Kitchen in Brezhnevka - design guide, 30 photos and 6 redevelopment options

Content

Features of repair
About redevelopment
About the choice of kitchen set
On the selection of the lunch group
On the choice of finishes
About colors
About lighting
About decor

Kitchens in Brezhnevka are far behind modern standards - they are very small (6-8 sq. M.), Have curved walls, dilapidated communications and features like a gas column. However, there are advantages - higher than the Khrushchev ceilings (most often 2.7 m) and thick outer walls. In this article we will describe how to modernize a kitchen with such data and turn it into a super-functional and modern space.

Features of repair

If the kitchen is in disrepair and the house has not been repaired, it will be necessary to thoroughly work on the change: water supply and sewage pipes, electrical wiring, radiator, gas water heater, windows, doors and, most difficultly, the floor.

The fact is that the floor in brezhnevka is a structure of lags and flooring, the voids of which were filled with sand and often debris. Over the past decades, the entire "filling" of the underground was rotten, moldy, and probably began to emit an unpleasant smell. When overhauling the kitchen, the floor should be opened, remove all rubbish and sand, then install a new floor made of expanded clay screed or lag boards with plywood flooring.

What else you need to know, starting a kitchen renovation in Brezhnevka?

Keep in mind that independently to move and take out the gas stove it is possible only in the presence of a flexible eyeliner or a flexible rubber reinforced hose.
Walls in brezhnevka often have very large differences, which are not so easy to fix. Align the walls, try not to get involved and find a middle ground. Otherwise, a thick layer of plaster will “eat” precious centimeters, which are sometimes critically lacking in the design of furniture. For distortions to be less noticeable, use textured or printed wallpaper.
When replacing water pipes, you can install a meter and coarse filters at the same time.
Changing the old wooden windows in the gasified kitchen (especially with a gas stove) for the double-glazed windows, select a design with micro-ventilation.

About redevelopment

Small brezhnev kitchen can be upgraded and at least visually increased by redevelopment. Here are 6 basic planning decisions that can be implemented depending on the features of the apartment:

Option 1. Full combining kitchen with living room. The kitchen-living room is good because it creates excellent conditions for family communication and allows you to bring the dining area outside the kitchen. Unfortunately, this option of redevelopment is possible only in those houses where the wall between the kitchen and the living room is not load-bearing and the kitchen is not gasified.

However, if there is gas, you can combine the kitchen with the living room if you install a sliding door between them (see photo below) or a folding door. Thus, in order to create a unified space, you only need to remove the case door or assemble it with an “accordion”.

Option 2. Partial integration of kitchen with living room. Often in the Brezhnev houses, the kitchen and the living room are divided by a partition with a supporting beam and a ledge with the ventilation duct. In this case, the wall can only be partially demolished, leaving the beam and part of the partition with the ventilation duct. The result is a portal (you can redo the arch), due to which the kitchen will visually appear more spacious and lighter. However, if the kitchen is gasified, then in the opening you will have to install a door, for example, a folding or sliding door.

Option 3. Device opening in the supporting wall between the living room and the kitchen. Theoretically, in the supporting wall between the kitchen and the room, you can install an opening with reinforced channels (the opening between the kitchen and the corridor is laid). Such a planning solution allows you to bring a table into the living room, and to equip a more spacious working space in the kitchen.

To make an opening in the bearing wall, you need to first consult with the design organization and get approval.

Option 4. Increasing the kitchen due to the living room (with the transfer of the partition). This planning decision can be legalized only if the apartment is located on the first floor or on the second floor, but above non-residential premises, for example, above a shop or office.

Option 5. Create a niche for the refrigerator through the corridor. In Brezhnevka, this is possible when combining a bathroom and transferring the entrance to the kitchen to the partition adjacent to the living room. Thus the living room becomes the entrance.

Option 6. Accession to the loggia. If a the kitchen has access to the loggia, then theoretically it can be attached to the kitchen as, for example, in this kitchen design project in the “Vulyha Tower” series.

Of course, any redevelopment of the apartment must be coordinated with the housing authorities. In this case, remember that in it in no case be impossible:

Demolish load-bearing walls and beams;
Touch the vent in the load-bearing wall;
Get rid of the door in the presence of a gas stove and / or columns (but you can change the swing doors on the sliding or folding);
To increase the kitchen at the expense of the bathroom and the bathroom.

About the choice of kitchen set

For most kitchenettes in Brezhnevka, a linear or L-shaped kitchen set. The first option is the most compact, the second is more roomy and convenient.

If you lift the window and embed the window sill in the headsetthen you can plan the perfect workspace - U-shaped. True, in this case, the dining area will have to be taken out of the kitchen or arranged in the form of a bar counter on the basis of the same built-in sill.

It is desirable that the technique was, firstly, to the maximum built-in, and secondly, reduced and multifunctional. For example, to save space will help: a dishwasher 45 cm wide, a refrigerator 55 cm wide, a stove with 2-3 hobs and an oven-microwave.

By the way, it is necessary to embed a gas column, for example, in a false cabinet without top and bottom, with a free space up to walls about 15 cm. in this article.

Headset Design Tips

To make the corner or U-shaped headset as less bulky as possible, their sides can be narrowed slightly and leave without wall cabinets. In the narrowed sidewall, you can place a narrow washing machine or cabinets for vegetables / utensils.
If the roll-out drawers are built into the base of the headset, and its top is equipped with an additional tier, the kitchen will become more spacious.
The corners of the G-and U-shaped headset in a small kitchen need to use 100% - to build in sliding baskets, shelves or carousels. So the corner cabinets will not have "dead" zones.
If the headset module located at the doorway is sloping (see photo below) or rounded, then the entrance to the kitchen will be more free and safe.

On the selection of the lunch group

For a small kitchen in Brezhnevka fit only small tables and light compact chairs.

For 1-2 people with a mobile lifestyle, choose a mini-table 50 × 70 cm (folding), a bar (for example, on the basis of a window sill) or a folding table.

For a family of three or more people, a square or rectangular transforming table will be suitable, for example, with folding floors as in the photo below.

For the kitchen-living room, you can choose a small round or oval tablethat fits better in the "front" interior.

As for chairs, folding chairs, transparent plastic chairs, stools and / or benches with storage boxes are the best choice.

On the choice of finishes

In a critically small area, even the way floors, walls, and ceilings are important. Want to visually push the walls? Lay on the floor tiles or dies of laminate / parquet diagonally, herringbone or in the range. In a narrow kitchen, laminate / floorboard should be laid across, not along the room.

Sly decoration of the walls, for example, mirrors or photo wallpaper with a perspective image. However, if you are not sure of your sense of proportion, you should choose the most win-win solution - painting in one tone (light).

About colors

The secret of successful design of any mini-kitchen is simple - you need to decorate most of it with a light one, and best of all. white color. And to avoid the similarity of a bright kitchen with a hospital ward, it is enough to combine with one another “contrasting” textures (say, brick with glossy tiles) or to add an interior with a small amount of color accents.

By the way, light surfaces are much more practical than dark ones and even a mess on such a background is less eye irritating.

About lighting

Lighting a small kitchen in brezhnevka should be uniform - one chandelier is not enough. Ideally, a ceiling lamp should be supplemented (or replaced) with spot spots or wall sconces.

Try to plan the kitchen lighting script at the repair stage, so that you can hide the wiring.

About decor

The smaller in a small kitchen crushing elements of space, the more light, neat and spacious it seems. Therefore, you should not get involved in decorating the walls and shelves of the cabinet, and the refrigerator door is highly desirable to leave without magnets. However, the kitchen without any decor will seem uninhabited and uncomfortable. We recommend limited to a pair. wall decorations and for hours, live plants and a vase for fruits, pretty textiles and candy bowl.

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