange furniture in a one-room apartment, carefully measure your home.
For large items and clothing, make a floor-to-ceiling wardrobe with mirrored doors that will create the illusion of a large space. Build a folding ironing board into it.
Now you know exactly how to arrange furniture in a one-room apartment.
Nothing extra in the apartment!
Design your own cabinet or kitchen area using modular furniture systems. You will receive an individually selected set, devoid of unnecessary elements. Save money by refusing a tall cabinet and successfully "fit" the set into the specified dimensions by including a corner hanging drawer.
The benefit of this approach is that you will always have quick access to things instead of having to sort through the clutter in the storage room.
Experience the full power of "Transformers"
A good solution would be to use a folding bed, which with a slight wave of the owner's hand can turn into a table or a nightstand. A four-in-one chair can be transformed into a bed, ottoman or daybed.
Choose items that are not too large but comfortable, and your one-room apartment will retain a feeling of spaciousness.
A cargo-style shelf will fit into an empty corner. Its shelves are open rectangular boxes, attached in a checkerboard pattern to opposite load-bearing side walls.
For large items and clothing, make a floor-to-ceiling wardrobe with mirrored doors, which will create the illusion of a large space.
Use furniture that changes shape to suit your evening plans, whether it's a festive dinner or a romantic tête-à-tête. A U-shaped seating area that transforms into four comfortable armchairs or a corner sofa, armchair and wide ottoman is perfect for this.
Install a bar counter with high stools on the border between the living room and kitchen and you will have additional seating for guests.
A schoolchild will love a computer desk where he can sleep well. No need to leave his work place – the bed frame with a mattress fixed to it is already built in with a hinged folding joint. When preparing for sleep, it is enough to smoothly pull the top edge towards you – and the computer with textbooks will give way to a pillow and blanket.
A good solution would be to use a folding bed, which with a slight wave of the owner's hand can turn into a table or a nightstand.
Home is where the walls are
Mount a large plasma panel on the wall using brackets. Place a low cabinet underneath for the receiver and Wi-Fi router. A panel with false niches for the sound system will help hide the wires.
When preparing for bed, simply pull the top edge towards you and your computer and textbooks will give way to a pillow and blanket.
To ensure your eyes are comfortable, choose the recommended distance from the screen to the sofa where you will sit to watch your favorite TV shows. To do this, follow the recommended values for panels with different diagonal lengths.
42 inches – 2.5 meters;
55 inches – 3 meters;
60 inches – 3.8 meters.
Use furniture that changes shape to suit your evening plans, whether it's a festive dinner or a romantic tête-à-tête.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION! The distance from the sofa to the plasma panel should be approximately equal to the product of its diagonal by four, and for LCD panels - by three. To convert to the metric system, multiply the resulting value by 2.54 cm.
Look at the situation from a different angle - you are the absolute master of your square meters, and your flight of fantasy is not limited by internal partitions.
Dreams in 3D
Do not forget that in addition to width and length, the space of the room also has height, and use this property to your advantage. Arrange your cozy sleeping place on the second tier, to which the stairs lead, and convenient drawers are hidden under the steps.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION! The second tier can be made in an apartment with high ceilings that does not have ventilation problems.
To ensure your eyes are comfortable, choose the recommended distance from the screen to the sofa where you will sit to watch your favorite TV shows.
You can't live like this!
Don't make common mistakes when trying to improve the interior of your home.
Chests of drawers, sideboards, tables
Furniture with a wide tabletop narrows the available space, interferes with passage and makes the room look heavier.
Accessories
Don't place figurines anywhere, don't overload empty walls with framed photographs, and don't fill up free space with soft things and toys - you'll be guaranteed a feeling of disorder and a constant struggle with dust.
Large pieces of furniture
Placed next to small ones, they give a sense of awkwardness to the entire interior. Try to avoid such combinations and keep a distance between them.
Dark furniture.
Bright light shining through the windows of a room located on the sunny side of the house does not go well with a dark color scheme. Choose furniture in light and neutral shades or use thick curtains.
Do not forget that in addition to width and length, the space of the room also has height, and use this property to your advantage.
How to Make the Most of a Small Kitchen
In a one-room apartment, a large kitchen with a dining room is an unaffordable luxury. It is better to organize meals in the common living room, freeing up more space for cooking. When choosing furniture, follow these principles:
the main points in the kitchen – the hob, sink and refrigerator – should be located at a distance of one or one and a half meters from each other;
place the gas stove at least 0.50 m away from the window;
the depth of the tabletop of the set should not exceed 0.60 m - this is quite sufficient to ensure freedom of movement and placement of products;
adjust the height of the tabletop to the height of the hostess - the distance from the surface to the elbow should not exceed 20 cm - or purchase a portable stand;
use tall corner tall cabinets;
install the refrigerator so that its door opens in the opposite direction from the countertop;
Install forced ventilation - it will rid you of unpleasant odors and excess moisture in the air.
Don't make common mistakes when trying to improve the interior of your home.
NOTE! To create a compact work environment, purchase kitchen units that are organized according to the modular principle.
For small kitchens, an L-shaped configuration of the set is suitable. Its corner cabinets - wall and under the countertop - will add storage space for kitchen utensils and tableware. Fill the space between the wall and the cabinet with a roll-out shelf for utensils and spice jars.
In a one-room apartment, a large kitchen with a dining area is an unaffordable luxury.
Make a railing system under the wall cabinets from metal hollow tubes on holders, attached with dowels to the wall. It is convenient to hang ladles, large forks for frying meat, boxes-cups for small kitchen utensils and towels on them.
You can use a window sill as a tabletop and hide stools or poufs under it. If you eat in the kitchen alone, then put a nightstand table with a lowering tabletop on telescopic guides or with a retractable leg.
To create a compact work environment, purchase kitchen units that are organized according to the modular principle.
Bathroom furniture
Feel free to part with the cast-iron "trough". Replace it with a shower cabin or a corner bath with low sides, and install a washing machine in the freed up space.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION! You can make a shower area equipped with a drain built into the floor and fence it off with a light plastic partition with sliding doors.
Instead of a sink on a counter, install a set of a floor cabinet with a washbasin and many drawers, a mirror and a wall cabinet. Make small mezzanines above the entrance to the bathroom. If the bathroom is warm, install a combined heating radiator for towels and small linens instead of a regular radiator.
You can make a shower area equipped with a drain built into the floor and fence it off with a light plastic partition with sliding doors.
Divide and conquer
It doesn't matter what type of home you have. It could be a trendy studio or a room with removed internal partitions. In order for your one-room apartment to be cozy and tidy, make a clear division into main zones.
IMPORTANT! To avoid the collapse of the room ceiling and problems when selling the apartment, make sure that the partitions you want to demolish are not load-bearing structures.
To make your one-room apartment cozy and tidy, clearly divide it into main zones.
Living room
Place it near the border of the kitchen area. Put a coffee table, a seating area or several identical chairs, and install a TV on the opposite wall. Make blinds on the windows if the sun creates strong side lighting.
For good lighting, provide two light sources - background and direct lighting of the work area from the left side (if you are right-handed).
Work area
Observe ergonomic requirements when equipping it.
For good lighting, provide two light sources - background and direct lighting of the work area from the left side (if you are right-handed).
Furniture in the work area of the room should not create glare and distract from the creative process.
If your desk is in a corner, partition it off with a bookcase and place all frequently used items on it.
Use an office chair with wheels, a soft seat, comfortable armrests and back.
Buy a secretary or cabinet with a folding or sliding tabletop. When guests arrive, you can easily free up additional space or hide your work from prying eyes.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION! It is advisable to install a separate light source in each area of the room – ceiling LED panels, floor lamps or wall lamps, which should illuminate their central part.
Furniture in the work area of the room should not create glare and distract from the creative process.
Leisure and sleep area
Use a sofa that transforms into a bunk bed at night with comfortable orthopedic mattresses. It is better to place it in the central part of the room, away from the balcony door.
If you already have a relaxation area, buy a wall bed. It looks like a narrow closet with mezzanines and side shelves. Its central part is designed as a large wooden panel, behind which is hidden an easily folding frame of a double bed.
Use a sofa that transforms into a bunk bed at night with comfortable orthopedic mattresses.
Kitchen
Place a compact set with lots of shelves and cabinets and a refrigerator along one of the two walls of the kitchen area – this will free up space for a small dining table and two or three stools. Install a bar counter with high chairs on the border of the living room and kitchen and you will have additional seats for guests.
Install a bar counter with high stools on the border between the living room and kitchen and you will have additional seating for guests.
Storage systems
This zone is "smeared" throughout the entire space of the room, has no clear boundary and unites furniture intended for storing rarely or seasonally used things. To store tools and items that do not require special conditions, use a loggia or a closed balcony. Equip two cabinets standing in opposite parts and shelves along the front edge.
Now you know exactly how to arrange furniture in a one-room apartment. Make sure that there is always enough free space. Choose not very large, but comfortable items and your one-room apartment will maintain a feeling of spaciousness.
The storage area is “smeared” throughout the entire space of the room, has no clear boundaries and unites the furniture.
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