interior kitchen designs

interior kitchen designs

When doing your interior kitchen designs, you may not have all the options available as to the layout. There are other interior design ideas that will allow you to maximize the space in your small kitchen. In small kitchens, the less you have in furniture pieces the better. Tables and chairs should be sleek and simple. Ladder backed chairs are a good choice. If an island design is not in your budget, the butcher's block option provides just about the same functions and is a bit more economical.

When using wall colors in the small kitchen space, lighter colors like a white or a pale yellow makes your kitchen seem larger. If you use too many dark colors your kitchen will appear to be even smaller than it actually is. Shadows and dark corners should be avoided when it comes to selecting your interior design kitchen lighting. If your space is lit brightly, it will seem larger. You can even make the ceilings look taller by avoiding the hanging pendant type lights.

Choosing recessed lighting will give your ceilings more appeal and a taller appearance. If you have a kitchen that does not have any windows at all, it will need more light added to it. No windows in a kitchen will give the room a dark and small appearance. Lights can be added under the cabinets, for example. The key to small kitchens is brighter lighting.

In the overall interior design of your small kitchen, storage is the most important thing to consider. Kitchens seem to never have enough space for storage and always have a tendency to appear cramped or cluttered. If you have any tiny spaces in your small kitchen, you can open it up. A small wall or door separating your kitchen from a dining room or living room can be removed. If you have a trash can, you can put it inside a lower cabinet instead of putting it on the floor.

Install a lazy Susan in the corner of the cabinet. This helps save on space. For sponges and pot scrapers, you can add a tilt out drawer into your interior kitchen design. There are tons of great ideas for small kitchens that you can use to help save space. Small kitchens do not need to be overflowed with equipment and accessories.

When designing the floor in a small kitchen, it is best to try not to use very large tiles on the floor or on the wall. Smaller tiles increase the visual size of the room. Lighter and more reflective surfaces tend to brighten up a smaller kitchen and give it a more open feel. For the appliances, you can purchase compact appliances such as a narrower dishwasher, a narrower cooking top or compact ovens. These will give you kitchen a little more space without it losing its functional look. Empty wall space can be used for storage. You can hang up hooks for pot holders and cutlery.

interior living room

interior living room

Living room in every home generally has the largest volume. The simple reason behind this is a living room is considered as a "gateway" to all other internal spaces. But in case of an apartment block in crowded city, scarcity of space is an issue resulting in compact architectural planning. This gives rise to apartments with bare minimum spaces.

Whatever be the case we can make minor changes to internal design and presentation to create a look and feel of a bigger living room.

There is one very important thumb rule when it comes to playing with internal spaces. The more light you will allow to enter a room, the more it will be perceived as a big room as far as volume is concerned. Also if you use brighter color shades that will help a uniform and smooth reflection of light equally in all the corners of the living room, it will be easier and effortless transition from small to big

room perception.

There are certain points we can consider here.

1) Avoid using heavy furniture such as big stuff sofas, wardrobes or bookshelves that have closed shutters. Instead if you use sofas with sleek frame (like the one in bamboo furniture) this will create more transparency and will help in perception of more space. Also storage units such as TV unit, book shelves if kept open will reveal more wall surface behind them and reduce the "bulky" look.

In an interior space that is empty the perception of "small or big" is usually decided depending upon the dimensions of the space. The volume of the space defined by the boundaries of walls, floor and ceiling defines the space. The openings in the walls further help in reducing the bulkiness of the space. Next when the furniture fits in its place the importance or influence of the walls reduces and all
attention gets focused on the furniture facades.

That's why it is necessary to use sleek furniture in smaller rooms, that will help in revealing the true nature of a space.

2) Allow more light to enter the living room by using light curtains. Instead of using heavy looking "valances" use simple and if possible semi transparent curtains that are just enough to reduce glare that might be caused because of direct sunlight.

3) Use brighter color schemes commonly known as "hot" color schemes. These create a very good transmission and reflection of natural as well as artificial light inside the living room.

There is one more different approach to defining the perception of the living room (or any interior space) and that's the empty volume left behind after all the furniture and other accessories have been fitted. Because anything in our living world is always "relative". The perceived volume is always relative to the empty volume that is normally used for circulation. The more empty volume you get, the bigger the room will look.

This also applies with transmission of light in all the spaces. The more you can get inside the room better it is for the healthy habitat inside the living room.

I hope this article was informative and will help you understand the concept of smaller and bigger perception of internal spaces.