Interior design of a small studio apartment

Nowadays, it is not so easy to find suitable housing for yourself. Spacious multi-room apartments are indecently expensive. Of course, if your earnings allow you to purchase an apartment or a house with an area that suits you, then you are very lucky. But often we are forced to huddle in one-room, small apartments. The studio apartment option comes to the rescue here.

To begin with, let's understand what a studio apartment is. This is a certain type of room, of course, residential, which differs mainly in the absence of capital walls or partitions between the kitchen and the rest of the room. That is, in front of you is a large room, without any separation by the walls.

You can already build the necessary partitions yourself, fencing, for example, a bed.

Most often, such a housing option is chosen because of the affordable price. Or you are a creative and extravagant person and you just like this type of housing. After all, there are studio apartments very large in area. The name itself speaks of a creative approach to the design of your home. There are many people who want to work at home and combine a place of residence with a place of work. For them, this option is simply flawless.

Nevertheless, in the beginning of the 90s this direction appeared in Russia and took a strong position. In principle, it is very convenient, very beautiful and unusual.

As you know, this type of architectural and planning decision came to us from the USA, in 1920 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created it and the young generation of creative people really liked it.

The studio apartment option also has a functional side for people who live in one city, but are forced to often visit another for work. In order not to spend a huge amount of money on hotels, you can purchase such relatively inexpensive apartments, this will greatly simplify your life. Beautiful design and comfortable interior will smooth out all the shortcomings of the studio apartment and turn them into advantages.

Small studio apartments

As for the small studio apartments, this, of course, is a room with a small footage. Such a lack of quadrature can also be solved, most of the furniture can be hidden by sliding panels, or, for example, make a cabinet built into the wall.

Very often such small housing option has a concept minimalism. Arrange only the necessary furniture and a minimum of decor, this will save a little space, but the view will remain pleasant.

Creating a studio apartment

It is very interesting that in the West such studio apartments are being built, while in our country they are remodeling and rebuilding. If you have a desire to live in such an apartment, here is what you need to know first. If your apartment is in an old house, then you may encounter many technical and legal problems. Old apartment layouts have load-bearing walls or long corridors that cannot be disposed of. Demolition of load-bearing walls is strictly prohibited. This can lead to structural disruption, and even to the destruction of the entire building. Therefore, modern new buildings are chosen for studio apartments, where the possibility of planning at their discretion, as it were, is initially provided. That is, you get four walls and you can do anything there, realizing all your dreams and fantasies and creating an interior that no one has.

For example, a fireplace can be a great accent in your studio apartment.

Studio apartment zoning

To correctly resolve the issue of zoning your space, start in order. The first thing you need to plan is the location of the toilet and bath, for them, in all apartments during construction, risers are allocated, where bathrooms are installed.You can fence off this space with additional walls or partitions. Based on this, we create the rest of the interior. Previously, the “neighbors” of the toilet and bath were hallway and kitchen. Now you can arrange everything as you wish, as it will be convenient for you. But for sure it would be inappropriate to place a sleeping area nearby. Although someone like that. Since the question of the sleep zone has been raised, the bed is usually placed further away from the front door, and enclosed by partitions, cabinets, and so on, creating a separate room, as it were.

The rest of the space will occupy kitchen-living room, here arrange everything for your convenience, according to your taste and character.

The studio apartment option is great for people who earn modestly. For those who live in one city, but often come to another for work. For creative and extraordinary people. For those who have not had time to start a family or children. And also for those who like to express themselves in the most unthinkable ways.