Cozy kitchen in a ship house - a pipe dream or reality? Modifications of this series Kitchen to ship series 600.11 layout

Although the kitchen on the ship is small, it can also be made cozy and functional thanks to the competent planning, design techniques and modern materials in decoration.

"Ship" - this sonorous name was given to apartment buildings of the 600th series or brezhnevka. Impressive with an abundance of windows outside, as if indeed ocean liners, they were not very comfortable inside. It is good that today new technologies and opportunities have appeared that make it possible to make apartments more comfortable, and the design of the kitchen in the ship - stylish and modern.

Features of a typical "galley"

The main problems that have to be solved when planning a kitchen in a ship house:

• A very small area - about 6 squares, rare lucky ones can boast as much as 9 meters.
• Unsuccessful placement of the gas pipeline - in the kitchen, it runs almost in the center of the wall.
• The almost complete absence of slopes in the window opening and a small window sill. In addition, in the 600.11 series, the entire block has an L-shape with an additional single-leaf window.
• A flimsy jumper between the kitchen in the ship and the bathroom - it's just scary to hang heavy headset modules on it.
• Water pipes embedded in the walls, to which the mixer is directly embedded.
• Poorly designed ventilation.

If you got just such a kitchen, you will have to seriously redo it in order to get any comfortable and functional space.

Planning issues

The first thing you want to do when you see the kitchens in the ship is to somehow expand the space. For example, demolish a wall or at least part of it to unite a small area with a living room. However, here it must be taken into account that the lintel often turns out to be a carrier, and in this case the idea of ​​demolition will have to be abandoned.

Whether partial dismantling is possible, only specialists will tell you, therefore, in matters of redevelopment, it is better not to engage in amateur performances. But if this option is acceptable, you can make a fairly wide portal or a regular door between the living room and the kitchen on the ship. And the existing opening can be simply laid and turned into a part of the wall. It is also sometimes sheathed with plasterboard to get a niche for the refrigerator. An excellent solution for a small kitchen, especially if you make a few more shelves on top for utensils that are rarely used, but take up a lot of space in cabinets.

You can try to grab some of the usable space from the adjoining bathroom, for which the partition will have to be moved. But even here you cannot do without professional help.

Furniture

When the issue with the shape and size of the kitchen on the ship is resolved, and it is already clear what area you have, you can proceed to the choice of furniture. If redevelopment is not possible, and the room is still cramped, you will have to abandon standard headsets and look for modular systems. Or order the manufacture of a set of cabinets according to their dimensions. For owners of 8-9 square meters, the task is simplified due to ready-made solutions from manufacturers.

In any case, the kitchen is not happy with a large area, so many items will not fit here. This means that you need to reduce their number, but increase their functionality:

• Replace the hinged fronts and shelves of the lower row of cabinets with spacious pull-out systems and drawers.
• Make the most of the possibilities offered by modern built-in appliances.
• Find a place in the kitchen for a tall cabinet-column, in which you can place an oven, microwave oven and other overall equipment.

The arrangement of furniture in the kitchens in the ship is not very diverse. If a small set of cabinets and cabinets is enough for you, you can arrange them in one row. But increasing the modules will require you to install everything in an L-shaped order in order to free up the center of the room as much as possible and provide a passage to the dining group in the opposite corner. A U-shaped arrangement in such a kitchen is also allowed, but only if the dining area is transferred to the territory of the combined living room.

Sometimes it makes sense to mount a long countertop along the outer wall. It will simultaneously serve as both a comfortable window sill and a quite roomy work surface. However, no one bothers you to show your design ingenuity and organize a dining area here with bar stools and a view of the street.

Getting started with the repair

The kitchens in the ship have one indisputable advantage - high ceilings, reaching 2.7 m. This means that in matters of choice of finishes, you can not limit yourself in anything. If you want more space, just paint the ceiling, and to give the room a more modern and original look, you can resort to tension or multi-level gypsum plasterboard structures.

But for wall decoration, it is better to choose materials that will preserve the useful area of ​​the kitchen as much as possible. You will have to abandon the plating of the gypsum board, as well as the plastic lining - to level the base, take ordinary plaster. Then it will be possible to glue washable wallpaper on it, lay out a mosaic of tiles in the working area, or simply paint the surface of the walls in light colors.

By the way, before starting repair work, you should plan in advance for the placement of household appliances in the kitchen in the ship. This is necessary to prepare the electrical wiring and install the missing sockets. If you want to use very powerful appliances like an electric oven, you will have to additionally draw a line from the shield.

The choice of flooring for the kitchen is up to you: laminate, linoleum, tile or even porcelain stoneware. But if you're using cold materials, place a warm floor underneath to make your feet more comfortable.

Design nuances

All kitchens in the ship are depressingly small, which means that the main design goal is to at least visually expand the cramped space. This can be done using popular techniques:

• Light decoration of the walls of the kitchen;
• Merging the color of the headset with the background;
• An abundance of mirror, glass and glossy surfaces;
• Open shelves;
• Bright kitchen lighting;
• A minimum of small decor.

Most of the popular interior styles meet these requirements. The list of them is quite varied, so that everyone will find a direction to their liking.

Scandinavian style

White walls and ceilings, whitewashed wooden furniture and contrasting floors in warm colors visually make the kitchen on the ship more spacious and lighter. Add some bold accents in the form of hand-made accessories to make the room more cozy and liven up the interior.

High tech

An abundance of glass and chrome-plated metal is what a small kitchen needs. Add in simple cabinetry lines and super-functional appliances and this style is the perfect fit for cramped spaces. By the way, hi-tech quite allows open engineering communications, which the kitchens of the 600th series sin with - another plus in its favor.

Minimalism

The main decoration of the interior here is not objects and accessories, but correctly selected colors. Experiment with contrasts and tonal contrasts in the kitchen, and you will achieve amazing harmony even in such a small space. But furniture will need the simplest forms: with smooth flat facades, a minimum of decor, and preferably without handles.

Modern

In its modern design, it has a lot in common with minimalism, but due to a slightly different philosophy of style, the kitchen looks more "lively". Natural colors, materials and even textures are welcome here, and the walls can be additionally decorated with floral ornaments or photo wallpapers depicting nature. And the more realistic the photo on them is, the more spacious the room will seem.

In a house-ship, it's not such a daunting task. The main thing is to act step by step, transforming a cramped space into a functional and comfortable interior.

Layout

Standard apartments in the houses of the 600.11 series do not differ too much in layouts. On each floor there are four apartments (one-room, two-room and two two-sided three-room). Each apartment has a loggia. Kitchens are the same everywhere and have an almost regular square shape (8.26 sq. M in the previous version, 10.84 in the modernized version), a large number of built-in storage rooms, a spacious entrance hall, the height of the premises is about 2.7 m

Additional Information

Among the advantages of the series is the "safe" design of the staircase and elevator unit: the staircase has no dark nooks and is clearly visible. In the 2000 version, the platforms themselves became more spacious. The houses of the 600.11 series are equipped with an elevator. There is a garbage chute. The features of window structures include triple glazing in the standard version and an L-shaped opening in the kitchen. Houses of the 600.11 series have a sufficient level of sound absorption, good insulation. Apartments are relatively easy to remodel. Finishing work is carried out in full before the house is commissioned.

Replacing old windows with new plastic ones will significantly increase the level of comfortable living in this series of houses.

Series 600.11

The heiress of "Korablei", produced at the 3rd DSK, has lost some of its originality, but the "highlight" of the series is the windows in the shape of the letter "G". After the restructuring, the series continued to be built for about 5-10 years, only slightly modified, after which more improved versions began to appear (for example, without hexagonal windows. Such houses were built until recently by various companies in different parts of the city and have up to 10 storeys and different, sometimes bizarre No new houses of this series are being built after about 2015. During the heyday of industrial housing construction, production volumes at DSK-3 reached 400 thousand square meters per year. kitchens, which have become a kind of "calling card" of houses of the 600.11 series, cause potential new settlers not very positive associations with the "ship" and often persuade visitors to real estate agencies in favor of other series. "," this is cheaper ", etc.).

Meanwhile, the point here is not at all about cheapness or strength. Initially, it was assumed that with a relatively small kitchen area, a narrow window would allow more rational placement of furniture and gain additional space, and the shape and size of the upper window made it possible to fit a standard Soviet-made air conditioner into it. True, air conditioners "Baku" in our kitchen vents somehow did not take root.

And further. An outer wall made of aerated concrete is not the best place to place hinged shelves and cabinets: a nail can be driven into it easily, but it can also be easily removed. Therefore, the 600.11 series in the 1999 version provides for the abandonment of L-shaped windows, and the stairwells themselves have become more spacious. Kitchens have become larger, and the need for austerity in space has disappeared.

The technology for the production of external walls from lightweight and environmentally friendly aerated concrete helped DSK-3 to easily survive the stricter heat conservation standards. At a time when other manufacturers began to use insulating layers based on mineral wool and polymers, in the 600.11 series houses under construction, only slightly (from 24 to 32 cm) increased the thickness of the outer walls and began to use triple glazing. However, according to representatives of technical services, it was more of a psychological measure than an urgent need: 24 centimeters of aerated concrete "hold" heat in about the same way as 80 centimeters of a brick wall. Houses of the 600.11 series have proven themselves well not only in St. Petersburg, but also in regions with a much more severe climate, for example, in Urengoy.

The houses of the previous versions of the 600.11 series were built until recently. The reason for the interest of developers in them is purely economic: a panel house should be relatively inexpensive. For example, the nomenclature of the former "old" options provides for one-room apartments of 37 square meters. m, two-room apartments - 55 sq. m, three-room apartments - 66 and 72 sq. m. In the new one - the area of ​​one-room apartments is 45 sq. m, two-room apartments - 60 and 70 sq. m, the footage of a standard "three-ruble note" is 82 sq. m. It is easy to calculate that at a price of $ 400 per sq. m. m, a more spacious studio apartment will be $ 3200 more expensive. The difference is rather big when you consider that we are talking about economy class housing.

Standard apartments in the houses of the 600.11 series do not differ too much in layouts. On each floor there are four apartments (one-room, two-room and two two-sided three-room). Each apartment has a loggia. Kitchens are the same everywhere and have an almost regular square shape (8.26 sq. M in the previous version, 10.84 in the modernized version). Among the advantages of the series is the "safe" design of the staircase and elevator unit: the staircase has no dark nooks and is clearly visible.

Characteristics of the 600.11 series:
House type - panel
Number of storeys - 3-11
Living quarters height - 270 cm
Apartments - 1,2,3 rooms
Manufacturer - Avtovsky (DSK3)
Years of construction - 1982-2015
Distribution cities - St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Novy Urengoy, Mamulino settlement (Tver region).

• 1LG-600.11 1989-2002

1LG-600.11, modification, under construction since 1989. The only difference from the Soviet version is the elevator front superstructure in the form of a trapezoid. L-shaped kitchen windows were left. In some houses, the owners of the apartments changed the windows of their kitchens, removing a piece of the panel above the window, and thus the kitchen window became rectangular, double-winged. There is only one serial configuration. All other houses have various shapes and number of storeys. Even so that each section can be separated by half a panel from the previous one, there are also corner sections. In houses built after 2000, shortened sections began to appear. In 2002. the last houses of this type were commissioned.

Serial configurations:

• 600.11 1999-2015

“600.11, modification built since 1999. Since the beginning of the new century, the series has changed, not that drastically, but rather dramatically. The area of ​​kitchens, rooms and, accordingly, apartments has increased. Kitchen windows in all apartments do not have a window - they are double doors. Most of the houses are with shortened sections. In this modification, there are many houses with balconies on both sides of the front ones, and in one house there can be both such sections and ordinary ones, and most often they are shortened. The last house of the 600.11 series was commissioned in 2015.

Serial configurations:

o: 10 floors and 40 apartments, modified;

Number of storeys: 4-10

Exterior wall material: hinged aerated concrete panels

Height of living quarters: 255 cm

Apartments: one-, two-, three-, four-, five-room

Kitchen areas: 8.3-11 sq. m

Manufacturer: DSK-3 (Avtovsky DSK)

Years of construction: 1981-2007

Main areas of location: All districts of St. Petersburg, except for the central, suburbs

This house-building series is an improved heiress of the "ship" and a long-liver of the St. Petersburg real estate market. Its main distinguishing feature is the L-shaped kitchen windows. The standard equipment of the apartment is parquet floors, and since the beginning of the 2000s, metal-plastic frames with double-glazed windows. Kitchens can have both gas and electric stoves.

Having been mastered in the 80s of the XX century, this series was built with minor changes until the middle of the first decade of the 2000s. In 2001, a modification appeared that did not have L-shaped windows, but the previous version also continued to be built, and if the houses of the pre-market period are most often painted yellow, then modern developers chose very radical facade colors for their houses. Unlike DSK-2, the manufacturer of the "six hundred" series - DSK-3 (known to us from the five-storey buildings of the GI series and "ships" of the Avtovsky DSK) - in the conditions of economic shocks remained stable.

Houses of the 1-Лг-600.11 series have retained some of the features of their predecessors - the extremely laconic and economical "ships" of the 1-Лг-600 series, having gotten rid of their main drawbacks. The outer walls in these houses are also made of aerated concrete panels, albeit warmer than those of the prototype.

During the heyday of industrial housing construction, production volumes at DSK-3 reached 400 thousand square meters. m per year, but even during the market period, the 600.11 series remained popular with developers. In particular, in the past decade, about 20% of housing under construction in St. Petersburg was represented by houses of the 600.11 series, apartments in which attracted attention with decent and stable quality, as well as quite affordable prices.

L-shaped kitchen windows, which have become a kind of "visiting card" of houses of the 600.11 series, evoke not the most positive associations with the "ship" among potential new settlers. However, as the designers said at one time, it was originally assumed that with a relatively small kitchen area, a narrow window would allow more rational placement of furniture and win additional space. At the same time, the shape and size of the upper window made it possible to fit a standard Soviet-made air conditioner into it. Noisy air conditioners "Baku" in our climate did not take root, but the vents remained.

And one more feature. An outer wall made of aerated concrete is not the best place to place hinged shelves and cabinets: a nail can be driven into it easily, but it can also be easily removed. Therefore, the 600.11 series in the 2001 version provided for the abandonment of the L-shaped windows. Kitchens have become larger, and the need for austerity in space has disappeared. The technology for the production of external walls from lightweight and environmentally friendly aerated concrete helped DSK-3 to easily survive the stricter heat conservation standards. At a time when other manufacturers began to use insulating layers based on mineral wool and polymers, in the 600.11 series houses under construction, the thickness of the outer walls only slightly (from 24 to 32 cm) was increased, triple glazing and energy-saving double-glazed windows began to be used.

The reason for the interest of developers of the recent past in such houses is purely economic: a square meter in a panel house should be affordable. For example, the nomenclature of old versions of the series provides for one-room apartments of 37 sq. m, two-room apartments - 55 sq. m, three-room apartments - 66 and 72 sq. m. In the 2001 version, there are one-room apartments of 45 sq. m, two-room apartments - 60 and 70 sq. m, the footage of a standard "three-ruble note" is 82 sq. m.

Standard apartments in the houses of the 600.11 series do not differ too much in layouts. On each floor there are four apartments (one-room, two-room and two two-sided three-room). Each apartment has a loggia. Kitchens are the same everywhere and have an almost regular square shape (8.26 sq. M in the previous version, 10.84 in the modernized version). Among the advantages of the series is the safe design of the staircase and elevator unit: the staircase has no dark nooks and is clearly visible. In the 2001 version, the platforms themselves became more spacious. In suburban areas, there are low-rise modifications (four to six stories). Moreover, there are no elevators in the four- and five-story buildings.

The quality of built houses in this series varies greatly, depending on the year of construction and the ambitions of developers when it comes to houses of the market period: after all, they tried to position apartments in such houses as both luxury housing and as the most democratic.