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Kitchen interior with bay window - design ideas

A kitchen with a bay window has two attractive qualities - increased glass area and additional space. A bay window is a specially organized protruding part of the building, which is carried out of the walls with the help of special structures. This increases the area of the kitchen. But designing a kitchen with a bay window is not an easy task. It is necessary to arrange the furniture in such a way and organize the space in order to emphasize and fully use the advantages of this interior element.

The content of the article

1 Shapes and sizes
2 Free access
3 Cooking area in the bay window
4 Dinner Zone
5 Bar counter
6 Sofa: comfortable or not?
7 Window decoration in the kitchen bay window
8 Photos of interesting options

Shapes and sizes

Bay windows are of six shapes - semicircular, square, trapezoidal (with different angles and number of edges), triangular.

Unusual shaped bay window of a private house

In private houses, these decorative elements are usually made semicircular or multifaceted, but in shape they are very close to semicircular ones. The sizes are chosen arbitrarily - at the request of the owners. But kitchens with a bay window in a private house are rarely made. This architectural "excess" is usually reserved for the living room, rarely for the bedroom, and even less often for the study. It's just that the living room allows you to spend time looking out the window. After all, it is the large window that is one of the main advantages of this decorative element.

Standard bay window shapes

If we talk about high-rise buildings, then kitchens with a bay window are implemented in the houses of the P-44T series.

Reference. The P-44T house is a further development of the P-44 predecessor series. It is distinguished by increased thermal insulation of external hinged panels, higher ceilings inside apartments (2.7-2.75 m versus 2.64 m), bay windows and half-windows on the facade. Due to the low cost of production and installation, and at the same time rather comfortable apartment sizes for panel houses, the series has become very widespread and is being built at the present time.

The smallest bay window kitchens in P-44T series houses - for one-room apartments - have an area of up to 13-14 square meters. This is not bad at all and there is a lot to turn around. For apartments with two or more rooms - an area of 16 squares or more. Such premises allow you to come up with and implement interesting projects.

Free access

The simplest solution is to leave the kitchen bay window free. Here you can put a couple of comfortable chairs and a small coffee table. By hanging translucent curtains on the windows or installing roll or Roman curtains, blinds, we achieve the look and functionality that seem more acceptable to you.

You can not clutter up the space ... if space permits

You don't have to clutter up the space ... if space permits

The disadvantage of such a decision is obvious - the irrational use of the premises. If this is not critical for you, the solution itself is not bad: you can admire the view. In other cases, they try to develop a kitchen design with a bay window so that it is not only beautiful, but also functional.

Cooking area in the bay window

One of the most rational ways to equip a kitchen with a bay window is to make a work area. In the ledge, work tables are installed without hanging cabinets, and gas stoves or other gas equipment cannot be installed here. You can install electrical appliances, but hardly worth it - you can't hang the hood here, it is difficult and costly to organize the removal of polluted air in another way. So this is a good idea, but difficult to implement.

You can install floor kitchen cabinets in the bay window in the kitchen

If the layout permits, you can take out a table with a sink here, but usually you have to pull the water and sewer pipes - the risers are located far away. The result is a rather long track, which is also expensive in the device and not very convenient during operation: if the pipes become clogged, clean them - not the easiest and most enjoyable job.

Kitchen layout with sink in the bay window

So in the ledge in the kitchen, there are floor cabinets with a worktop. It's nice to work looking out the window. A mini-fridge or freezer up to a meter high can be placed in this area without any problems. At this height, they fit under the countertop. Refrigeration equipment of this size is sufficient for one or two people. This option can be seen in single-room apartments. There is really nowhere to turn around and this is perhaps the best kitchen design with a bay window for such an occasion.

Not a bad solution, but not perfect

There are two drawbacks to organizing a working kitchen area in a bay window. The first is that access to the windows is closed. The main advantage of the bay window is a wider view. When arranging a working area in a kitchen bay window, the view can only be enjoyed during work. Sitting at the other end of the room, you won't see much. That's not bad either, but ...

The second drawback is the complexity of the implementation of most of the ideas, and this is additional costs. Even if you just put the furniture, it will have to be made to order. Collect modular kitchen will not work - the layout is non-standard, you need corner cabinets with non-standard corners and filling. So only on order, and this is a lot of money.

Dinner Zone

Another opportunity to make a kitchen design with a bay window functional is to arrange a dining area here. If you put the table so that half of the space remains free, it will be comfortable and beautiful. The table does not have to be placed close to the window, but if necessary, you can do so.

The dining area is a good option: both functional and there is access to the windows

Pros - free access to windows, the ability to make zoning, ease of implementation. The size and shape of the table will need to be determined additionally, but it is quite possible to find a ready-made dining table. You can search among folding / folding tables. In this case, it will also be possible to increase the functionality.

Bar counter

For young people, sitting at the dining table is boring - you can make a bar counter along the bay windows. It does not block the view from the windows, and it looks modern, and the functionality is normal. That is, of course, if you enjoy sitting in high chairs and trying to squeeze into a small space.

You can make a high bar counter, and also put a dining table

For those who plan to periodically sit at the table, and not just at the bar, there is folding or folding dining tables... When folded, they take up very little space. There are tables in the form of a curbstone, there are even tables very similar to a picture or a mirror in a frame. In general, there is room for imagination, and of a decent size.

By the way, you can also combine - make a stand on one half of the bay window, on the other - a table. It will be necessary to pick up the levels, think about the width / depth, not forget about safety (so as not to beat against the edge of the bar).

Sofa: comfortable or not?

If you really need an extra bed, you might consider installing a sofa in the bay window. At first glance, this idea seems very attractive - you can admire the view from the window while sitting on the sofa. This is a plus to the fact that there is an extra bed. If the sofa is folding, there can be two or three berths.

This option only seems convenient ...

But there are also disadvantages: in practice it turns out that it is not so convenient and convenient - you cannot approach the windows, and most of the panorama is covered with a back. And if you add to this the high cost of a custom sofa and the rather small likelihood of selling it due to limited demand, the picture is not so rosy.

Therefore, even if you need a sleeping place, try to design a kitchen with a bay window so that at least half of the windows are free. Because a sofa that covers everything just eats up space and is uncomfortable at the same time.

Window decoration in the kitchen bay window

When developing a kitchen design with a bay window, you will definitely face the problem of window decoration. The choice of curtains for the kitchen is standard, but depends on the chosen method of using the bay window:

With free access to the windows or if a bay window in the kitchen is used as a dining area, you can hang any curtains at all, including long classic ones to the floor with tulle.
All other options are limited to short options:
- the same classic combination - curtains + tulle - but up to the windowsill or the working surface of the table;
- roller blinds;
- blinds - vertical or horizontal;
- Roman curtains.
  Many people think that roller blinds are the most convenient.

In any case, it is advisable to choose fabrics that wash well. But the selection of colors, shades, textures is a purely individual matter and depends on the chosen style of the kitchen.

Photos of interesting options

For self-development of a kitchen design with a bay window, any photo can become a source of ideas. To have more ideas, in this section we have collected the most interesting options.