That's why we are not all right? Just a little grain of the next fruit of Western culture will fall on our fertile soil, as we intend to grow from it something quite exotic, and certainly not what was sown. For example, the notorious studio apartments. If initially this design was intended exclusively for small apartments of economy class, then we similarly make out the most elite housing and the most luxurious apartments. However, gradually everything comes back to normal, and we finally begin to understand the true value of this notion. 
The meaning and value of design studio apartments
Apartments studio - a product of the western (namely,American) way of life. In the first place, this design of apartments was intended for the design of housing for people of creative professions. That is why the apartment was called not just an apartment, but an apartment-studio and combined a place for living and for work at the same time. In parallel and completely independent, this interior design began to be practiced in Japan with its total deficit of residential meters in large cities. Gradually, studio apartments began to be built (built, not rebuilt) and in Western Europe as an economy class housing for young people (students, beginners, young couples). The main value of this kind of design is in uniting the living and working areas of the apartment into a common space, in its visual expansion and in free planning. And when the fashion for studio apartments finally reached us, we frantically seized on this idea and began to embody it wherever possible (and where it is impossible, too). As a result, today we have a lot of one-room apartments converted in the studio, as well as a huge number of high-grade multi-room housing, in which the interior is practically spoiled by such a design. However, everyone is free to make out their living space in accordance with their own ideas about beauty and convenience. But we will dwell on the design of small studio apartments, given the prevalence of small-scale housing and the relevance of this design. 
Possibilities of creating an apartment-studio
The first option is to get readyapartment-studio, which has already been built or re-planned accordingly. Let's say at once that this is one of the most successful options. In this case, you do not have to carry out the dismantling work and will remain engaged exclusively in interior design, choosing your style, suitable finishing materials and furniture. The second option is also quite simple. This is when your property becomes an apartment of free planning only with hints of possible walls and partitions. The design and layout in this case are more costly, but also more multivariant. True, communications (water, gas, sewage) here have already been planned in advance, but still not so conservative. That is, the opportunity to change the interior of the studio, having moved the kitchen or bathroom in the right place, you will most likely be (but this is not a fact!). And the third option - the purchase of standard one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments, which can be turned into a small (or not quite a small) studio apartment. Here, the owners have to sweat: remove excess walls, build additional partitions, transfer communications, in short, completely redraw the finished interior. And it is with this option most often have to face most potential studios owners. But there are pluses here too: such housing can be secondary (that is, not new) and will cost much cheaper than a new building. However, do not rush to change the interior, immediately crushing all the walls in a row. First, in no case can not break the load-bearing walls - this is fraught with troubles not only of a legal nature, but also simply catastrophic consequences. Secondly, even in a small studio apartment all the same can (and should be) some partitions, at least separating the bathroom from the living space. And thirdly, the kitchen in the studio apartment can be located behind a conditional partition-arch. So even if you do not want to plan interior design, referring to professional designers, you will still have to contact the special services (BTI, for example). And only after agreeing and obtaining special permits, you can start planning or re-planning the studio apartment. Usually, such an apartment turns into a living space, resulting from the unification of the room, kitchen and hallway. And even combining all this into one, you can not lose certain functional zones, and therefore they will still remain, but they will have to harmoniously fit into the overall interior.
The layout of the studio apartment
The living room can not do without the kitchen. Even if you eat exclusively in restaurants or in a cafe, the kitchen area in your studio apartment is necessary. For lovers of home cooking, it is best to partially isolate such a kitchen. Agree that the smells of the prepared dishes are appropriate only in the kitchen, and partial isolation of this zone will help neutralize and smell. Another thing is the dining area, which easily fits into the interior and will not need additional partitions. However, the solution of this problem (the smells of food) can be and modern technology: having an appropriate function of air conditioning or a powerful hood. The same applies to the privacy zone: a bathroom in your studio apartment, of course, will be outside the walls, it is unlikely that you will be able to break and move the toilet bowl. Often the bathroom becomes a stumbling block in the layout of the studio apartment: in the old one-room apartments the interior is planned so that the bathroom is often located between the kitchen and the hallway. More modern odnushki planned much more conveniently: the unification of the kitchen and part of the hallway with a living room will not hurt. Bedroom area. There are two possibilities: to combine a sleeping place with a living room area, or to organize it in a ready or constructed niche. By the way, as a similar niche can act bay window or loggia, devoid of a window block, and in addition a niche-boudoir can be built from gypsum board. But more often than not, studio apartment owners simply purchase comfortable folding sofas, which at night turn into beds. The design of the hall area in the studio apartment, as a rule, is limited to the presence of a roomy built-in wardrobe and a mirror. Immediately make the reservation that the fashionable design of the studio apartment is not suitable for a large family. In such an apartment there should live one, a maximum of two people. Therefore, do not seek to remake your small apartment in the studio, if it is designed for several people. It is better to choose a different interior design and other layout options. 
Studio apartment design
For really stylish housing you need to make outinterior in a certain style. The most fashionable and relevant for today is design, made in the style of high-tech, modernism, minimalism, constructivism, as well as in Scandinavian and Japanese style. In addition to the right stylistic solution, it is also necessary to follow the rules for the design of an apartment that has been converted into a studio.
- Zoning A necessary technique that allowsSeparate the total space of small studio apartments into separate zones (living room, bedroom, dining room, office, kitchen, etc.). Visual distinction is possible due to the use of different floor or wall coverings (different colors and textures), as well as with the help of light and mobile partitions (shelves, screens). For small apartments, the first option is more acceptable. By the way, multilevel design of the floor in this case can also be successful and convenient.
- Furniture In the interior of a small studio apartmentwill not fit in any furniture. First of all, give up massive and monolithic structures, except there can be only a large sofa. Then choose your furniture from metal and glass: it looks lighter and less clutters up space. And, finally, give preference to furniture that is able to transform and develop. By the way for small apartments in general is very convenient built-in furniture or appliances.
- Color and light solution Designers recommendrefuse when decorating small apartments from bright and dark colors of decoration materials and interior items. At the same time, they are welcome on the contrary. Specific color choices are chosen in accordance with the general style and lighting. By the way, lighting design of small apartments is also very relevant, especially if it is a studio converted from a standard apartment. Important and sufficient natural lighting, and the availability of lamps that can illuminate the entire studio at once, and its individual zones.
- Originality Fashionable design can not bestereotyped. Of course, one should not completely abandon traditions (and it is impossible in principle), but it is necessary to avoid uniformity or repetition. By the way, it is a small apartment - the most profitable bridgehead for the original design. And for the studio apartment, stagnation and conservatism are generally unacceptable, especially if it is small.
It is not enough to decorate the studio interior in a certainstyle and with all the rules: be creative (or use the services of a creative designer). Only then your housing will look stylish, and living in such an apartment will be convenient and pleasant. Successful start to you, interesting ideas and good helpers! We advise you to read:
