The fashionable compromise of semi-open kitchens

 

Furniture is also a matter of commitments. These are often choices that affect the space, sometimes because the walls are moved (or removed), sometimes because of organization I structure of the environments Among the most important and debated housing plan options in recent years is undoubtedly the open kitchen.

A definition that, with many e different designsit requires the living area and the stove to coexist in the same environment. There is a possibility of having some semi-open kitchens: connected structurally at to stayhowever separated somehow A compromise precisely, because in open kitchens there is often a division between lovers of this arrangement and those who cannot conceive of cooking inside the living room.

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To create a semi-open kitchen, you need to use one slight structural separationas in partitiona American accountant or glass partition walls. Three different ways to achieve the same goal: to allow those of the two environments to see each other and, at the same time, keep the smells of the kitchen away from the living area.

In the case of a structure in masonry that closes part of the kitchen, the spaces must be evaluated. Often, when they do exist, the challenge is to fit all the features into a small space. Generally it is about plants close to the square which must be designed from disorder most important as, for example household appliancesfirst of all the fridge. Another important measure to consider is space height which must be exploded to the centimeter.

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Regarding the American style deskhave a function dividingshould be interpreted as a wall and therefore set between two walls and possibly from a roof element. In this way the open space must be interpreted as a kind of framed opening. In some cases this option can be supplemented with a moving glass completely close one environment from the other.

The most popular of the solutions for a semi-open kitchen is the glass wall. In this way the continuity with the living area is perfectly guaranteed, it also allows you to make the most of it natural light. Becoming even more important in this case is theformal homogeneity of style between the two environments. Useful items for this purpose they are furniture like the dining table which generally represents the border element beyond the glass wall and kitchen furniture that must have appropriate details to furnish a living room.

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there is one technical detail common to all separation solutions: any type of division still needs an implant high performance aspiration. The great technical and stylistic development of extractor hoods and filtersallows finding solutions that decisively limit the smells and represent, at the same time, important furniture options, both in key decorativeand when they should be invisible.

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