The appearance of a child in the family is not only a joy, but also an additional concern. This is especially felt by families whose living space does not allow to allocate a separate room for the baby. To organize a child's space for recreation, games and study, you can divide the room into two zones and design a living room and a nursery in one room. Such design techniques are appropriate in new buildings with free planning, where there are initially only supporting structures. And in the apartments of a small area you can immediately plan the sleeping and working place of the child in the same room where the living room.
The ideal room for physical zoning is a room with two or more windows located along one or two walls. In this case, each of the zones will have a source of natural light.
With visual zoning, designer tricks are used - design style, color, lighting, ceiling-wall structures.
Physical zoning
If the area of the room allows, it is better to physically disengage the nursery and adult zone. This will make it possible for the child to feel the master of his space, and the guests will not interfere with him.
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The function of the partition can be performed as a full-fledged stationary structure made of foam (gas-) concrete, glass blocks, and assembled from plasterboard, plywood, particle board, wood, plastic. If there is no window in one of the partitioned parts, then the partition should be made with glass inserts in order to receive natural light.
A good solution can be a combined design. The lower part will be deaf, and the upper part is made of transparent material (glass, plastic) or made in the form of book shelves, which are partially filled. Instead of books on the shelves, you can arrange pots of flowers. And if you pick up the climbing plant species with small leaves, then through such shelves will not only penetrate the light, but also partly filter the air.
Given that children in their games can lose control of themselves, all glass inserts must be made of reinforced glass. This will save the household and guests from injuries.
How to close the opening
The door to the partitioned part does not necessarily have to be swinging. Considering that in both rooms there will most likely be a shortage of space, it is better to cover the opening with a sliding door or a folding "accordion". This approach will save a square meter, the lack of which will be felt in a small room. If a child is designed for a small child, the door design should be easy to use for the baby. The simplest way to close the opening is the curtain. The fabric for it can be selected in tone to the overall design of the room. To curtain blend in the design of the living room and the nursery, it can be made two-sided, combining two pieces with different colors. True, at least one of the pieces must be made of a dense heavy fabric, so that the pictures do not shine through and do not overlap one another.
Visual zoning
If, when designing the living room and children's room layout in one room, the partition does not allow the area or other reasons, the zoning can be performed visually, applying the effects known to the novice designer.
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Zoning with furniture
The simplest tool for effective zoning of a room is furniture. The main advantage of this approach is that there is no need for repair work. In addition, the border can be displaced in any direction. Installation of a cabinet under a ceiling in that case is not obligatory. It can be a rack for books, plants or trinkets, a small children's wardrobe, a pedestal with an aquarium.
For a conditional differentiation of the interior of the living room and children's designers suggest using a sofa that can be used for family viewing of films. A good tool for separating the living area from the nursery is considered a rack with through shelves on which children's books are arranged on one side, and on the other hand the literature of adult members of the family. In this case, either the height of the shelves should be greater than the format of the books, or the shelves must be filled in part. This is done so that light from the window penetrates and into the living room.
Wall and ceiling structures
To create the illusion of two rooms in one you can use decorative designs on the ceiling and walls. More often for these purposes involve constructions from gypsum cardboard. The most elementary option - an archway. But it should be done with the maximum radius and minimum of the "stolen" space. After all, the task of such an arch symbolically divided the two zones. The complexity of the construction of plasterboard is limited only by the imagination of the author. Therefore, the arch is not the only zoning option. From it you can, for example, make a decorative rack. Also as a ceiling element in the interior can be used a wooden beam. It will not only visually divide the space into zones, but will also become the basis for the curtain rod or curtain dividing the nursery and living room.
Color Zoning
To emphasize the boundary between two functionally different zones, you can use color design. In this case, it is necessary to take into account a number of features:
- degree of illumination;
- overall dimensions;
- general design idea.
If the room is small, the illumination is weak and the window goes to the north side, then you will have to discard dark colors. Especially it concerns the children's part. In general, for children's areas designers recommend to plan light calm tones from the "warm" part of the spectrum:
- peach;
- yellow;
- light-orange;
- pastel;
- салатный.
Care must be taken to bright "exciting" colors - red, orange. This can negatively affect the child's nervous system. If you do not pay proper attention to this nuance, the child will find it difficult to concentrate on the teaching material, remember it. "Adult" part of the room can be framed in a darker palette. And to revive it, to expand visually the boundaries, you can use mirrored surfaces in the doors of a large closet.
Separation of the children's part of the room with a shelving from the hallPodium as a tool for zoning
An unusual but effective and functional tool for zoning children in the room is considered to be the construction of a podium. Usually it is collected on a wooden or perforated metal frame made of laminated chipboard, OSB.
On the edge of the podium, you need to provide a small fence, which will help prevent the fall and injury of the child.
Installation of the podium can be beaten using a game legend, having issued it accordingly. For example, for a girl to make a castle, where a fairy princess lives. And for a boy, you can decorate it like a pirate ship. All these ideas will be received with enthusiasm by small family members.
Mounting the podium will enable not only to allocate a separate zone for the child, but to save such precious square meters. After all, under this platform, you can place drawers for storing things or a pull-out bed. In the afternoon these elements of furniture will be "disguised", and in the evening they can be put forward for use. So the ideas how to equip in a combined room two different zones, as a living room and a nursery with a sleeping, working and playing place there is a mass. And the possibilities are limited by the imagination of the designer and the financial capabilities of the customers. And the results will please both children and adults.
