An open kitchen has a number of significant advantages. Thanks to her, a small apartment will seem more spacious and bright, it acquires a modern character. The kitchen opened for the living room is becoming an increasingly popular solution. Designers are recommended, however, at least conditionally divide the space between the kitchen and the living room. But how to combine the kitchen with the living room so that her interior is not completely visible, and at the same time did not lose the effect of the common space? We will look at fashionable and practical solutions.

Why unite the kitchen with the living room?

As a rule, we combine the kitchen with the hall, first of all, to increase the space. Partitions and doors make both rooms visually smaller. Such a decision allows you to get together with the whole family not in close room for dinner, but to communicate while cooking dinner, while eating and after it in a spacious room. Nevertheless, the open kitchen also has some inconvenience - the cause of this is the different functions of combined rooms. The living room is a place of recreation and reception, and the kitchen serves first of all for cooking.

Advantages of the open living room:

• such a solution provides visual contact between people located in both rooms;
• the kitchen appears more space for kitchen appliances;
• comfortable and easy tooling dishes.

Disadvantages:

• bad if the entrance to the kitchen passes through the room in which someone rests;
• smells are not isolated, the kind of dirty dishes during cooking;
• the need for a thorough stylistic study of both rooms.

Thanks to thoughtful zoning, the design of the kitchen-living room will look more interesting and conceptually much more functional. Those who prepare a lot will get more freedom and comfort. Kitchen kartardas, which occurs during cooking, will not get into the eyes so much. But how to aesthetically make zoning of this space without having to build partitions? A wonderful solution will be a living room kitchen design with a bar counter. As you can implement such a solution, we will consider below.

Instead of the partition, split the space of the living room and the kitchen can table or bar counter. The kitchen part does not become separate and completely isolated, however, the furniture will give these rooms a clear separation into zones. Thanks to this, the apartment will be more ordered and functional. A good idea Also organize a buffet in combination with a table or with a dining area. Such a furniture element will visually separate the kitchen, and the hostess will receive a large working surface.

The bar can replace the dining table, and will also act as a buffet for feeding food. A classic bar is the one where you are sitting on high toas. You can eat and drink behind it, but mostly on the one hand, because on the other, as a rule, a working surface is located. The bar tabletop can be on legs or made in a more complex version with additional furniture elements.

Advantages of the bar counter:

• The bar is very efficient and aesthetically hiding the working mess in the kitchen from the eyes of people sitting next to the dining room at the table or on the sofa in the room. At the same time, the height of the bar tabletop must be 10-15 cm higher than the kitchen countertop.
• It can be used simultaneously as a dining table and a table for feeding food from the kitchen in the living room.

Disadvantages:

• High table top and chairs are not comfortable for children, the elderly and disabled.
• The bar establishes a certain scenario of food and behavior, and people who use it are sitting next to each other, which does not contribute to the establishment of contacts.
• The tabletop rack is designed for snack or fast food, it often lacks space for a large amount of dishes.

The bar is a convenient solution for those who appreciate simplicity and dynamics. But, in most cases, the classic bar rack cannot be an alternative to the dining table.

When choosing a material for finishing the walls of the rack, keep in mind that it will be exposed to shoes. Therefore, it is worth choosing such materials that will be easy to care for.

Bar rack is one of the most popular solutions that make the house more ergonomic. Its solid countertop is often at the same time part of the working area of \u200b\u200bthe kitchen and dining room. Some choose extravagant design bar, thanks to which the bar becomes the main element and star design of the entire interior. However, regardless of whether the design of the bar rack resembles modern sculpture, Or it is a simple wooden box, it is worth taking care of convenient stools and fashionable lighting.

In large rooms in modern style Loft, you can use a wall consisting of frame steel frames and glass modules. This design looks stylish and misses the light, giving the interior a little industrial character. The living room of a smaller size is to abandon the glass and make a bet exclusively on the frame design in combination with the worktop, and you will have a very fashionable bar stand in the Loft style. it original solution It will be perfect for the interior of the kitchen and living room in a modern minimalist style.

Very simple and very fashionable solution is a red brick bar or lined with a wooden tabletop. If its height exceeds the height of the kitchen countertop, it will greatly zonate space. Rough red brick emphasizes the industrial style of the partition.

The kitchen is an island is another idea to share the space between the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen island is the cabinets with the worktop. It can be built in a stove for cooking, sink, oven, dishwasher and other technique. The kitchen island can also act as a bar rack when it has a table top higher than the work area. The island is the most common solution in open kitchens With a large area.

A good idea is to combine the island with a wooden stalk reaching the ceiling. You can hang herbs or flowers on it. Greens also turns out to be another interesting way Effective zoning.

In a small room, the bar rack may be small and also to perform the role of the dining table. However, in this case it is worth lowering its height or almost to the dinner table.

The living area of \u200b\u200bthe living room can be separated from the kitchen a high bar counter, which additionally accommodates the dining table, made in the same style and from the same material as the rack and forming a single integer with it.

The living room with kitchen is becoming an increasingly popular solution. And although at first glance such a decision may seem impractical, it has many advantages. Due to use modern materials, home appliances and fashion designer developments you can create a very cozy and practical interior.

Bar rack is an interesting and stylish kitchen or living room attribute. It is especially good for it to fit into the interior of the kitchen-studio when it can be clearly distinguished to note the border where the kitchen ends and the living room begins. But now we would like to talk about the bar rack in the interior of the living room, when it will perform many features: bar corner, dining table, places for receptions and parties.

Benefits of the bar stand above the table:

• Bar rack is more compact, and therefore takes less placethan the big table. This difference is especially noticeable if you compare a long bar rack and a large dining table;
• Thanks to the rounded edges, the rack gives the opportunity to sit behind it much more people than it is calculated;
• Now the bar counter is no longer associated only with bars, but tightly entered the use ordinary apartments and not perceived so ambiguous as earlier;
• Because of its compact sizes, the stand does not require a large table serving, and therefore serve it very quickly and simply;
• The rack gives any interior of some informality and the feeling of an unqualiable party;

Who will fit the bar counter in the living room

Often, in order to save space, instead of the dining table in the living room there are bar rack. Of course, you need to take into account the number of tenants in the apartment, as it is regularly only around the bar, a family will be convenient from two, a maximum of three people. Bar rack instead of the table is more suitable for young couples or lonely people without children. For children, the bar rack will be uncomfortable, because its standard height is 1.1 m - 1.2 m. Agree, it is too high for children under the age of 10 years.

An even greater idea with a bar counter in the living room will suit families who rarely eat at home and lead active secular life, often arrange parties and take guests. Just for the party, the rack can easily turn into a DJ console, on which in addition to music will also be sacrificed and snacks.

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Bar rack can be written in any style and interior design. It all depends on your preferences and taste. The rack may be the most extraordinary form, becoming the real center of the entire interior design. It is also worth noting that the living room is the room in which you can realize almost all your ideas, because it is not constantly a residential room, which means it can be done in it, and a bar, and a cinema.

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Types of Bar Rack Designs

There are two most common types of bar racks: single-level and multi-level.

Single-level racks - This type of racks, which are a single plane - a tabletop that can be any shape and length. As a rule, the standard height from the floor of such struts ranges from 110 to 120 cm. For convenient seating, the width of the sink of the rack itself should be no more than 20 cm., Otherwise, people of low and medium height will have to reach the table top.

Multi-level racks - The composition of the racks, which has the main rack and a different number of additional tabletops, size is less. Typically, the main countertop is in a height of about 90 - 100 cm and is envisaged as a workplace of the barman behind the counter, and another tabletop is installed in the form of a superstructure, which is above 20-30 cm.

Materials for racks in the living room

For racks in the living room, as in the kitchen, one rule works - the rack must be combined with all the rest of the furniture. But at the same time, if you want to focus on the rack, you can make it from an unusual material. For example, from wood rough grinding, concrete, stone, iron or stainless steel. In a word, in this question, unlimited opportunities are opened before you.

Stone countertops racks are very practical and no less effect. The stone can choose natural and artificial. In any case, such a rack will serve for a long time. The stone is not whims for, with a natural stone there is a nuance - you need to quickly remove the spilled liquid from the rack so that it does not penetrate into the depth of the stone and did not spoil its color. But on the bar rack from a quartz agglomerate, it is better not to put very hot dishes, as a crack can form.

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Racks made of natural wood also serve for a long time, but require a mandatory water-repellent impregnation, because the chief enemy is moisture and bugs for wood. Watch that two of these factors do not come into contact with your rack. Regularly examine the wooden rack for damage, and also update the moisture-repellent coating once a year.

Select the size of the bar counter

In a large living room, you can install a large luxurious rack that will affect your beauty. Or maybe everything is the opposite - you have a small living room, and there is enough space for a small table, in which case it is better to install a small rack that will replace the dining and coffee table, and the chest.

Small living room

In this example, it is clearly seen that a small double rack is better than the table and the complete absence of a free space.

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Spacious living room

Of course, when there is a space and the living area will call, you can easily install a long rack for 5 people and more.

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Bar chairs

In addition to the Bar Rack itself, bar chairs play an important role, which will sit the owners and guests of the apartment. The main feature of the bar chairs is their adjustment in height. Also in some models there is a backing tilt regulator. Choose chairs on a simple principle - they must be comfortable and melt support for the back. You can be seduced by beautiful chairs without a back, but believe me, you will also get back on your back without an additional support.

With the help of chairs, you can make small accents in the interior, because you do not need to choose a very suitable chairs for furniture. This is a rare case in design when things can be original and differ in style. For example, in a minimalist interior, there will be very good velvet bar chairs.

Light over counter

Bar rack will require an additional light source over himself. First, for the one who prepares drinks or treats, so that he can be clearly seen what he prepares, and secondly, for those who sit behind her. After all, often the rack becomes a place for discussing interesting topics, the field for gambling.

You can set a number of spots, several lamps on a long cord, one big chandelier. The main thing is that the light source does not interfere with the guests to quietly sit behind the counter and are not afraid to catch his head for her.

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In addition to the top light above the counter, there is another reception, how to focus on the rack - diode lamps sweat countertop. But do not get carried away with a large number of backlight under the tabletop so that your bar counter does not like the bar in the nightclub (of course, if the task is not so).

The choice of accessories for the rack is not as great, but still some variety is available in this matter:

— Various wall shelves.Shelves can be very different - more, small, wide. From the shelves you can form whole composite rows;

— Holders of glasses.As a rule, glasses are attached to the holder vertically, it is convenient, and practical;

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— Shelves for bottles.A large number of bottles in the bar looks like a wineglass.

Today, the bar counter in the apartment will not surprise anyone. It has become fairly common furniture and is used not only by free and independent people, but also married couples with children. This is explained by its versatility and the ability to "fit out" in the interior of several rooms. In our article we will tell you about various variations of the use of the bar counter and show thematic photos.

Use in the kitchen

The kitchen can be called a classic place for the location of the bar counter. This furniture can replace your dining table or become a place to eat alcoholic beverages and morning coffee. The functionality of this product may amaze.

With all the features of this furniture, it is necessary to skillfully enter it into the kitchen interior so that it looks harmonious, and not obsessively stand out. It will help in this color palette. It should be similar colors of the kitchen.

For small kitchen Rooms A good solution will be combined with a stack with a kitchenette or a table. At the same time, the effect of flowing food cooking spaces in place of her reception. You can divide these zones with various colors or with decorative elements.

Place near the window will be good place When installing a bar counter in the kitchen. Just imagine: The first rays of the sun looked out of the horizon, and you are sitting with a circle of coffee and watch it all from the 9th floor. Agree, it is worth a lot.

If you have an apartment - Studio, the bar counter will allow the original to separate the space of the kitchen and the living room. It should be arranged on the border of these two zones.

Living room

If you are a fan of good alcohol or noisy parties, then the living room will be the perfect location for the location of the Bar Rack. It will be possible for her "well" and even just dining.

It will be possible to position it in several ways:

• Behind the sofa. You will no longer care: where to put a magazine or the remote.

• In the corner of the room. Suitable if your living room is small or completely filled with furniture.

• In the form of a small couch - Penal. It will be a mobile design that will easily rearrange in another place.

• As a separate large zone. This is the most brave option that will make your room in a small bar.

When determining the place under the bar rack, take care to the TV opposite it hung. This will help turn your living room in a home theater.

Balcony

There is a balcony in each apartment, but not many regard it as a room for a full-fledged rest, and some people stare there are not necessary things. Fix it can be a bar counter. On the balconies, it is most often located instead of the windowsill in front of the glazed window.

Not all balconies are heated, so carefully reproduce to the selection of the rack material, since, otherwise, it will not last long.

Surface material

The material plays a key role in choosing a rack for an apartment, the visas surface must: have a pleasant external species, it is easy to wash, withstand damage and not "collect stains". Below the site will show you main materials For bar surfaces:

Glass.Often used in the interiors modernand minimalism. It looks spectacular, but easily beats and collects stains, so it is subject to frequent washing.

Plastic.Used in the same interiors as the glass, but not afraid of stains and is easy. The only disadvantage is "fear of scratches" that will immediately rush into the eyes.

Chipboard. Pretty good stuff, it has sufficient strength and no moisture is afraid. The disadvantage may be the possibility of selection of vapors of formaldehyde resins that bind the material.

Wood.Suitable for interior in style Country. It looks great, in mind its naturalness and environmental friendliness, but moisture is afraid.

A rock.Durable, reliable and not afraid of moisture and damage. Disadvantage: complexity of processing and removal of stains.

Corian(fake diamond). Durable and reliable material that is not afraid of chips, cracks, damage and scratches. Easy is clean and moisture is not afraid. Easy and cheap, compared with natural stone.

In case of damage to the surface of Coriana - you can buy a regenerating paste, which will eliminate all damage using polishing.

The form depends on the room

There are several common shapes of bar racks:

• Straight;
• "G" and "T" shaped;
• Round;
• Semicircular;

Straight - Received unprecedented spread and make up about 70% of all types of this furniture. Used in the living room, kitchen, on the balcony. Can serve as a continuation of a table or stands, and can be used as private view Furniture. Often, straight racks are used to separate the room for functional areas: recreation and household. Most relevant if you have an apartment - Studio.

"G" and "T" figurativeare usually used in kitchens. With its design, they "unite" into a single integer disparate kitchen details. Suitable for celebrating celebrations with a lot of people, in view of its capacity.

Round racksthey will become an ideal solution for spacious living rooms or kitchens. They are able to make a seating area and entertainment in your apartment. Let a large company sit face a friend opposite each other.

Stationarity or mobility?

Today there are two types of bar struts: stationary and mobile.

Stationary- represent a real design, which is constantly in one place, as it is reliably fixed. Such examples were considered in the photo above.

Mobile or mobile they are also called "mini". They have small wheels in their arsenal and easily move to any room. Stant good optionIf you like to spend your leisure in different rooms.

They can be divided into:

• Tables;
• Cumbers.

Tables- Present small tables. They can be: round, semicircular and direct shape. Usually completed chairs of one design. Well suited for apartment design in the style of the 60s. Then special attention was paid to small details. May contain additional shelves for alcohol and fasteners for fuels.

Tombs - Also mobile, as well as the previous type of furniture, but have a greater capacity for alcoholic and glasses. This is due to their design. They can be: sliding and folding. You can see it in the photo below.

Bar rack - not only household furniture, but also stylish interior detail. It is perfectly suitable for me to eat and for friendly sites, and with your presence, it will be an addition to any apartment, followed so nice to spend their time.

Bar racks are a fairly stylish and exquisite attribute that designers are increasingly used when placing a living room. This element of furniture is characterized by the fact that it helps to make space more functional, makes the room more stylish, perfectly fits into absolutely every interior. IN modern interior You can arrange completely any Bar Rack on the stylistic solution. However, if a large family lives in the apartment, then it is still not desirable to abandon the dining table.

The traditional stand in the interior of the apartment is a fairly high countertop, complemented by bar consoles. All this design additionally consists of stools with comfortable footrest or original high chairs. The dimensions of the used bar rack will largely depend on the height and width of the room. The living room is considered the most ideal place to locate a stylish functional bar counter. The design of the living room made with a bar counter is distinguished by special convenience and functionality. A similar design can serve as a dining table, a bar corner or a place to meet with friends and holding fun parties.

Bar rack has much more advantages in comparison with ordinary dining tables, as a similar design:

• Has compact dimensions;
• Behind the rack you can arrange a lot of guests;
• Distinguished by special simplicity of serving;
• It gives the room atmosphere of originality and special comfort.

With the help of such a furniture object in the interior of a modern living room of a private house or apartment, you can implement all the most original and brave design solutions.

To make the functional zones in separate, you can make a bar with a table or a separate kitchen island with a dining area. Such an element of furniture visually separate the kitchen from the living room, and the hostess will receive more space for the embodiment of their culinary talents. Bar rack, which serves as a place to eat - perfect option For those who appreciate exquisite simplicity and dynamics. This option will perfectly fit into the interior of an apartment or a young couple at home.

What does the bar stand in the living room look like

In the studio apartment, the perfect solution will be used instead of a partition bar rack, as it will help to emphasize all sophistication and uniqueness. interior created. In the hall you can make absolutely any stylistic direction And the shape of the bar racks.

In particular, they can be:

• Bar rack, which helps to divide the kitchen and living room;
• Stand, performing partition function;
• Separate island;
• Two-level design.

Bar rack, with which you can split the kitchen and the living room is considered a fairly functional subject of the interior and is used most often during zoning. The island is perfect for a large and spacious living room, as it is located in the room center and looks like an independent separate complex. Bar rack that performs the partition function is ideal for a small room, as it takes a completely few place, but it looks quite stylish and exquisite.

Duplex structures are distinguished by the fact that they contain several tabletops located one under the other. This may be an excellent option for families with young children.

Functional bar counter in the interior of the living room

Modern bar counter in the interior of the modern living room looks simply excellent and applied to additional saving of free space. In the interior of the modern living room, it looks just excellent, as it helps to emphasize the sophistication of the interior.

Bar rack can be made of different materials, in particular, such as:

• Fake diamond;
• Wood;
• Marble;
• Glass;
• Plastic.

A large demand is used by the material called Corian, as it is much harder marble, but in case of damage and scratches it is very easy to grind. This material does not emit toxic harmful substances, very attractive externally, as well as flexible enough, which makes it possible to perform a worktop completely any form.

You can perform the bar counter in a completely any style, as it all depends on the overall stylistic solution of the room. However, the bar stand is most interesting and originally, made in the Loft style. It will perfectly fit even into a small room, it will be perfectly combined with modern kitchen appliances, as well as for greater amenities it can be placed next to the sofa.

Important! When installing a bar rack, the installation of additional light sources will be installed, as it will be necessary to create comfortable conditions In the cooking zone, dining area and a rest room.

How to choose a bar closet for the living room

Selecting the furniture for the living room, the true connoisseurs of collection drinks and good expensive wines have repeatedly thought about the place of its storage. In this case, the mini bar wardrobe will be the perfect solution. A feature of such furniture is that it is possible to store collectible drinks at the right temperature and in compliance with all the required conditions.

Bar cabinet may have absolutely different style, in particular, such as:

• Classical;
• Art Deco;
• High tech;
• Modern and others.

Bar cabinets can be cabinet and built-in. Thanks to the wide variety of models represented, everyone can choose exactly the option that is ideal for him on all requests and fit into the interior of the living room. Cabinets can be viewed as a separate piece of furniture. Built-in bar cabinets can be an addition to another larger furniture object, in particular, such as a wardrobe, wall, angular sofa.

Practical Dresser Bar for Living Room

The stylish and original chest of drawers for the living room every year enjoys increasingly demanding, as it allows you to create a unique unique atmosphere in the house.

Such a chest is distinguished by the fact that it is equipped with:

• Holders for glasses;
• Bottle storage cells;
• Special shelves.

The cabinet bar for storing elite alcoholic beverages can be amateur and professional. Professional dressers for storing alcoholic beverages are special reedy refrigerators. They help keep wine in special conditions, as it is necessary to provide the required level of humidity, temperature and eliminate the penetration of ultraviolet rays.

Amateur chest of a special role in the interior of the living room as decorative element. Such a cabinet does not have completely no special conditions for maintaining the required temperature and conditions for storing alcoholic beverages.

Living room with bar counter, garden gazebo and scene (video)

A properly decorated kitchen-living room, complemented by a bar counter, will become a true decoration of a completely any home. It is here that you can prepare interesting dishes, dining with the whole family or make fun parties with friends.

Details: Bar racks in the interior of the living room instead of partition (photo examples)

Is the bar rack relevant in the living room? Of course, yes, if you correctly enter it into the overall interior.

Bar rack in the living room is an imperious thing, but if a combined kitchen is visible on the back background, the whole composition acquires a new meaning. Today you can find a lot of photos of interiors, where the stylish high table effectively distinguishes the space of the apartment-studio. But how to achieve such harmony at home?

What is good rack in the living room

In fact, this echo kitchen interior absolutely does not interfere with the arrangement of the main room, giving it a special charm and comfort. Moreover, the Bar Stand in the living room often turns out to be in the center of attention, by reveaning this honorary title at the prose tv. So its presence is clearly worth useing to create a truly unique interior. However, this does not mean that the rack will set the tone in the main room - it just unobtrusively will shift accents as on this photo.

The use of the bar table in the living room combined with the kitchen, the more appropriate, if you often take friends and acquaintances, treating them in tea. One of his presence on the subconscious level makes a person relax and tune in to a pleasant evening. Also, the rack can turn into the center of the compact dining area, for which it is usually not located in a typical apartment. So, with sufficient sizes of the countertop from the traditional dining group, it is possible to refuse at all.

If you invited a lot of guests for the holiday, the bar counter will not easily facilitate the serving. Speed \u200b\u200bhome buffet? She will remove all the questions here - after all, it is possible to approach the table almost from any side, especially if it is an island model. The only drawback is to send friends around the countertops will not work, even if it is very spacious. It is unlikely that you have in the storeroom there is a dozen, and on ordinary sitting at the rack uncomfortable.

As for the application of the rack on the border with the kitchen, its benefits are not even questionable. Get an extra work surface and at the same time take the minimum of useful area - the dream of each hostess.

Bar rack is able to separate the living room not only from the kitchen, but also from other adjacent zones if the planning of the apartment seems not too successful. For example, it can be put on the border with the hall or passing the corridor, as in the photo. It does not even need a complex and expensive two-level design, since the countertop will be used only on the one hand. But in the case of a kitchen-separator, an additional surface just prevents. Convertible work zoneShe will be able to fully participate in cooking.

How to beat bar furniture

If the bar stand in the living room is used precisely for the placement of the main premises and the kitchen, it is necessary to allocate visually. Methods for this designers offer enough: color, texture of material, backlight. But first things first.

Color selection

If you have not been engaged in professional interior design, you should not oppose the separation rack palette of the existing range of combined space. One way or another, she must speak on someone's side - either buy the color of furniture in the kitchen, or repeat the palette applied in the living room. Here, the meaning of the discharge is reduced to the accent on the table itself, but on the border he symbolizes. An example in the photo shows how the trim color stand and kitchen headset Clearly denotes where one zone ends and the other begins.

Texture

The base of the bar rack can be issued as the soul wishes - there are no restrictions here, but the laws of the selected interior style will have to be observed. For example, brick facing suitable apartmentdecorated in the spirit of Loft or High Tech, but not for strict classics, where more is more appropriate natural stone Or a swallow tree. The last perfectly fit into the idea of \u200b\u200bcountry and scandinavian style. However, with a properly selected form of base, an array can be used in any design options. The only thing you should not do is to put a rack bordering the living room, tileIf this is not some kind of complex mosaic.

Backlight

An excellent way to which not everyone uses. But with the help of thought-out illumination, the combined space can be immediately divided into several semantic zones: a kitchen, a home bar, a living room, a personal recreation area. Specifically, the bar counter in this regard offers the greatest number options. It can be poured with light not only from the upper point lamps or the suspended chandelier, but also "ignite" from the inside. The backlight is built into the translucent countertop, of course, the exotic, but the original lighting of the base, as in the photo, it is easy to do even with their own hands.

Sometimes I want to not allocate high, but to hide - after all, this modern subject throws a loud challenge to the conservative interior, and uniting the kitchen with a residential area can be only forced measure. Masking the rack that does not seem to be relevant in the living room, the easiest way is the help of an unusual form (many similar photos on the network). The harmonious it will look from the side, the harmonious high table will fit into the interior.

At the same time, it is even not necessary that the structures be one color, although the perfect "hit" finally drips the rack. But the portal itself should be supplemented with various niches and shelves - so he will distract attention. This reception will suit the owners of small apartments, where the high bar table has to be used instead of the dinner, but I do not want to make a disorder in the already formed living room design.

When the stand design is selected, it is necessary to fully withstand the ratio of its dimensions with the size of the housing. The bigger square meters The combined space will be at your disposal, the longer the console must be massive.

If you really do not want to draw attention to the bar counter, from the side of the living room you can close the sofa to it and put it back to the kitchen. In the example, only a tabletop remained in the photo, which does not spoil the interior at all. But in this case, it will have to get to the high table from another edge, so think about whether there will be enough free space in the working area to arrange a number of bar chairs.