Features of kitchen renovation in Khrushchev

All apartments in Khrushchevs of any type and year of construction are very small in size. The area of ​​kitchens in such houses is within 5-6-7 sq. m. When renovating the kitchen in Khrushchev, the main leitmotif is to rationally use every available centimeter. Moreover, to make the interior comfortable and beautiful. To fulfill this condition, you need to choose the right color palette and furniture.

Choosing the color and materials of finishes

In small rooms, it is best to use light colors for wall decoration. They visually increase the volume, while the situation is felt as "light". There are several finishing options for the walls in the kitchen:

• Wallpaper. Detergents or not - the choice is yours. Convenient and relatively inexpensive. How to choose wallpaper for the kitchen read here.
  

  Wallpaper is one of the most popular types of kitchen finishes

• Decorative plaster. It washes well, has a long service life, but is expensive.
  

  Decorative plaster has a different texture and color

• Plastic panels. Using wall panels (not ceiling panels), you can quickly update the walls, and get a flat surface without messing with them leveling with plaster.
  

  Plastic wall panels - an economical option for kitchen renovation in Khrushchev and not only

• Wall painting. Most often it is water emulsion with acrylic or silicone base. They can be washed many times, and their plus is that they paint over even small cracks and are not very demanding on the quality of the painted surface.
  

  Walls for painting must be prepared carefully

The ceiling should also be made white or light and better -stretch glossy or semi-glossy... By reflecting light, it allows you to blur the boundaries between walls and ceiling. Two other popular options - just a flat putty ceiling or a suspended one are calmer, but no worse. And if you do backlit plasterboard ceiling, it also adds volume to the room.

Light furniture and white ceiling do not give a feeling of "congestion" of a small space

You can also use a light color for finishing the floor. It does not "load" the space, which is far from superfluous in a small kitchen in a Khrushchev. Indeed, in a small area you need to place a maximum of furniture.

Light floor creates a feeling of lightness of the interior

Read about the types and choice of a kitchen apron here.

What furniture should be

Kitchen sets in Khrushchevs are made linear - along one wall or corner - by arranging cabinets along two adjacent walls. Moreover, so that the furniture does not seem cumbersome, it can be made using light colors. A good modern option is two-color facades: the doors of the floor cabinets are darker and the lower ones are lighter.

Light facades work well in kitchens up to 6-7 sq.m.

Glass doors look good in small rooms. They can be in a metal frame or without it at all, the result is the same - a light design. Glass is not placed in the lower cabinets, this is impractical, but in the upper ones it looks great - it glares slightly, scattering light and drawing attention to itself.

Glass doors - a way to make furniture "lighter"

In general, the organization of work surfaces in kitchens in Khrushchev is a whole art. A stove, sink and refrigerator should be placed on one or two small walls. The work surfaces that remain between them are clearly not enough. For such a case, they came up with multi-level countertops.

Tiered countertops - a way to increase the Catholic workspace

Sliding tabletops can also be made. When folded, they hide under the main working area, and if necessary, slide out. It turns out to be practical and convenient.

Retractable or folding tabletops are convenient

Often, on such a small area, you also need to put a dining table with chairs. Since the aisles are very small, order or find a countertop with rounded corners. The bruises of the inhabitants of the Khrushchev will be less. The dining table can also have a folding additional part that slides out from under the main one.

Another option is to buy a glass table. Such furniture looks great even in a tiny kitchen. The glass is tempered, so nothing will be done with careful handling. Another design technique that allows you to push the boundaries of a room and play with light is mirror surfaces. It can be a kitchen apron made of mirror or metallized tiles, a real mirror on the wall (pictured below).

Glass table is a great solution

Chairs choose light ones that, when retracted, do not clutter up the space. There are models that fold into one another. They are lightweight and compact.

Read more about the rules for choosing kitchen garnishes here.

Space saving tricks

The biggest problem in the kitchen in Khrushchev is finding a place for the refrigerator. It is good if you have an insulated balcony. This miracle of technology can stand there. And if not, you have to be sophisticated. If there are few inhabitants, a small refrigerator can be placed on the "second floor" - put on top of a floor stand.

Put the refrigerator on the cabinet, taking place all the way to the top

You also need to make full use of the space in the closets. Various storage systems do this best. They cost a lot, but they allow you to streamline everything and organize the space in the most convenient way.

There may be a problem with the placement of the microwave: there are not many work surfaces. It can also be raised higher by making a shelf without doors in one of the cabinets - just under the microwave.

A special shelf is made under the microwave

If you have wide windowsills, and you do not plan to occupy them under the work surfaces, kitchen appliances can be placed there.

Windowsill is not a place for technology

To make full use of the few square meters of the kitchen in Khrushchev, pay attention to the windowsill. Even in panel houses with very small wall thickness, it can be replaced with a countertop. There are many options, choose.

Making repairs to the kitchen in Khrushchev, not everyone decides to close the heating radiators, which are usually located under the window. But not everyone is heated today with traditional radiators. There is underfloor heating, there is baseboard heating. If desired, the radiators can be moved to another wall. Where they won't get in the way. So this problem can be solved, albeit at a substantial cost.

About all the intricacies organization of space in a small kitchen read here.

Light and ventilation

Lighting in the kitchen needs multi-zone lighting, especially in a small room. Usually, work surfaces are illuminated by attaching tubular lamps to the bottom of the upper cabinets. It is convenient and functional.

Illumination of the work surface using lamps attached to the bottom of the wall cabinets

The dining area is lit separately.Several small lamps above the table look more organic than a large chandelier. She kind of emphasizes the small size of the kitchen.

Lamps can be ceiling-mounted, but small

When making repairs to the kitchen in Khrushchev, do not forget about ventilation. In order to breathe comfortably in a small space and odors do not spread throughout the apartment, good ventilation is necessary. Previously, odors and excessive moisture came out through the cracks in the windows, the steam came out through the walls - they were vapor-permeable. Saving energy has led to the fact that wooden windows are replaced with plastic ones, and they are almost completely sealed, the walls outside are insulated with foam plastic, which absolutely does not conduct steam. Therefore, to ensure normal humidity in the apartment, a good hood is needed. It is usually connected to the existing ventilation ducts. If ventilation ducts are not provided in the house, they draw a conclusion to the wall.

A powerful exhaust hood is essential for a normal atmosphere

Repair procedure in the kitchen

Any more or less serious repair begins with destruction. They remove old furniture, remove decoration. Modern requirements for the quality of finishing are such that, in theory, it is necessary to knock down the plaster to the main wall, and then level them by plastering along the lighthouses.

The kitchen in Khrushchev is ready for renovation

Replacement of communications and engineering systems

But before the start of plastering work, it is necessary to replace all communications and engineering systems. At this stage, the electrical wiring is replaced, wires are brought to the places where it is planned to install household appliances, and the lamps are turned on. Electric wires are laid in grooves - grooves hollowed out in the wall, which are then covered with plaster mortar.

First, grooves are made in the walls for new electrical wiring

Wires are laid in them, they are installed junction boxes

Water and sewer pipes must be changed. If, when renovating a kitchen in Khrushchev, you move the sink to another place, this cannot be avoided. But even if it remains in the old place, it is necessary to change the pipes up to the tie-in into the riser. At the same stage, you can change the heating radiators and the pipes going to them, if you plan such work.

Read how to change the faucet in the kitchen here.

Ceiling, walls, floor

After the communications have been laid, the walls are leveled. For this, plaster or drywall (how to align the walls read here). They are mounted on aligned walls kitchen apron or apply decorative plaster. (How to lay tiles on the walls, read here).

Laid out kitchen apron, laminated flooring

Then it is necessary to solve one of the main tasks - to fix the ceiling. There are several options:

• remove old whitewash / paint and putty until smooth for painting;
• make suspended plasterboard ceilings;
• order and install stretch ceilings.

Different options for finishing the ceiling suggest a different sequence of repairs in the kitchen. If you are going to whitewash or paint the ceilings with water-based emulsion, you need to putty the ceiling together with the plaster of the walls. Gypsum plasterboard is assembled before the walls are aligned, and the tension is installed after the walls are aligned and all dirty work is completed. Sometimes even after the walls are finished.

The walls are leveled, plastered, ready for the installation of a stretch ceiling

Warm floor has been popular recently. The most convenient thing in the apartments is electric heating. It is more convenient to put cable mats under the tiles, under the laminate or linoleum - carbon films. If there is individual heating, you can do water heated floor. It is prohibited to use centralized heating for floor heating. It has a very high hydraulic resistance and simply blocks the movement of the coolant along the riser. Also, leaving the warm floor, the water leaves almost cold and the neighbors will freeze.

When all construction work is completed, the kitchen set is assembled

Good quality tiles or laminate are usually placed on the kitchen floor. Economy option - linoleum. For any type of coating, a surface with height differences of no more than 5 mm per square meter is required. For large differences, alignment is required. The most common option is a concrete screed. Its minimum thickness is 3 cm. With this thickness, it will not crack. Just keep in mind that not all Khrushchev houses can be poured with ordinary concrete. The houses were built a long time ago and the bearing capacity of the walls may not be sufficient. You need to check with the operating organization what the safety margin of your house is. If heavy concrete weighs too much, you can pour lightweight concrete or to make a dry screed - expanded clay of fine fraction is laid on the floor, two layers of drywall are laid on it.

The finishing touches are the kitchen table, chairs and sofa. The renovation of the kitchen in Khrushchev is over

After the floor has been made, the final stage in wall decoration begins, if wallpaper is selected for this. How to properly glue wallpaper read here... The last stage of repairing the kitchen in Khrushchev is the installation of sockets, switches. At this stage, the furniture is brought in and installed. We can assume that the renovation of the kitchen in Khrushchev is over.

Photo ideas for renovating a kitchen in Khrushchev

If two people live in Khrushchev, such a small table is enough

Very light and very light kitchen turned out

So that the space between the wall and the refrigerator is not empty, you can make a special pull-out shelf there

Creamy finish is pleasing to the eyes and absolutely not annoying

When decorating a kitchen, the main thing is not to overdo it with color accents. There should be few of them

If it is decided to make the facades bright, all other colors are neutral

The blue-steel scale is almost a classic. Will be good in a kitchen facing south

Fashionable nowadays modern style - strict lines without frills

White kitchen with small black accents is always relevant

Beige and brown is another traditional option for small kitchens (the cabinet on the right is the refrigerator, and under it is a drawer for vegetables)