If a child has a separate room, it is convenient for himself and for his parents. Usually a young family equips its housing in such a way that it is comfortable for two. Kids do not all appear immediately after the beginning of a joint life. For this reason, the rooms for them are usually issued "in a hurry," and their location can not be chosen. Actually, the arrangement of children's attics (residential attics), in tiny "closets" near balconies or premises, artificially created from large rooms through the installation of a partition. The latter option usually involves dividing a box of the right square shape into two narrow smaller areas. The most acute problem of arranging a separate zone for a child is facing the residents of Khrushchev, since a small apartment does not allow to swing especially with repair and re-planning. The design of a narrow children's room can be developed independently. However, to avoid an uncomfortable option, it is necessary to take into account a number of nuances during work that will help to hide the length of the room and visually increase its width. When creating a design project take into account the number, gender and age of the small residents of the room:
- Color spectrum. With the help of shades and halftones, you can create not only coziness in the nursery, but also add extra meters to it in the right places;
- Decoration Materials. Their contrasts conditionally zoniruyut room;
- Multilevel lighting. With the help of artificial light create austere, modern interiors, but they can also emphasize the accent area of the room and in parallel "darken" the places where flaws are hidden;
- Furnishings. From the placement of these interior objects depends on the perception of the child: as a single space or "sector" room, from which the "pieces" fall out;
- Decor. With the help of beautiful details, the interior is "polished", like the processing of an expensive stone. Just a couple of awkward movements of an inexperienced jeweler and the shine of uneven faces will spoil the aesthetic appearance of the decoration.
In rooms of non-standard sizes a special role is played by multifunctional furniture. It allows you to save space and fit in the available area more "useful" items.
Light walls and floor - the best finish of a narrow room
Light floors and walls are perhaps the simplest and most convenient option for visually increasing space. Pastel shades can add to the children's "air" and emphasize the accuracy of the finish. Those who want to put a couple of bright strokes on the palette of the room, recommend using wallpaper with small drawings on the "short" walls. From large, large prints it is better to refuse, since nothing but superfluous "load" on the interior they will not bring. If you want to create a design that will look strictly and restrained, then in the finish, resort to black and white colors. Dark can be used for "short" walls in the field of skirting boards or for a pair of horizontal stripes. Experienced designers advise to avoid extravagant options, where the bedroom is decorated in "heavy", contrasting shades. Such options can only be experimental, and in long rooms it is not possible to competently compete such a color solution even with professionals.
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How to plan a scheme for arranging furniture
The most common mistake in the design of long rooms is the parallel placement of furniture in two "rows" at each wall. In no case can this be resorted to, since the two additional "obstacle strips" are even more extended and the room is narrowed. Furniture should "crush" the nursery in length into separate sectors. They are visually perceived as isolated zones. If the alignment is done correctly, the subconscious "picture" of a narrow and uncomfortable room will be destroyed. It replaces the image of a neat little room, as if collected from several square areas. Conditional zones are usually two: rest and study. If the child also has a balcony, then add a separate playground. In natural light, the working area needs the most, but the place by the window is often the most peaceful and the bed already claims for it. How to be in this situation? Organically "complete" both areas, leaving the area in front of the door for the playing corner.
If the child is divided into a boy and a girl, then the delineation of their "possessions" is mandatory. In the role of separator can act as a through rack with books and toys, a mobile screen or curtain.
The bed should be functional
At the word "bed" in the minds of many, the imagination draws a spacious, wide sleeping bed, perhaps even with a canopy under an avalanche of soft pads on a neatly laid blanket. In narrow children's rooms this fantasy will have to be crumpled and discarded, since the real place for rest should be compact. It is desirable that it additionally perform several more functions. In simple versions, a folding sofa or a couch designed for one person can act as a bed. The convenience of the kit is obvious: even when folded, the child will always have the opportunity to sit down or lie down. For short-term respite stretch the bed completely no need. If two children live in a room, then of course they use two-tier models. One of the varieties of the latter is the "attic". In it, the bed is located on top, and its lower part is a combination of a convenient workplace and storage sections. Some beds can be fully folded into a compact module, which is usually decorated with small hanging shelves. In the afternoon, it takes up a minimum of space and allows you to move around unhindered in a cramped room.
For babies choose universal cribs with changing table and a place for storing diapers and diapers in the kit.
Choice of cabinet and additional storage
From a full cabinet, which will press on the room with its dimensions, it is better to refuse. In extreme cases, use a coupe of angular structures that require little space. If one of the "short" walls does not have a window or doorway, then a narrow dressing room is built into it. It will become a "trump card" for visual "shortening" of a narrow room. Storage areas are best organized in the most unexpected places: in drawers of the decorative podium, under the bed, on open shelves under the ceiling, in specially designed boxes. Usually, miniature lockers or chests of drawers are already integrated into the sleeping kit. Fortunately, the children of things usually less than adults, which allows you to "pack" them on small shelves and boxes.
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Do not use closed storage for things that are located at eye level and above. They will create the illusion of tightness and "creeping" on the guests walls.
Create a cosiness with the help of soft and uniform light
When creating a design project, pay special attention to lighting. Do not just limit the ceiling chandelier. In a long room, its light is not enough for the far corners, and sharp shadows do not seem cozy. Traditionally, lighting devices are placed on three levels:
| Ceiling | Central lighting | In narrow children's you can move away from the rule and place two symmetrical chandeliers at each end of the room. |
| Directional | Work area lighting | It is carried out with the help of table lamps, floor lamps and wall lamps. |
| Broken or "cozy" | This type of lighting will also affect the "temperature" in the room | With the help of spotlights, which are located in different areas of the nursery, the effect of home comfort is achieved. Soft, diffused light smoothes sharp lines and helps emphasize the merits of the interior. |
Light sources are not only installed on racks and cabinets, but also built into the ceiling "relief", if it is made of plasterboard, by a frame method.
How to visually expand a room
To ensure that the proportions of the room are not conspicuous, short walls are accentuated, and those that are longer form in neutral tones. The variant with zoning of a rectangular children's room is actual. It is divided into two (three) identical square platforms: for sleep and for study (games). The recreation area is traditionally located at the window, as the abundance of natural light will make it more comfortable. Particular attention is paid to the finish, if a fragmentary floor covering (parquet board, laminate) is used, and not a single linen (bulk floor, linoleum). It must be stitched in such a way that the broad sides of the modular rectangles lie across the nursery. This design technique will help to expand a narrow, long room. If the child's room is adjacent to a balcony or a loggia, then the layout of the child is revised. The window and the door separating the additional room are dismantled, allowing more natural light to enter the room. After all, it, as you know, smooths the corners and softens the shortcomings of the shape of the room.
Decor and choice of curtains
With the help of textiles (curtains, rugs, bedspreads, pillows), you can "turn" the space and expand it with horizontal strips. The more contrasting they are, the more obtrusive will result in the result. In curtains, air roman versions or laconic classics are preferred. The abundance of decor in such rooms is not welcome, although no children, which a priori has a "living" atmosphere, will not do without it at all. Across the room hang a garland, on the accent wall, place a "horizontal" collage of a photo or a drawing board with crayons, the floor is covered with a soft rug, and in some areas luminaires with shades and legs of original shapes are installed.
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Baby for the boy
Blue, blue, green and white colors traditionally prevail in the children's room for a boy of any form. In narrow rooms, the accent walls are trimmed with wallpaper with a thematic small picture: robots, cosmonauts, cars. Original marine and cosmic motifs in the interior will look. In the first style solution ropes, models of ships (or variants in bottles), decorative steering wheels, sails and other paraphernalia familiar to every lover of books by Jules Verne, Daniel Defoe and Robert Stevenson are used. In space interiors use the starry sky maps, telescopes, fluorescent colors that give light at night. The accent walls adorn the panoramas of Martian "cities", borrowed from the descriptions of Ray Bradbury, images of the constellations and unknown galaxies of the universe.
For girl
The color palette for girls is chosen from milder shades (pink, lilac, green), completely avoiding contrasts. Add space "scope" will help white and gray. The use of floral ornaments or small floral patterns is welcomed. The original addition will be a fairy-tale house in which you can play with dolls and arrange "insane tea drinking", as in the works of Lewis Carroll. In the rooms for girls, the decor is given special attention, as it can be made with their own hands together with the daughter, turning the design of the room into an exciting process. Jointly sew coverlets, pillowcases on cushions and rugs in patchwork technique, make interior dolls, dream catchers, knit wipes and pots for indoor plants.
For two children
Rooms for two children, as a rule, are made using multifunctional furniture. In narrow spaces, unfortunately, it is not recommended to use a "parallel" arrangement, that is, when two separate beds stand at opposite walls. But no one forbids them to be located in one, divided by a conditional partition. Thus each child will have his own personal space, the need for which will only grow with age. It is also better to count the working zone with a division for two, so that children do not interfere with each other when they are engaged in various activities (study and games).
Conclusion
Children's room is always drawn up differently than other rooms. It should create a special atmosphere, which will be comfortable not only for parents, but also for small residents. Before the creation of the project, it is recommended to consult the child himself in order to learn more about his preferences. This will help to put into pieces the correct stylistic picture, which will be based on the wishes of the little man, because he will have to live in it, not adults.
