The word "Khrushchevka" provokes unsightly associations, being an object of constant banter. But does this mean that such an abode necessarily must be typical, tight, dull? By no means! Today everyone can make from his "Khrushchev" cozy modern apartments. It is enough to turn to the experience of specialists to understand what miracles happen through the repair of their own apartment. It does not matter if you plan to redevelop or restrict yourself to cosmetic repairs. The modern design of the Khrushchev or Soviet-style panel house of 3 rooms will magically transform your housing, making it functional, comfortable, and stylish.
This type of housing is characterized by the following features:
- small height of ceilings;
- availability of communicating rooms;
- small size of apartments;
- close kitchen;
- combined bathroom;
- low sound and heat insulation.
IMPORTANT! The internal partitions of the Khrushchev's are not bearing, which allows them to be demolished quietly during re-planning.
Typical layout options
There are several versions of the standard layout of three-room Khrushchev:
- "Paschanka": one spacious room plus two small ones. The least convenient option for radical restructuring;
- "Book": two spacious adjoining rooms plus one small separate. The redevelopment will require a lot of space;
- "Tram": the rooms are passageways, reminiscent of the tramway, are often lined up with a line. When re-planning it is necessary to put additional partitions for insulation;
- Khrushchevka 60 m2: all rooms are completely isolated from each other. A comfortable option, any radical changes may not be needed.
Depending on the species, the options for organizing space are chosen. The Internet provides a huge number of photos of various projects, among which it is easy to find the right one. You can also contact a professional designer to create a unique project specifically for your case.
Features of redevelopment
Re-planning is a radical way, truly transforming the look of your house. Change the size of the dwelling, of course, will not work. But to extend the useful area by such methods is quite realistic.
There are two ways of redevelopment:
- Take down all the partitions that are not bearing, turning the apartment into an apartment-studio. Mark the areas of the kitchen, dining room, living room, allocate a cabinet, a nursery. To distinguish zones, light partitions, a different level of the floor, color transitions of the design, different types of coverage, etc. are used.
- To make a partial association: a kitchen with a living room, a bathroom with an entrance hall, a balcony with a bedroom, etc.
IMPORTANT! Expanding the living room at the expense of the balcony, make sure that it is able to withstand the extra burden!
In addition, you can create the effect of space by expanding the window openings. Replacing old windows with modern double-glazed windows, you will improve the insulation of your apartments, and spacious windows will let in sunlight, air. The window sill is easy to turn into a compact built-in table. See how it looks, you can in the photo from the Internet.
Bathroom redevelopment
The useful area can be increased at the expense of the bathroom. Here are also possible varieties of changes:
- dismantle the partition between the bathroom and the toilet;
- replace the massive bath with a modern shower cabin. This allows you to place a washing machine in a vacant place, freeing up space in the kitchen;
- to increase the height of the doorway: thanks to this reception the entire bathroom will appear higher;
- Expand the bathroom due to part of the corridor, built-in closet or pantry. It will take additional waterproofing.
IMPORTANT! Increase the bathroom, capturing the territory of a dwelling, is prohibited by sanitary standards!
The real distress of the three-room Khrushchev are the adjoining rooms. They look terrible in the photo, and even more at home: if several members of your family live with you, it becomes impossible to rest in the passage rooms. Having reduced a part of the area of one of the living rooms, you can hold a corridor to the end of the apartment. Passages to the bathroom and kitchen are located on both sides of the corridor, isolating the apartments.
Everything should be legal
When planning major repairs, consult with experts. They will tell you what changes can be made, and which are strictly prohibited.
When drafting a project, it is necessary to take into account:
- in some cases, the dismantling of walls may be prohibited;
- any change in the configuration of the walls must be agreed and registered;
- You can not carry a bathroom, as this can damage the sewage system in the entire multi-storey building;
- In the presence of a gas stove, the unification of the kitchen and the living room is prohibited. Put an electric stove or use a light partition.
To create a project, professional designer services may be required. Especially if you are going to change the configuration of the walls of the apartment. The call to specialists guarantees you a competent project, which is much easier to reconcile.
It is necessary to know that any changes to the layout must necessarily be agreed and registered. Before starting work, it is necessary to collect a package of necessary documents, to get a license project for future housing, which is in accordance with the norms of construction.
How to increase space?
Even if you do not plan to demolish the walls, you can actually increase the useful area of the "treshka" by correctly disposing of the existing territory:
- Avoid unnecessary details of the situation, do not clutter the dwelling. Any object used in the design of an apartment must be functional;
- focus on the height: ascending cabinets, competent placement of furniture, proper lighting;
- Hang mirrors, arrange clear glass surfaces;
- The storage room can be turned into a comfortable dressing room, by putting shelves, hangers, a chest for storing small items. The dressing room will be an excellent replacement for the closet, allowing you to save a lot of space;
- loggia or balcony can become a study, a cozy corner for tea drinking or a miniature gym. It is necessary to warm a loggia or balcony so that you can use it all year round;
- Instead of the usual swing doors it is better to install the door-compartment or accordion. This allows you to win up to 1 m2;
- the lighting should be bright, plentiful. Instead of one massive chandelier, use several spotlights. Ways of their location are easy to find on the photo on the Internet. Well-lit rooms always look more spacious.
Choosing an interior style
When choosing an interior design for a three-room Khrushchev, functionality comes to the fore. After all, the territory is small, therefore, it needs to be disposed of competently. Therefore, magnificent styles, suggesting abundant decoration, are inappropriate here.
The best solution will be a thrifty and effective modern minimalism style. It does not just look chic, but it allows you to exploit housing with the greatest efficiency.
Basic features of minimalism:
- the general background is made in light shades;
- simple sealed design;
- mirror, glass elements, adding air;
- division of the territory into functional zones;
- Instead of volumetric cabinets, compact vertical structures are used for the ceiling;
- multifunctional furniture-transformer: sliding tables, wall cabinets, neat tables;
- furniture is placed at the corners, freeing the center of the room;
- lighting devices are concealed whenever possible;
- as much as possible natural lighting.
Having looked at the photos of design projects in the style of minimalism, you can get a lot of useful ideas, at the same time making sure that this style looks great.
Choosing a floor covering
The original flooring of the Khrushchev is wooden boards, which are designed for a service life of no more than 20-30 years. They need to be replaced, especially if you are undertaking a major renovation of an apartment. If you are going to use linoleum or laminate, you must first remove the old boards, align the floor. 
An excellent floor covering for a 3-room apartment is a tile. To lay it, you do not need to even flatten the floor surface. Thanks to photos from the internet you can pick up a beautiful tile without leaving home.
If you have combined your three rooms in a studio, zoning is a prerequisite. Unbelievably spectacular is a multilevel floor with a different coating. In different colors, walls are also painted (use wallpaper, paint or decorative plaster). The result is a stylish spacious dwelling with an abundance of air and light.
Choosing a ceiling
All known problem of "hruschob" are low ceilings. To correct such a significant defect is possible only with the help of a skilful design. This circumstance dictates its rules in design:
- abandon the volume chandeliers, replacing them with several bright spotlights;
- Light shades create a sense of spaciousness, extra height in the room. Avoid dark colors;
- a multi-level construction of plasterboard sets the style, making the apartments visually higher;
- To create the effect of a visual increase in height will help a glossy stretch or mirror;
- tension and gipsokartonnye designs steal several centimeters of height during installation, so in very low rooms from them it is better to refuse;
- instead of tensioning structures in the design, it is better to choose the right wallpaper or paint. They create the illusion of height, a sense of spaciousness, lightness.
Choosing furniture
Properly selected furniture will also allow you to win a large part of the living space, will help create a stylish image of your home.
There are several rules for choosing an environment for small apartments:
- The first place should be functionality, only then - the appearance;
- give preference to the environment of clear geometric shapes, with a smooth surface;
- Priority - mobility: folding bed or locker, compact chest of drawers;
- tightly adjacent to the floor tables, beds;
- for economy it is necessary to choose instead of chairs compact mobile ottomans;
- give up massive designs: they require too much space;
- to save space will help high cabinets: by increasing the height you can reduce their depth without compromising the useful volume of the cabinet.
IMPORTANT! Do not choose too deep cabinets: they require a lot of space.
Choosing a color scheme
Correctly chosen color scale visually expands the space of even a small apartment. There is not enough free space in the typical Khrushchev. Therefore, you should carefully consider the choice of shades of furniture, floors, walls, ceiling coating:
- Light colors create the illusion of a larger volume;
- a small pattern on the wallpaper makes the room more spacious, large - reduces space;
- it is better to abandon the use of saturated bright colors in the design: they visually reduce space, making your habitat look small and tight. As bright accents in the design of the apartment, use pillows, paintings, photos and souvenirs;
- glossy tension false ceilings will visually expand the space if its color is lighter than the tone of the walls;
- a separate color element of the design can be volumetric plaster, wallpaper with decorative ornaments;
- for a nursery optimal are gentle pastel colors: they have a calming effect on the child;
- A small kitchen will seem more spacious if you use mirrored surfaces - for example, a refrigerator and cabinets.
Initially, the peculiar arrangement of rooms in the apartment of the Khrushchev era does not contribute to comfortable living. Therefore, the design of the three-room Khrushchev should be considered. The main purpose of repair should be functionality - of course, not at the expense of an excellent appearance. Then the old "Khrushchev" will turn into a cozy and comfortable housing for all its inhabitants, which you can be proud of.
