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IN It is inconvenient to cook in the house on a hot day: it is hot and stuffy. But it is at this time that the hostess spends more time at the stove, because in addition to the usual cooking, she will also roll home canned food. An easy construction, a summer kitchen in the country will help to facilitate the task and turn duty into pleasure. Projects, photos and various design ideas for this cozy corner will help the home craftsman to make his dream come true on his own.
For seasonal construction, a canopy and a concrete area are enough
It is not difficult to build a temporary dining room on your own, the main thing is to reasonably approach its location on the site and the choice of building materials.
Preparing a project
The first step is to study the site plan and determine the location for the optimal location of the building. This site must meet the following requirements:
- be close to the main house so that you can bring dishes and food;
- have convenient access routes so that there are no obstacles to moving from house to building;
- it is advisable to provide for the proximity of the site to the main communications: water, sewerage and electricity.
Helpful information!The ideal option would be the presence of a natural or artificial reservoir near the building.
Having decided on the construction site, you need to measure its area. The size of the temporary structure is a separate issue. If it will additionally carry the function of a dining room, you will have to provide additional space for installing a table and placing chairs or benches. The presence of a stove or barbecue in the dining room also dictates the need to add square meters to separate the hot workshop from the dining group.
Even with a complete lack of artistic skills, it is easy to draw a plan for the future kitchen using a ruler and checkered paper. To scale, you need to depict all the main objects that will be located in the building: a sink, work surfaces, a stove or oven, a table. If the hostess has assistants, it is better to make the room elongated so that it is convenient for several chefs to work at once.
Seating at the dining table should be comfortable, chairs need enough room to move back.
Helpful advice!If the area of \u200b\u200bthe site does not allow placing a temporary kitchen with a dining room, you can abandon this idea and move the dining group to or into the gazebo.
Open or closed summer kitchen in the country? Projects, photos, advantages and disadvantages
A light building can be with or without walls, have a roof or be located in the open air - it all depends on the wishes and imagination of the owner.
Important!It is better to refuse the option of an open-air kitchen in the conditions of Russian latitudes. Hot sun, rain and hail can bring unpleasant surprises.
The walls of the country dining room, in principle, are not needed. Its main task is to enable outdoor cooking, so a canopy and supports are sufficient. It is another matter if the building will be used in the autumn-winter period. In this case, walls and glazing will have to be provided for protection from bad weather and cold. Advantages open building:
- fresh air access;
- ease of movement;
- the ability to cook food not only on a stationary, but also on a portable grill;
- low construction costs.
There are also disadvantages:
- inconvenience of cooking and eating in windy weather and cool times of the day;
- availability of storage space for dishes and products for domestic and wild animals.
Closed building
Pros:
- the ability to use the kitchen in any weather;
- in a closed area, equipment that is sensitive to atmospheric moisture can be placed.
Minuses:
Open summer kitchen in the country: projects, photos, materials
The open dining room option can be temporary or permanent. The temporary structure is more mobile, it can be put in a new place every year and removed for the winter in. All equipment will also have to be dismantled each time and look for a place to store it.
Indoor and outdoor summer kitchens in the country: projects, photos - all these materials give a reason to roll up your sleeves. In such a building, a Russian stove, brazier or cauldron can be freely accommodated.
You can choose a wide variety of building materials for such a project:
- forged openwork elements are expensive, but will delight the eye for a long time.
Examples of closed structures
Glass and wood are the most popular materials for the construction of indoor summer kitchens in the country. Projects, photos of similar buildings created by professionals and amateurs are available to everyone. Combined with bricks that can be opened wide, a practical and durable solution. Such a structure will reliably protect from bad weather. It can be operated all year round.
For your information!You can fully appreciate the advantages of a closed summer cottage with a barbecue or stove on New Year's holidays. A fabulous view of a snow-covered garden and a fire in the barbecue - what could be better for a Christmas evening?
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Log buildings have been hitting demand records over the past decade. The Slavic-style summer dining room, with a stove and matching furniture, will be a favorite place for parties with close friends.
The list of building materials for such projects is very wide: OSB slabs, lining, stone. Photos and projects of closed kitchens in the country show the imagination of home craftsmen. They suggest using improvised, waste material - glass containers, plastic bottles and even firewood.
Video: photo ideas for summer kitchens
Step-by-step construction of a summer kitchen in the country with your own hands
- Drawing preparation. You can do it yourself or take a ready-made one.
- Site preparation. The site is cleared of debris and vegetation, markings are made.
- Arrangement of the foundation. The foundations for the summer building must correspond to the project. For an open structure, it is enough to cover it with sand, reinforce it with a metal mesh and fill the site with concrete with a layer of 10 centimeters. Before pouring the base, the canopy posts are installed. An enclosed dining room made of brick or stone requires a bookmark. They are installed under a construction from a bar or log.
- Installation of the frame. For an open dining room, or vertical supports will be required. Their location depends on the project. The main thing is that the pillars are reliable enough and can withstand the weight of the roof and the wind load.
- Construction of walls. In variants of closed dining rooms, the walls are laid out from different materials. Without experience, it is better not to take on yourself. Laying timber and logs requires less construction skills, but also has its own characteristics. If the seasonal building was bought as a finished product from the manufacturer, you can try to assemble it yourself. Even a novice master will master the frame walls.
- A stationary stove will require a solid foundation. The masonry is made of refractory bricks. To avoid accidental fire, the space around the barbecue is laid out with ceramic tiles. for the oven, it is better to order from the master. He will tell you what height the pipe needs to be installed for good traction.
Photo projects of a summer kitchen in the country with a barbecue grill:
In order for a seasonal building to become a favorite place for passing not only the hostess, but also all household members, it is important to adhere to the following recommendations:
What type of summer kitchen building to choose?
Do-it-yourself kitchen in the country, photo examples of which could be seen in this review - a reason for inspiration. It is not difficult to choose any format for yourself. A closed or open structure with a barbecue or cauldron will be both a place for cooking and a favorite corner of the garden for friends and family. You can build the dining room yourself or invite professional craftsmen. In the first case, you can save a lot, in the second, you can achieve a guaranteed result.
No matter how convenient and thoughtful the device of a country house would be, rarely any country building can do without a summer kitchen with its own hands. From early spring to deep autumn cold, most of the cooking, harvesting, processing and conservation of the harvested crop takes place in the summer kitchen. Here they cook food for the whole family, relax in the summer in the evening hours, so the kitchen can rightfully be called the central place in the country.
How to find the right solution for your summer kitchen
There are about the same number of projects and options for a summer cottage kitchen as there are cottages themselves. Often, in order to save money, the owners choose the simplest schemes of an open summer kitchen in the form of a rebuilt gazebo or terrace. The summer kitchen is usually used as an auxiliary room in order to rid the house of the smells and streams of hot air from the stove, and the owners and guests from the sometimes suffocating summer atmosphere. Most of the premises are closed from rain and sun by awnings and false walls, but all the same, open summer kitchens, very beautiful and graceful in the pictures, actually remain inhabited only three to four months a year. In a cool and rainy season, the open summer kitchen turns into a summer cottage for equipment, and the owners have to move into the house, forgetting about outdoor recreation.
From a practical point of view, closed summer kitchens in the country are more convenient. Correctly selected dimensions and arrangement of space will provide comfortable conditions in the kitchen, no worse than in the open version. The kitchen area in the country is a living organism, in which everything is important, from the location of the building to the nuances of the interior, every detail must be thought out, drawn on paper and even looked at photos of the projects of a closed summer kitchen in the country, given in available sources.
Initially, before putting the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe project on paper, formulate for yourself options for solving the most fundamental technical problems:
- The nature of the construction of a closed summer kitchen, its size and location of the building in relation to the summer cottage and the site;
- How and from what materials it is most convenient to build a summer kitchen;
- Arrangement of drainage and water supply systems, power supply lines, ventilation;
- How to equip a closed summer kitchen, arrange the main kitchen attributes - a stove, refrigerator, extractor hood and kitchen furniture.
Advice! The most rational solution would be to plan the premises of the summer kitchen even at the stage of designing a country house and the location of the main buildings.
In this case, two buildings can be performed on the same foundation and even with a common wall, which greatly simplifies and reduces the cost of construction estimates.
Where to build a closed kitchen
Unlike the open version of the kitchen, which can be placed under a canopy or in a gazebo, without much regard for its location, the closed circuit assumes the presence of an insulated foundation, ceiling and walls, which means that it must be placed on the leeward side, closer to the well, further away from a septic tank or drain pit.
There are few options for the location of a closed summer kitchen:
Important! A closed kitchen, in contrast to an open version, will require a full-fledged foundation that supports the relatively massive structure of the building.
The construction of a closed kitchen is a little more expensive, but there are no problems with leveling the foundations and roofs of two buildings; moreover, the design of the summer catering unit can be made absolutely different from the main building of the summer cottage.
In such a room, you can put a small gas oven with a propane cylinder, which will be enough to warm up the room and prepare food for the family.
We build a closed kitchen with our own hands
The device of a closed-type summer kitchen room is selected depending on the climate and whether the cottage is used in the period from November to March. For the middle lane and northern latitudes, it is advisable to build a closed kitchen room in the form of an extension to the cottage from a foam block, on a capital foundation. Walls made of foam concrete perfectly retain heat in the room, even with significant temperature differences, and during the summer heat they work like a thermos.
For the southern regions, a frame structure made of wood with a large glazing area and, importantly, high ceilings will be more convenient. Such a closed kitchen device provides excellent ventilation, even if the walls are finished with plasterboard or OSB boards. In addition, in the summer heat it is much more pleasant to be in a house made of wood than in a building made of concrete, stone or corrugated board.
Summer kitchen from foam block
The technology of an extension of a closed summer kitchen made of foam concrete practically does not differ from the construction scheme of any other small-sized extensions made of foamed concrete. The material for the kitchen box will cost an order of magnitude cheaper, and with proper design, you will not even need independent heating, a small cast-iron stove-stove will be enough.
It will be possible to start a closed kitchen no earlier than in the fourth or fifth year of the completion of the summer cottage construction. We make the foundation for the kitchen in the same way as for the summer cottage. Most often it is a strip shallow foundation, reinforced with steel reinforcement, which will need to be connected to the steel frame of the basement of the summer cottage. At the same time, you will need to lay channels for the sewer pipe and water supply.
The floor in a closed kitchen must be insulated by filling expanded clay under a concrete screed or by laying sheet EPS. If the dimensions of the box of a closed kitchen do not exceed 3x4 m, then the number of reinforcing belts from the bar can be reduced to two, one at the top and bottom of the walls.
In about six months, the box will settle, and it will be possible to deck the roof, insert windows, and decorate. A closed summer kitchen of this type in the autumn-winter period can be used as an additional room for flowers and seedlings. In a similar way, you can build a closed kitchen, taken out separately from the main building of the cottage. But in practice, such projects are implemented less often, since they are much more expensive than an extension.
The inner walls can be covered with sand-cement plaster, and the ceiling can be sewn up with plasterboard, painted with water-based emulsion, as in the living quarters of the summer cottage, but not everything is so simple. Any experienced summer resident will confirm that the interior design of a closed summer kitchen is seriously different from an ordinary kitchen room:
Important! In a stone room of a closed summer kitchen, you can easily build a fireplace or a wood-burning stove. Often, for the sake of being able to use a brick or stone wood-burning stove in the summer, a summer kitchen is built in the country.
Considering the fact that in a relatively short period of harvesting, harvesting and conservation, a huge amount of gas and electricity is spent, such a solution will help to significantly save on energy resources.
In addition, the extension to the house can be carried out on a pile or columnar base; by joining with the bearing wall of the summer cottage, it is possible to provide the necessary rigidity of the box without using traditional reinforcing belts for foam concrete. If you assemble an extension from a steel profile, then the walls can be made entirely of glass, or in this case from a double-glazed window, as in the photo.
Closed type combined and wooden summer kitchens
It is not necessary to build a summer kitchen box entirely of stone and foam concrete. Often, a full-fledged foundation and part of the walls are built from concrete and brick to the level of window openings. The rest of the walls from the middle are made using frame technology from a metal profile, steel pipes or wooden beams. Such structures allow you to build a brick oven or install a cast-iron firebox, abandon the ceiling, and make the roof with a large slope of the gable roof.
High ceilings guarantee a comfortable stay in the kitchen at any time of the year, in summer heat and winter cold.
Indoor kitchen designs are not limited to stone and combined buildings. It makes no sense to build a closed-type catering unit of stone and brick if the dacha is used only in the spring and summer period of the year. It is easier and cheaper to assemble a frame or completely wooden version, it will be cheaper and more convenient.
One of the most popular solutions is the use of closed wooden arbors for giving ready-made projects and structures. This simplifies the development of a summer kitchen layout and reduces the cost of designing a building. One of the most popular Finnish buildings designed by the Villa Albatross project can be cited as an example, often used as a summer wooden house, a closed wooden gazebo and, of course, a summer kitchen.
The advantages of using such a scheme are obvious:
- The construction of a summer kitchen building is almost entirely made of pine boards and beams. This simplifies construction, allows you to assemble a box of a room in a matter of days;
- The closed kitchen has a huge glazing area. In good weather, open windows allow you to get the atmosphere and conditions in a closed summer kitchen at a level comparable to open areas and awnings;
- The foundation is made of piles, asbestos-cement pipes. In one fell swoop, the problem of waterproofing and warming a closed building is solved by sprinkling with expanded clay and a laid sheet of extruded polystyrene.
For your information! The octagonal shape of the building was chosen very well. In addition to optimal use of the interior space, the rounded side walls give additional stability to the frame structure, even in open, well-ventilated cottage areas.
The unusual shape of the walls requires the use of a special form of strapping and logs under the plank floor, such as shown in the diagram. The roof of the structure has to be assembled from separate eight slopes, but with the original dome technology, as in the video:
The floor inside the enclosed area of \u200b\u200bthe summer kitchen can be left with a plank, a laminated OSB board or linoleum can be laid. If a wooden bar and a board treated with an antiseptic and preservative is used for a summer kitchen, then there are no problems with removing excess moisture in the atmosphere of the room. Otherwise, after a few months, the wood will begin to intensively collect water and deform with the formation of cracks and cracks.
If necessary, a closed summer kitchen can be insulated along the outer surface of the walls using the traditional technology shown in the diagram. Mineral felt is laid on the walls, a plaster mesh is attached and a layer of primer and decorative plaster is applied. The corners and the basement are faced with artificial stone.
In a similar way, you can make a decorative finish in the style of a Danish house, when the surface of the kitchen walls is finished with waterproof plasterboard, and the elements of the slats and beams of the frame, the ceiling are left open, as in the photo.
Interesting solutions in the construction of a closed kitchen
Often, when building a summer kitchen, you have to look for original solutions to the most painful problems associated with the arrangement and layout of the premises. Perhaps, from the point of view of design, such buildings are not design masterpieces, but in practical terms, without a doubt, these are the most convenient and thoughtful solutions.
Optimal location of the stove in a closed kitchen
For example, fire safety rules require the placement of barbecues, barbecues, Finnish braziers with an open flame of the furnace to a distance of at least two meters from wood and flammable materials. If in the summer kitchen you need to install a brazier with a hood, then the easiest way to do this is according to the scheme shown in the photo.
The construction of the closed kitchen is made in the form of an extension to the frame cottage. This solution allows the construction of a summer building to be very light and tough. The strength of the frame installed on the pile foundation is sufficient to make one of the side walls in the form of a glass panel for the entire height of the ceilings. The main problem is that the heavy stove or chimney wall with a chimney was removed outside the summer building and faced with natural stone and painted corrugated steel sheet.
Traditionally, a wood-burning stove requires some modification of the interior of the summer kitchen, for example, walls and ceilings are usually clad with wood in the style of log cabins from a log or bar. The area around the furnace in the project must be laid out with non-combustible materials, especially in the area where the chimney is adjacent to the floor beams and in front of the ash pan and firebox.
An excellent option can be considered the arrangement of a summer kitchen in the country with an electric stove and an oven. The availability of electricity is critical for the processing and storage of food, but the light in the country can disappear for many hours, therefore, there is often a gas oven with a cylinder in the interior, along with a microwave and a conventional electric oven. In addition, experienced summer residents know that it is difficult to preserve and process the harvested crop into salads and jams with an electric stove in the country because of the low thermal power.
Options for glazing and the interior of a closed summer kitchen
In the heat of the summer, a closed kitchen in the country can turn into a real hell if the size of the windows and the operation of ventilation systems leaves much to be desired. The simplest solution involves installing four to five windows for a wooden frame building instead of the traditional two window openings.
The doors can be opened in ventilation mode or opened wide, depending on the weather conditions and the air temperature in the country.
In addition, the traditional stone enclosed kitchen has always been inferior to the open circuit in terms of illumination and the amount of sunlight entering the room. Today, for a modern summer cottage and summer kitchen, the maximum amount of natural light is becoming an unrecognized standard in the construction of summer country houses.
Regardless of whether the closed kitchen is attached to the dacha premises or is designed as a separate building, the larger the windows, the higher the comfort inside the building. In this case, it is important not just to glaze the closed kitchen, but to correctly position the window openings in the structure of the building.
Traditionally, the summer closed kitchen in the country is divided into two main zones - the dining room and the working one. The place where family members are located for lunch or relaxing over a cup of tea should be open to the sun as much as possible. It makes no sense to equip the working area with large windows, since due to high humidity and temperature drops, the glass will regularly fog up with condensation and fumes from everything that is cooked on the stove.
In addition, it is important to correctly install a window for a brick stove, if there is one in the summer room. Such a window is placed for air intake outside the kitchen in cold weather in order to avoid drafts and heat loss inside the room.
For small summer kitchens, often combined with a closed veranda, as an exception, the size of the windows can be increased to the maximum.
For a summer kitchen room, combined with a gazebo and a dining room, the size of the windows is increased to the maximum, the larger the room, the more difficult it is to achieve a good level of illumination. The window can extend to the basement part and occupy more than half of the wall surface.
The interior and interior design of the summer kitchen turns out to be very nice, for the decoration of which tinted wood and natural stone are used. Often, such solutions are resorted to if the summer kitchen is part of the summer cottage, built from a bar or rounded log.
For more traditional stone and frame buildings, interior decoration with clapboard or decorative plaster is used. Part of the walls adjacent to the stove or stove can be tiled with tiles or ceramic mosaics.
To get rid of the disadvantages inherent in the closed and open schemes of the summer catering unit, often combined options are built in the country house, in which part of the walls and window frames are removable. At the same time, the walls, floor and ceiling are insulated, and after returning the removed glazing, such rooms can easily turn into a closed or winter version.
Conclusion
The most unusual and practical of all closed-type summer kitchens can be called a building in the country, assembled from a sea 20-foot container, photo. It is difficult to be in such a room in the heat, but in spring and autumn, the building fully justifies expectations. If the plot for the future dacha has just been purchased and does not have full-fledged buildings suitable for temporary use, like a kitchen, such a closed building can simultaneously serve as a storage place in the dacha for inventory and part of accessories, even a scooter or walk-behind tractor. Subsequently, it is enough to cover the room with bricks, make a full-fledged stove and sewer, and you can perfectly cook dinners and preserve fruits and vegetables in the country for many years to come.
The convenience of using a summer kitchen on the site is undeniable in its advantages In hot weather, spending several hours cooking in a small room is not the most pleasant experience. It is especially difficult for housewives to preserve in such conditions during the harvesting and harvesting period. A great help for this in a private house or in the country is the arrangement of a summer kitchen.
Summer kitchen type
The design of a summer kitchen largely determines its type:
- A kitchen in an open-air country house without a roof will not be able to protect its interior in bad weather. The repair of such a site is carried out taking into account that the kitchen utensils are not damaged by rain, and the furniture can be easily hidden, if necessary, in a private house.
An open-air summer kitchen should be provided with a room to protect the utensils from rain
- The closed type of kitchen in the country has its advantages. The roof and walls protect both from the scorching sun at its zenith and from precipitation and strong gusts of wind. Repair in such a country kitchen allows you to use a wider list of materials to create the desired interior.
An open type of kitchen can be improved by arranging a canopy, and instead of walls, using sliding structures - removable partitions, roller blinds or ordinary fabric.
Summer kitchen in the country (video)
Interior decoration
The interior decoration of the summer kitchen in the country is subject to the same requirements as in a private house. Materials must meet the following characteristics:
An open-type summer kitchen can have a roof that protects it from minor precipitation 
A closed-type summer kitchen is a reliable shelter for utensils from natural influences
An interior made using the following can satisfy the above requirements:
- Stone. This material protects well from heat and at the same time, it retains heat perfectly if necessary. If the kitchen has brick walls or a wooden frame, indoor repairs include plasterboard cladding and natural stone cladding. For the floor, both stone and porcelain stoneware and even ordinary paving slabs, which will perfectly fit into the overall interior, will be a suitable option. The stone will be an excellent choice for both a closed type of summer kitchen and an open one.
- Wood. This eco-friendly natural material is the best suited for kitchen design in a private house. But before making repairs, the tree is treated with compounds that increase its moisture resistance and prevent rotting and the formation of fungus. At the dacha, it will be appropriate to make a varnished plank floor in the kitchen, and upholster the walls with wooden clapboard. It is preferable to use wood in a closed country kitchen.
The "wooden" interior of the summer kitchen of a private house is in many ways superior to other types of decoration
- Modern building materials. If the design in a rustic style does not suit you, the interior of a summer kitchen in a private house is not forbidden to equip and furnish like modern apartments. For this, the surfaces are faced with ceramic tiles or more budget materials - linoleum is placed on the floor, and the walls are painted or sheathed with plastic.
Work area protection
A summer kitchen in a private house, like any other, is primarily designed to be a convenient place for cooking. Therefore, when starting to repair, remember that the working area and the ceiling must be protected from grease and eating odors. For this:
- cover the working area near the stove, sink, cutting table with ceramic tiles;
- instead of an apron, it would also be appropriate to lay out panels from ceramic tiles around the entire perimeter of the kitchen, framing it with a frieze;
- painting walls and ceilings is the simplest and most economical type of decoration, which can be easily updated if necessary.
Summer kitchen in a country house (video)
Furnace in the interior
A city dweller is accustomed to cooking on a gas stove, but in the country it is not always possible to supply gas to the summer kitchen. Therefore, when carrying out repairs, it makes sense to think about equipping the summer cottage with a stove and equip the interior around this original and useful element of kitchen utensils.
A Russian stove with an open fire serves both as a fireplace and a stove. It is heated with wood, and therefore it is very useful in those situations when the supply of electricity or gas is impossible.
If laying the stove is not for you, it is not at all necessary to build it yourself. It is much easier to order a ready-made modern design that can work both on wood, and on electricity or gas. Its equipment may include:
- oven;
- hob;
- b-B-Q;
- tabletop for cutting products;
- a niche for firewood, as well as shelves for dishes and cutlery.
A stove or fireplace is not only an original element of the interior of a summer kitchen, but also an important functional component.
The design of a semi-open kitchen space can be equipped by starting from its main element - a fireplace or stove 
An open-air summer kitchen can freely include such an important element of the interior as an oven
Important design elements
The interior, in which the oven is present, suggests that the emphasis in the room will be on it. Therefore, when carrying out repairs, you should refrain from other striking design elements. At the same time, it is difficult to imagine a kitchen without such important components as a sink, countertop, dining table, chairs.
If the interior suggests a rustic style, it will be appropriate to furnish the kitchen with wooden furniture. Chairs can be successfully replaced by a bench made of rough boards, and stools by decorative hemp.
A stone-clad kitchen goes well with rattan or wicker wicker furnishings. For those who are used to upholstered furniture, soft cushions on the seat will come in handy. By the way, the use of textiles - from towels and napkins to tablecloths and curtains - in the kitchen is justified in design and can instantly transform the overall appearance of the room.
The working area of \u200b\u200bthe summer kitchen can be laid out of stone or brick
Summer kitchen lighting
During the day, the kitchen in the open area does not need lighting. But it will be useful in the evening. For this, not only ordinary lights are used, but also garlands.
An excellent solution for a summer residence in the evening will be lamps that run on solar batteries. They accumulate energy during the day, which you can use for free at night.
Repair of a closed kitchen must necessarily provide for the lighting of the room. For this, electrical accessories should be selected with additional protection against water - this will protect against short circuits and fire. In addition to general lighting, it is useful to add some directional lamps. These are mounted on flexible mounts no closer than 70 cm from the working surface.
Summer kitchen design ideas (video)
Conclusion
It is possible and necessary to make a summer kitchen not only comfortable, but also attractive. This is not a case where you can save money on quality. Not only the taste of the prepared food depends on this, but also the safety of the owners. And by connecting imagination and decorating the interior with taste, the summer kitchen will become one of the favorite places where it is pleasant to get together and invite friends and neighbors.
Kitchen design in the country (photo)
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The summer kitchen is a comfortable space that allows you to enjoy the fresh air, prepare delicious food and spend 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 lack of walls, and sometimes a roof, limits the choice of materials for finishing the working 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 require not only a roof, but also a foundation and walls. It is about these kitchens that we will talk about, talking about interior decoration. If such a kitchen has heating for the winter, then choosing a 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 protects 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 order of 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 doing DIY repair work in the following order: 
- first, windows and doors in the summer kitchen are changed, if necessary;
- communications are carried out: electricity and water;
- then the floor is laid;
- then they carry out rough work with the ceiling and walls, namely, prepare the 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, you can use both natural and synthetic materials. 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.
It is best to use ceramic tiles or porcelain stoneware for finishing the summer kitchen floor. 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. Linoleum is suitable for a closed kitchen in the country, 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 treated wood, impregnated with a special compound, will last a 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: 
- paint;
- drywall;
- plastic panels;
- lining.
But do not paste over the ceiling with wallpaper or polystyrene tiles with your own hands. They will very quickly become unusable 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 decorating 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 zone and a dining or relaxation area. In the cooking area, near the countertop and the stove, it is better to use ceramic tiles. The use of natural stone and decorative bricks will be unusual. The cheapest option would be finishing with plastic panels. They are easy to assemble by hand 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, 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 barbecue or barbecue, and also make sure to make a small niche for firewood.
In the eating area, depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe space, they put:
- table and chairs;
- benches;
- sofa or armchairs.
When equipping a closed kitchen, people try to create a cozy atmosphere to the maximum. You can often find a TV in the summer kitchen, a fireplace, in the large summer kitchen they equip a recreation area and attach a terrace, very often they are found. But this already depends on financial capabilities.
Room design
The design of a summer kitchen in the country depends on the chosen style. A rustic kitchen suggests a wood-burning 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 possible.
If the kitchen has a stone finish or a fireplace, then wicker rattan furniture will perfectly match them. Spread pillows on rattan chairs for softness. In a summer kitchen in a modern style, a soft corner sofa made of brown leather would be appropriate.
Note! The optimal combination of colors 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 lighting, because natural light may not be enough. Pendant lamps in small lampshades located in different parts of the room are suitable for a summer kitchen in the country.
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 stages are carried out in approximately the same order. The most important thing is to think over the design, choose the appropriate building material, and then you and your guests will like the result.
Today, a summer kitchen has become a welcome building in a private house or in the country. Let's discuss the topic of how to decorate a summer kitchen. It all depends on the location of the building, the functions that you want to give it, except for cooking.
Summer kitchens by type of location are:
- Detached building;
- Attached to the house - these are, as a rule, canopies connected to the building.
By the way of construction:
- Closed type - a small kitchen building made of stone, wood and other materials.
- Open type - a platform under a lean-to canopy or made in the form of a gazebo. You can leave one wall open, and lay the rest, for example, with bricks and finish. To improve the interior, one of the walls can be made of glass blocks - an additional source of daylight.
In addition, it should be noted that if the kitchen is intended only for cooking, then it should not be located far from home. Otherwise, you will only "wind" kilometers, carrying groceries and ready-made food into the house.
In case you provide a dining area in the summer kitchen, then your family will gather here for a meal. In the summer, you want to be more outdoors, so it would be nice to attach a terrace or a shed to the kitchen to dine outdoors.
In addition to these considerations, there is also the issue of providing the kitchen with energy resources - electricity, gas, water, sewerage. Therefore, the distance from the house should be small.
If this is a summer residence, then the gas may not be supplied, then they use cylinders if you have a gas stove. The cylinder should be taken out of the kitchen area to the street, a special metal box should be provided - a cabinet with holes for ventilation and it should be locked.
If you have electricity, you don't have to deal with gas, but an electrician must connect the electric stove, since there are tolerances, calculation of the cable cross-section and other points.
Considering all of the above, the question arises - how to decorate the summer kitchen, so that in the end it turns out not very expensive, and at the same time, the construction is in harmony with the general ensemble of the house, summer residence.
Consider an indoor outdoor kitchen as an example. It is more practical, since all furniture and kitchen utensils have permanent places. But an open summer kitchen is a travel option, since you will have to take kitchen utensils into the house every time. In winter, it is easy to "mothball" the object until next summer.
Summer kitchen finishing options
Let's start with the exterior
The interior of the main building - a private house, summer cottages should be in tune with the decoration of the kitchen. Starting from the blind area of \u200b\u200bbuildings and ending with the roofing. If you want to have a perfect interior, then we take into account the design of the fence, landscaping of the site and other outbuildings.
The most common materials for facade decoration:
- Brickwork for joining, brick facing;
- All kinds of decorative plasters - bark beetle, fur coat and others;
- Just plaster followed by painting the surface with facade paints;
- Wooden wall cladding;
- Facing with tiles (ceramic, porcelain stoneware, etc.);
- Facing with artificial stone.
This is an incomplete list of how to decorate a summer kitchen, I will not continue it, since you yourself will decide on the finishing materials according to your taste preferences and the size of your wallet.
The summer kitchen is identical in functionality to any kitchen in a house or apartment. Therefore, when choosing materials for its design, one should proceed from this. In addition to delicious food being cooked on the stove, there is still the same fatty coating, smells eaten into the surface of the walls and ceiling.
The biggest plus, probably, is that the summer kitchen relieves the main kitchen from these problems for a warm period of time. And you can drink morning coffee in a country house and not breathe in the fumes of roasted products.
Interior materials:
Ceiling any will do - painted, covered with wallpaper, lined with plastic panels, decorated with expanded polystyrene tiles, sheathed with plasterboard and other materials. 
Floors preferably made of tiles. Lay out a pattern, use tiles of different colors, just a colored tile with a pattern, and your summer kitchen is in no way inferior to an apartment kitchen. Porcelain stoneware is also good - in terms of its characteristics, it even surpasses ceramic tiles in some parameters. Let's not discount linoleum - a flooring proven over the years.
The main options for finishing a closed-type summer kitchen are considered. Depending on the location, size, design and functionality of the kitchen, you will decide on the most acceptable type of finish.
I propose to watch a very beautiful video with examples of interestingly designed open summer kitchens, their interior and arrangement.