The design of a three-room apartment is one of the most pleasant for a designer. There is quite a lot of space to correctly arrange all the necessary things and objects, but at the same time, the area is not depressingly large and from this it is cozy.
In our series, there are also articles on the design of one-room and two-room apartments. They are more saturated with technological details, there is a list of questions that should be asked before and during the repair. From the point of view of a rational approach and design, it will be very useful for you to read them and form a personal approach regarding the construction process and the subsequent implementation of the design idea..
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In this article we will focus on the visuals. We will discuss current trends and outdated approaches, come to a common understanding of what materials and techniques to use.
Initially, we will discuss what trends prevail today. Studying the market for pieces of furniture, decor, plumbing and other things necessary in every apartment, as well as facing all kinds of design projects, we made the so-called «squeeze» relevant and not too approaches. They took a standard three-room apartment as a basis, not even being limited to any particular style. In one way or another, these theses are related to each of them..
I am glad that laconic styles – Scandinavian, contemporary – have replaced the pretentious and magnificent baroque, art deco and glamor. They can be no less expensive, but their sophistication and the ability to create coziness conquer exponency and pretentiousness, putting at the head of simple family values, joy and comfort from being at home.
As for the apartment as a whole
Fashionable:
Use one general idea and style for the apartment as a whole, and not for different rooms separately High skirting boards (10 to 20 cm) Floor covering with a very rough wood texture and pronounced veins, serifs and irregularities Floor tiles in the style «patchwork» White doors Make a pantry, a dressing room and, in general, as much as possible, closed storage spaces, so that it is convenient to maintain order in the apartment. Appreciate daylight and use light curtains, or even do without them altogether. Simple curtain design. – «smart House») Thin paper wallpapers Large decorative elements
Not relevant:
Low moldings and baseboards (less than 6 cm) Multilevel ceilings that reduce their already not too high level in an average apartment Interior doors with colored stained-glass windows Pretentious wall and ceiling paintings imitating the sky, perspective or a view from a drawn window Lambrequins and other too complex elements in textile design (even the classic style adheres more to ordinary even flowing curtains or curtains with hooks) The use of decorative and non-functional plasterboard structures in the form of unnecessary partitions and meaningless niches that only uselessly eat up such an expensive (in every sense of the word) space Use a balcony as warehouse of unnecessary things Indicative splendor: a lot of gilding, rhinestones and feathers
Living room
Fashionable:
Coffee table – made of rough untreated wood, sometimes – on a metal base Open shelving for storage and decor
Not relevant:
Buy a set of identical furniture in the living room Furniture pile in the form «walls» from numerous shelves and cabinets Huge wall-to-wall carpet
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Bedroom
Fashionable:
The bed and bedside tables should match each other, but be bought from different manufacturers and not be a set (for the more daring: there are different bedside tables on both sides of the bed) Put all things and clothes in the dressing room, leaving only a chest of drawers in the bedroom
Not relevant:
Buy a set of identical furniture in the bedroom (wardrobe, bed, dressing table, two cabinets, chest of drawers)
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Children
Fashionable:
Black and dark green paint that turns a piece of wall into a blackboard for chalk painting Colored windowsills or batteries Modular furniture that transforms
Not relevant:
Use acidic and other too bright shades of colors that negatively affect the psyche
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Kitchen
Fashionable:
Artificial stone, quartz or porcelain stoneware countertops Using water filters Using a waste disposer Built-in appliances
Not relevant:
Bar counters with chrome tubular footrest Washing machine in the kitchen
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Bathroom
Fashionable:
Quaril sanitary ware Underfloor heating Transparent glass in shower cabins Shower cabins without a pallet (with a built-in drain in the floor) Designer heated towel rails Masking inspection hatches under the tiles When buying a tumble dryer, place it above the washing machine Washbasin with a double sink Built-in installations for a toilet and a toilet bowl Hanging and bidet
Not relevant:
Large shower cabins type «bath / shower»
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Lighting
Fashionable:
Large floor lamps behind the sofa and illuminating the coffee table area Overhead spotlights LED lighting (the best category of lighting sources in all respects today) Suspensions instead of sconces (on thin threads, like light sources hanging from the ceiling) Transparent glass and plastic
Not relevant:
All sources – from the same series and design line (chandeliers, sconces, floor lamp) Too many rhinestones and crystal Chromium-plated ceiling chandeliers Neon multi-colored lighting
We hope this article will help save you from mistakes, because for each stage the graphs «not relevant» there is a huge segment of the market that makes money on it. And it is not in their interest to inform you about what is fashionable and what has long been gone. We, as an independent party, can only propose for consideration, and the decision, of course, to be taken exclusively by you – what is and what has no place in your apartment..
