Living room interior design - how to separate the zones

The living room interior design (general) includes the zones providing rest of a family and reception of visitors. The furniture and the equipment are traditional for these zones: a sofa and armchairs or chaise lounges, sections for audio - and video equipment, a constant or transformed lunch place. Zones for professional works of adults Here can be allocated; a children's zone (uchebno-game or added with a berth); a berth of the adult — guest or for a member of a family.

Each family itself defines the functions intended for a living room, and it is the first precondition of the decision of its interior design. The family life dictates not only quantity, but also the sizes of separate functional zones. Traditions of a family and habits of its members define also degree of differentiation of these zones among themselves.

The part of the household processes which have been taken out in the general room, demands the special equipment, others can be carried out by means of available furniture (equipment), demanding its only certain transformation; they can be combined in one territory or demand accurately allocated place.

For delimitation of the future functional zones on the plan of the general room put directions of the basic movings from a door to a door, from doors to windows, to doors built in by a case etc. Along these directions draw communication zones in width not less than 70 their width see For communicating rooms can be increased till 80-90 see not to disturb to movement, these communication zones it is impossible to place furniture and the equipment.

The grouping of pieces of furniture and the equipment is carried out depending on the accepted or prospective functional program of a premise. For each household process the part of the area of a corresponding zone is planned: for furniture and equipment installation in a non-working condition; for opening of cases, отодвигания chairs and for placing of people, etc.

Convenience of a drawing room depends on that, possibility of differentiation of separate zones is thought how much over. There are various receptions of conditional and stationary division of separate zones.

The following concerns conditional receptions of division of space: division by means of decorative suspension brackets, pendant and floor green compositions, a false ceiling over a part of a premise, grouping of mobile furniture.

Stationary division of space is carried out by means of following receptions: devices of sliding doors, sliding partitions, screens-curtains of vertical type, stationary translucent or deaf furniture.

The effect of conditional or stationary division amplifies by means of directed use of colour and light.

It is necessary to consider that at any reception of division interior design of living room intershould not consist from closed not aired corners. Its main advantage — open space, light and air abundance, style unity of furniture, and also transformation possibility according to arising requirements.