Small apartment: Ideas for interior and design of one-room apartments

Repairing a one-room apartment is not an easy task. In addition to the fact that it is necessary to arrange a living room, a bedroom and a workplace in one room (the minimum set for families with no children), the bathroom and kitchen most often have a very modest area. But even in a small apartment, you can arrange a cozy, stylish and incredibly functional home. It is only necessary to correctly plan the available square meters and use design techniques to visually increase the space. Whatever area your apartment has, making a cozy nest out of it is a completely feasible task. After all, designers have accumulated vast experience in arranging dwellings of various sizes and shapes, we will use their advice and equip our small-sized home with comfort.

Repair options for a one-room apartment. Photo

Depending on the quadrature of a one-room apartment, you can take certain actions to increase its real size. But whatever the size of your home, it is obvious that there will always be a shortage of space. Therefore, the owners go to various constructive and design tricks:

combine a bathroom – connect a toilet with a bathroom. The resulting room accommodates not only a bath (or shower), sink and toilet, but also a washing machine. This eliminates the need to embed a household appliance into a kitchen set, which is essential «unloads» kitchen furnishings;

connect a single room with a loggia, increasing the space by several square meters (the loggia must be insulated and waterproofed);

demolish the partition between the kitchen and the living room (which is also a bedroom, an office and, possibly, a nursery) to obtain one spacious room in which all functional segments will be located

some layouts of one-room apartments imply the expansion of the room due to the demolition of the partition with the corridor or hallway.

It is important to remember that any redevelopment will need to be legalized in the relevant departments. Some alterations will require the transfer of communication systems – electrical wiring, sewerage, water supply, pipes and heating radiators.

In addition to structural alterations, you can use a number of design techniques that will help to visually increase the area of ​​the home. Their advantage is the absence of the need for permission from any authorities and the relative ease of implementation;

the use of a light palette for surface finishing – the white color perfectly reflects light and allows it to spread almost unhindered throughout the room;

mirror surfaces will help visually «erase» space boundaries – these can be inserts on the facades of furniture or part of the decoration;

glass and glossy surfaces also contribute to a visual increase in the volume of rooms (for example, a glossy stretch ceiling will help to visually increase the height of the room);

large windows, doors with glass inserts – any techniques that contribute to the saturation of the room with natural light;

multi-level artificial lighting system – pendant chandeliers, wall sconces, built-in lamps and lighting strips – each functional segment must have «your» lighting device;

the use of simple in terms of execution and light furnishings;

getting rid of all that is superfluous and minimizing decor (using mainly wall decorative elements in reasonable quantities).

Design of a one-room apartment 40 sq. m. Photo

One-room apartment with an area of ​​40 sq. m is a good option. Any owner of a small dwelling can say so. Having such volumes, it is possible without any problems to create a comfortable, functional, modern and beautiful interior, the relevance of which will be valid for several years. In an apartment with such an area, you can not even use redevelopment, but use only design techniques to visually expand the space. But it all depends on the size and shape of the main room and the number of households who live on these forty square meters.

If a room should serve as a full-fledged living room during the day and become a bedroom at night, then the best option for a young married couple without children is to use a bed with a folding mechanism, which can be compact «hide» in the closet. Modern models can withstand heavy weight, are easy to use, and the fittings have high strength and reliability..

If sleeping on a sofa in the living room, which turns into a sleeping place at night, is not an acceptable option for you, then you need to consider the possibility of creating a secluded segment for decorating a bedroom. Even a very small sleeping and rest area will be a separate room. Experts recommend in this case the use of glass partitions, which allow sunlight to enter the sleeping area during the day, and in the evening and at night you can use curtains or fabric blinds to create a secluded atmosphere..

If the layout of the room allows the sleeping area to be located in one part of the room (not in the center of the room), then it can be separated with a regular curtain. If the curtains are open, then the room appears in front of us with its entire area, but if it is necessary to create a secluded atmosphere, it is enough to draw the curtains or textile blinds.

Design of a one-room apartment 30 sq. M. Photo

30 sq. m can hardly be called sufficient for a family of three with a child. But for bachelors or married couples without children, such a modest dwelling can be designed with a high level of comfort, functionality and aesthetics. We bring to your attention several design projects of apartments of modest size, in which we managed to maintain a sense of freedom and some space, while observing all the rules of ergonomics.

Separating a berth within a small room of a small apartment is one of the most difficult tasks. Partitions visually reduce space, but you cannot do without them if you need to have at least partial privacy in the sleeping and resting area. The best option is to install a rack. Most often, open shelves are used to store books, documents and all kinds of office supplies, sometimes a TV is mounted in the center of the partition. A not high rack will allow, on the one hand, to create isolation for the bed, and on the other, it will not completely block the lighting in the sleeping area, coming from the central chandelier in the room.

Design of a one-room apartment in a modern style

Modern style «prefers» spacious and bright rooms. But what if your one-room apartment cannot be called spacious, even at a stretch? There is only one way out – combining space and using techniques to visually increase the volume. A room without partitions with a large window (or more than one), light finishes and a laconic choice of furniture always seems to be larger than its size. The image is light, breathing with freedom and space. Get rid of all that is superfluous, leave only the necessary furniture, functional decor and a minimum of textiles, provide the space with a sufficient level of artificial lighting and arrange lighting fixtures locally or in the form of strip lighting in each functional area – a fresh and cozy image of the room is ready.

Glass partitions, glossy surfaces, minimalism in the choice of decor and simplicity in the execution of pieces of furniture are the main principles of creating a modern, functional and at the same time attractive exterior interior.

An interesting design project for an apartment decorated in a modern style. The interior concept is based on contrasting combinations. The alternation of dark and light surfaces helps to emphasize the geometry of the room, highlight functional segments and add dynamics to the image of the space. The furnishings are laconic and even to some extent minimalist – simple shapes and lines help create a comfortable yet comfortable environment. With the help of light curtains, it is possible not only to regulate the level of natural light, but also to create privacy in the sleeping and rest area.

Kitchen interior in a one-room apartment

A kitchen within a one-room dwelling can be a separate room or part of one large (or medium-sized) space. Whether to combine a kitchen with a common room is your decision and it will depend on many factors:

number of households:

dimensions of the kitchen and common room, layout;

the location of communication systems (it is not always possible to transfer gas pipes, for example);

the number of storage systems and household appliances that need to be placed in the working area of ​​the kitchen;

the chosen style of apartment decoration.

Combining the kitchen space with the common space, you get one, but spacious and bright room, in which there will be much more opportunities for the manifestation of design imagination than in two zones. Especially when you consider the fact that one of them has a modest area of ​​5.5–6.5 sq. m. But difficulties in this case are inevitable – it is necessary to acquire a powerful and most silent hood, as well as to make sure that the design of the kitchen segment matches the interior of the entire space.

Whatever area a room in a small apartment has, the kitchen area will still have a modest size. Therefore, experts recommend using light shades for the execution of kitchen furniture fronts. To add an accent to the image of the kitchen area, you can use bright tiles to decorate the kitchen apron or install colorful retro models of household appliances (modern options with an original design represent an original and multifunctional mix). Also, light surfaces can be alternated with wood elements (countertops, part of the finish or kitchen facades of one of the tiers of cabinets).

For a bachelor apartment, a kitchen area will be enough, which literally fits on one countertop and a pair of wall cabinets (or open shelves). Built-in hob and sink, dining area – everything fits on one console that attaches to the wall and does not even need to lean on any support, giving all the space underneath for a convenient location for eating.

Another option for the execution of the kitchen working area for a small family is a furniture mini-set with built-in household appliances in the closet. Your kitchen literally sits inside a built-in wardrobe. And household appliances and storage systems will be compact, in a laconic design, but you will have the opportunity to simply close the cabinet doors (or move the sliding doors) and get a full living room.

Small bathroom

In one-room apartments, as in most standard dwellings built in the last century, the bathroom is not very large. Most often, it is necessary to arrange a bath (shower stall), sink, toilet and storage systems on an area of ​​no more than 3.5 square meters. For many years of using combined bathrooms, designers and their customers have developed the most rational layout of plumbing in bathrooms. It was also confirmed that by connecting the bathroom and toilet, it is possible to carve out space for the installation of a washing machine..

But only a rational arrangement of plumbing devices in a modest bathroom is indispensable. It is necessary to visually increase a small space. They are used as standard techniques – choosing a light color palette, using glossy tiles, using mirrors and glass surfaces, providing excellent lighting for a small room. So also inherent mainly for utilitarian spaces – you can use edging in a bright color against a background of light finishes to visually increase the height of the bathroom, use vertical decor and the arrangement of rectangular tiles for the same purposes. On the floor, for a visual expansion of the space, you can apply a diagonal laying of porcelain stoneware.

In a small bathroom, multifunctional and built-in sanitary ware is the key to successful design. We build a bathtub, which, thanks to an almost invisible glass partition and a watering can built into the wall, can also act as a shower cabin. Hanging toilets and sinks will help save precious centimeters of usable space and give the interior a modern look.

Several life hacks for small homes

Designers all over the world have long been training their skills to create practical, beautiful and functional ideas for small homes. If your one-room apartment has a modest area, this does not mean that it cannot be a comfortable, stylish and ergonomic home. We invite you to familiarize yourself with interesting design ideas for organizing storage systems and workplaces in apartments with small and medium size.