Gas pipes and equipment do not add aesthetics to the room, especially to a small one, such as in a hruschevka. The design of a kitchen with a gas column is a time-consuming task, requiring additional efforts. To make this rather bulky unit an integral part of the interior will suit not everyone, but there are lots of ideas to accomplish this without significant losses, both decorative and financial. For particularly discerning, there are solutions to turn a typical kitchen into a modern space, disguising a gas column and keeping a free area for a refrigerator and cooking experiments.

Actual. Such a technical novelty as a gas trap is a super precaution.

On whether it is planned to leave the original equipment in the public domain or disguise it under the cover of a false cabinet, the choice of model depends.

Right choice

Modern equipment is quite diverse, from budget to expensive:

• colored: pastel shades, black;
• white with fine ornament, exquisite patterns;
• with images - Eiffel Tower, landscapes, abstraction;
• a beautiful display with a nice backlight;
• various forms - more square or rectangular;
• external compatibility with the hood.

Not all beautiful water heaters, and an attractive price segment - are good from a technical point of view. What you should pay attention to yourself:

• the maximum degree of protection against all possible risks;
• the number of floors, the pressure of water affect the necessary capacity, productivity, especially in apartments of old construction;
• number of exit points.

The power required for comfortable operation is not available for all models, but their size range, shapes will give a chance to choose the ideal. Improved representatives without problems will be able to place anywhere in the smallest kitchen. For example, high, narrow modifications are suitable for placement on the countertop, while the more square ones, with the same technical characteristics, will be safely placed in a suitable kitchen cupboard.

	power, kWt	Dimensions, W * H * D, cm	Productivity, l / min
Open combustion chamber	20-24	330*615*180, 340*590*185, 400*640*245	10-14
Closed combustion chamber	20-23	330*550*167, 350*560*130	11-13
High Models	18-24	350*680*259, 310*634*230	11-14

Snow White Style

When in a cabinet without a front facade, it is planned to build a suitable gas column, then there is a risk to even more clearly distinguish a snow-white rectangle against a background of a deaf upper stage. There is one way that will accomplish at once two important missions in a miniature kitchen - harmoniously integrates the unit into the interior and will make the space freer. This design solution is white.

The combination with a suitable style allows all devices to harmoniously merge into space: it can be located between the lockers or occupy the extreme position. Numerous pipes make decorative elements, quite appropriate and justified in this context.

What interior solutions are offered by designers:

• Scandinavian style. Smooth facades, sometimes lack of an upper tier, add space. A wooden countertop, textiles will support the idea.
• Minimalism. Laconic forms, lack of handles, glossiness increases the space of a small kitchen in 5-6 sq.m.
• High tech. Black technique on a snow-white background, frame facades, metal fringing, a minimum of decoration will allow the space to look modern, not burdened with everyday trifles.
• Loft. The actual tile "boar", industrial details, to which it is appropriate to include neatly designed communications.

Attractive color

If you want a color solution, you can paint the gas column yourself. The kitchen design will benefit from the tinting with a special refractory paint. To give brightness to the room, you can not only color, but also the image. Vinyl stickers are a fairly common way that occurs in the photo. Simultaneous decor of the refrigerator - the ability to painlessly place the equipment of any design.

The most preferred two-color solutions for harmonious kitchen design, found in the photo, when the decision was made not to hide the gas column against the background of neutral walls:

• With gray, metallic technique, bright colors are perfectly combined: orange, grassy-green, yellow. Adding black accents will give dynamics, the inclusion of glass - the volume.
• With a white gas column and a refrigerator, the façades of fashionable mint colors look great.
• Dark bottom and bright top.
• Combination of colored bright facades with translucent matt.

The influence of stylistic direction

And although all the gas columns have almost the same appearance, some features allow us to emphasize the style direction.

Even in the photo-examples you can see how the design influences the general idea. It's easier to disguise the presence like this:

• High tech. To emphasize the manufacturability will help chrome models for "metallic", suitable innovative hood, fittings.
• Modern. A bright wall, on which a snow-white set with separate top boxes is placed, distracts from the fact that one of the objects on the wall is a gas column.

At the same time, choosing a retro direction for design, it's easy to create a cozy atmosphere, to naturally emphasize the warmth of the kitchen. But there is another danger here. In such a small space, the following characteristic features do not contribute to the formation of a sense of spaciousness:

• Open shelves, tightly packed;
• an abundance of decorative gizmos;
• hung up utensils on the rails.

Surface Finishing

In a small kitchen in Khrushchev building materials for surfaces do not need much, but do not spend the budget irrationally. A huge number of colors, fairly successful imitations of textures and textures in modern decoration materials allow you not to limit yourself in anything. And if you want a floor on the floor, then the last collection of ceramic granite is quite possible. A classic rule is a darker floor than a side background. Black and white tiles look very impressive even in a small area.

The ceiling, as a rule, is not high in the Khrushchev, and simple white execution is the best choice. Do not come up with complex shapes and cumbersome hinged structures. If you want maximum efficiency, then it is better to highlight the walls.

When combining different materials for the side surfaces - you do not need to bet on the color. This can be a monochrome version, although the accent section is not canceled, for example, the allocation of the dining area. The combination of wallpaper, painting, tiles for walls promises certain benefits:

• always more practical than using only wallpaper, even washable;
• more budgetary than just tiles;
• more environmentally friendly than the use of plastic panels.

Space: Hidden Reserves

Since the column and the vent box take away precious space, designers offer such compensatory solutions, regardless of the style chosen:

• Height. Modules of the upper tier up to the ceiling will not only remove the issue of cleaning from the agenda, but also significantly add storage areas for infrequently used items and stocks.
• Window sill. Such a non-standard option will require additional investment, but the transfer of the shell or a full tabletop is worth it.
• The folding version of the table, the transforming models of furniture.

Council. A single table top along the windowsill may require changing the window opening and changing the double-glazed windows.

Depending on how often and fruitfully used kitchen space for its intended purpose, depends on the modification of the rest of household appliances, in addition to the gas column. Options that allow you to save precious centimeters of the total space:

• Reducing the hob to three or two burners will save space for the culinary zone.
• An oven that has a microwave function.
• Separation of one bulky refrigerator into two autonomous parts, which can be easily integrated separately.
• A capacious dishwasher partially replaces the dryer for the dishes of the upper tier.

Features kitchen set

Before the furniture, including the headset, for a small kitchen in Khrushchev are certain tasks: to be not only beautiful and compact, but also the most functional, meeting the latest comfort requirements. What options are provided so that the size of the room is not an obstacle to the convenience of daily use:

• advanced storage systems;
• reduced depth;
• horizontal opening of the upper cabinets.

Actual. Furniture made from an unpainted solid wood, especially dark rocks, does not exactly add space.

A narrow bottle bottle that is pulled out on wheels is a great way to differentiate the refrigerator and the cooking area from the required distance. It is not superfluous to use the base of the headset - no legs will save from regular washing of the floor under the bottom drawers.

The ability to disguise the gas column by simply placing it in a cabinet is accompanied by the following conditions:

• make a closet to order, completely eliminating annoying inconsistencies;
• The dimensions of the false cabinet must be greater than the unit at least 3 cm at the sides;
• absence of a back wall;
• certain air access for each model individually - it may be necessary to have a through design of the facade for better ventilation;
• the presence of holes for the necessary supply of communications - corrugations, pipes.

Attention to detail

Harmonious design of a miniature kitchen is impossible without good lighting, especially if there is little natural light. What are the current trends in this area:

• Spotlights;
• the refusal of the chandelier in favor of several ceiling light laconic design;
• active illumination of the working area.

Window decoration, too, should not conflict with the idea of ​​visually increasing the room. To decorate the kitchen window Khrushchev is to give preference to those materials, tissues, which are simply courted, because it is preferable to light, and such colors are quickly spoiled. The most practical ideas:

• roller blinds, it is possible for each leaf to be separate;
• jalousie;
• frame curtains.

It is necessary to exercise restraint in the decor, so as not to overload the room with parts. After looking at the performance you liked on the photo, you should take into account the individual needs and the load that is put on the kitchen every day. Not all projects are fully adapted: too little culinary zone or shell can spoil the mood more than the presence of a gas column, which can easily be disguised. And then this source of uninterrupted hot water will cease to be an annoying misunderstanding in the kitchen in Khrushchev.