As a functional space in the living room, the kitchen has both aesthetic and practical missions. However, in reality, the kitchen is always unsatisfactory, such as small area, poor lighting, irregular shape, kitchen and bathroom facing each other, etc. The basic principle to solve these problems is to make the kitchen more practical.

Semi-open kitchen, one door, two worlds

The oil pollution from Chinese cooking is very corrosive to furniture and other items, and it also has a great impact on people's health. Therefore, the open kitchen is not suitable for most families in China, while the traditional closed kitchen is neither fashionable nor congested, especially in the case of limited kitchen area. As a result, a seemingly eclectic but pleasing design concept began to dominate the semi-open kitchen, which kept the kitchen independent in space through a set of transparent doors, and at the same time, it was visually open to communicate with the outside world. In addition, you can take care of your baby while cooking, or enjoy the TV programs in the restaurant and enjoy the comfortable kitchen life.

Case 1: Wide field of vision

Kitchen usable area: 14 square meters

Most semi-open kitchens and restaurants are separated by glass, which does not affect the extension of sight and sense of space, and can completely prevent the oil fume from leaking out of the kitchen. In addition, glass has a strong decorative effect, and after being reflected and refracted by light or sunlight, it will form rich spatial structure connotation.

Case 2: Strengthening daylighting

Kitchen area: 6.7 square meters

This small kitchen full of rural warmth has a master who loves life at first glance, and it is so comfortable to enjoy the lazy afternoon time in front of the huge floating window. In contrast, the space in the foyer is eclipsed. In order to solve the lighting problem in the foyer, the designer replaced the kitchen door with two opposite glass doors.