A niche in the house room will not be extended to the layout detail if it is correct to arrange and competently use. Additional space is unlikely to be unclaimed, because it can perform practical functions or be a stylish detail of the interior. About how to issue a niche in the kitchen, as well as about the peculiarities of the kitchen-niche we will tell in this article.
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Types and features of NIS
Surely many are known that Niche is a deepening in the room wall, which can enjoy different dimensions and shapes. If there are enough spaces in such a recess, it can be used for practical purposes, for example, to embed furniture or equipment there, equip the shelves. There are very small niche, which, however, can also be used. With the right design and well-selected backlight, such an element of the interior can embello the design of the room, give it the original notch.
Distinguish 3 main types of niches:
- Natural niches are deepening in the walls that are a consequence of a certain planning. These niches include, for example, opening under windows or recesses in the zone of the ventilation box.
- Designed niches are structures specially created by architects at the stage of creating a project of the house. It is assumed that such niches will play the role of storage rooms.
- Artificially made niches are created by tenants after the construction of the house and are designed to perform both practical and decorative functions.
As a rule, artificially made niches are distinguished by the greatest beauty and originality, because they are created specifically, to give the wrath of the interior of the room. Such recesses may have an unusual form, they are emphasized by successful stylistic design and interesting backlight.
Niche in the kitchen can not be considered a lack of layout, because additional space can always be useful, especially considering the kitchen is a functional room. Especially successfully, if the niche is located in the working kitchen area, for example, over a sink or countertop. Even if such a deepening has small dimensions, there you can always place stands or shelves for dishes and kitchen utensils.
It is even more convenient to use a large niche. If its depths and heights are enough, we can put a fridge, dishwasher or wardrobe, equip numerous shelves for kitchen appliances, make a peculiar storage room for spices and other non-resistant products.
Often, niche is used exclusively as a decorative design element. In such a case, it is not in the corner, but in the most prominent place, decorated in a special way, decorate the beautiful backlight, which will emphasize the original part. A special charm decorative niches give finishing materials like glass, metal, artificial or natural stone, wood, plugs, etc. Niche can be saved with beautiful realistic photographic windows, and you can accommodate a thin plasma TV in it.
Niches of unusual forms are always a look. The deepening top can be issued in the form of the arches of the classic semicircular or carved Arabic types. The easiest way to make such a niche in the kitchen made of drywall - a material that is easy to give a wide variety of forms. If you make a wall in the deepening of the frescoes, stucco, artistic painting, etc., such a detail will become the main decoration of not only the kitchen, but also all housing. Niche can be supplemented with small shelves, where vases, souvenirs, small statuettes or sculptures will be placed.
Niche does not have to be alone. If the kitchen dimensions are large enough, you can make a combination of several small recesses and emphasize each of them the original backlight. Horizontal niches can be arranged on the edge of a beautiful stucco - such a detail will become an element of a kitchen made in an Italian style.
Vertical niches will look great in the kitchens with high ceilings. If you put a shelf or dishwasher next to such deepening, and the niche itself is equipped with shelves, you can get an additional functional space.
In which styles you can arrange kitchen niches
The owners of apartments and homes with such a layout are often wondering: how to beat a niche in the kitchen, so that it is not an excess planning element, but was a stylish decoration of the room design. The design of the niche can come up with independently, manifesting fantasy and creative deposit, but we would like to tell about some basic styles in which such elements of the room can be performed. So, let's list and describe the types of design for niches located in the kitchen:
- Rustic style is a kind of coarse variety of country style. It is possible to rank in the elements of such a design, a wild, wild, untreated stone, rough canvas and a minimum number of small decorative parts. To arrange a niche in a similar way, you should take care of its combination with the rest of the kitchen. Rustic style looks rude, but gives the interior some charm. Reliability, reliability, durability is the first thing that comes to mind when you look at similar details. Niche in rustic style assumes the presence of a large amount of shelves, which themselves represent individual niches, as if chopped in the wall.
- Country, which was mentioned above, also looks natural and harmonious, but is characterized by more smoothed forms and accuracy. The interior decorated in a similar way resembles a cozy and cute rustic house. Country niche can be filled with wooden shelves, decorate them with embroidered napkins, arrange jars with spices, wicker baskets, clay pots, plates, etc.
- The kitchen with a niche in the wall can be decorated in a classic style. Similar design, first of all, involves practicality. The niche itself is trimmed in tones contrasting with the colors of the rest of the room. Such recesses are often decorated with a semicircular arch in which the extractor is mounted. It is not recommended to release a similar element with lamps, since niche performs the practical, rather than decorative functions.
- Retro style fell in love with a modern person for quite a long time, because it makes it possible to plunge into the past, to configure about the past times, relax the soul from the noise and saturation of the everyday world. The characteristic elements of retro-style are paintings and photos, forged metal products and brass, antique ceramics, copper items, artificial-shaped wood. A niche made in this style can be decorated with a picture or long-standing photography hidden in the "Under the Starin" frame. On the shelves you can place forged candlesticks, ancient caskets, ceramic figurines and other similar souvenirs.
- Modern style is good because it does not provide for any framework. There is a place for the flight of fantasy and bold experiments. Bright colors, a game with contrasts, a combination of elements from various styles - that's what a modern design means. Often in the kitchens with similar design there are niches of an unusual or asymmetric form, which can be located in an unexpected place, for example, under the ceiling or at the bottom of the wall.
Main ways to use kitchen niches
Those who have fallen out luck to be the owner of a kitchen with a niche can dispose of its additional space in different ways. Earlier, we said that the deepening in the wall can be used as a valuable decorative part, which will introduce originality and originality to the interior. However, many of the owners of apartments and houses prefer to use space in practice, especially if the kitchen has small dimensions and each square centimeter is particularly valuable in it. Let's look at some options for using a niche in the kitchen interior:
- If the niche is small, narrow, it is unsuccessful or filled with communications, some prefer simply get rid of it, leaning a deepening with the help of plasterboard sheets. In such a case, there is no need to select special kitchen furniture or make it to order, because if there is a smooth wall there will be any furniture of standard shape.
- In a small amount of niche, you can arrange a safe. On the one hand, the space will be used with the benefit, and on the other hand, it will be disguised and will not interfere with the placement of furniture. To make a cache in a niche, it should be sewed and separated from outside with the same material that walls are lined with, for example, ceramic tiles. One of the tiles will serve as the door to the cache, and instead of the handle, it can be fastened with a hook for towels and tapes.
- If the niche is high and wide, it will easily fit the refrigerator. In the event that there are pipes and communications in the deepening, they will have to be transferred to another place - where the sink will be located. After the refrigerator takes its place, the kitchen furniture can be built in one line.
- The kitchen with a niche in the corner can be equipped with a large wardrobe for dishes. Such a wardrobe can be made to order by performing it in the sizes corresponding to the dimensions of the niche. The wardrobe in the kitchen is convenient because it can be hidden most of the dishes, small kitchen appliances and various utensils.
- If there is a working area along the wall with a niche, having embarked into the recess, the additional space can be used to accommodate the microwave oven, lattices for dishes, etc. In a similar case, the countertop will have to be made to order.
Useful tips in the kitchen arrangement with niche:
- Before starting repairs in the kitchen with a natural niche, first it is necessary to find out whether any communication is present in the deepening. If a niche is supposed to be used only as a decorative part, communication can be hidden under drywall sheets. But if a fridge or wardrobe is installed in a niche, it is better to transfer pipes and communications to another place.
- If you have not decided to transfer pipes from a niche, be sure to check their condition and strength. After all, if the leakage is formed somewhere, new furniture will have to disassemble.
- Please note whether the wall is in a niche part of the ventilation box. If so, it is better not to drill holes in it for mounting furniture or shelves. To begin with, it is desirable to sew the wall with plasterboard or wood, and after fixing the fasteners in this protective layer.
Features of the backlight Nish
If the niche in the kitchen is located under the window, it may not need additional backlight. Some interior styles also do not assume the presence of lamps in the wall deepening. But in many cases, well-chosen and competently arranged lighting makes a real design detail from the niche. Thanks to the backlight, the niche can be given an interesting shade, besides, items hidden in the depths of the shelves will always be clearly visible. Consider some subtleties of the backlight of the wall niche:
- If you have decided to build lamps in a niche, make sure that their brightness is moderate and did not exceed the brightness of the main lighting in the kitchen.
- The most successful option for illumination of the niche is point lamps or LEDs. You can arrange them in different ways, for example, to build only at the top of the recess, only on the sides or throughout the perimeter of the niche. With the help of LED tape, you can highlight each individual shelf.
- The shade of the glow also plays an important role and should be selected taking into account the style of the room, as well as the mood you want to create. Soft yellow rays will become part of a cozy home atmosphere, a pinkish light will come in handy for romantic dins, the scattered white glow will be appropriate in the kitchens of high-tech style and minimalism.
- If niche is decorated with paintings or photographs, without backlighting in this case it is not necessary to do. At the same time, the rays from the lights should be directed to the way that the image in the photo or canvas has been highlighted in the best way.
- The backlight in the niche looks appropriate and if the space is filled with porcelain, glass or metal products. Light flows, refracted on glossy surfaces, are beautifully reflected and sparkling, giving a niche spectacular look.
- When using LED ribbons, you can change the shade and intensity of the glow, choosing the one that best suits your mood.
Kitchen-niche
This kind of kitchen stuck in small-sized apartments, which are not enough to make a full-fledged functional room. If you cut down the kitchen from the hall with a wall, both rooms will be quite close and small, but if you make a kitchen-niche in the studio apartment, the space will visually increase, and the room will seem more.
The kitchen of this type will not have large dimensions, however, it will fit the most necessary: \u200b\u200bstove, table for cooking, sink, small fridge. The technique can be embedded in specially ordered furniture, to save additional space.
The niche kitchen in this case will be more like a working area, while the dining area will have to be transferred to the hall. An excellent solution for a small family can be a bar rack with a wide table top. First, the rack will visually zonify the apartment into two separate rooms, while not being grown up with space and not creating the effect of tightness. Secondly, behind a wide tabletop will be conveniently breakfast, dining and dinner.
You can arrange a niche kitchen in a small apartment in different ways. Many prefer to perform it in the same style as the main premises, although it concerns the decoration of walls and gender, they can be made in contrasting colors, so that the kitchen and hall did not look the same. If you use more muted tone in the kitchen design - it will help how to hide it, do not be so noticeable as the main room. It is possible, on the contrary, to highlight the kitchen-niche with bright, juicy, light shades.
It looks great in the apartment-studio-niche studio, separated not only by a bar counter, but also a large aquarium. Such aquarium attracts attention and becomes the main design of the design, while simultaneously performing the practical function of separating the common room into two zones.
Kitchen-niche, photo:
