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Fantastic Ideas for Kitchen-Living Room

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What are the advantages of a kitchen-living room? First, one large room instead of two small ones provides more space and light. Second, it becomes possible to do several things at once: cook and chat with guests, take care of children and wait for soup to simmer while comfortably sitting on the sofa with a book. By combining two rooms, we get a spacious, bright and modern space. And what are the disadvantages? Isn't the smell of food eliminated well by a properly installed range hood?

The main 'trick' in kitchen-living room design is proper zoning. How to use this in a kitchen-living room, we'll consider with examples from our article.

Zoning with a Sofa

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Leave the arrangement of furniture along the walls of the past century behind. Filling every square centimeter of wall with a sofa or cabinet deprives the design of dynamism. To properly separate the living room and kitchen zones, you can place a sofa in the center of the room with its back to the kitchen area. In this way, sitting on the sofa you will only see what relates to the living room. This technique does not disrupt the unity of space and leaves plenty of light and airiness in perceiving the room.

Remember the sitcom 'Friends'? The same technique with an open sofa back was used there: the kitchen is against one wall, and the sofa looks at another. Each can do their own thing while everyone stays together.

Partitions

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A classic in zoning is installing a partition. This can be a solid wall made of gypsum board or brick. Easier to install transparent structures from wood, glass or metal. The project above features a combined partition where wooden beams reflect the wooden dining table, unifying the room's design in style and color.

A solid partition can serve two functions at once if shelves for storage are placed 'inside' it. The advantage of such a partition is that it can be any shape and size since it's created individually from scratch. The downside — when renovating next time, it is harder to remove such a partition than simply move a shelf.