Kitchen corner with storage systems

No one will argue that the kitchen is the most versatile room in any home. Housewives spend most of their free time here. And lovers of culinary masterpieces can even spend half a day in the kitchen to please their households. It is in the kitchen space that the whole family gathers for joint meals, here the closest guests can be received. But ironically, this very room is often the smallest in area in Russian apartments dating back to the last century. That is why it is important to rationally distribute the useful space of kitchen facilities. In this publication, we will consider options for installing kitchen corners in the dining area as an alternative or addition to the usual dining group for many - a table and chairs.

Many of us remember the first kitchen corners that appeared in Soviet times and immediately became incredibly popular. As a result, half of our compatriots in the kitchen had similar corners set up with storage space under the seats. Since then, much has changed in modern trends in the design of living spaces, new materials have appeared for the execution and decoration of furniture, kitchen corners can be made in thousands of variations, among which you can always find an option that is ideal for your interior.

Among the advantages of installing a corner in the kitchen space are the following:

• providing comfortable and convenient places for sitting during meals;
• effective use of the corner of the room (with this zone there are most often problems in installing furniture and household appliances);
• an increase in the number of storage systems due to boxes located under the seats of the corner;
• if the corner is a soft sofa, then the increase in the number of beds for late guests or a place of rest for the hostess (owner), who spent a lot of time in the kitchen space;
• the possibility of zoning a large kitchen in the working and dining sector;
• a wide selection of models, colors and textures of the frame and upholstery of corners.

Of course, in the use of the kitchen corner there are also disadvantages:

• unlike the usual dining group (table and chairs), the corner does not have such mobility and is not able to fit in any zone of the room if the owners wanted to make a permutation;
• in the assortment of ready-made solutions presented in furniture stores, you may not find a corner suitable for the execution style and color palette, and the furniture will have to be custom-made. But this minus easily turns into a plus, because with individual production, the resulting furniture will ideally fit into the available space and harmoniously integrate into the interior of the kitchen room;
• The inconvenience when using the corner for a more or less large company is that the person sitting in the corner of the structure needs to be asked to stand up to those who are sitting next to him to leave the table.

The most logical answer to the question “where to install the kitchen corner” is “in the corner of the room, of course”. But not everything is so simple. Firstly, the “corners” are quite non-corner, and kitchen facilities can have a very different shape. For example, if your kitchen has a bay window, then it’s more logical to make a corner in the form of this original element of architecture.In the form of the letter “P” or a trapezoid without a base - with the help of a soft corner you will be able to optimally use the useful space of the bay window. It is enough to install a dining table near the corner, to equip the remaining free space with chairs or small armchairs, and a spacious, comfortable and stylish dining group is ready.

The corner in the traditional sense of this piece of furniture is most often located exactly in the corner of the room, most often at the window. Whether the sides of your furniture corner are equal or the length of one will be significantly longer than the other - it does not matter, the main thing is to choose the right furniture for the dining group. The traditional corner in this regard is universal. A square, rectangular, oval and round table is in perfect harmony with it. If the sides of the angle are equal, then the round or square table will fit in more logically, for a corner in the shape of the letter “G” it is better to choose a rectangular or oval model.

Oval and round dining tables, which are part of the corner dining area, have an obvious advantage. The number of people sitting at such a table is not strictly regulated and, if necessary, you can receive guests who come without warning directly in the kitchen space. In addition, it is much easier for a person sitting in the corner of a furniture ensemble to leave their place if the table has rounded shapes - a minimum chance of injury.

 

The couch, made like a sofa, turns the kitchen space into a smartly decorated room, it makes the living room out of the kitchen. Of course, beauty requires sacrifice. No matter how water-repellent the upholstery fabric is, how easy it would be to clean it, all households will need to have a meal carefully to maintain the original appearance of the corner sofa for as long as possible.

The flip side of the coin is the use of a very soft and comfortable corner in the kitchen - a long stay at the table. As a result, you can eat much more than planned, and in principle it was necessary. If your household often "diet", it is better to give preference to a corner with a hard surface. Similarly, you can do with chairs that complement the dining group.

There are kitchens of this configuration in which it is more convenient to install not a corner soft set, but a pair of roomy chairs with a length for two people opposite each other, according to the type of seating in the cafe. This method of seating at the dining table will help to rationally use the useful space of the kitchen only if there is a niche in the room that is suitable in size for organizing a dining area. The disadvantage of such designs is the inability to change the situation and increase the number of people sitting at the table. But for a family of four, such a dining group can be the perfect solution.

A kitchen corner can hardly be called such if it is made in the form of a semicircle, arc. When using this configuration, part of the corner of the room is “eaten up” - this is, of course, a minus. But the smooth shape of the seats allows you to place a larger number of people gathered at a round or oval table - this advantage overcomes small flaws, including the cost of manufacturing a headset to order.

A furniture corner can become part of the dining area not only within the kitchen space, but also in the dining room. If your home has the opportunity to allocate a separate room for organizing a place for dining, then a roomy and comfortable soft corner can become not only its harmonious part, but also the decoration of the whole room. It can be made in accordance with the selected dining room design concept or become its accent, the focal point around which the entire interior is built.

The advantage of using the corner as a seat is also that you can place shallow storage systems above the furniture ensemble.If the height of the ceilings allows, you can calculate the scale of the hanging cabinets so that when you get up from the corner, the household does not touch the storage systems with their heads. No hostess will refuse additional cabinets for storing kitchen utensils, even if they are high enough. In such lockers you can put household items that are used infrequently.

In addition to the fact that the corner provides the household with the opportunity to sit comfortably at the dining table, its interior space serves as a spacious storage system for the hostess. The easiest way to organize storage boxes is the folding seat. Such storage systems are very convenient to use - you do not even need to move the table and chairs. To get to the contents of the space under the seats. Another way is the built-in drawers. This option is less convenient, because often it is necessary to move the interfering furniture to extend the drawer. Yes, making such a model to order will cost more than the standard option.

A kitchen corner can be used for zoning a spacious kitchen. The allocation of the dining area will be maximum if you attach a corner to the facade of the bar or kitchen island. In this case, various geometric variations of the design of seats for family members are possible - from a simple linear version, the letter "G" and the angle to the original trapezoidal configurations and even polyhedra.

How can I decorate a dining group, which includes a kitchen corner? First of all, you need to take care of a beautiful, high-quality and harmonious textile design in a color palette. Bright decorative sofa cushions that not only provide comfort and convenience during the meal, but also bring a twist to the interior of the kitchen. In addition, the upholstery of the kitchen corner can also be motley, attracting attention. However, she does not need to have a repetition in other elements of the decor of the kitchen space - curtains or tablecloths, the upholstery can be the same color accent that a light or neutral interior needs.

Sofa cushions that decorate the kitchen corner and provide comfortable accommodation for households and guests can be matched to the color and texture of the upholstery of small armchairs or chairs with soft backs and seats. Such a harmonious group is simply doomed to become the "star of the program" of your interior.

The choice of upholstery for the kitchen corner is a difficult question, not only in terms of color scheme. It is important to choose a plain or printed version and take into account the combination of colors with the general palette of the room. Much more serious is the question of choosing the quality of the material. Obviously, ordinary fabric for upholstering sofas very quickly breaks down, loses its original appearance. Many homeowners choose genuine or faux leather upholstery. Obviously, such a design will not cause trouble for the owners in terms of cleaning surfaces - the material is not afraid of moisture and easily tolerates traditional cleaning. But there are drawbacks to this design of the soft part of the corner - many do not like the sounds that accompany the landing on leather seats, moreover, on such an upholstery it is cool in the off-season and hot in the summer.

Another important decoration of the dining area with a corner is the lighting system. Despite its undeniable functionality, a beautiful chandelier above the dining table also acts as a decorative element in the interior. In the case of the location of the dining area not in the center of the room (which is exactly what happens most often with the use of a soft corner), it makes sense to move the chandelier into this functional sector. And to provide the working area with built-in lamps on the ceiling or with illumination of the lower part of the kitchen cabinets.

Here is another way to decorate the dining area with a soft corner using lamps.Wall sconces in the inter-window spaces are the best option for a bay window with a glass roof.

The functional decoration of the dining group with a corner can be the chairs themselves. If the dining table and corner are made in a rather conservative manner, simply and concisely, then for chairs you can choose a more creative solution. So you can not only provide all household members with places at the dining table, but also bring originality to the interior of the kitchen or dining room.

A bouquet of flowers in a beautiful vase or a bowl of fruit in the center of the table is a great decoration for any dining group. Ideally, the colors of the upholstery of soft seats of a corner or chairs are repeated in the palette of a specially assembled bouquet or selected fruits - a harmonious picture of the dining area is provided for you.

A tablecloth or fabric "path", textile napkins and serving rugs for each participant in the meal - all means are good for decorating the dining area. It is only important to know the measure - if you chose a tablecloth with a print, then the rest of the serving items should be plain and vice versa, the main fabric on the table, made in one tone, gives freedom to use add-ons - napkins, rugs for plates and other decorative elements.