How to equip a living room and a nursery in the same room?

Zoning

The division of space is thought out in advance, thanks to it you can remake a simple one-room apartment in a socket into a cozy two-room apartment. Most often, they use the classic layout and delimit one room into two squares. The children's area should be as isolated as possible, so that the child does not interfere with the parents while playing.

Partitions for the combined living room and nursery

A wide variety of options are used as physical zoning:

• Sliding doors. This solution is very convenient, mobile, has a neat look and fits organically into the combined living room and children's room. Doors isolate the space and allow the child to sleep peacefully without being disturbed by the sound from the TV or the light of the lamps. In the manufacture of a sliding structure, plywood, wood, MDF or chipboard can be used. For a room with one window, models with glass inserts are selected.
• Curtains. A zoning solution like this is very easy to implement. Curtains made of various fabrics look great indoors and can be easily combined with other dividing elements, such as a shelving unit.
• Screens. Mobile screens can be folded, hidden and moved to any desired location. Such products can also serve as an excellent decor and become the basis on which children's drawings or photographs are placed.
• Cabinets and racks. Wooden, plasterboard, metal or plastic shelves are an advantageous addition to the interior space and do not impede the penetration of natural light into the living room and the nursery, combined in one room. A spacious wardrobe can significantly save space. It can house a home library, a functional walk-in closet, or even a fold-out bed.

In the photo there is a living room and a nursery in one room, separated by translucent white curtains.

For zoning one room, a wide variety of pieces of furniture are used, for example, in the form of a non-bulky sofa or a stylish chest of drawers. Tall furniture elements will allow you to form a more intimate and secluded space.

The photo shows the modern interior of the living room, separated from the nursery by sliding doors with transparent glass.

In the living room, combined with a nursery for a student in one room, as a divider, it is possible to install a writing or computer table with side tables or shelves for storing notebooks, books, gadgets and various decor.

Zonal allocation of a children's room in the hall

For visual zoning and highlighting a children's corner in the same room as the living room, the following solutions are more appropriate:

• Niche in the living room-nursery. In the interior of the living room in a one-room apartment, there is often a niche in which you can organize a nursery. Even in the smallest recess, the bed can comfortably fit. For a spacious niche, a two-level loft bed is perfect, combining a sleeping place, a study or play area.
• Balcony or loggia. A balcony combined with the living room is an ideal place for equipping a nursery. This space is distinguished by good lighting and air circulation, which are especially necessary for a growing organism.
• Color separation. To visually separate the living room and the nursery in one room, you can use a different color scheme for the floor, walls or ceiling. This method looks very attractive, stylish and saves usable space.
• Various finishes. When choosing different finishing materials, for the child's area they prefer a floor covering in the form of a soft and warm carpet, and in the living room they use laminate or parquet, which has a more representative appearance. For visual zoning, the walls are pasted over with photowall-paper or painted with patterns.
• Lighting. Thanks to a variety of light sources, one room can be divided into functional areas. For example, spotlights are suitable for this, allowing you to focus on individual interior items, floor lamps, wall sconces or chandeliers, which are selected depending on the height of the ceiling.
• Zoning with multi-level ceilings. For zoning, two-level ceiling structures with built-in lighting or LED lighting are used. To make the combined living room and nursery in one room look more spacious and lighter, glossy stretch canvases are chosen.
• Podium. A podium on the floor will help in delimiting one room and saving square meters. A pull-out bed or boxes for storing various things can be located under this elevation.

In the photo, the zoning of the nursery and the living room, combined in one room with the help of different wall and ceiling finishes.

When zoning one room using different finishes, it is better to select environmentally friendly materials for the nursery, for example, in the form of ordinary paper wallpaper that allows air to pass through well.

In the photo there is a balcony in the living room, converted into a children's room.

When choosing lighting for a nursery, spots are an excellent solution. They have the ability to change the direction of the luminous flux and allow you to organize uniform illumination.

In the photo there is a children's area, visually separated from the living room by a two-level suspended ceiling.

Layout

When choosing a layout for a living room combined with a nursery in one room, first of all, the age characteristics of the child are taken into account. For example, a newborn baby only needs a crib and a changing table, while an older preschooler needs a study and play area.

In one room with an area of ​​18 square meters, most of it is occupied by a living room, and a small space is allocated for the children's area, which is separated with bookcases or shelves.

It is not recommended to place a child's bed near doors, the frequent slamming of which can interfere with restful sleep and rest.

If you want to combine a living room with a bedroom for two children of the same age in one room, it is important to organize a personal corner for each child competently. In order to save space in the room, it is recommended to install bunk beds, folding, pull-out and other transforming structures.

In the photo there is a nursery for two children, combined with a living room in one room.

Ideas for a small living room

It is quite difficult to arrange a small room in a Khrushchev. For the nursery, in this case, it is better to choose an attic bed, the lower tier of which is equipped with a desk or console table top.

For additional light and space, blinds can be used instead of curtains, bulky furniture can be replaced with compact modular elements and glass and mirror details can be added to the interior.

As furniture for the living room and the nursery, combined in one room, models with built-in storage systems in the form of drawers and linen sections are suitable.

The problem of lack of space in one room can be solved by folding tables or maximizing the use of walls for hanging shelves.

The photo shows the interior of a small guest room with a children's bed located in a niche.

How to arrange the rooms?

The living room can be a walk-through, and the children's area should be located near the window, so it will always be filled with light and fresh air.

The most common solution is to place the crib in a free corner and separate it with a dresser or bedside table. The baby's sleeping place can be decorated with a canopy or hung curtains made of thick fabric.

The photo shows a small guest room with a cot located by the window.

In the children's corner for an older child, it is better to arrange furniture in the form of a two-level bed, which is multifunctional and at the same time combines a sleeping, workplace and play area. This space should be more spacious for the child's activity and mobility.

Design ideas

For an even greater expansion of the area, the living room and the nursery, combined in one room, are decorated in the Provence style. This trend is distinguished by calm pastel colors in beige and white tones. In the interior, the presence of glass cabinets, upholstered furniture with floral upholstery, light chintz curtains and other things is appropriate. A children's area for a girl can be furnished with white furniture and decorated with soft pink textiles, and a corner for a boy can be decorated in gray, olive or blue tones using checkered or striped prints.

The living room and the nursery look no less advantageous in the same room in the Scandinavian style. Here, light parquet or linoleum with imitation of wood is used as a floor finish. The walls are painted white, pasted over with light wallpaper or sheathed with clapboard. For the sleeping area of ​​the child, wooden or metal furniture is selected, the surface of the walls is decorated with vinyl stickers in the form of animals, balloons, clouds, Christmas trees and other things. The overall design is diluted with accent elements in the form of paintings, carpet or bed linen in orange, azure or peach tones.

In the photo, a living room and a nursery combined in one room with an interior made in the Provence style.

In the living room, the children's area can be decorated with fancy and colorful details. For example, for girls they choose furniture stylized as a palace, a dollhouse, a castle and much more. Cars, spaceships, pirate ships or wigwams are suitable for boys.

In the photo there is a living room with a nursery for a newborn in one room, decorated in Scandinavian style.

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With the right choice of the interior style solution, the arrangement of functional, comfortable furniture and the use of a suitable zoning method, an organic combination of the living room and the nursery is obtained in one room.