Kitchen niche in the apartment: design, shape and location, color, lighting options

What is a niche kitchen?

It is a recess that does not have blind partitions that would separate it from other rooms. The niche kitchen can be located in the living room, corridor or even in the pantry.

In the photo there is a niche near the stairs with a modern kitchen located in it.

Pros and cons

Several advantages and disadvantages.

Apartment layout

This recess is most often designed in one-room apartments. In order to successfully place all the necessary kitchen items, the minimum niche area should be 5 m². A minimum distance must be maintained between furniture and household appliances, which will ensure convenient and free movement around the kitchen.

The photo shows the layout of an apartment with a small kitchen located in a niche.

Furniture placement recommendations

Convenient use of the kitchen niche will depend on how you furnish this recess:

• Quite often, corner sets are used for equipment, where an electric or gas stove is located in one corner, and a sink or sink in the other.
• Placement of the refrigerator is a rather complicated process. You can significantly save space by choosing a tall or narrow model.
• Furniture with drawers, folding or sliding tabletops and cabinets up to the ceiling are also used, which visually increase the volume of space.

Design and decoration

Consider some interesting design ideas.

With bar counter

The bar counter is an elegant continuation of the working area, adding liveliness and style to the interior. There are many different types of racks, for example, U-shaped, semicircular, retractable and other models, which allow not only to decorate the room and become its interior addition, but also provide a fairly convenient design solution for small and cramped kitchens.

The photo shows the interior of a modern apartment with a kitchen in light colors, located in a niche.

No window

A recess without a window can be formed as a result of redevelopment.In order for the kitchen space not to look gloomy and dark, its design should be approached with special care. For example, you can decorate this space in lighter shades that reflect and multiply the light well, dilute it with bright accents or endow the interior with shiny and glossy surfaces that compensate for the lack of lighting and give the atmosphere a certain airiness.

Stylish lighting and lighting ideas

Thanks to backlighting and other high-quality lighting, which can be located both on top and on the sides, it turns out to visually expand the space, making it much lighter and more comfortable, give the deepening a certain shade and turn it into a source that emits a pleasant and subdued light in the evening ...

In the photo there is a kitchen in a niche with lighting in the interior of a modern studio apartment.

Lighting is a fairly common and very stylish decorating technique, which allows not only to decorate the kitchen-niche in an unusual way and bring it to the fore, but also to illuminate the objects in the recess with high quality.

The photo shows the interior of the loft-style apartment and the kitchen in a niche decorated with spotlights.

Forms and arrangement

Common location options and types of forms.

U-shaped

It involves the placement of a kitchen set, household appliances and other furniture items on three adjacent walls. This system is very convenient and comfortable to use. Quite often, one of the side parts of the U-shaped kitchen is a peninsula or a bar counter.

Corner

It is considered a fairly common option for furniture arrangement. The L-shaped kitchen forms an angle with which you can create a convenient "working triangle" corresponding to the stages of cooking and minimizing movement in space.

Side

Represents the arrangement of kitchen cabinets along two parallel wall planes. Sometimes one side of the headset is made shorter and a dining group is installed.

Up to the ceiling

It is an ideal interior solution that does not waste useful space. High fronts of cabinets visually make a small kitchen space much larger, raise the ceiling, and also provide an opportunity to save money on wall decoration. In addition, they are considered very convenient for built-in appliances.

Color spectrum

The most popular color schemes:

• White. Stylish white color is always relevant. This design increases the space, fills it with air and space, and due to the peculiar refraction of light, it looks completely different in day and night lighting.
• Green. Natural and natural colors, due to their naturalness and freshness, are considered the best choice for small spaces.
• Gray.It is an aesthetic design solution, which, due to the competent drawing up of shading schemes and color combinations, becomes a rather original and ergonomic design of the kitchen area.
• Pink. This color visually increases the dimensions of the room and pieces of furniture, while not weighing down or overloading the space.
• White and wooden. It allows you to fill the atmosphere with calmness, coziness, comfort and homeliness and make it truly elegant and light.

In the photo, the design of a green kitchen located in a niche.

The color scale is a very important criterion that requires special attention. A wide variety of shades are used for decoration, giving different effects.

The photo shows the interior of the apartment and a niche with a kitchen made in white.

Features of the design of a small kitchen niche

A small kitchen-niche should be not only stylish and beautiful, but first of all comfortable. For its decoration, light colors and warm shades are used, visually pushing the walls apart. Furniture in harmony with the wall decoration will make the room much larger.

The photo shows a small kitchen in a small niche in the interior of a modern apartment.

Such a small space should not be overloaded with unnecessary items and small details; it would be better to leave only the necessary equipment and the necessary furniture in a small kitchen-niche.

Photo of the kitchen niche in the interior of the apartment

Photo examples of decoration in the interior of the apartment.

In the corridor

It is a rather unusual interior solution, but with competent and correct planning and taking into account all technical capabilities, you can achieve a very profitable and worthy result.

In the living room

The kitchen niche located in the living room must have a very powerful ventilation system in order to create correct air circulation, prevent cooking odors, and also meet the safety requirements that determine the comfort of apartment residents.

The photo shows the interior of the living room in light colors with a small kitchen located in a niche.

In a studio

With the help of such a competent zoning technique, it turns out to create a partially, completely isolated or open kitchen niche.

Examples in various interior styles

Several basic styles:

• Classical. The main features of the classic trend are symmetrical, graceful shapes and restrained shades. A niche kitchen with such a neat and practical design takes on a truly aristocratic and harmonious look.
• Loft. Gray, blue, brown, white and other muted and calm tones, combined with laconic, but at the same time brutal and effective kitchen design, will perfectly match the urban spirit of the loft.
• Modern. No frames are provided for this style. Vivid color contrasts, a combination of various decorative elements, geometrical or asymmetrical niches with a wide variety of depths are indicative of a stylish and modern interior.
• Minimalism. Differs in simplicity, functionality, strict shading solutions, lack of frills and spatial freedom, allowing to achieve harmonious style unity.

The photo shows the interior of a loft-style apartment with a kitchen in a niche located in a wall with white brick trim.

When choosing the main style for a kitchen space, one should take into account its conceptual features, rules for creation and much more, since this room should be, not only beautiful, but also functional.

Photo gallery

The niche kitchen is a rational and original design solution that allows you to use the useful space wisely. This design will not leave anyone indifferent and will play an important role in improving the living space.