Kitchens open to the living room and dining room have become a way, often obligatory, to get the most out of the available space. However, there are several options that work aesthetically when it comes to integrating both rooms. Do you want to know which ones best adapt to the possibilities of your apartment? Below, we review some of the most stylish options you can implement.
In small apartments, it is important to identify those objects that, although they do not hide the kitchen, allow us to set its limits. Curtains, glass partitions or partitions lined with mirrors, shelves or an American bar, like the one in the image, are some of the elements that will help you create a versatile and ambivalent space.
Who said that kitchen rooms are no longer popular? The important thing is to eliminate noise between rooms and create echoes and patterns that, in a discreet way, feed each other. You can achieve this by paneling the furniture and appliances in your kitchen, from the cabinets to the refrigerator. With this formula you can look for wood finishes or in tones similar to those of the adjacent walls so that the kitchen furniture will seem to merge with that of your living room.
Sometimes it’s not about looking for the differences between the living room and the kitchen, but rather focusing on what unites them. In the image, we see how the kitchen of this small country house opens to the living room with an excellent stone fireplace, which helps the space maintain its neat, sober and rustic appearance as a whole. The immutable tile that covers the floors and the wooden finishes of the countertop, stools and dining table act as other cohesive elements.
The quality of the materials you select will be decisive when renovating your old kitchen. In the image, we see how in an apartment in which the old divisions have been eliminated, a noble marble has replaced the dull white tile, the tiles have passed away in favor of a uniform flooring and the furniture and appliances function as all thanks to the wooden panels, as we have seen before.
Sometimes less is more and the key is to make the most of the available space. For example, this living room-kitchen, with porcelain floor, in which the wooden finish of the furniture extends to an improvised reading corner that takes advantage of the stairwell.
