Children's area in a small apartment. How to allocate space for the child?

A small apartment is a real exam for creativity. How to equip a children's area in a small space?

How to properly arrange the space of a small apartment?

• Minimalism .A small apartment will look much more spacious, if you place a minimum of things in it. Furniture is better to choose with simple geometric shapes, without unnecessary details, stucco molding, curved corners and plenty of shelves. It is also worth giving up a lot of souvenirs and trinkets.
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• Indoor flowers in small pots, it is better to put them in one corner on a multi-tiered stand, or to replace one or two large plants in floor pots or suspended flowerpots( in this case, the plants must be curly ampel varieties)

• Built-in furniture .If the apartment has niches, large angles, long walls, they need to occupy built-in wardrobes. Such furniture does not "eat" excess space, but it can hold quite a lot of things, especially with the proper layout of shelves, drawers and hooks.

• . The furniture-transformer is an excellent solution for a small apartment. Very convenient, when the side wall of the cabinet turns into a folding bed at night, one child's sofa can be laid out as stacked pull-out mattresses, and a compact coffee table, if necessary, turns into a festive table for a large company

• Modules for compact storage .Use any space to organize additional storage modules: drawers under the sofa, armchairs and couches with a hollow drawer under the seat, mezzanines in non-residential premises: corridors, pantry, pocket at the entrance

• Simple style .The ideal option for creating small apartments will be Scandinavian style or high-tech: lots of light and a minimum of details. Classical heavy furniture, decoration in the style of Provence or Art Deco are suitable for spacious apartments. Such variants will visually significantly reduce your already small space to the size of the birdhouse

• . The space under the ceiling is .For apartments with ceilings of 3 meters or more, a good solution is to use the vertical space of the room: additional sleeping places, storage modules or play areas for children can be placed on the "second floor"

• Multifunctional parts interior. The end of the sliding-door wardrobe can be turned into a bookcase, a wide double bed can be made pull-out and hidden for the day under the catwalk, where you can place the work area, the children's compact wall can simultaneously include a wardrobe, bed and a desk

• Use the spacebalcony .A well insulated balcony should be used as an additional living space. If this is a full-fledged loggia, make of it an extra room: a study, a children's bedroom or a play area. A small balcony can be combined with the room, partially or completely removing the partition

• Visual techniques .Several classic design techniques will help you visually expand the space of your room: mirrors and mirrored cabinet doors, reflecting surfaces( including stretch ceilings), light colors in the design of the

• Color palette .Light shades visually make the room larger. Use light wood for flooring and furniture, light paint for walls and ceiling. The dark saturated colors of the walls and the floor visually compress the size of the room. Many elements of dark furniture also take away space. Ideal: a room in light colors with several bright colored accents: cushions on the couch, a large one-colored vase of bright glass, a chandelier

• Textile .Categorically, you should not use dark dense fabrics for curtains or furniture upholstery in the interior design for a small apartment. If the number of floors allows and in the neighborhood there are no close houses, you can refuse the curtains altogether, leaving a semitransparent organza on the windows to the main interior or harmonizing with the bright color accents

• Light .Small rooms need bright lighting. If in daylight the quarte looks dull, use as much white color and reflective surfaces as possible in the design. Artificial lighting should also not be limited to a single common chandelier.
• Ensure that in each zone of the apartment( work area, children's playground, play area, sleeping places) there were separate lighting sources: table lamps, floor lamps or sconces. You can use tapes of LEDs that are attached to furniture or along the perimeter of the ceiling and above the shelves. Avoid light bulbs with a cold blue light. It is better if the lighting is golden

How to arrange furniture in a small room

The arrangement of furniture depends on the geometry of the room.

• It is better to divide a long drawn room into zones by partitions in the form of cabinets, racks, plasterboard structures. Closer to the window are the desks and play areas for children;sleeping places are better placed in the darkest areas of the
• . If the room is a square, furniture should be placed along the walls, highlighting the zones with a color accent. The center of the room is best left as a play area for the child
• . The room of rectangular wide form can be divided into a nursery and a living room. It is not necessary to make a partition, the zoning can be done with furniture or visual accents
• If the room is irregularly shaped, it is necessary to visually bring the shape of the room to the correct geometric figure with the help of built-in cabinets and hinged shelves and then use the recommendations of

above. We place the nursery in a two-room small apartment

Actually, in typical Khrushchev and Brezhnevka there are not many options: either to settle in the passage room of the child, or to settle there himself. Which decision will be right for you?

Babies up to three years will be most comfortable with their parents. A cot does not take much space, so we safely set aside a passage room to the living room, and in the back room we arrange a bedroom for the whole family. At the same time, the child's crib is better placed where there is more space for

. Preschool and school children should have a separate bedroom. In this case, you will have to sacrifice a distant room to the child. A pass-through room in such apartments is doomed to be a living room, whoever would spend the night in it. Functionally combine the living room and the adult bedroom is easier than the living room and children's room. In addition, the child requires compliance with the regime and silence during sleep, which can not always be ensured in the passage room

. How to choose a floor covering for the children's play area?

The space in the apartment allocated to the playing area for your child should be cozy, warm and safe. The most optimal variant is a carpet, which besides an important practical function can serve as a bright color spot and an additional element of decor.

• Synthetic carpets of the latest generation( we are talking about quality manufacturers supplying their products with a mandatory hygienic quality certificate, for example IKEA) are safe for health, hypoallergenic and very easy to care for.

• Wool carpets of can cause allergy, accumulate static electricity,pollution at home and are much more expensive. But they have a plus, essential for cold premises: wool carpets are much warmer than synthetic

• Carpets with long nap are not suitable for children's games. Small toys and objects are easily lost in them, they are difficult to care for, babies pull naps into their mouths, and older children involuntarily cling to long strings of the carpet, creating puffs and bald patches that can impair the appearance of the carpet quite quickly.

• The color of the carpet should be brightand interesting for the child. Now in the stores a large selection of children's carpets with bright pictures: alphabet, colorful streets and cars, characters of fairy tales, flower meadows and much more.

When choosing the color of the carpet, be sure to consider the nature and age of your child. Avoid monophonic carpets of inexpressive or dark tones - such coloring depresses the child's psyche

How to decorate the walls in the children's area? Ideas for registration of

If the child has a small but separate room from an adult, there will be no special problems with the decoration of the walls. It will be important to choose the suitable material for covering the walls( eco-friendly, natural, easily washable) and color matching the general style of the room and the tastes of the child.

It is more difficult to design a children's area when the child lives in the same room as his parents. The general tone of such a room, as a rule, is light, neutral. How not to disturb the visual balance of the room and at the same time make the children's area interesting and cozy for the child?

• Hang some wall of the brightest drawings of a small artist. Make them like real paintings - choose suitable frames for color or color a simple baguette yourself

• Vinyl wall stickers - an excellent solution for identifying the children's area. Such stickers are sold in almost every hypermarket for repair, they easily fit into the interior, are well washed, made of materials safe for children. As wear and tear, the sticker can be quickly replaced with another

• . You can buy a set of children's creativity and create a decoration with the child on the wall: an application made of bright felt, a picture of multi-colored sand, hand-painted fabric in a frame or something like that. In specialized shops and departments for creativity a very large selection of such sets, you can easily find something suitable

• You can puzzle the design of your beloved grandmothers. Hand-tied small napkins, rugs, patchwork flags, or fake figures can serve as a material for the original garland above the child's bed.

.What needs to be taken into account in the interior?

• Forget the traditional pink colors for girls and blue for boys. Choose a color based on the nature and nature of the child.
• Bright saturated colors and accents will go to sluggish and hyperspoken children.
• It's better to create a zone in calming pastel tones
• Remember that the main backdrop of the child's corner should be bright, juicy colors can be present fragmentarily in the form of color spots( pillows, baby bedspread, frame in the picture)
• Avoid the combination of white and black or gray colors. This combination is too contrasting and disturbing for the child's psyche
• The color perception of children differs from the adult. They need colors and lines that evoke bright positive emotions. Avoid in the design of sharp angular ornaments and color combinations in the style of "tear out the eyes."
• The living space of the baby greatly influences his psyche. It is most comfortable for the child to perceive certain bright spots on the light background of the
• . Be attentive to the patterns and ornaments on textiles and wallpaper - they should not be too intrusive and annoying.
• In general, it is better to decorate with wallpaper only one wall in the room - it visually increases the space and correctly places the color accents
• Consult the child in the design. In the end, this is his corner and his tastes should be taken into account.
• Use in the design of your favorite colors and textures
• Do not choose too expensive materials. Remember that a child grows very quickly, and the tastes of children change greatly with age.
• Make your room so that in half a year you do not mind repaint everything

How to choose the furniture for the children's area

• The best material for making children's furniture - natural wood or safe strong plastic
• It is necessary to avoid furniture with sharp corners, protruding edges, and also unreliableconstruction
• For schoolchildren, it is better to arrange furniture so that the working area is as far as possible from the playing and sleeping area of ​​the
• . Furniture for the child should not just be functional. It should develop aesthetic taste and accustom a child to order.
• . If you are fencing off a children's area in a common room, it is better to use a small curb or a rack instead of bulky partitions or high cabinets.
• Too high objects and narrow spaces can create a feeling of fear in the child and cause an attack of claustrophobia

Residential mezzanine - the idea of ​​additional space for the children's area

If the height of the ceilings of your apartment is 3 meters or more, you can arrange an additional living area - mezzanine. It can accommodate an extra bed, a reading corner, a small wardrobe, a play area or a small cinema room.

The biggest fans of residential mezzanines are children. For them, mezzanine - it's own cozy world in the parent room. Dimensions mezzanine depends on the overall size and interior of the room: it can be a small balcony, or maybe a full mini-room with its furniture.

What is important to consider when building a mezzanine for a child.

• In order for the child to move safely on the mezzanine, its length must be at least two meters and the width must be at least 70 cm. Avoid sharp corners and projections.
• . Ensure that the mezzanine has sufficient safety margin and a competent structure toto withstand the load for which it is designed.
• The ladder on the mezzanine should be positioned so that it does not interfere with the daily life of other members of the
• family. The step height must correspond to the child's age parameters. Too narrow steps or too wide a march creates a traumatic situation
• Illumination of the mezzanine, including stairs, must be bright enough, and the lamps - safe for the child.
• . It is necessary to think carefully about ventilation, since at the top of the room the air is always warmer and stuffy than at the bottom.
• The mezzanine and the staircase must be provided with reliable and safe guardrails. The design of the handrail should be comfortable so that the child can hold them firmly by hand

• For the manufacture of mezzanine it is best to use natural wood - the most environmentally friendly and useful material for children. The steps and edges of the mezzanine must be covered with a special anti-slip flooring material
• . It is not necessary to have a working area for school children on the mezzanine, because there is too little light.
• . It is not necessary to store small items, constructors, cubes, sports equipment and traumatic objects
• from toys on the entresol.the share of fantasy children's mezzanine can be turned into a real magical country

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