Living room with kitchenette: 26 new ideas
In this latest trend, integrated spaces in homes stand out to gain more dimensions and save every mm. You get more comfort and flexibility when moving to various locations.
Normally, the areas that go together are the kitchen and the living room, so in this article we will present 26 extraordinary ideas so that you can integrate the kitchen with the living room and create a perfect environment.
What is American cuisine like?
The American kitchen is a kitchen that is integrated or combined with other environments, such as the living room or dining room. Its origin in American cuisine in general is not very clear, the only thing that is clear is that they have preferred the traditions and cultures of homes in the United States, which has attracted the attention of many designers and architects.
There are different types of American cuisine:
- 1: As seen in the picture above, they integrate the kitchen with the living room or dining room.
- 2: On the other hand, they usually prefer the kitchen island to have more functionality in the kitchen.
- 3: Besides the kitchen island, there is also a kitchen bar.
- 4: To semi-divide the kitchen with other rooms without separating it with a wall, they often install cabinets or shelves (still characteristic of the American style).
Be careful with this!!
American cuisine has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. Ana problem What actually comes to mind? smells? It can stick to furniture or clothes, no one wants to go to work smelling of food and it is embarrassing to have guests enter your house smelling of oil.
For this reason you should take into consideration to have good ventilation, opening windows, install an exhaust fan or spray a liquid pleasant scent that eliminates bad odors (do not use perfume).
Another disadvantage that can be produced is the noise made by kitchen appliances, especially the refrigerator.
1: Bright American kitchen in boho-chic style
A boho or bohemian style kitchen is characterized by the use of intense tones that combine several styles or cultures in one space.
As seen in the upper American kitchen, in this case white was chosen as the dominant color to provide more spaciousness and illumination, while light blue chairs and beige kitchen furniture gave more softness and warmth.
2: Combine colors
In an American kitchen, such as a kitchen integrated with the living room, it is recommended to choose a single wall tone, preferably neutral tones.
However, if you want to create a focal point or depth in your space, you can apply another tone that perfectly matches your space to a single wall.
3: American kitchen with wallpaper
Another suggestion that stands out in the decorative trend is wallpapers. There are several designs that you can apply when decorating your American kitchen with other environments.
To give a focal point in the space, in the image above, a wallpapered wall is combined with white walls on either side.
4: Versatile and modern American cuisine
Cement is a beauty that creates a versatile and modern environment to decorate the American kitchen with the living room or dining room. It has the flexibility to combine with other tones and finishes like the image above, the white creates amplitude by brightening the environment, and the cement tone creates balance and calm in the space.
5: American metallic kitchen
In this kitchen, metallic tones combined with dark brown flooring stand out, adding elegance and warmth to the environment.
6: Living room with loft kitchenette
Wooden surfaces for the bar, pendant lights, dark gray color and high chairs allow you to create a unified space in loft style. On the other hand, the white sofa and armchair design fit perfectly into the very original loft American kitchen.
7: Wood in the living room with kitchenette
To create a warm environment, it is necessary to apply wooden coverings if necessary. You can integrate it into floors, furniture or kitchen furniture as long as it merges with the space.
8: American kitchen with double island
American kitchen with double-height kitchen island that integrates perfectly with the living room. This double-height kitchen cabinet allows you to create a kitchen area below and a mini bar for lunch above.
The integration of white and black in the furniture fits well into the design without being disturbing.
9: Calm blue in your kitchenette living room
How about integrating the color of the year into your space?
In this living room with kitchen, the color of the year called peace blue is integrated with the TV shelf and kitchen base units, adding comfort and peace to the environment. As you can see in the image above, coffee tones were preferred to prevent the space from looking cold.
10: Luxury Kitchen
We know that white and black together with the living room allow you to create a very stylish and modern kitchen. But how about integrating gold?
In this black and white space, gold is integrated into the kitchen island and pendant lights to give the space brightness and luxury.
11: American kitchen black
Black has emerged as a stronger decorative trend for next year, thanks to its elegance and flexibility in combination with other tones and surfaces.
As in the American kitchen with upper living room, the wooden finish on the floor was chosen to further emphasize its elegance and keep it warm and inviting.
12: American shabby chic kitchen
Shabby chic style originates from the country houses of Great Britain. Old and painted furniture, fabrics and floral prints and the color white are the key to highlighting and designing a shabby chic kitchen integrated into a dining room or living room.
13: Semi-open American kitchen
As you can see in the upper American kitchen, they opened the wall in the form of an arch in the part where the sink is located so that it can integrate with the living room.
14: Another way to integrate your living room
Walls with the same color on all walls, floors with the same material as the living room and furniture with similar features also allow you to integrate the American kitchen with other environments.
15: You open and close
To separate the kitchen and living room in half, you can choose a glass partition as you see in the picture above.
16: Beams in the kitchen
Beams are also a good option to slightly divide the kitchen with the dining room or living room, without dividing it into another area.
17: Paneled kitchen
White and beige open plan loft kitchen
18: American kitchen with rustic dining room
Wood and brick form an extraordinary combination to create a rustic kitchen integrated into the living room.
19: Super integrated
In this kitchen, L-shaped walls are used to integrate with the living room. The wooden ceiling, which is a combination of white, black and red, creates a modern and unique environment.
20: Island with hidden and open storage
The kitchen island includes high functionality. You can place drawers to get more storage space like upper furniture according to your concept or needs.
21: White American cuisine
In this American kitchen, two types of white are applied in the same space, creating spaciousness by applying it on the furniture, floor and walls, ideal for small spaces.
22: Monochrome Design
Black kitchen furniture, white kitchen island and gray walls allow you to have an American kitchen integrated with the living room in the most stylish and timeless way.
23: Don't forget to light up
Try to have at least 4 to 9 lights in a setting to get perfect lighting.
As a suggestion regarding light temperature, it is recommended to choose a neutral light between 5000k and 6000k, as the kitchen is integrated with the living room.
24: Japandi is trendy
Combining Japanese philosophy with minimalism, the Japandi style is a style that creates your kitchen with a functional, comfortable lounge and good energies of the environment. It is characterized by the use of neutral tones such as white and beige without missing plants as decorative accessories.
25: Don't choose a style as it is
Many people tend to prefer an idea or style they see on social networks or in magazines and copy its features as is, this is not recommended, rather it can cause you problems.
You need to adapt this idea to your personal tastes and lifestyle. If we choose the upper kitchen example, what if we change the dining room table to another design? or change the kitchen sill to another material.
26: Being a retailer is being a designer
Decorative accessories are necessary to give originality and personality to your kitchen. You can place plants, pictures, pots… etc. without overdoing it.
Solution
The American kitchen allows you to benefit from the space integrated with the living room and dining room, recommended for small spaces.
Thank you for reading this article until the end, if you want to learn more about decoration, I invite you to visit other articles to feed your creativity.