The center of any home is the kitchen. This is especially true for a country house, since the room is characterized by considerable size, households spend a lot of time here.
When designing a kitchen in a country house, they attach particular importance to its convenience, ergonomics, and beauty. The main factors that affect the interior are:
number of family members, including pets;
the general style of the house, the kitchen should not discord with it;
There is more than one type of layout possible, you just need to remember that in the kitchen in the house, a working and dining area, as well as a transit area are required. When developing a plan, they follow the principle of convenience. A stove, a sink and a refrigerator are placed according to the “working triangle” rule, not far from each other.
U-shaped layout is one of the most successful.
Work units, furniture are arranged in the shape of the letter "p". You don’t have to run a lot around the room, the hostess only turns from time to time in different directions.
Ostrovnaya is convenient in a wider room.
The “island” in the center is equipped with a stove. It also has a sink. Passages around should not be already a meter.
L-shaped arrangement may not be that convenient.
Suitable for a small kitchen or a rectangular shape. The refrigerator with the sink is located on one line, the stove on the other.
The linear option is not the most convenient.
It is advisable if a small room is allocated for the kitchen, which is irrelevant for most country houses. When cooking, you have to overcome extra distances, spend time in vain.
Two-row arrangement of furniture - if the kitchen has an elongated shape.
A stove with a sink is installed in one line, a refrigerator, an oven with a microwave occupy the opposite position. If there is space, put a dining table in the center.
In a country house, the kitchen is usually spacious, often combined with a living room and dining room. Therefore, a functional working assistant in the form of an island table, containing at the same time a stove, sink, refrigerator, will be useful. The size of the island can be large; it will be used for cooking, storing utensils, products, and carry the function of a bar counter. With the modest size of the kitchen, they establish a small island or peninsula that extends from the wall and continues the furniture line.
The kitchen with access to the terrace or garden has a free passage area that does not intersect the work area. This will ensure convenience and safety.
Styles
The house, decorated in a certain style, has a kitchen with an appropriate design. The landscape features influence: the nearby river, forest, mountains become part of the room, a natural extension of the interior.
The mansion, cottage, lined with stone, requires a classic interior, French or English, Empire style. Everything is functional, convenient here. The kitchen set is of strict forms with straight lines, the stove with the hood is styled like a fireplace. In the interior, a little wood, stone, gilding, vases, paintings, textiles.
A house made of timber, logs will entail the appropriate decoration of the kitchen: country, Provence, rustic. These styles are close to classical, but full of warmth and comfort. The house looks like a Russian summer residence, the log house will resemble a hut, a noble estate. A real stove will create a sense of home. Use stone niches, old beams, furniture set collected from individual items.
The modern cottage, equipped with panoramic windows, will be organically designed in a minimalist style. Metal and glass lovers will create a high-tech kitchen. Laconic forms of Scandinavian cuisine are not cluttered with furniture, accessories. The texture of natural wood is varnished. The floor is light plank or tiled. Reign cold shades, discreet colors.
The house, located by the pond, is decorated in a Mediterranean, marine, beach style. Located not far from the ski resort, visited mainly in the winter, they are stylized as a chalet. The kitchen is without extra details, the decor elements are rude, massive. Comfort, strength of the rural house emphasizes the obligatory element - a fireplace. Electric version is allowed. Wood, stone are combined with the metallic sheen of household appliances.
African-style cuisine is not necessarily full of masks, figurines. The main thing is the palette of savannahs and deserts, natural materials, valuable species of wood. The apron uses prints with spots of a giraffe, palm leaves, the dining room is decorated with wicker furniture, unusual clay dishes, rough textiles. The decoration, the colors of the decoration will remind you of the sultry summer day, the exotic.
In any kitchen, the main burden is not style, but color.Violation of color harmony deprives the interior of meaning.
Color spectrum
One hostess is pleased with the abundance of flowers, brightness, the other wants peace. The choice of style, the appropriate color scheme in the kitchen of a private house depends on preferences. A combination of two or three colors will be classic, so as not to go to extremes, use no more than 5. A monotonous interior, in which only one color is used, will quickly get bored.
With the help of certain colors, they not only achieve original visual effects, they affect the psychological state of guests and households. Designers prepare the kitchen facilities of a country house in three ways:
Solid
When only one color is selected, but several of its shades are used.
Contrast
If you are trying to create an elegant interior, which is applicable for combined options with the dining room and living room.
Mixed
When the main color is pure, not its shade.
The kitchen, like any other room in the house, will require cold colors on the south side, warm - on the north.
The color of the materials is a complement. To play in contrasts, it is important to have a unifying element: molding or ornament, decoration with stone or wood.
Kitchen arrangement depending on the shape of the room
In a private house, kitchens are large or small, located in a basement or in the attic, which affects the design. The main task is to arrange the kitchen furniture. The most advantageous arrangement of countertops is along one of the walls. Integrity will create the effect of a single space.
At the cottage or in the house, such a beneficial advantage as a panoramic window will allow you to arrange a working area, a mortise sink at the window. It is especially nice if it goes into the garden or the flower garden. An opportunity to realize the original ideas of the layout - a panoramic window throughout the wall.
Square kitchen
With this form of room, it is easiest to arrange furniture and household appliances.You have to think a little if the room is angular, with many doors, window openings. Then, instead of traditional curtains, blinds or Roman, roll options with fastening to the window frame are hung.
If the area allows, a dining area is arranged with the kitchen. It is combined with the working surface or extended along one of the walls. The central island looks advantageous in a square kitchen, where the doors of furniture, a kitchen apron, and accessories are decorated with contrasting colors.
Narrow kitchen
The most uncomfortable option that will require the location of the furniture is P- or G-shaped. This will slightly correct the shape of the room, will allow you to carve out additional work space. In a very narrow room, the standard width of the cabinets, without compromising functionality, is replaced by a smaller one, from 60 to 40 cm. Swing doors are replaced by sliding or sliding modules. By combining the worktop with the windowsill, the passage is slightly expanded. Experiments with color are avoided, they stop at a one-two-color version. It is not worth stretching the furniture line too much; overhanging mezzanines are also undesirable.
Walk-through kitchen
Here it is advisable to limit the working area using a technique with the same facades. The working area is isolated by placing along the aisle a high rack, a kitchen table, one of the sides of the headset. The walk-in kitchen will become more spacious if there is a lot of light from many windows, the presence of a glass door, artificial lighting in the corner zone.
The passage is left free. Who moves through the room should not interfere with busy cooking.
Kitchen-living room
It also requires zoning, which will add order, comfort. For cooking, approximately one third of the room is separated. As a partition, a bar counter, living plants, flowers, a game with lighted and shaded areas are used, while the style is left unified. The space of the working area is distinguished by close or contrasting colors, spot lighting.The place where guests are welcome is decorated with a chandelier.
The combination of zones makes you think in advance about buying a good cooker hood, otherwise kitchen odors will permeate the upholstery of upholstered furniture, textile elements over time.
Kitchen-dining room
Here, as in the delimitation of kitchen areas from the living room, the visual method is used, decorating floors, walls, and decor of various functional areas in different ways. They use physical methods: architectural solutions, different ways of arranging furniture.
The area where the dining table stands is equipped with individual light sources. One of the walls located near the table is decorated with contrasting, bright wallpapers. The floor in the working part is laid with tiles, and the dining room - with a laminate, board, parquet, covered with an original carpet.
The areas intended for the living room, dining room are partially isolated from the kitchen by installing sliding doors, panel curtains. The space of a country house allows using arches, columns, partitions with wide openings for interior decoration.
Finishing materials
The decoration of the kitchen of a country wooden house, cottage can be fundamentally different from urban cuisine. The designer is allowed to apply a bold color scheme, a non-standard layout, fill the room with decor that is not applicable in a city apartment. The charm of country life is underlined:
Natural materials. Try not to use vinyl wallpapers, double-glazed windows, linoleum made of synthetic materials, plastic panels.
Wooden furniture. Suitable from plywood, veneer, wicker, forged fit.
Textile materials - natural, possibly mixed.
Tree
In the house of timber, logs in the kitchen, wooden trim is appropriate, it emphasizes the interior. For this purpose, MDF panels, lining are suitable. Planks are stacked in various ways, left unprocessed, varnished, painted.
Large kitchens, where they are not afraid to steal free centimeters, walls, ceilings are planked with boards, boards.The block house will repeat the effect of log masonry, enhance thermal insulation. Exhaust pipes, other communications are conveniently hidden under the same lining or drywall. If the planned interior allows, they are laid in an open way.
The floor is made of curved boards, cork is organic, parquet, laminate are environmentally friendly, create a natural coziness. But for such a specific room as a kitchen, it is better to combine them with more resistant coatings.
Ceramic tile or decorative stone
The working apron, places near heating devices are fragmented around with natural stone, its imitations. The unique interior is created using mosaics, painted tiles, Petrikov motifs.
Decorative stone on the walls, floor, in doorways will last a long time, because resistant to mechanical, aggressive chemical effects, kitchen temperature extremes, humidity. The stone is securely attached, has a different class, structure options, colors. He will add antiquity and romance to the interior.
Using ceramics create a real cosiness. In the interior in the Provence style, in the design of the modern kitchen, tiles with imitation of brickwork or various types of wood will fit perfectly.
The apron in the kitchen takes on the form of a real art object thanks to the use of photo tiles, on which any pictures are applied: drawings, photos. It is beautiful, practical, the owners will not need special care care.
For a different style of kitchen, tiles are selected from the many options available today: with geometric and floral patterns, mosaics, monocolor, imitating textiles and metal, with hand-painted.
Marble
The kitchen of a private house trimmed with marble looks organically, richly. It is environmentally friendly, unlike granite, endowed with a variety of colors, patterns, structures. It is easy to care for him, he has antiseptic properties, which is important for the kitchen.
Marble finish walls, countertops, floors. This will emphasize the taste and wealth of the owner. The stone is advantageous in that it is maintainable, after a while it is again given its original shine. Worktops are treated with a special composition.
Due to the excellent thermal conductivity, the use of marble on the floor will allow laying a “warm floor” under it. To prevent slippery in the kitchen, the surface of the stone is polished, aged, other rough processing is used in the work. A wide palette of material allows you to purchase a finish from beige to brown, dark coffee shades. Additional impregnation is carried out at the discretion of the owner of the building.
Painting
Dust, soot - the problem of the kitchen. The economic way of decorating walls, ceilings, floors is painting. The tree is cleaned of residues of resins, polished, treated from fungus, corrosion, and then varnished to preserve the natural color of the tree. Surfaces are painted with oil, acrylic paint in several layers. When choosing a paint for the kitchen, the following criteria are important:
water resistance;
the possibility of tinting;
ease of application.
A unique design is created using several colors. The main thing in a wooden house is not to miss the stage of processing the material with an antiseptic.
Wallpaper
For the kitchen, choose the wallpaper corresponding to its microclimate. Paper soon will again have to re-stick, vinyl with a smooth surface is more practical. With curtains and upholstery furniture combine wallpaper from textile: linen, silk, wool. Non-woven wallpaper is repainted in different tones, which at any time allow you to update the interior. They are not glued directly onto a wooden coating, but onto previously fixed sheets of drywall, which are previously plastered.
The kitchen will get the right atmosphere thanks to the many shades, patterns. The country house will be decorated with plots of wallpaper on the theme of nature. Cork wallpapers blend well with other finishes.Keeping a natural look for a long time, resist kitchen fumes.
Lighting
When implementing the idea of zoning the kitchen-living room, they resort not only to the help of various finishing materials, colors. For each functional area provide individual lighting. For example, the working area is equipped with spotlights, narrowly directed spot light. A beautiful chandelier is placed above the dining table, a pendant lamp on a long cord. A sconce is fixed to the wall near the sofa, and a cozy floor lamp is located nearby. Desired lighting cabinets.
The location of lamps, sockets, switches is planned in advance, they are installed away from water communications. Warm light contributes to the appetite in the dining area, and the working area is equipped with cooler shades of lamps. Help save LED lamps, dimmers.
Textile
The dimensions of a country house or cottage make it possible to use a variety of ways to decorate a house. The choice depends on the overall style.
In a wooden house between the kitchen and the dining room, fabric partitions are appropriate, the drapery of which will create coziness. Tulle or organza in one style, Japanese panels, flower curtains on the hooks in another.
In a Swedish house, dining room furniture is draped with wide floor covers. In the Russian house, textiles on windows and benches along the walls near the stove resemble folk crafts. In the Moroccan style, you can’t do without fabrics at all. Rugs, pillows, wall panels are colorful, bright, in ornaments and tassels. Armchairs and sofas for the living room - covered in folds.
Fatigue from the kitchen environment is eliminated by simply replacing the tablecloth, tacks.
Conclusion
There are no uniform rules for the design of the kitchen. Each owner chooses the finish in accordance with his taste, financial capabilities. The kitchen of the country house has great decoration potential. There is a lot of space, light, wood, from which it is necessary to build on.Natural materials provide an infinite number of solutions, everything is even impossible to mention.
The center of any home is the kitchen. This is especially true for a country house, since the room is characterized by considerable size, households spend a lot of time here.
When designing a kitchen in a country house, they attach particular importance to its convenience, ergonomics, and beauty. The main factors that affect the interior are:
Content
Types of layouts
There is more than one type of layout possible, you just need to remember that in the kitchen in the house, a working and dining area, as well as a transit area are required. When developing a plan, they follow the principle of convenience. A stove, a sink and a refrigerator are placed according to the “working triangle” rule, not far from each other.
Work units, furniture are arranged in the shape of the letter "p". You don’t have to run a lot around the room, the hostess only turns from time to time in different directions.
The “island” in the center is equipped with a stove. It also has a sink. Passages around should not be already a meter.
Suitable for a small kitchen or a rectangular shape. The refrigerator with the sink is located on one line, the stove on the other.
It is advisable if a small room is allocated for the kitchen, which is irrelevant for most country houses. When cooking, you have to overcome extra distances, spend time in vain.
A stove with a sink is installed in one line, a refrigerator, an oven with a microwave occupy the opposite position. If there is space, put a dining table in the center.
In a country house, the kitchen is usually spacious, often combined with a living room and dining room. Therefore, a functional working assistant in the form of an island table, containing at the same time a stove, sink, refrigerator, will be useful. The size of the island can be large; it will be used for cooking, storing utensils, products, and carry the function of a bar counter. With the modest size of the kitchen, they establish a small island or peninsula that extends from the wall and continues the furniture line.
Styles
The house, decorated in a certain style, has a kitchen with an appropriate design. The landscape features influence: the nearby river, forest, mountains become part of the room, a natural extension of the interior.
Color spectrum
One hostess is pleased with the abundance of flowers, brightness, the other wants peace. The choice of style, the appropriate color scheme in the kitchen of a private house depends on preferences. A combination of two or three colors will be classic, so as not to go to extremes, use no more than 5. A monotonous interior, in which only one color is used, will quickly get bored.
With the help of certain colors, they not only achieve original visual effects, they affect the psychological state of guests and households. Designers prepare the kitchen facilities of a country house in three ways:
The kitchen, like any other room in the house, will require cold colors on the south side, warm - on the north.
Kitchen arrangement depending on the shape of the room
In a private house, kitchens are large or small, located in a basement or in the attic, which affects the design. The main task is to arrange the kitchen furniture. The most advantageous arrangement of countertops is along one of the walls. Integrity will create the effect of a single space.
At the cottage or in the house, such a beneficial advantage as a panoramic window will allow you to arrange a working area, a mortise sink at the window. It is especially nice if it goes into the garden or the flower garden. An opportunity to realize the original ideas of the layout - a panoramic window throughout the wall.
Square kitchen
With this form of room, it is easiest to arrange furniture and household appliances.You have to think a little if the room is angular, with many doors, window openings. Then, instead of traditional curtains, blinds or Roman, roll options with fastening to the window frame are hung.
If the area allows, a dining area is arranged with the kitchen. It is combined with the working surface or extended along one of the walls. The central island looks advantageous in a square kitchen, where the doors of furniture, a kitchen apron, and accessories are decorated with contrasting colors.
Narrow kitchen
The most uncomfortable option that will require the location of the furniture is P- or G-shaped. This will slightly correct the shape of the room, will allow you to carve out additional work space. In a very narrow room, the standard width of the cabinets, without compromising functionality, is replaced by a smaller one, from 60 to 40 cm. Swing doors are replaced by sliding or sliding modules. By combining the worktop with the windowsill, the passage is slightly expanded. Experiments with color are avoided, they stop at a one-two-color version. It is not worth stretching the furniture line too much; overhanging mezzanines are also undesirable.
Walk-through kitchen
Here it is advisable to limit the working area using a technique with the same facades. The working area is isolated by placing along the aisle a high rack, a kitchen table, one of the sides of the headset. The walk-in kitchen will become more spacious if there is a lot of light from many windows, the presence of a glass door, artificial lighting in the corner zone.
Kitchen-living room
It also requires zoning, which will add order, comfort. For cooking, approximately one third of the room is separated. As a partition, a bar counter, living plants, flowers, a game with lighted and shaded areas are used, while the style is left unified. The space of the working area is distinguished by close or contrasting colors, spot lighting.The place where guests are welcome is decorated with a chandelier.
Kitchen-dining room
Here, as in the delimitation of kitchen areas from the living room, the visual method is used, decorating floors, walls, and decor of various functional areas in different ways. They use physical methods: architectural solutions, different ways of arranging furniture.
The area where the dining table stands is equipped with individual light sources. One of the walls located near the table is decorated with contrasting, bright wallpapers. The floor in the working part is laid with tiles, and the dining room - with a laminate, board, parquet, covered with an original carpet.
The areas intended for the living room, dining room are partially isolated from the kitchen by installing sliding doors, panel curtains. The space of a country house allows using arches, columns, partitions with wide openings for interior decoration.
Finishing materials
The decoration of the kitchen of a country wooden house, cottage can be fundamentally different from urban cuisine. The designer is allowed to apply a bold color scheme, a non-standard layout, fill the room with decor that is not applicable in a city apartment. The charm of country life is underlined:
Tree
In the house of timber, logs in the kitchen, wooden trim is appropriate, it emphasizes the interior. For this purpose, MDF panels, lining are suitable. Planks are stacked in various ways, left unprocessed, varnished, painted.
Large kitchens, where they are not afraid to steal free centimeters, walls, ceilings are planked with boards, boards.The block house will repeat the effect of log masonry, enhance thermal insulation. Exhaust pipes, other communications are conveniently hidden under the same lining or drywall. If the planned interior allows, they are laid in an open way.
The floor is made of curved boards, cork is organic, parquet, laminate are environmentally friendly, create a natural coziness. But for such a specific room as a kitchen, it is better to combine them with more resistant coatings.
Ceramic tile or decorative stone
The working apron, places near heating devices are fragmented around with natural stone, its imitations. The unique interior is created using mosaics, painted tiles, Petrikov motifs.
Decorative stone on the walls, floor, in doorways will last a long time, because resistant to mechanical, aggressive chemical effects, kitchen temperature extremes, humidity. The stone is securely attached, has a different class, structure options, colors. He will add antiquity and romance to the interior.
Using ceramics create a real cosiness. In the interior in the Provence style, in the design of the modern kitchen, tiles with imitation of brickwork or various types of wood will fit perfectly.
The apron in the kitchen takes on the form of a real art object thanks to the use of photo tiles, on which any pictures are applied: drawings, photos. It is beautiful, practical, the owners will not need special care care.
For a different style of kitchen, tiles are selected from the many options available today: with geometric and floral patterns, mosaics, monocolor, imitating textiles and metal, with hand-painted.
Marble
The kitchen of a private house trimmed with marble looks organically, richly. It is environmentally friendly, unlike granite, endowed with a variety of colors, patterns, structures. It is easy to care for him, he has antiseptic properties, which is important for the kitchen.
Marble finish walls, countertops, floors. This will emphasize the taste and wealth of the owner. The stone is advantageous in that it is maintainable, after a while it is again given its original shine. Worktops are treated with a special composition.
Due to the excellent thermal conductivity, the use of marble on the floor will allow laying a “warm floor” under it. To prevent slippery in the kitchen, the surface of the stone is polished, aged, other rough processing is used in the work. A wide palette of material allows you to purchase a finish from beige to brown, dark coffee shades. Additional impregnation is carried out at the discretion of the owner of the building.
Painting
Dust, soot - the problem of the kitchen. The economic way of decorating walls, ceilings, floors is painting. The tree is cleaned of residues of resins, polished, treated from fungus, corrosion, and then varnished to preserve the natural color of the tree. Surfaces are painted with oil, acrylic paint in several layers. When choosing a paint for the kitchen, the following criteria are important:
Wallpaper
For the kitchen, choose the wallpaper corresponding to its microclimate. Paper soon will again have to re-stick, vinyl with a smooth surface is more practical. With curtains and upholstery furniture combine wallpaper from textile: linen, silk, wool. Non-woven wallpaper is repainted in different tones, which at any time allow you to update the interior. They are not glued directly onto a wooden coating, but onto previously fixed sheets of drywall, which are previously plastered.
The kitchen will get the right atmosphere thanks to the many shades, patterns. The country house will be decorated with plots of wallpaper on the theme of nature. Cork wallpapers blend well with other finishes.Keeping a natural look for a long time, resist kitchen fumes.
Lighting
When implementing the idea of zoning the kitchen-living room, they resort not only to the help of various finishing materials, colors. For each functional area provide individual lighting. For example, the working area is equipped with spotlights, narrowly directed spot light. A beautiful chandelier is placed above the dining table, a pendant lamp on a long cord. A sconce is fixed to the wall near the sofa, and a cozy floor lamp is located nearby. Desired lighting cabinets.
Textile
The dimensions of a country house or cottage make it possible to use a variety of ways to decorate a house. The choice depends on the overall style.
In a wooden house between the kitchen and the dining room, fabric partitions are appropriate, the drapery of which will create coziness. Tulle or organza in one style, Japanese panels, flower curtains on the hooks in another.
In a Swedish house, dining room furniture is draped with wide floor covers. In the Russian house, textiles on windows and benches along the walls near the stove resemble folk crafts. In the Moroccan style, you can’t do without fabrics at all. Rugs, pillows, wall panels are colorful, bright, in ornaments and tassels. Armchairs and sofas for the living room - covered in folds.
Fatigue from the kitchen environment is eliminated by simply replacing the tablecloth, tacks.
Conclusion
There are no uniform rules for the design of the kitchen. Each owner chooses the finish in accordance with his taste, financial capabilities. The kitchen of the country house has great decoration potential. There is a lot of space, light, wood, from which it is necessary to build on.Natural materials provide an infinite number of solutions, everything is even impossible to mention.