Professionals understand that working on a kitchen design project with a bar counter, you can not only decorate the space of a cooking room in accordance with the latest fashion trends, but also combine aesthetics with practicality by developing an ideal zoning project. The kitchen, complemented by a bar design, looks much more advantageous before a standard layout room, since such a plan helps to identify functionally significant segments that add sophistication and originality to the kitchen.

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1. Choose a bar. What to consider?  video
2. Kitchen Bar Features
3. The main models of bar counters. We select correctly
4. Choose a bar depending on the type of kitchen interior  video

Choose a bar. What to consider?

The bar counter, which is an independent element of the kitchen, has come into use by modern builders along with the arrangement of spacious apartments, an impressive area of \u200b\u200bwhich allows you to create a relaxation area that resembles a bar, with which you can arrange friendly and family gatherings without interrupting cooking.

Placement of the bar counter can be carried out both in the kitchen room of an isolated type, and in the kitchen, the space of which is combined with the dining room. In the latter case, the installation of a bar structure for the kitchen is a good way of zoning the space. When placing a bar, it is important to consider the main features of the interior, which will perfectly complement the interior of the kitchen with a stylish and profitable, from an operational point of view, element. So what to consider when choosing a bar counter?

1. Ergonomics of the kitchen area is the most important criterion for planning the interior, adhering to which, you can harmoniously fit the bar into the interior, without creating unnecessary clutter of space;

2. Dimensions and design features of the room is one of the main factors that have a significant impact on the choice of bar structure;

3. The color solution for the bar counter is a parameter that requires compliance. Given the color features of the bar and kitchen interior, you can harmoniously complement the design of the kitchen, setting the necessary color accents;

Kitchen Bar Features

Given all of the above factors, the size of the bar used in the interior of the kitchen has undergone significant changes. To make the bar counter the most functional, the designers proposed to resize this element. The result is a full-fledged cutting table, the width of which is slightly less than an ordinary countertop. The height of the bar in the kitchen is mainly 110-120 cm, but there are more domesticated options, the height of which does not exceed 90 cm.

The main models of bar counters. We select correctly

Given the design characteristics and design features of the kitchen, several bar counter models can be distinguished, the main of which are recognized:

1. The model of a bar counter of the classical type;

2. Bar counter island;

3. The model of the combined bar;

4. Two-tier bar construction;

5. The bar, acting as a partition.

1. The bar counter of the classical type is most advantageously positioned as furniture for rooms characterized by small dimensions. Tracing the classic style in the design of the bar is very simple. He turns it into a kind of universal countertop equipped with supports, the height of which reaches 1.10-1.15 m. The classic bar counter is equipped with a set of chairs, which are characterized by an oversized seat and the presence of a footrest. From the point of view of practical value, this model is considered the most profitable, since it is often practiced as a dining area or tabletop for cooking.

2. The island bar counter can be installed only in kitchens characterized by large dimensions, since the island counter is usually installed inside the furniture set, while the creation of unnecessary obstacles to the movement of the owners is deliberately excluded.

The island bar, made in this design, assumes the presence of two levels: upper and lower. The first is located at a distance of 1.1-1.3 m from the floor and plays the role of a dining area, and the second should be used as a zone for culinary creativity.

It can be concluded that the standard design layout for the rack of the type described involves its operation as a surface for creating culinary masterpieces and with it a dining tabletop. The choice in favor of the kitchen island with a breakfast bar is especially relevant if the breakfast bar is designed to separate the space of the living room and kitchen.

Bar counters, designed as an island separate from the entire headset, are often used in modern kitchens with a bar counter, where you can encounter a combination of incompatible: matte chrome with elegant leather and gloss of nickel, in harmony with the warmth of wood.

3. The combined design of the bar counter, in essence, implies the continuation of the countertop used for cooking and the dining table. Having completed the installation of this design, you will notice that the kitchen has acquired a L-or U-shape, which was the reason for increasing the practicality of the kitchen space and its full operation.

4. The bar, the design feature of which is the presence of two levels, is especially relevant in the interior of a small kitchen. Several tiers, the upper of which can play the role of a bar, and the lower can become a countertop used for cooking culinary delights, allow you to arrange all kitchen items in a small room. In order to visually expand the dimensions of a small kitchen with a breakfast bar, it is recommended to place it along the wall, regardless of the design of the breakfast bar.

5. If your apartment does not have a separate room for the kitchen, and you need to separate it from the general space of the room,

the best option would be a bar counter partition, which will completely cope with the task of visual division of space and functional zoning of the room.

Choose a bar depending on the type of kitchen interior

If you plan to choose a bar counter in accordance with the type of kitchen interior, then to facilitate the task, we suggest you pay attention to the following classification:

1. A bar, appropriate in the interior of a parallel kitchen;

2. Bar counter, the features of which are designed for the interior of the corner kitchen;

3.And finally, the kitchen counter in the shape of the letter P.

As the wound said, in kitchens characterized by compact dimensions, racks of various configurations can be parallel to the wall. This is due to the fact that all functional elements are located parallel to the opposite wall of the line, which is the key to the most practical use of the space of a small room.

Thus, in the interior of a small-sized kitchen, supplemented by a bar counter, two operating rows are distinguished that are used for their intended purpose: next to one wall there is a place for a work surface, and next to another in a parallel direction a bar counter. For these purposes, it is recommended to choose closed-type constructions, which include a lot of boxes and other functional objects.

The most popular type of kitchen interior are corner kitchens with a breakfast bar. The installation of the bar structure allows you to easily turn the corner kitchen into a structure in the shape of the letter P, in which the bar counter is a successful continuation of the furniture set. In kitchens, the shape of which resembles the letter P, elements of the kitchen set, complemented by a bar, are placed along the perimeter of the kitchen along three walls.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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