Studio apartment and loft style: created for each other (34 photos)

If you are the owner of a free-style apartment with high ceilings and large windows, then your interior style is a loft. To find out, you don’t even have to go to a fortuneteller - any designer will immediately tell you, just by looking at the apartment. If you consider that the loft style in the interior is now at the peak of fashion, you should listen to their opinion, but first find out what this style is.

Style features

The motto of the loft style can be considered the phrase: "more light and space, less partitions and decor." However, the decor is still present in it, but very peculiar. For example, water pipes on a brick wall or a road sign in an aluminum frame will serve as an excellent decoration. If you decide that you are in the factory floor, you will be partly right, since this style originated in the production facilities that were empty in the city center. Due to rising land prices, plants began to move to the outskirts, and buildings were leased for a small price.

The first spacious bright housing was appreciated by representatives of bohemia. Artists and musicians set up their studios there, in which modern appliances and wide sofas coexisted with concrete floors and utilities. Over time, this neighborhood has gained popularity and overgrown with characteristic details, according to which the style remains easily recognizable:

• Free layout. Partitions separate only the bathroom, the rest of the space is divided by zoning.
• Deliberately rough finish or lack thereof. Brickwork is the most recognizable element of style. Ceiling beams, pipes and ventilation grilles are also an integral part of the interior.
• Household appliances are super modern and shine with chrome surfaces.
• The abundance of light. Industrial surroundings look good only in bright light. With faded lighting, the room will look gloomy and dull.
• Designer furniture. Many of the same type of ottomans or chairs, from which you can assemble one large sofa or two or three small ones, will allow you to separate the living room from the kitchen area or bedroom.
• Big windows. Curtains are used only as a last resort, when you need to hide from the views from the street or the house opposite. Blinds or blinds will do.

Separate one large room into zones allows not only prefabricated furniture. There are several more options for zoning in a studio apartment.

Studio zoning techniques

First you need to divide the entire space into functional zones. Minimum zones - kitchen, bedroom and living room. The toilet and bathroom (or shower) are separated by partitions. Additionally, you can create a dining room, work area and separate separate corners for each family member.

Then you need to consider how to divide these zones without resorting to the help of partitions. There are several of these methods.

Differences in wall and floor decoration

Visually, you can separate one zone from another using different wall and floor coverings.

In addition to the authentic brickwork of the wall in the studio apartment, the loft can be painted, covered with rough plaster, and ceramic tiles imitating an unprocessed concrete surface can be used. Such a tile will be appropriate on the floor. In addition to it, you can lay a laminate or floor board on the floor.

Textile

Cold materials dominate in this style - stone, metal, brick. To create a cozy atmosphere, the sleeping area is separated by a curtain. Long light curtains organically look and do not spoil the surroundings. Draperies can be replaced with a screen with a graffiti pattern or imitation of newspaper text.

Spot lighting

It is best to think of a separate spotlight for each functional area. Techno-style lights hanging from the ceiling will look great. Near the bed it is more appropriate to hang wall sconces in the same style.

Furniture

Furniture items that can be combined into groups may well serve as separators of functional zones. Prefabricated upholstered furniture or tall open shelves will conveniently and aesthetically separate the living room or work area from the total area. The kitchen is able to separate the bar or apron.

Any tall vertical structures — columns or exhaust systems — can also be used for efficient zoning.

The loft style for a small apartment is ideal, since the area is not spent on partitions and the whole room remains bright.

Interior and decoration

The ceilings in the division of the studio into zones do not participate. They are painted white, this makes the room much brighter.

Initially, storage or industrial hangars were cold and heated using stoves or fireplaces. To design a living room in the loft style, you can use both a real fireplace and its imitation.

A significant height of the ceilings allows you to equip the second level. The bedroom or study on it will be a quiet secluded place. You can get on it with the help of a ladder, which can also separate one zone from another at the lower level. The stylized pipes can serve as the original loft style parapet.

The bedroom on the lower tier can be distinguished with the help of a podium, in which drawers for storing bedding can be hidden.

The kitchen in this style resembles the factory dining room - large tables, refrigerators and hobs. Do not forget about the powerful hood, as the smells during cooking will spread throughout the apartment.