Bachelor’s apartment
A small apartment often becomes a real headache for its owners, and for designers – a field for experimentation. Such a home always requires a certain approach when decorating the interior. The task becomes more complicated if the area of the apartment is less than 20 square meters.
Apartment with a masculine character
Small size 17 square meters
This 17-square-meter apartment is home to a young man who is passionate about literature and has no plans to start a family yet. This factor has become one of the key in creating the interior. It was made as simple and minimalistic as possible – clear lines, simple shapes, unpretentious decor (Motivating posters instead of pretentious decorations that are inappropriate in small homes).
White-white
White diluted with black, red and yellow
Considering men’s interiors, we are accustomed to the fact that they are made in dark shades, with a predominance of brown, red or blue. In this bachelor monastery, white was chosen as the favorite. It ennobles a small room, visually playing with its real dimensions. But not everyone can be in the snow-white interior. In order to relieve psychological stress, the designers weaved black, red and yellow elements into the space..
Small hallway
There is nothing superfluous in the hallway
The decor in the apartment is unpretentious and stylish
Windows that don’t exist
Small spaces often suffer not only from size, but also from other disadvantages, such as a small number of windows. In this apartment it is one, and that is narrow. To balance the interior, one of the walls was decorated with a photo wallpaper depicting a tree. This technique deceives the eyes, and it seems that there are at least two windows in a small size.
Another visual trick that also works to fill the interior with additional light is a tall mirror installed in front of a real window..
There is only one window in the apartment
Wall murals act as a false window
The mirror also creates the illusion of an additional window.
On high
Some consider the high ceilings to be a flaw, but in this apartment they were the ones who saved the whole interior. They decided to use the second level rationally and placed a sleeping place here. It is insulated with a curtain and well illuminated by wall lights. The loft bed is the ideal solution for small spaces with high ceilings.
The loft bed is a great space saver
High ceilings have become a plus of this small size
Out of sight!
There was a place for a home library in a small one-room apartment. The books were placed on open shelves. They were given a special place here, while all other things were hidden out of sight:
• in shallow boxes located along one of the walls;
• in a shop that acts as a sofa;
• in the kitchen area there is even a small corner pencil case, where all kinds of small kitchen utensils were placed.
Storage systems under the bench
There is an elongated corner pencil case in the kitchen area
Small kitchen
Apartment layout
Using this small size as an example, we examined how you can arrange a sleeping place on only 17 square meters. Not so long ago, we wrote about a small apartment in which everything is well organized, and the bed is hidden in the closet. In it, you can also find many tricks for small spaces, applicable to ordinary Khrushchev.
