Design of four-room apartments

The four-room apartment causes a lot of controversy, both in the family circle and in discussions on thematic forums. Someone assures that the advantage over the same "three rubles" is undeniable, someone thinks that the fourth room is superfluous, but still clean it, and pay extra for the "communal apartment". It is interesting to figure out how things really are with the advantages and disadvantages of such a home, and how to optimally transform it for general comfort.

Multi-room apartments were actively built under Brezhnev, and these were mainly panel houses. Surprisingly, “fours”, often comparable in price to “three rubles”, are far from being filled with a line of people who want to buy.

What are the disadvantages of a four-room apartment.

• The complexity of the search. What is put up for sale may be in the wrong area or on a floor that does not initially suit the buyer. And if there are only a couple of "fours" in the list of exhibited apartments, there is a high probability that they will not be included in the list of buyer's requests, and he will again postpone the purchase.
• High price. This is not always the case, but if the apartment is in a new building, the price can really be prohibitive for a large circle of buyers.
• Impossibility of resale. If you want to sell or change the "four" later, it will be more difficult to do this than an apartment of any other standard layout and area. They can hang on sales sites for years.
• High utility bills. Again, the difference will not necessarily be significant (when compared with "three rubles"), but still for 100 squares - and the footage may be that - you will have to pay the corresponding price. And this also stops many from such a choice.
• Repair price. The renovation project will cost a large sum, since the significantly increased space will have to be equipped (even comparing it with a three-ruble note, plus one room for renovation is a lot).

The advantages of the "four".

• Everyone can have their own room. For a family where children of different sexes grow up, this is a good option. You will not have to move anyone into the living room, depriving the family of a common space or forcing the child to live in a walk-through room. But even if the children live quietly in one room or there is one child in the family, from the fourth one can make a guest room (in case grandparents who came to visit), an office, a library, a wardrobe. And sometimes children are allocated one room for a bedroom, the second for a playroom, which is also convenient.
• Cheaper per square meter. Paradoxically, the larger the apartment, the cheaper its meter. Therefore, sometimes it turns out to move from a cramped "Khrushchev" into a spacious "four", bypassing the option with standard "three rubles".
• Hope for a big discount when buying. As already noted, "fours" can "hang" on sale for years, and therefore the owner will most likely be loyal and make certain financial concessions.
• Big kitchen. At least in new buildings this is exactly the case. And such a kitchen, by the way, can be made as a living room kitchen. She instantly becomes her, it is worth appearing there, albeit a small one, but a sofa. Then four rooms are free, and this leaves even more possibilities.

And in the "four" there is more storage space, you can allocate a corner for a dressing room or pantry.

A 4-room apartment and its layout is a plan that the whole family should think about even at the stage of purchase. Which apartment will be the best depends on the number of family members, on goals and requests.Usually one of the rooms becomes a living room, the bedrooms are divided for all. In many schemes, it is clear that one of the rooms will be a walk-through, which confuses the buyer. But there is nothing terrible in this: the living room will become the entrance, where all household members from isolated rooms flock.

It is impossible to single out one, the most successful solution: there are people who find it difficult to live in an area of ​​100 m. A large space for them does not create a feeling of comfort, it seems empty. Therefore, for them "four" in 70 squares is optimal.

The buyer does not always look at the original layout: rather, he will find out how easy it will be to re-plan the apartment, whether it will need to be coordinated (how difficult and costly it is). After all, many people want to remake such a large area "for themselves".

Probably the most popular option is to combine the kitchen and living room. If we are talking about a new building or "stalinka", the exit may turn out to be a very large, spacious room. If the family loves to spend a lot of time together and the person in charge of lunch wants to see the rest in the living room, this is a great option. For many decades, our people lived in confined spaces, dreaming of apartments "like in the West", where the premises seem to be flooded with air and light. And so, "four" makes it possible to carry out such an interior experiment, while not depriving the apartment of isolated private rooms.

Of course, some room will become a walk-through (that is, there may already be two of them), you may have to "eat" several corridor meters. But still, the option is worth considering, if, of course, the new owners have a need for it.

There are often cases when you want to make each room isolated, and again, due to "stealing" meters from the corridor, a door is formed into the passage room. But with the demolition of walls, you need to be more careful - if the wall is load-bearing, this cannot be done. If it does not carry such a load, you can think over a redevelopment project. Specialist advice is desirable.

For most of the apartment owners, this is the most favorite stage. It is still a long way to costly and time-consuming repairs, but dreaming, planning, "trying on" beautiful interiors for your living space is a pleasant thing.

In recent years, white has become a leader, at least only a few people used to turn to him, others did not understand how to arrange an "operating room" from the house or how to even decide on such a soiled color. Today, the attitude towards it is different, and for a shaded apartment, not very large rooms and the presence of a motley, bright, colorful decor (which has nowhere to put it) white becomes the most obvious option.

And yet it is better not to rush to extremes and not arrange purple and blue rooms in the apartment - at first glance, this is very interesting, but in fact, not many people like the color variety in one living space for more than a month.

If you are not sure that you can endure bright and expressive colors for a long time, it is better to leave them at the mercy of the decor. Soft gray walls or lacquered coffee-colored trims are great friends with yellow curtains and cushions or a fresh grass-colored lampshade and rug. Still, it is easier to change the color of the decor than the color of the walls.

If you want to build an interior, focusing on the abundance of photo examples, you cannot find a better Scandinavian style.By the way, it is one of the easiest to learn. If scandi doesn't seem laconic enough, you should take a closer look at japandi - it's a mixture of Scandinavian and Japanese.

If the "four" turned out to be an apartment where the Soviet Union still "reigns", and this is nostalgically wonderful, you should think about the kinfolk stylewho sings about all this sweet antiquity. And if the owners have a lot of furniture from Soviet times, with which they do not want to part at all, the style is more than good.

For lovers of comfort, light and naturalness, eco-boho is suitable. Those who are in the mood for brutality should consider a loft option. The rest of the styles in the family home are less in demand, but the most daring ones can look at pop art, eclecticism, oriental and colonial styles. Some of this looks very bright, something is not easy to implement, but the "wow-effect" with a successful repair is provided.

Here, only one basic advice is important - the gradualness of the arrangement. If the owners who used to live in the kopeck piece move into the "four", they will not have enough furniture to furnish everything at once. But there is definitely no need to rush: it happens that you first need to "get along" with an apartment, understand and evaluate its capabilities. Very often people in a hurry buy a wardrobe, and then it turns out that it was better to make a dressing room.

The requirement that all light sources be in the same style is, in principle, fair. And it’s difficult to buy so many lighting fixtures at once. You can turn to popular Asian sites - there are also good quality products that are replicas of brand models.

The apartment should grow over them gradually. Today, a huge number of shops, craftsmen and needlewomen sell chic, unique things through social networks. Observation helps a lot: the photos you like should be added to the saved ones, and then analyzed, looking for common things - probably, such elements in the decor are worthy of repetition.

There is a general tendency towards compiling a single, personified appearance of an apartment from different parts that are not connected by the unity of the place of purchase and even epochs.

When the design solution is created, the renovation begins.

It is understood as plywood wallpaper, wall painting, laminate laying, and so on. If the apartment is bought in a tolerable or even very good condition, the new owners can only agree to cosmetic repairs. It is not so expensive, it is done quickly and speeds up the check-in of new apartments. It should also be thought over, painted, calculated in advance: then materials and tools can be bought on the days of discounts and promotions, and not chaotically bought in addition - the savings will be significant.

Such repairs involve the demolition of walls, changing the configurations of the room and the apartment as a whole, parsing the floors, and so on.

Often at this stage, specialists are invited, because the work often requires highly specialized knowledge and skills. For example, overhaul includes replacement of pipes, wiring, and other utilities.

And in addition to the above, there are several examples of the arrangement of typical "fours".

10 apartments, the design of which you want to repeat.

• In "four" they often try to "push apart" the walls and make the room more airy and spacious by connecting the kitchen and living room. Here is one example of such a non-radical decision. In the photo "stalinka".

• What a common space for a family might look like. Obviously, isolated rooms lead to and from him. It is also created by combining the living room and kitchen with elegant zoning.

• If you make such a large and comfortable room in the "four", then the living room is not needed at all.In this case, two windows are very advantageous, due to which the merged space will be brighter.

• An example of the design of a long, elongated living room in a four-room apartment. This walk-through, most likely, the room is divided into a media zone and a library area, and the division is done very softly, but expressively.

• Another example of a living room where the dining room has been moved to this common room. It is small, but due to the correct location and choice of furniture, as well as the color scheme, the small footage is not immediately guessed.

• If you want Nordic design in your home, you can combine rooms in favor of space. A little color, a little decor, but how easy it is to breathe in such a bright, pleasant "frosty" room.

• An example of white interiors, which are so popular in the context of "fours". Of course, this option, judging by the windows, is far from typical, but you can pay attention to something else - the simplicity of the lines, the choice of color, the absence of unnecessary things in the decor.

• The same kinfolk - a style of comfort, simple and loyalty to family traditions. One room in the four can be sacrificed to expand the living room and create such a large, warm common space. It is very convenient for those who have small children, and while the parents are doing household chores, the children should be in sight.

• An example of what small isolated rooms in a "four" might look like. White color saves the footage visually, and warm wood creates incomparable comfort.

• An example of a spacious kitchen in a large apartment, made in a vintage style. And if to create such a comfortable and cozy space you need to sacrifice the living room footage, it is obvious that such a sacrifice pays off.