The nuances that need to be taken into account
When a young family lives in a small apartment, it is important to consider a number of factors to ensure that the design of the apartment for the young family was not only beautiful, but also functional.
- Determine which functional zones should be in the dwelling and whether there is enough space for them.
- Consider the number of people living in the apartment. Every family member should be comfortable. Even in a small apartment, you can arrange for privacy zones. For example, if someone has a hobby and allows a square, make a special corner for them. For a child, allocate a play area.
- Is there any plan to replenish the family? If yes, it is necessary to initially think of a place for another family member.
- The interior for a young family should include a storage area, and there are a lot of them, especially when there are children.
- Organization of the working space. When there is a schoolchild or preschooler in the family, it is simply necessary. If there is someone working at home or periodically doing business at home, there should be a workspace too.
- Adequate arrangement of the dining area. If for a family without children it is possible to arrange a table in the form of a high bar counter, then when there are children, it is necessary to provide a convenient full-fledged dining table.
Studio or standard apartment?
Studio is an actual and popular solution for young people. In this regard, designers have a lot of ideas for its arrangement. Free layout allows you to create a modern and functional design of the studio apartment for the family.
Often, designers use the following solution: the kitchen and living room are united, and the sleeping area is separated by a screen or partition.
When the family has children, this solution is not always convenient. Firstly, you want privacy, and secondly, when guests come and make noise, it will be difficult for a child to relax and sleep. For these reasons, a standard apartment with a separate kitchen is more profitable.
There is also a compromise solution - a studio, but with one or more rooms. As a result, such an interior of the apartment for a family with a child will include a spacious room in the form of a kitchen-living room and separate rooms for bedrooms.
How can a two-roomed room be made out of a single room?
The 1st idea is suitable for those who have a one-room apartment (about 40 meters or more) with a large balcony or balcony.
From the interior of a one-roomed house for a family with a child are formed two rooms in this way:
- In the loggia or on the glazed balcony the kitchen is arranged.
- But take into account the weight of the permitted load.
- Use more taller and hanging furniture.
- Install a compact stove and a small sink, and tile the floor.
- Install a small table at the transition point of the room to the balcony (loggia).
- When removing the balcony wall, leave a part of it that high and in such a way that the surface that will serve as a table can be placed on it.
As a result, you will have a finished kitchen and another living room for your husband and wife or child.
Now, these rooms need to be zoned.
- For this purpose, the door-compartment with matt glass inlays, which will allow enough light into the room and protect from kitchen odors, will be optimal.
- Alternatively, vertical blinds can be an alternative, but they will not separate from the fumes in the kitchen, although they will take less space compared to the door-compartment.
The second idea of apartment design for the family is created on the same principle, but without a partition.
At the transition point of the room to the balcony, a table is placed and the kitchen is placed on the balcony or some kitchen attributes, if the area of the balcony is small. Then you can organize a small, but cozy kitchen-living room.
What to do with the balcony?
The times when balconies were used for storing stuff and rubbish are definitely a thing of the past. All the charm of the balcony interior when it is not glazed - you can equip a flower garden, put a small summer table for tea in the summer and breathe fresh air.
If you arrange the interior of a two-room apartment for a family with a child or a one-room apartment, but you have a pantry or other place to store things, leave the balcony un-glassed.
It is better to supplement its fencing with forging with beautiful weaves, street furniture for rest and plants.
In some cases, as we described in the previous section, a balcony can be used to increase living space.
There you can equip not only the kitchen, but also the office, recreation area, etc.
If the balcony itself is enlarged to expand the area, especially if it is on the ground floor.
In such a case, it is necessary to take into account that permits may be required from the authorities. And it is important to remember about safety and insulation of structures.
This solution has one significant disadvantage - it is aesthetics. A heavily enlarged closed balcony spoils the external architecture of the building. Especially if it is of historical value. In some countries, such a solution is prohibited by law.
General organizational points and ideas
In a two-room apartment without children, one room can serve as a bedroom, and the second - a study or living room. In due course from it is possible to make a children's room.
If the area of one-room apartment allows, do not refuse an extra sofa, because you will come to visit guests and sit on a matrimonial bed they will be embarrassed.
There are a lot of compact sofas that will not take a lot of space.
If you design a studio apartment for the family, and the area does not allow you to walk around, do not put a large double bed.
Instead, you can choose a compact model or even a suitable comfortable sofa, which in the unfolded state will be no worse than a double bed.
Massive walls and bulky wardrobes in living rooms are not a good choice for a young family in a small home.
It is better to put more things in the storeroom or on shelves, and on the premises to put light and compact furniture. This is a good solution for the interior of a room for a young family.
Many people are concerned about the storage of things. Well, if the design of the apartment for a family with a child includes a pantry, it is even better to have several pantries.
In the latter case, things can be sorted. For example: separate items for the child (children) and for parents.
Sorting can also be by type and purpose of items. For example: one storeroom has attributes for sports or hobbies, while the other has off-season clothes. One storeroom can be divided into zones according to the above principle.
If the interior of a young family with a child does not include a pantry, there are also solutions. It can be created from drywall in the right place.
A long corridor can also be a place to store things.
Install a wardrobe along one of its walls. Long shelves allow you to store a lot of things that will hide the cabinet doors.
For the design of an apartment for a modern family, it is best to select furniture-transformer.
It can be a corner sofa, a bed under which there are drawers, folding tables.
No less urgent solution, especially for the interior of the apartment for a family with two children - bunk beds.
For one child one furniture element can carry in itself several purposes and functions at once. For example: a desk with drawers and shelves at the bottom, and a bed on top of which steps or a ladder lead to. Many children love such solutions.
Conclusion
In order to make the design of the apartment for a young family with or without children cozy and functional, take into account the advice and ideas I talked about in today's article.