What elements should a summer kitchen consist of?
If you properly equip the summer kitchen, then it will be a pleasure to be in it in the summer. It's not hot to cook there, canning is convenient, the floor in the house does not get dirty dirty shoes, and dine on outdoors and at all pleasant.
But, if you choose the wrong location, then instead of convenience, you will get an extra headache and unnecessary fuss: moving dishes, cans over a long distance, running back and forth.
Therefore, let's immediately determine what must be present in the summer kitchen:
- Cooking oven
- Brazier
- Dishwasher
- Cooking table
- Cupboards and jars
- Shelves or hanging drawers
- Dining table and chairs
These are all - the main elements, without which it will not be very comfortable to use the room, and they should be in any case. And there are also auxiliary ones, without which it is quite possible to do without, but if they are present, then it certainly will not be worse, only better.
- Cellar adjacent to the summer kitchen
- Small wood log
- Sofa
- Television
- Swing
As you can see, if you add these modules, then the summer kitchen will be multifunctional, cozy and you can spend almost the whole day in the fresh air.
Where should the summer kitchen be located?
But success depends not only on the choice of elements. The main thing is the location! It used to be customary to build a summer kitchen as a separate house without heating, away from the main building.
Now it no longer seems convenient, since it is difficult to bring communications and the building itself does not look very harmonious in the middle of the yard.
Best solution location summer kitchen- adjacent to the main house, and in such a way that you can enter it from there. Either from the main door, or from the side entrance. Also good options were discussed in the article "".
Also, choose the right wall to which the summer kitchen will adjoin. If you attach it to the one where the main windows of the room are located, then the house will become dark and damp, from what does not fall sunlight... Better that it was a blank wall with a side exit.
If you want to equip a cellar adjacent to the summer kitchen, then do not forget an important thing: you cannot dig a large hole next to the foundation of the house, since in this case the layer of earth may sink and the structure will roll. Therefore, you need to dig it at least 3.5 meters further from the foundation.
Yet important point: what type of premises you will have. An open area or a full-fledged annex in the form of a veranda. Let's take a closer look at this, since hasty savings at the planning stage can then turn into long-term frustration and regret.
Open-type summer kitchens
They have their own advantages, the main of which is the budget. In order to organize such a zone, a lot of costs are not needed, there is no need to fill the foundation, put up windows, erect walls. The only thing you need:
- Concreting the area for the kitchen
- Erection of support pillars under a canopy
- Roof deck
- Construction of a stove and barbecue
- Organization working area and sinks
That is, the consumption is reduced by at least two times. But besides the budget, there is another plus: the space is open, where there is a pleasure.
True, only in good weather... But for bad weather there is a main kitchen in the house! And is there any point in equipping another one? Let's be clear on this point as well.
Summer kitchens closed type
Why did they make summer kitchens separately from the house before, in the form of detached houses? Mainly because it was used stove heating and during the conservation season, during cooking, the walls of the summer kitchen were very hot. And if the main house were so heated up, then it would be simply impossible to sleep in it. They probably didn't know how to lay out street stoves, like "finca".
Also, the summer kitchen was used as a guest house in case guests arrived. They put a sofa, a wardrobe, and also made a separate household block for storing boxes, glass jars, nets for drying fruits, herbs and other equipment for harvesting, of which there were many.
And besides that, they made animal feed, mixed and crushed grain, beat butter, etc. Therefore, the premises had to be closed so that in case of bad weather the mass of provisions would not be damaged.
Now, few people are engaged in raising livestock and the original purpose of the closed kitchen has lost its rationality. Yes, and a guest house is not always needed, since for these purposes you can use any extra room in the House.
So, now there is no special need for the construction of a capital structure, but making the summer kitchen completely open is also not an option. The best thing - combined type and below you will find out why exactly.
Combined summer kitchens
You can combine it in different ways. You can make an area with an oven, a work table and a small utility block indoors, and dinner table leave under a canopy, or vice versa. Some people really enjoy cooking outdoors.
But the best option is to make the utility block in the form of a closed room adjacent to the terrace, and leave the stove, work table and dining room just under a canopy, but with a slight amendment: fix sliding shutters under the roof, which can be closed in case of bad weather. Or, immediately make glazed frames, some of them so that they move apart, forming an open area.
But the utility block should be with walls, since during long rains the vegetables that are stored there can become damp. If you have a cellar instead of a utility block, then even better!
What is the best way to make a roof?
Of course, it would be nice if the roof of the summer kitchen was combined with the main covering of the house. Especially if the summer kitchen is adjacent to it.
But doing so does not always work out for only one reason: now it is not uncommon for metal roofs, such as metal tiles. And if on the main house they are insulated from below, sheathed with wood, which guarantees some sound insulation, then in the summer kitchen there is no need for such things.
And if the canopy is made of metal, then you simply cannot be there in a rainy time. The knock will be so strong, peculiar and unpleasant that all the charm of food in the fresh air will be nullified and you will have to urgently retreat into the house.
Therefore, the main thing: choose a roof that does not knock even without additional noise insulation: slate, tiles, bituminous shingles.
What kind of floor should a summer kitchen have?
Do not forget that the summer kitchen was created so that you would be comfortable using it in the summer. And in the summer, as a rule, all the owners of private houses spend a lot of time in the garden, and then, dirty feet go to the summer kitchen.
Therefore, about any wooden flooring there can be no question, it is simply impractical. The best way - tile for the street. It can be stained three times, and then easily washed even with a hose (provided, of course, that your site is open and without large sides).
Oven in the summer kitchen
There are many options. The simplest of them is the installation of the usual gas oven and a balloon. Still, it's better to spend a little more effort initially and lay out a real, wood-burning stove. It is much more economical during the conservation season, while building it is not as difficult as building it at home. And she looks much more comfortable, whatever one may say.
You can make a very budgetary "finca", or you can make a whole complex, including a brazier, a cooking place, a built-in cauldron, a place for firewood. It all depends on your imagination and financial limit.
A brick chimney, which, when building a home stove, is more expensive than the cooking surface itself, in the summer version can be replaced with an inexpensive galvanized chimney.
Cellar in the summer kitchen
Believe me, this is a very, very convenient solution! If you still don't have a cellar, then better place hard to come up with for him.
And most importantly, do not skimp on its area inside and the convenience of the descent. Dig a small hole, then go down wooden stairs standing upright is stupid. Then you will regret the hasty decision ten times.
It is better to make the cellar large, wide and with a gentle slope. Let it be initially more expensive and more complicated, but then all your life it will delight you.
The optimum depth of the cellar is 3 meters down. Do not do less, otherwise it will always be damp and there will not be a stable temperature.
The width is about three by three meters. For descent - about 1.5 meters, while the entrance should be from above, in the form of a separate entrance. That is, a hole is dug, and walls are formed at the place of descent, which gradually come to naught.
Be sure to consider the location groundwater Location on. If they are close, then the cellar is not worth digging at all, since with a shallow depth there is no special sense in it.
Washing in the summer kitchen
Without her - nowhere! Running to the house or to the well is inconvenient. Try to put a double sink right away, since one compartment is always small in the open air.
Also, be sure to place a small water heater over it. Better yet, put a 100-liter tank on the roof of the building for warming up by the sun, or bring the sink to the summer shower tank.
Work table in the summer kitchen
Here it is necessary to make not only a tabletop, but also cabinets with shelves. It will be difficult to accommodate comfortably without them. Moreover, if you do not do this, then in case of bad weather or hail, you will have to immediately bring all the dishes and equipment into the house, which will cause a lot of trouble.
Also, if there are no shelves and cabinets, you will have to take the necessary cooking utensils out of the house all the time, and if there are convenient storage places, they can be there all season.
Dining area in the summer kitchen
One thing can be said here: always count on the maximum number of people who can sit at your table, and not only on weekdays, but also on holidays.
Don't make this place too narrow. The minimum width should be 3 meters, and the length should be at your discretion, but approximately, about the same 3 meters.
Here are examples of a good arrangement of tables in a summer kitchen:
Swing in the summer kitchen
Highly unusual solution, while adding coziness. In America, it is customary to hang a swing on a terrace, but we can easily place them in a summer kitchen, especially if it is of an open type. See how great it looks in the interior:
They can be placed in any convenient corner of the summer kitchen. The main thing is that they do not interfere with sitting at the table and cooking.
Summer kitchen design in a private house
The most important thing, namely functionality, is what we've discussed. Now let's talk about beauty, which is equally important. The design of a summer kitchen in a private house can be so interesting and unusual that it will make all passers-by stop and consider your building.
Here are examples interesting options summer kitchens that you can take as a basis when planning:
In conclusion, I would like to say that a summer kitchen in a private house is a necessary thing and if you have a question whether it is needed at all, then we can answer: it is absolutely necessary!
Take a steam bath in the house in the summer, if you can spend time outdoors? Not the most good idea... And cooking or spinning is even worse. It is much more pleasant and useful to spend time under a canopy or in a light, ventilated building, which many call a "summer kitchen". A do-it-yourself summer kitchen is easy to build, especially open options.
Open summer kitchen: views and photos
Open is rather open gazebo or veranda. A very good option for the warm season. Not in all regions, even in summer, you can be outdoors for a long time. Then they make closed summer kitchens - this is already a small house that can be built using any technology that seems most attractive to you.
Summer kitchen - annex
Let's start with open areas. If it is supposed to move the main activity to fresh air for the summer, it will be more convenient to attach the summer kitchen to existing home... In this case, do. Most often, they make it open first. The easiest way is to make a wooden extension. In a very open version it might just be the pillars supporting the roof.
The simplest option is several pillars supporting a lightweight roof-summer do-it-yourself kitchen is ready
This option is very good for the southern regions, where most of the year you can stay outside for as long as you like. For more northern regions or if this is a house permanent residence, usually they decide to make the extension more closed. First, they make a railing, and then they often think about how to close the spans with something else: I want to extend the "period of use". As a result, the open summer kitchen becomes closed.
The most common material for this kind of extension is wood. She is flexible, forgives many mistakes, which can later be corrected without analysis of the structure, therefore it is easy to work even without skills. It is also lightweight, because the foundation for a summer kitchen made of wood can be made lightweight - columnar or
The second most popular material is brick or decorative rock... In the presence of "straight" hands and adherence to technology, and with this material, amateur developers can work. You should not undertake the construction of a house without experience, but you can try to fold the pillars and partitions under the summer kitchen.
But since even a pillar made of brick or stone weighs more than a hundred kilograms or more, a more solid base is required for it. If you consider that it will still take the load from the roof, then you will have to make pillars or piles with good bearing capacity.
Carrying out to the side of the house - an open terrace with an oven and barbecue
If you are thinking about putting brick walls, it is better to immediately fill in the pile-strip foundation, and deepen the strip below the freezing depth. If this option is not suitable - the freezing depth is large or the soils do not allow, you will either have to make a monolithic slab, or abandon brick walls, making them using a different technology, even if they are of the same tree or a summer kitchen built with your own hands is good because knowing all design features to the smallest detail, you can subsequently upgrade the building.
Freestanding building
Some people don't really like the kitchen smells that can enter the house from the extension. Then a small building is erected at some distance from the house. The presence of summer kitchens is almost an obligatory attribute of private houses in the southern regions. Before the era of air conditioners, cooking in the heat in the room was a real torture: the high temperature "overboard", heated walls, and even the heat from the stove - conditions are hellish, while the rest of the rooms are also heated. That is why they made at least small detached houses-gazebos, in which they put a gas stove and a cylinder with liquefied gas in cities, in the villages they put a small stove. Some even cooked on "kirogas" or a kerosene stove.
Modern air conditioning equipment allows you to negate all these inconveniences, but free-standing summer kitchens are still being built. They are often still used as a guest house - by making them.
Most cheap option- pillars supporting the roof. They can be wooden, brick or combined - consisting of a base of stone, and the top of a bar. This is the best option from the point of view of operation: the wood is protected from the effects of most of the precipitation, and at the same time the weight is not very large.
One of the easy options
What to make the floor of
The floor in such a kitchen can be planked. It is easier to do it, but many are confused by the fact that the wood will be practically unprotected. There are two ways to solve the problem. The first is to use effective protective impregnations such as oils or wood wax for outdoor use. They do not create a shiny surface, but they protect well from moisture and dirt. Using varnishes for summer kitchens is not the best idea. They begin to burst and crack, in order to renew the old coating, the old must be removed completely, while oils and wax require only thorough preliminary cleaning, after drying, a fresh layer can be applied.
This terrace is treated with Pinotex Terrace Oil
The second way is to use not wood, but wood-polymer composite (WPC). These are boards that consist of a mixture of wood fibers and polymers. They look and feel very much like wood. With the only difference that they almost do not change size depending on humidity, however, thermal expansion is present. Such boards are called "decking" or "planken" depending on the profile of the board. There is also "garden parquet". This is a covering made of the same material, only assembled into boards, like parquet. They can be simply laid on the ground without any preparation.
The terrace and the floor in the summer kitchen are made of WPC - wood-polymer composite
The advantages of WPC include a long period of operation without changing the original properties. It is calculated for tens of years, but varies greatly depending on the manufacturer. The downside is not the most affordable price. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the technology is relatively new, not yet particularly mastered, although there is Russian manufacturers similar products.
Stone or specialized tiles withstands the effects of weather better, but the installation of such a floor is not an easy matter. If you just put it on a gravel-sand bed, locking it in the fall, in frost the tiles can crack or bounce. We have to make insulated monolithic slab, observing all the technology: with a sand and gravel layer, insulation, reinforcement, concrete pouring. The dimensions of this slab are 50-60 cm larger along the perimeter than the planned building. In general, the costs and work are serious, although it is convenient to operate.
One floor option is large concrete slabs of high grade concrete
After a time when the concrete gains strength (at least 2 weeks should pass, and this with average temperature+ 20 ° C), the covering can be laid. You can use flagstone - stone cut into layers, you can use porcelain stoneware, or frost-resistant tiles.
A simpler option is to lay out the site with paving slabs. But this is exclusively summer option... But - without fiddling with the foundation.
If a summer kitchen is being built with your own hands in the country, this is perhaps the best option. It turns out inexpensive and practical.
Closed summer kitchen
Those who want to have an all-season summer area for gatherings or cooking, erect more capital buildings. Most often these are buildings on frame technology- quickly and relatively inexpensively, more expensive, but more thoroughly - from a log or bar.
Option "frame" - racks from a bar sheathed with clapboard
In the case of a frame building, everything is very simple: with a small step, racks from a bar are placed (you can even spliced boards), then they are sheathed on both sides with some finishing material... What - of your choice, even a clapboard - wooden or plastic, a blockhouse, any other material. Inside, to save money, they are often sheathed with plywood, fiberboard, gypsum fiber board, OSB or something similar. If desired, it can be insulated. The frame is sheathed on one side, insulation is laid (usually mineral wool), the cladding is mounted on the other side. You can insulate not only immediately, but after some time, you only have to remove the trim on one side.
What does the "skeleton" of a summer kitchen look like using frame technology
The frame building is also convenient in that it can be given any shape, and the foundation can be relatively light - depending on the soil - pile or tape. Such foundations are needed for wooden buildings- from a log or bar. All the rules are the same here. It is important to find or order a project, but assembling is a matter of technology.
Naturally, you can build from any other materials - from foam blocks - to bricks or even rubble. It's all about the amount that you plan or can spend on this building. The construction of foam concrete, aerated concrete, some building blocks, adobe will also cost inexpensively. A cinder block, like adobe, can be made independently, so the choice of material is only yours, and then everything is built according to all the rules. With only one deviation: insulation for a summer kitchen is either not done at all, or made to a minimum. Another point - heating, as a rule, is absent, and this must also be taken into account when choosing materials for construction, and for decoration.
Photo report of the construction of a summer kitchen with an open veranda
A summer kitchen was being built with the opportunity to “sit outside”. Therefore, the option with open veranda... The base of the house is assembled from a bar of 200 * 200 mm, internal walls - from 150 * 100 mm. Outwardly, I like the carriage, but it is godlessly expensive, because the timber was suspended to create a similar relief.
The foundation is columnar. Since the construction is light, the soil is normal, the posts were buried only 60 cm.
The harness was assembled from a bar 200 * 200 mm. It was pre-soaked with an antiseptic. The corners were connected as usual - they made cuts. The crossbars were mounted on metal U-plates. The timber was not rigidly fastened, since there will be heaving all the same, so that the building has the opportunity to "walk".
The racks were made of a bar 200 * 200 mm, internal filling from 150 * 100 mm.
The walls were assembled pretty quickly and without problems: there was no cut, just pieces of timber of the required length were nailed to the racks. The roof is made of a gable, with a slight slope angle. On the one hand takeaway rafter legs more - to make a canopy from the side of the veranda, which will cover it from slanting rain.
The ceiling lining is made of unedged boards, which were then brought to mind on our machine.
Ceiling lining - board
Summer kitchen design: photo
After the construction of the summer kitchen, another problem arises: it is necessary to arrange it. The arrangement includes not only the choice of a table and chairs, it is also necessary to somehow organize the working area, store the fuel somewhere for the stove, which is often placed here. 
Various types of summer kitchens allow you to build this structure in almost any house on different sites... Kitchens are either closed or open. The simplest open-type summer kitchen is a terrace equipped with all the necessary kitchen equipment and equipped with kitchen furniture. Closed summer kitchens are a veranda, partially or completely closed.
Closed summer kitchen in the country (photo)
Whatever the design of the open summer kitchen, it is traditionally divided into two main zones - a place for cooking and a living-dining room. The minimum set for the "cooking zone" includes a stove, oven or grill-fireplace, cabinets and shelves for kitchen utensils and utensils, a work surface or cutting table and a sink.
Summer kitchens, equipped in separate buildings from the house, constructive decision can also be open or closed.
Summer kitchen in the form of a house in the photo
This can be an open summer kitchen in the country house or a kitchen in the form of a light frame house (often not heated), although it happens that such a house is built of bricks and even equipped with a fireplace or stove.
An open kitchen is a structure without walls, when the effect of free space is visually created. Such a kitchen may have a canopy or a roof on pillars or no roof at all, being at best under the branches of a spreading tree.
In this case, there is a feeling of complete unity with nature.
An open kitchen can be built in the form of a veranda or gazebo. Its main elements are kitchen furniture(table, benches, chairs), sink and stove for cooking.
The main advantage of open kitchens, in addition to unity with nature, is that they do not need to be ventilated and it is not hot in them in summer.
Usually, when building an open kitchen, the supports and the roof are made of wood, and natural and artificial stone is used for the foundation.
If a furnace is being built, it is usually also lined with stone. Low cash costs make the arrangement of an open-type summer kitchen inexpensive.
In addition, construction does not imply complex work and the use of technology, therefore, it is also quite simple to build such a summer kitchen in technical terms. So we can safely say that it is a good option for beginner builders.
All outdoor summer kitchens have the same benefits:
- insignificant costs of building materials during construction;
- much faster and easier construction;
- no need for expensive excavation and roofing works;
- cooking outdoors in summer is always more pleasant than indoors;
- a great opportunity both for family recreation in nature and for spending holidays with a large number of guests;
- using a barbecue, barbecue or grill for cooking meat dishes;
- minimal fire hazard of such structures;
- significantly lower total project cost than building a closed kitchen.
Open-type summer kitchens also have disadvantages, which include:
- the inability to use the kitchen during the cold season, as well as in windy weather and during heavy rain;
- unprotected working area of the kitchen from dust, which requires additional efforts when cleaning;
- attacks of mosquitoes and other insects in the evening;
- the inability to leave food for the night, since they can be abducted by animals or birds;
- the inability to leave equipment and valuables that attract thieves overnight;
- the inability to use it as additional housing even in the summer;
- the need to hide furniture and other interior items in the rain, as well as put them away for the winter;
- performing only one function - as a place for preparing and eating food in the fresh air.
A summer kitchen with a closed veranda is very similar to an ordinary small house with walls, a roof, windows and a door. This makes it possible to use them in any weather and, if heating is provided (although this is usually not done), even in winter.
Closed kitchen on the veranda (photo)
A closed kitchen on the veranda in the country, in addition to the main function it performs, can be used as a place to sleep for guests, a hunting lodge, and in winter time- like a pantry. Such a summer kitchen with an open terrace is usually built from plasterboard, lining or plywood, and more durable structures designed for many years are built from brick, foam blocks or stone.
Look at the kitchen veranda in the photo, where a successful layout is illustrated:
The main advantages closed building are:
- the protection of the room from dust, wind, precipitation and insects, therefore it will not be necessary to clean it as often as it is required in open kitchens;
- in the presence of heating, it is possible to use the building in the winter;
- the ability to safely leave food supplies, equipment and other valuables in a closed kitchen overnight, especially if the room is locked;
- use as a guest house;
- the possibility of combining with other additional premises - a bathhouse, cellar, workshop or garage.
The main disadvantages of a closed summer kitchen with an open veranda are the operating features:
- more building materials and more complex construction, including labor-intensive work that requires the involvement of assistants and technology;
- the need for careful drafting of the project, as well as the calculation of the foundation, rafter system and other units of construction, as in the construction of a house;
- a significant increase in the cost of construction in general and a longer construction period.
In addition to general information, it is worth considering in more detail the varieties of open and closed options summer kitchen.
For example, summer kitchen-veranda is being constructed as an extension to the country house. When erecting it, it should be borne in mind that, like any extension, it should become a harmonious continuation of the house, fit into it design solution and at the same time preserve its main function - to be a kitchen and dining-living room, and not to become a hallway.
The construction of a summer kitchen in the form of a veranda should begin with laying the foundation. Its depth should be equal to the depth of the foundation of the house, so that the extension does not come off in winter. Then the frame for the walls is installed, the external cladding is made and the pitched roof is covered.
Perfectly country house and the veranda should have one roof covering, but if the veranda is added later, its roof or canopy must be combined with the main roof, both from an aesthetic point of view, and from the point of view of technical performance (so that there is no leakage during rain, etc.).
To make the kitchen-veranda lighter and more airy, you can mount large hinged windows or glaze the entire front or side parts.
The open plan kitchen is a building in the form of a terrace due to a significant expansion of the porch. In this case, support beams are installed along the wall of the house, on which an inclined canopy is laid from above.
If the terrace is set up on a well-leveled area and there are no problems with water accumulation, the floor can be laid directly on the ground - it can just be a cover of paving slabs... To protect the terrace from any bad weather (rain, wind, etc.) will allow side partitions (both capital and decorative) or, for example, waterproof curtains. You can build pergolas and decorate them climbing plants or plant hedge from shrub plants, which will both decorate the terrace and provide a pleasant coolness on hot summer evenings.
When constructing summer kitchen-gazebo can not do without columnar or strip foundation... Frame racks made of brick, stone or timber are installed on it in the corners, and then the whole structure is fixed with a roof made of light roofing material, for example, ondulin, bituminous sheets, etc. or oven.
It is also very convenient to recycle in such a kitchen. harvested crop without fear of wind or rain and without worrying about the cleanliness and ventilation of the room from kitchen aromas.
The openings between the counters of such a summer kitchen can be left open, or one of the walls can be sewn up to install kitchen cabinets and shelves. You can arrange pergolas with climbing plants, decorate openings with textile curtains, lattice wood panels.
Sliding or removable partitions can be provided, as well as roll-up curtains to open them in good weather.
Other options for a summer kitchen can be formed on the basis of existing ones, so, for example, if you glaze the gazebo or make swing windows, it can also serve cold period, especially if the kitchen will be equipped with a fireplace or stove.
Such options for summer kitchens in the country, like a house, are almost a full-fledged dwelling, therefore more effort is required to build it in comparison with the same gazebo. Here you will need a reliable foundation (preferably monolithic), walls, a reliable roof, you will need to install windows and doors. But such a house will be multifunctional.
In addition to the kitchen, it is possible to equip a cellar in it, then construction will need to start with digging a pit, and the walls of the cellar will become the foundation for the above-ground part of the structure. The house can be supplemented with a terrace or veranda, which in this case will function as an outdoor living room with a dining area with a large table, chairs, benches, armchairs, and cooking will take place inside the house.
Summer kitchen with cooking equipment pictured
A summer cottage kitchen must have equipment for cooking. Typically, for everyday cooking, electric or gas stoves, but some summer residents choose a more exotic option - a wood-burning stove, fireplace, brazier or barbecue, which should be made of refractory bricks. And in this case, you should think in advance about the fire safety of the entire structure and high-quality ventilation system... Such types of hearth not only make the summer kitchen cozy, but also contribute to significant savings - while the wood is burning in the stove, not only food is prepared, but the room is also warming up. Well, talking about how tasty and healthy food cooked over an open fire and fresh air is, is completely superfluous.
When planning to equip the kitchen with a fireplace, barbecue or barbecue, it must be borne in mind that in this case the room should be as ventilated as possible. You can make such a focus temporary or permanent. For example, there are demountable models of barbecues and barbecues, which, with the onset of cold weather, can be safely stored for storage until the next summer season.
If it is supposed to build a summer kitchen in the form of a house, it is possible to fold a capital furnace made of refractory bricks in it - with various compartments and additional devices.
Kitchen with a bath in the photo
V recent times complex structures have become very popular, including, in addition to the summer kitchen, and other country buildings, for example, a bathhouse, a terrace, a hunting lodge, etc. Depending on the wishes of the owners, the combination of such structural elements can be anything, and they are all erected on one common foundation. At the same time, the amount of materials required for the construction of structures is reduced, which allows significant savings during construction. For example, a shared roof is much cheaper than roofing several separate buildings. There is also no need to lay many paths connecting various buildings on the site, since in this case all objects will be located in one place.
As a result, it will be more profitable to build an integral structure in many respects than to build separate premises. In addition, the complex, designed in the same style and built of matching materials, will look much more attractive from the outside than several detached structures built in different time and from a variety of materials.
In this case, energy resources for heating are saved, and in general, the organization of electrification, water supply and sewerage is simplified. Finally, construction will require less land than under several buildings, and in general it will be much more convenient to move from one room to another if they are all under one roof.
There are several options for complex buildings. For example, one of them is a summer kitchen in the form of a house with a barbecue and a veranda, where the owners will be able not only to have a good time themselves, but also to meet guests. The house can be made as one- or two-room, in which case the second room can be used as a guest room. Light comfortable furniture can be placed on the veranda for breakfast, lunch and even dinner in the summer, and during the rain or in cool weather, the dining room can be moved inside the house. Naturally, the roof for the entire structure must be uniform.
Another option is a summer kitchen with a barbecue and a gazebo. In this case, you can also do everything under one roof. The gazebo can be open or glazed, and the summer kitchen can also be closed or open. Choice the best option depends only on the owner's imagination and his budget.
Another popular option is a summer kitchen with a stove and a bath, which can be used not only in summer, because both the kitchen and the bath can be heated using a stove. all year round... Often, all the charm of using the bathhouse can be felt precisely in winter, when the temperature contrast in the bathhouse and outside is greatest, which causes an indescribable feeling.
Video: Summer kitchen options
Cooking in the summer in a hot and cramped kitchen is a very dubious pleasure. And if the residents of high-rise buildings are deprived of a choice, then the owners of private houses or summer cottages can take the cooking process outside the house in the summer - into the summer kitchen. And the house will get rid of excess vapors during the season of active conservation. Well, food cooked in the fresh air is always tastier than at home. In addition, summer kitchen, without special costs, can be made roomy enough to turn it into a place for evening gatherings and meetings with friends.
There are many options for a summer kitchen for a summer residence:
- with veranda adjacent to the house
- with barbecue area
- with pergola
- with a separate gazebo (pavilion)
In general, summer kitchens are usually divided into two types:
- open - canopy open on one or more sides, can be used as wind protection sliding structures, tarpaulin (fabric), roller blinds or removable partitions. Comfortable in such a kitchen will be the entire summer season - from late spring to early autumn
- a closed kitchen is actually a "kitchen-house", reliably sheltering from all the vagaries of nature, but at the same time a significant part of the unique charm of the summer kitchen is lost.
Since this is a rather simple structure structurally, it will not be too much effort to build a summer kitchen with your own hands.
We select a place
An important stage in creating a summer kitchen project is choosing a place, from the right choice which depends on both the simplicity and speed of construction, and the convenience of further operation.
There are several factors to consider here:
- the presence of communications - the proximity and ease of supplying water, electricity, gas, the organization of drainage
- getting away from roads - exhaust fumes, dust and noise are not the best background for relaxing rest and cooking
- distance from toilets, cesspools and compost pits, barnyards and other places with a characteristic pungent odor
- fire safety - if it is supposed to use open fire in the kitchen ( brazier, barbecue), at least within a radius of 10 m there must be no flammable structures
- the presence of trees - the crowns will give shade and keep cool, limiting the hit of the scorching rays of the sun. Cooking food near a hot stove and even under the hot sun is a dubious pleasure.
- remoteness from home - construction of a summer kitchen with common wall with a house (in the form of a veranda or an extension) will significantly reduce the cost of the project. But on the other hand, smoke and fumes from the stove will enter the house, and the main idea of a summer kitchen is to rid the house of side effects cooking. At the same time, if you move the kitchen away from home, in bad weather there will be problems with the delivery of food to the house.
Laying the foundation
Quite often on thematic sites, an option is considered when the interior of the kitchen has its own cellar... The option is quite controversial, because in this case, the cost of construction rises sharply. In addition, if the kitchen is open, then in winter such a cellar will require additional insulation... And to get to it, you will have to additionally rake the snowdrifts. So we will still consider the cellar as an attribute of the house, and you can safely proceed to marking and laying the foundation.
If the construction of capital (brick, stone, foam concrete) walls is not expected, then there is no need to lay a full foundation. To do this, a pit (depression) of 10-15 cm is torn off in the ground over the total area, which is covered with screenings or sand and tamped. From above, you can lay tiles or boards for the future floor of the summer kitchen. In this case, the floor should be raised 15-20 cm above the ground level in order to avoid the ingress of rainwater streams.
In the presence of a foundation, the basis is laid wooden frame from a bar, at the points of attachment to the foundation, fixed with metal corners. In the future, the construction of the frame repeats the process described above.
When building a closed kitchen, brick, foam blocks or stone are used for the construction of walls. In this case, a wall thickness of half a brick will be quite enough. Inside, the walls can be sheathed with plasterboard, plastic, clapboard or plastered - only the frost resistance of the selected material can act as a limitation, because the room will not be regularly heated in winter.
For a summer kitchen, the arrangement of a lean-to roofs, for which it will be enough to erect one wall of the beam structure slightly higher than the opposite one. By choosing roofing material, it is important to consider the strength of the frame. If there are practically no restrictions for a closed kitchen (slate, metal tiles, composite tiles, bituminous tiles, corrugated board, seam roofing, polycarbonate), then for an open kitchen it is necessary to choose a lighter material, for example, polycarbonate or shingles.
Summer kitchen in the country: design and decoration
The main thing is that fate follows when choosing a summer kitchen project for a summer residence - its compliance overall design and the style of the entire site. To create a unique bright kitchen, especially if the kitchen will be visually close to the house - the decision on its design and interior should be made in the same key so that general stylistic touches can be traced.
A few tips for finishing:
- bake- the main element in the interior, but at the same time, do not forget about the main purpose of the kitchen - cooking. A brazier or barbecue, of course, is good, bright and aesthetically pleasing, but for daily needs you cannot do without a gas, electric or wood-burning stove. And also you can't do without a sink, countertops, all kinds of drawers and other kitchen utensils.
Summer cuisine - comfortable room which makes it possible to enjoy fresh air, Cook Tasty food and spending time with good company. To make the kitchen as comfortable and convenient as possible, you need to competently approach its repair. Interior decoration, correctly selected materials and design will make the kitchen in the country not only attractive, but also cozy. What you need to pay attention to when starting a repair, and how to do it yourself - we will talk about this.
Features of internal repair
Repair of a summer kitchen in a country house or in a private house will largely depend on its type. And they build summer kitchens either closed or open. Open kitchens are easy to build and repair. The absence of walls, and sometimes a roof, limits the choice of materials for finishing the work area, because the material must withstand not only summer rains and autumn dampness, but also snow in winter.
Closed-type kitchens are capital structures that presuppose not only the presence of a roof, but also a foundation and walls. It is about such kitchens that we will talk about interior decoration. If such a kitchen has heating for the winter, then choosing material for interior decoration, you can not be limited to anything.
However, most summer kitchens do not involve heating and are used only from spring to autumn, especially those in the country. The material for finishing such a room must meet a number of requirements:
- be resistant to temperature extremes, moisture, grease splashes and smoke;
- to be easy to clean, this means that the material should be easy to wash and not change its properties from repeated washing;
- be environmentally friendly and safe, that is, microbes and microorganisms should not accumulate on it, as well as mold and fungi should develop.
For your information! You should not build a kitchen in the open air; the kitchen should have a roof that will protect the stove, barbecue, furniture and kitchen utensils from minimal rainfall. Repairing such a corner would be advisable.
Work order
When starting to repair a summer kitchen in the country with your own hands, you need to think through everything and this applies not only to the choice of materials and design of the room, but also to the procedure for carrying out the work. What is better to do in the first place, at what stage to decorate the walls - all this is very important. Most experts recommend carrying out renovation work do it yourself in the following order: 
- first, the windows and doors in the summer kitchen are changed, if necessary;
- communications are carried out: electricity and water;
- then the floor is laid;
- then spend rough work with a ceiling and walls, namely, prepare surfaces for painting, wallpaper or panels;
- trim the ceiling;
- decorate the walls;
- install equipment;
- arrange furniture, interior elements and decor.
Walls, floor and ceiling
For finishing the surfaces of the summer kitchen can be used as natural materials and synthetic. Of course, natural ones are much more expensive, but they also look nobler. For a summer kitchen in a private house or in the country, they fit very well.
For finishing the summer kitchen floor, it is best to use ceramic tiles or porcelain stoneware. This material is not only resistant to moisture, but also fireproof. It can even be laid in an open summer kitchen. Laying these materials with your own hands is difficult, so help may be needed. For a closed kitchen on dacha will do linoleum, its properties and quality have been tested over the years, and it is inexpensive.
Important! If the kitchen has an oven or a barbecue, then it is better to lay the floor near them with tiles, and cover the reception area and the recreation area with linoleum.
In a closed kitchen, part of the floor can be made from planks with your own hands. Correctly processed wood, impregnated with a special compound, will serve long time... This is the most environmentally friendly material that gives comfort and warmth to the interior.
As for the ceiling, then for its decoration are suitable: 
- dye;
- drywall;
- plastic panels;
- lining.
But you should not glue the ceiling with wallpaper or polystyrene tiles with your own hands. They will very quickly deteriorate from soot, grease and high humidity... This finish will have to be redone every two years, or even at the beginning of each season. The wallpaper ceiling in the food preparation area is not safe, so don't experiment when there are tons of materials on the market.
And finally, the walls. When finishing them, the material will have to be combined, since any summer kitchen in a country house or in a private house combines at least two zones: a cooking area and a food or relaxation area. It is better to use ceramic tiles in the cooking area, near the countertop and the stove. It will be unusual to use natural stone, decorative bricks... The cheapest option would be finishing plastic panels... They are easy to do-it-yourself and easy to clean.
The walls in the dining area and in the recreation area can be finished with:
- vinyl wallpaper, after plastering the walls with your own hands or sheathing them with plasterboard;
- paint;
- wall panels made of plastic;
- decorative plaster;
- wooden boards or clapboard, having previously processed them.
Arrangement of space
The space in the summer kitchen in a private house should be functionally equipped, and its convenience will depend on it. There must be zones: reception and preparation of food. A gas, electric or wood-burning stove must be installed in the cooking area; it is also necessary to have a worktop, sink, hood, cabinets for storing dishes, cutlery and food, in addition, it is advisable to put a refrigerator.
For your information! In an open summer kitchen in a private house, you can put a brazier or barbecue, and it is also necessary to make small niche for firewood.
In the eating area, depending on the area of the space, they put:
- table and chairs;
- benches;
- sofa or armchairs.
When equipping a closed kitchen, people try their best to create cozy atmosphere... You can often find a TV in the summer kitchen, a fireplace, in a large summer kitchen they equip a recreation area and attach a terrace, they are very common. But this already depends on financial capabilities.
Room design
The design of a summer kitchen in the country depends on the chosen style. Kitchen in rustic style presupposes wood stove, which will become the main design element. The main material for decoration is, of course, wood. The floor is made of wood, the furniture in such a kitchen is also wooden. Light curtains are hung on the windows. The interior is decorated with earthenware and wooden kitchen utensils, a linen tablecloth on the table, embroidered towels, the presence of a samovar is not excluded.
If there is a stone finish or a fireplace in the kitchen, then it will be perfectly combined with them. wicker furniture from rattan. Spread pillows on rattan chairs for softness. In the summer kitchen in modern style soft would be appropriate corner sofa made of brown leather.
Note! The optimal color combination will be dark furniture and light material for wall and ceiling decoration. The room will seem more spacious and comfortable, and the furniture will not be too branded.
In a closed kitchen, be sure to take care of the lighting, because natural light may not be enough. Suitable for a summer kitchen in the country pendant lights in small lampshades located in different parts of the room.
Summing up, we note that repairing a summer kitchen in the country is not much different from repairing a kitchen in a house or other room. DIY repair steps are carried out in approximately the same order. The most important thing is to think over the design, choose the appropriate construction material, and then you and your guests will like the result.