Loft-style kitchen is a bright and rather unusual solution for those who do not tolerate commonness in their lives, adores experiments in everything, including in the design of interiors. She rather resembles a restaurant or fast food cafe than home kitchen. But it is in this and its attractiveness. Nowadays, this direction in the design of interiors is very popular. What is the cuisine in the style of Loft, will look more detailed further.

Loft style and its main features

Loft translated from English means "attic". The emergence of such a style is associated with economic difficulties in America of the 40s of the last century. Then housing prices have sharply jumped up and many representatives of the poor people, especially creative youth, for example, actors, artists, musicians began to master abandoned factories, plants and other non-residential premises, equipping their workshops there. Now Loft came out far beyond America and became popular worldwide. Love for him is explained, first of all, the unusual and originality of ideas that are used in interior design.

• the presence of a large open space - Loft does not accept the presence of interroom partitions, so the cuisine in the Loft style is a separately dedicated area for cooking, often combined with the living room. For zoning, glass partitions can be used that ideally skip lights or racks with books or room plants. In order to distinguish between the territory of the living room and the kitchen, often use the usual bar rack;
• large windows and high ceilings;
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  the compounds of the communications system, which remained from the industrial past (exhaust, pipes, stairs, ventilation, elevators, etc.);
• minimum finishes - untouched brick or concrete walls, ceiling beams, etc.;
• maximum natural lighting.

Features of the design of the cuisine in Loft style

Selection of finishing materials and their color gamut

Modern apartments often implies free planning, in new buildings St. Petersburg from the developer Also possible options where you can embody your design ideas. Wanting to place your own cuisine in the Loft style it is important to determine the choice of finishing materials. For example, the most characteristic for this style is the use of contrast materials and textures.

• Therefore, for kitchen finishing in this style, a rough natural tree, stone, brick, concrete, in combination with metal, in particular, stainless steel and glass is suitable.
• Accordingly, the color gamut of the room must be supplemented in muted natural shades. It is allowed to use individual bright accessories in small quantities.

Walls

• As for the walls, it can be the usual white smooth concrete or old brick wall without finishing.
• Also, the walls can be painted in any neutral color or use color plaster. At the same time, it should serve only the background for other parts in the interior, for example, furniture or various accessories.

Loft-style floor

As an outdoor coating in the kitchen, the Loft style is used, as a rule, a natural tree in the form of a piece parquet or plaques from the wood array, perfectly polished and opened with varnish. To give more heat and comfort to this room, you can use a bright rug or an animal skins.

Loft ceilings

In the kitchen in the loft style ceilings, it is best to leave intact or paint white paint. The beams are chosen in another color and open with varnish so that they stand out on a general background. Sometimes the mounting of the suspended ceilings is allowed or the casing with its natural tree.

Loft furniture

Features of the Loft style and the presence of a large space implies a free layout, including this concerns the choice and placement of furniture in the kitchen.

• It should not be too frightened, but on the contrary, as simple as possible and rather in retro style, with facades from natural wood, MDF or stainless steel.
• Most often it is open hinged shelves, where they put cast-iron or copper dishes, a variety of kitchen accessories, etc.
• The furniture is not necessarily tied to the walls, it can be arranged as the most convenient hostess, for example, it can be island cuisine.

• As a dining table, you can use the usual bar counter or the table on the wheels. Another option for the cuisine in the Loft style, if the area allows, is a large long-tone table with chairs from the same material.
• Choosing a kitchen appliance, it is worth paying attention to the ultra-modern techniques, such as built-in multifunctional furnaces and cooking surfaces in combination with retro style technique. For example, the refrigerator of the era of 60-x-blue, red or yellow color perfectly fit into such an interior.
• The apron for the kitchen can be made of any material, for example, tile or neutral color mosaic. Also for this you can use the usual stainless steel.

Loft kitchen accessories

Finally, add the interior of the cuisine in the Loft style can be unusual accessories, such as various posters, abstract painting, homemade toys, outdoor vases and much more. It is accessories that are allowed to be bright and colorful, so to attract the attention of others and cause positive emotions from them.

An example of a cuisine in Loft style can be seen on the video: