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In its original shape, the loft is a former industrial building on the top floor, converted into a residential building. A large area with high ceilings and large windows made it possible to equip two-level studios here, which immediately attracted people to creative, with innovative thinking.
Since the inception of the style a lot of time has passed, and the designers managed to actively introduce its elements into the interiors of ordinary apartments.
1. Spacious room
In modern realities, it is possible to carry out the plan in a one-room apartment with a free layout (such can be found among new buildings), in spacious studios or in the space of a combined kitchen-living room.
The combined premises are often obtained by demolishing the partitions between the kitchen and the living room in Khrushchev, stalinka or by transferring the kitchen to the living room (which is more difficult, but possible under certain circumstances).
Loft in the redesigned Stalin:
There will be no problems finding the right loft space for private home owners. Here, initially, during construction, it is necessary to allocate a room of the right size for this or to demolish the partition, having obtained permission from the relevant authorities and making changes to the technical passport.
Ideally, the loft should have high ceilings. Such can be in stalinkas, in elite apartments of modern construction and private houses.
2. Zoning
The room is divided into several functional centers: living room, kitchen, dining area and bedroom (if necessary).
3. Style-forming elements: decoration, furniture and decor
- Rough finish.
Negligence, rudeness in the decoration - this is what should remind of the industrial past of the room. Hence the characteristic wooden uncut beams, launched on the ceiling or concrete in the decoration of walls and ceilings, open communications in the kitchen or unplastered brick walls.
In modern conditions, imitations of brickwork or concrete surface are made to create an appropriate atmosphere, which can be easily obtained using a certain technology of applying ordinary gypsum plaster.
See how plaster creates an imitation of brickwork:
There will be no problems with finishing the floor: here you can choose a laminate or parquet board with a pronounced natural wood pattern and a natural shade.
Deliberately leave the pipes open, the exhaust duct in the kitchen.
- Furniture and appliances.
Few styles have an amazing opportunity to combine the seemingly incongruous. Here, coarse and brutal finishes coexist with ultra-modern, functional and vintage appliances and furniture.
Kitchen-living room loft with a vintage Smeg refrigerator:
Leather sofa with a carriage screed - as a style-forming element in the decor of the kitchen and living room loft:
What should be the main and most dimensional subject - a kitchen set?
Since the loft is an eclectic style, you can safely safely experiment with different facades: glossy, smooth, paneled.
Black and white glossy kitchen set:
If the set is a style-forming element of the kitchen-living room, then it is desirable that the facades were made under the shade of natural wood, smooth with hidden handles or with metal, forged fittings.
Kitchen facades with chrome, metal or glass elements are welcome.
To organize a dining or dining area, you can use compact stools and bar stools, rough, with steel legs, as well as classic high-backed chairs with soft upholstery.
The lounge area in the living room can be equipped for a penny of materials such as pallets. Decorated, painted or varnished, they perfectly create the desired design.
Coffee table of pallets with wheels in the living room area:
Lamps are another important subject for creating style. Their design should resemble industrial lamps and lanterns.
Ordinary, decorated pendant lights without shades are also suitable. You can see suitable options in online stores. Many of them specifically make a filter on the site, by which you can quickly select the goods you need by style.
Coziness in the industrial and brutal atmosphere of the kitchen and living room will add home plants, curtains (although they are optional), paintings in gilded vintage frames and photo frames with family collages in black and white processing.
Additionally, you can decorate the room with wrought iron candlesticks, bronze figurines, brightly bound books on wooden shelves or racks.
Loft does not know the rules and boundaries in the selection of decorative objects. Here you can use everything that expresses your personality and character, whether it was a futuristic table clock brought from vacation or a surreal painting by Salvador Dali.
Style story
This style was first born in the last century in America. This happened when housing prices in New York skyrocketed. At this time, the townspeople began to rent completely seemingly unsuitable for housing premises - attics, attics, former work spaces and even abandoned factories. Such apartments looked unusual, but over time they began to be popular among bohemians - artists, artists, musicians and other creative personalities. Today, such premises are far from rare not only in America, but also in Europe.
Advantages and disadvantages
Today, in order to obtain a loft-style building, it is not necessary to move to an abandoned factory. It is enough to properly style your room. Loft is now very popular not only in America and Europe, but also here. Prefer it, all the same, creative young people. The loft-style rooms themselves are characterized by high ceilings and large windows that give a lot of light and visually expand the space.
The kitchen-living room in this style is good in that you don’t have to spend a lot of money on its decor. At the same time, you get a huge scope for self-expression and a lot of free space. Combined rooms are another of the distinctive details of this style. Usually in a loft style there are no extra partitions, doors and walls. Therefore, the space can be zoned by yourself, as you wish, using different colors for each zone, or separating them with furniture and decor items.
So, making out in this style the combined space of the kitchen and the living room, it can be divided into a narrow long dining table or bar counter. It looks very interesting and modern.
In the loft style, all details, both decoration, and furniture and decorative elements, evoke associations with the industrial premises. Walls are characterized by the use of rough untreated plaster or brickwork. Loft furniture should be functional and also slightly rude. Stylish furniture will be perfectly combined with such furniture. A room in a loft style should have a lot of color, both artificial and natural.
The only significant drawback of the room in this style is that not everyone will like such an interior. Older people will feel uncomfortable in such an atmosphere, therefore it is usually preferred by young and free creative people.
Design features
- The walls look like they weren’t specially treated: they left brickwork or gray concrete in sight. The usual neat aprons made of tiles in the kitchen are not relevant.
- Gas pipes, various communication systems, ventilation, as if deliberately displayed.
- High ceiling with beams and ceilings. Chandeliers and all kinds of lamps fit the interior of the entire apartment and contrast with the attic ceiling.
- Tall windows that can only be closed with wooden blinds or shutters.
- Kitchen furniture contrasts with the decoration of the apartment. It can be in different styles, but it must be combined with a sofa area and other interior items.
There are quite a few options for living rooms combined with the kitchen, examples on video.
Pros and cons of a shared room
Pros:
- In the absence of a wall, the owner of the apartment automatically receives a couple of square meters. It is difficult to overestimate the feeling of spaciousness in combined rooms. What urban residents in the Soviet years lacked for so long - non-standard layouts, space, “air”.
- A real loft is built on the principle of free space without dividing the room into rooms, and this is exactly the kind of layout that will look most effective in this style.
- Convenience for life. Lunch will not burn, milk will not run away, your favorite program is before your eyes, and children jumping on the sofa are under control.
Minuses:
- Without a hood, there is a risk of various surfaces being worn out, provided they are cooked frequently.
- Smells from the kitchen spread to all living areas. And they are sometimes associated with experiments in the kitchen, sometimes even completely unpleasant - burning, boiled fish, spoiled foods.
- The style does not make mistakes - a single theme should be set for the whole room. We'll have to pick up the dishes, and the tablecloth, and even kitchen shovels.
- The kitchen is the working part of the apartment, often it means gas, fire, water. In the event of an accident, part of the living room may also be affected. What is practically excluded with separate layout of rooms.
Interior and layout
So, no main partitions, space is one. But in the event that niches, complex angles are present in the room, do not rush and demolish them. The loft will fit perfectly into these square meters. Moreover, today a glass wall with metal elements is often installed between the kitchen and living areas, various screens or book racks are used. This is not only functional, but also slightly expands the scope of the style - errors or “extra” objects in a particular area will not be so noticeable.
