How to properly decorate a Khrushchev-era apartment in loft style?

Design Features

For the best execution of the industrial style, several characteristics are taken into account:

• For finishing the apartment, natural materials are used in the form of red or white brick, simple concrete and natural wood.
• Minimalistic features are traced in the design, deliberate roughness, brutality and the absence of luxurious decorative details are welcomed.
• When renovating an apartment in a panel house, difficulties may arise during redevelopment and zoning, since in the loft-style interior there are almost no partitions. The problem of delimiting space can be solved by using different colored cladding or installing lightweight and almost invisible structures.

The photo shows the renovation of a two-room Khrushchevka, remodeled into a studio.

Kitchen

A loft often uses an achromatic color palette, which is diluted with inclusions in the form of red brickwork, rust or wood.

Tiles and porcelain stoneware with imitation gray stone look great on the kitchen floor. The surface can also be laid with parquet boards, which have an untreated appearance, or linoleum can be laid.

The kitchen unit facade is mainly made of roughly processed wood, covered with neutral enamel or pasted over with a special metallized film. A kitchen made of stone veneer looks interesting.

It is better to equip the dining area with a wooden table and chairs. A popular solution is folding models, designs with a stone countertop and a metal frame. If a bar counter is installed in a loft-style kitchen, it can be supplemented with high chairs made of plastic or wood.

The photo shows the design of a loft-style kitchen with open communications in the interior of a Khrushchevka apartment.

Lamps with a simplified and slightly untidy design will help organize the lighting in the interior. Hanging lamps with oval or square metal shades, as well as regular glass bulbs on cords, will fit perfectly into the industrial setting.

Various jars, signs, posters with pictures or graffiti that support the overall style of the room are used as decor for the kitchen space.

The photo shows a combined finish of walls laid out with decorative brick and painted with white paint in a loft-style kitchen in a Khrushchev building.

The kitchen can have both new and modern, as well as old, rare household appliances. All devices are made in a metal range. It is appropriate to install a hood with open drain pipes above the hob, so that the industrial interior turns out more colorful.

The photo shows a small kitchen in a Khrushchevka in the loft style with an open set and light wall decoration.

Hallway and corridor

For decorating the corridor, designers prefer a neutral gray, brown, terracotta palette or classic white with black splashes.

The walls can be laid out with white or red brickwork, covered with wallpaper with imitation brick, use a finish in the form of plaster, concrete or granite chips. Parquet boards, laminate or stone tiles are most often laid on the floor. All materials must be natural, reliable and practical.

Wooden elements such as furniture and accessories will add coziness and warmth to a room with cold cladding. Wood in a loft is painted or artificially aged.

Chrome lamps will look great in a hallway with a suspended ceiling.

Furniture in the hallway has a smooth texture and a minimum amount of decor. The room has a rack or closet for outerwear, a shelf or cabinet for shoes.

You can give the loft-style setting a special flavor by hanging an old non-working bicycle on the wall.

Empty picture frames, records, disks or retro posters will help to embody the spirit of the past.

The photo shows the loft-style hallway interior, decorated with brickwork and patterned tiles.

Living room

In order for the interior of the living room in a Khrushchevka to match the loft style as much as possible, almost always one accent wall in the room is decorated with brick or its imitation. The remaining surfaces are finished with concrete-like plaster or covered with paint. The floor in the hall can be laid with wooden boards or have a covering stylized as stone. In a small room, light and dark tones and different textures are combined.

Industrial design combines modern furniture with antique models. Glass, metal, wood or plastic items are installed here. Upholstered furniture upholstered in leather or suede looks truly impressive.

The recreation area can be furnished with a sofa with a pouf or an armchair and a small coffee table with a wooden tabletop and a metal frame. A rack and hanging open shelves will fit perfectly into the hall of a Khrushchev-era apartment. Retro items such as a rocking chair, chest and other items with noticeable abrasions will further emphasize the style.

The photo shows a loft style living room with a bright sofa with turquoise fabric upholstery.

An important detail in the living room in the loft style are paintings. Brick walls are decorated with large-format abstract canvases, graphic drawings, drawings or graffiti. An interesting design technique would be to place a large painting on the floor. The texture of the canvas deserves special attention; images on canvas or textured paper will look best.

Bedroom

In a small bedroom in a Khrushchev building in the loft style, a single-color neutral and light finish, which makes the room more cozy and spacious. Such an interior can be diversified with brighter accents of blue, purple, yellow, green or lilac shades.

The main element of the room is the bed. The structure can have a wooden frame or metal parts with an artificial aging effect.

In order to transform the space and make it cozy, various accessories and textiles are used. For example, several decorative pillows are placed on the bed, and a large vase of flowers is placed on the floor. An overly strict loft-style bedroom interior can also be appropriately diluted with an electric fireplace.

The photo shows a bedroom in gray tones in the interior of a Khrushchev-style loft apartment.

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One accent wall left untreated will help to achieve full compliance with the urban loft style.

You can expand the space of the bedroom in a Khrushchev-style apartment by installing a sliding wardrobe with a mirrored façade or equipping a dressing room with glossy doors.

Bathroom

Brickwork, relief plaster, porcelain stoneware with imitation metal, hog tiles, natural wood or wood-like tiles. Smooth concrete surfaces are a great solution.

A shower, sink, countertop or glass shelves with a metal base will creatively complement the interior. Glass elements will fill the room with air and make it more spacious.

A washbasin can act as an accent. Glass, wood or even steel are used in the manufacture of the product. The device is placed on a standard cabinet or an unusual console and stand are selected.

Lamps with a track mechanism are suitable for lighting a bathroom in a Khrushchev-era building. The most successful place for a light fixture fixed on a rod is the area above the sink.

The interior is decorated with designer collectible mirrors, original radiators, unusual posters and rugs with inscriptions. Elements in the form of factory mechanisms and gears will look interesting.

The photo shows a loft style bathroom with a concrete wall design.