The traditional and modest interior of a country house can be drastically changed. The purchase of extravagant furniture or trendy repairs? are not the only solution. Sometimes, just one element of the interior is enough for the room to acquire a new and stylish sound. Such an element of the interior has existed for a long time. It is called the podium.

Content

1. Interior Element Podium
2. Types and purpose of structures
3. Interior of the room with a podium.
4. The choice of material for the podium

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Interior Element Podium

Speaking in an accessible language, the podium is a high flat step with a height difference of up to 25 centimeters.

With a significant difference in elevation, the elevation is a multi-tiered structure with a wide platform.

Modern elements of zoning, and the podium is no exception, give the interior of a country house a respectable look and a bohemian look.

The aesthetic component is built on the principle of a successful combination of comfort and respectable appearance.

Therefore, the features of using the podium in the interior will depend on the chosen type of design.

Types and purpose of structures

The design of the podiums, according to their purpose, are conditionally divided into decorative and technically sound.

Depending on the destination, the elevation dimensions are calculated.

For decorative purposes, these will be the dependent and required sizes of a berth in the house, with technical dimensions and piping configurations.

In appearance, the design of the podiums are monolithic and frame.

The monolithic design is used mainly for the kitchen and bathroom, to highlight the working area of \u200b\u200bthe sink, stove or shower and performs the functions of masking the supply of utilities.

The height of the monolithic structure reaches 0.4 m.

The catwalks of the frame type have proven themselves well for country houses.

Frame podiums are easy to assemble, functional and fit perfectly into the interior of a country house room.

Thought out, from the point of view of functional features, the podium in a bedroom can contain internal dressers or drawers and external multi-tier racks.

Once you have entered the podium built in the house with your own hands, you will really feel its importance and necessity.

The optimal and profitable solution for country houses and apartments are lightweight wooden structures, which include a supporting frame and decorative lining.

The height of such structures exceeds the monolithic types of podiums and reaches 0.5 m.

Decorative cladding allows you to create cozy corners in the bedroom.

Interior of the room with a podium.

It's no secret that a country house provides the owner with the benefits of free planning.

The country house allows you to feel more freely and democratically, kindly revealing a wide range of beneficial use of living space.

So why not take a do-it-yourself podium?

The principle of placing a podium in the interior is determined by several functions:

• main function saves a small living space

  the podium is advantageously used as a disguise for building structures or utilities

  visually corrects the geometry of sizes of non-standard rooms.

Adherents of rooms with a podium, are conditionally divided into enthusiastic fans and furious opponents.

Which of them is right, His Majesty Time will show and tell.

Therefore, before starting the elevation device in your house or apartment, ask yourself the laconic question: Do you need a podium at all?

Perhaps some homeowners will immediately abandon such an idea.

Agree, in order for the element to functionally function, a prerequisite is the presence of an aesthetic component and the particular use of the podium in the interior.

In order for this interior element to look great, designers, when designing, use special techniques, including the features of the color scheme.

As a rule, the colors of the podium are in harmony with the coloring of the floor, ceiling and walls, as well as decor items.

The main task of the finishing materials is to make the podium a common and integral part of the interior of the room.

We make a reservation right away that this element is still a rather rare phenomenon in the interior of a home built by yourself.

As a rule, for the device of the podium, they most often turn to professional designers and craftsmen who are fluent in the intricacies of the process.

Indeed, when creating an interior, in this case, it is necessary to take into account all the details so that the podium fits in and looks harmonious.

Therefore, at the design stage of houses and rooms, where the location of the elevation is provided, it is necessary to calculate the height of suspended ceilings and baseboards.

The choice of material for the podium

Do you already dream of building a podium with your own hands and are in doubt where to start?

Start by choosing the material for the podium.

For the device of the frame type element, sheets of plywood or OSB-boards, wooden logs, timber or metal profiles are used.

In the case when the structure borders on the walls, the level of the height of the frame structure is previously noted. An important choice is reliable and solid fasteners.

The construction of the podium requires the observance of safety rules.

Therefore, elevations are located away from the passage zones of the room.

For the steps, an anti-slip coating with built-in lights is used, kindly warning when moving from the floor to a comfortable sitting area.

A more detailed device of the podium in an apartment or a country house can be found in the proposed video.

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Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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