Since in ordinary apartments the kitchen occupies a special place, not only for cooking and eating, but also for communicating with family and friends, our task is to make this room as comfortable and functional as possible. Moreover, most of our residents do not have huge amounts of space, especially in the kitchen.
Therefore, we need furniture that will save our space. For example, if you organize an additional sleeping place in the kitchen, the owners will gain not only convenience, but also coziness. 
KITCHEN CORNER WITH BED - SIMPLY A FIND
When arranging a kitchen, especially a small one, the most important thing is to use literally every centimeter of available space with benefit and maximum convenience. For many families, a kitchen corner with a sleeping place, which represents original solution designers and servants for multifunctional kitchens. 
This option is especially relevant for one-room apartments, in which it is impossible to organize an additional bed anywhere else except in the kitchen. It will not be superfluous in both 2 and 3 room apartments. Among other things, a soft modern kitchen corner looks very stylish and can turn an ordinary kitchen into a wonderful, comfortable dining room or just a relaxation area. 
FUNCTIONS THAT THE KITCHEN CORNER HAS
In general, usually corners for a kitchen with a sleeping place are themselves universal. However, before making a purchase, it is still worth deciding which functions we most need.
The fact is that there are corners for the kitchen more simple models, they take up much less space and are also economical in terms of money. There are also chic kitchen corners with sleeping space, allowing you to use the kitchen space as an additional room. They are now gaining increasing popularity due to their ergonomics and versatility. Well, one cannot help but admit the fact that this particular option is practically the only and optimal one, allowing the best way to combine kitchen furniture with a sleeping place. This is a universal solution, serving as a dining area during the day and as a bed at night, especially since when folded, the corner takes up minimal space, and its design is so simple that even a child can handle it. The most important thing is to choose the right spread and size.
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT KITCHEN CORNER
When choosing a kitchen corner, it is very important to take into account the dimensions of the room as accurately as possible, because... the furniture must fit perfectly into them, i.e. kitchen groups should be both comfortable and compact, because... modern apartments most often do not have large dimensions, however, like apartments in old buildings.
The most compact is corner furniture, which includes a sofa corner section, as well as a table with chairs or stools. There are also very simple small corner sofas for the kitchen, which differ from the sofas for the living room only in their small size. In addition, there are folding kitchen sofas, which are the optimal solution for small kitchens. 
Also, if you want to save space, you should decide on the number of people for whom this furniture should be designed. From here the size of the required kitchen corner will be determined. At the same time, sofas should not interfere with work in the kitchen.
In addition, it is very important to carefully consider the zones and their locations. For example, the sink should not be too noticeable, but from the sleeping place it would be nice if the door could be seen - in this case it would be more psychologically comfortable. 
It would also be an advisable solution to choose kitchen corner sofas complete with other items, such as a table, chairs and ottomans, so that the overall interior design is unified, harmonious and stylish. 
The material from which such kitchen corners are usually made is natural or artificial leather. But flock can also be used, which is also not afraid of steam, moisture, or various kitchen odors. Modern technologies provide fairly high-quality and wear-resistant upholstery material upholstered furniture. By the way, artificial leather is quite popular today, the quality of which, one might say, is no worse than natural leather. In addition, there is a wide selection color range and textures. 
As for what color to choose, it’s not difficult to do even for already installed furniture. If there is not enough in the kitchen sunlight, in this case, yellow, beige, orange, in a word, sunny shades will be ideal, which will make the room lighter, more spacious and comfortable. The most common for kitchen corners is brown with all its existing shades. This choice is also determined by the fact that most often kitchen furniture is purchased with a wood texture. 
If desired, you can add contrast to the interior, as well as focus on new furniture if you choose a shade different from the general color scheme. For example, the following combinations are often used: green and orange, white and blue, red and black or white - all this helps to create an unusual and sophisticated interior in the kitchen. 
Well, the red color of furniture in combination with wooden or metal elements is considered trendy - this solution contributes to the creation of creative design.
KITCHEN SOFAS
Currently on sale wide range kitchen sofas, which are in demand both among owners of small apartments and owners of large, spacious homes. By purchasing a separate kitchen sofa, you will purchase:
aesthetic appearance;
compactness;
a wide variety of shapes - couches, corner sofas, classic ones with armrests and backs and many others;
durability and ease of use - thanks to modern materials, repels dirt and liquid;
in some cases, the presence of model transformation. 
ADVANTAGES OF KITCHEN CORNERS
Kitchen corners have a number of advantages over chairs and stools:
they are much more comfortable to sit on;
they take up much less space (space is saved by placing the corner in a corner or against a wall);
they accommodate many more people;
multifunctionality (unlike chairs and stools, corners are a place for storing things, sitting, and also for sleeping).
A kitchen with a sleeping area serves, first of all, to make the apartment more multifunctional, more practical, and, of course, more comfortable and stylish.
Plan of a small kitchen in a one-room apartment.
Reader Question
Hello! I really need your advice. I live in a one-room apartment with my adult son.
Please advise how best to organize the sleeping area and arrange the furniture in the 8.75 m kitchen.
Natalya Taraba.
About the color of the sofa.
Designer's response
How to furnish a one-room apartment where two adults live? There is only one way out - to arrange an additional sleeping place in the kitchen. Designer Inga Borisova offered two options for arranging furniture.
Option 1
"Court room." From cabin and French. compagnie - society, that is, a common room for the ship's command staff, serving as a dining room, meeting place and recreation.
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In the photo:
A linear model of the set was chosen for the kitchen. above the work surface is lined with glass. As a dining table, the designer recommends using a hanging folding table with shelves, with additional support in the form of a sliding leg. The model can be used both as a dining room and as a desk, which is very important if an adult man lives in this room, for whom the kitchen will replace both the bedroom and the office. The shelves, accordingly, are adapted for storing seasonings or office supplies. The window opening is decorated with roller blinds.
This option is designed taking into account a full-fledged stationary bed. A podium for the mattress is built along the window and is decorated with the same base as that of the kitchen furniture composition. The kitchen itself has the following feature: a built-in two-chamber refrigerator (volume 207 l) is located above the countertop, the lower cabinet under the refrigerator is not functional. The column for the refrigerator has the following dimensions: width - 80 cm, depth - 60 cm. And its base serves as the head of the bed.
Option 2
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In the photo:
The multifunctional stool can be used as a chair, table, or even a shelf. The model is made of polypropylene by rotation molding. The relief decor on the surface gives stability to the stackable modules.
In the photo: Crossover CS/1271 stool from the Calligaris factory, design by Studio Quadrifoglio Menguzzato & Nascimben.
"Guest". The kitchen furniture composition is lined up as usual along the wall, starting from the sink. And as a dining group, a version of upholstered furniture is used, the so-called kitchen corner with a sleeping place. The “highlight” in such a room will be a transformable table, the base of which consists of original and multifunctional poufs, also used as chairs and a modular shelving unit. And any top of suitable size serves as a removable tabletop; it can be hung on the wall when the bed is unfolded.
Compact kitchens can be selected with facades in the color of the walls or sofa upholstery.
Borisova Inga
Inga Borisova designs private and public interiors. She received her higher engineering education at the Moscow Aviation Institute, then graduated from the International School of Design at Nakhimovsky. In 2008, she successfully graduated from the DETAILS school of interior design.
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Designers sometimes imagine the layout of a kitchen with a sofa as in a minimalist style with a limited range of light shades in the room. However, the modern style direction for the interior of the dining area dictates the opposite option with many interesting models.
Interior and layout of a kitchen with a sofa
This makes it possible not only to decorate the dining room, but also to approach the issue of its arrangement from a rational point of view.
The design of a 10 sq. m kitchen has its own characteristics. Thanks to the option of planning a kitchen with a sofa while decorating a comfortable interior of the dining area, even a not too large space of 10 m² can be furnished stylishly and economically. Since, by average statistical standards, a Russian apartment cannot include an additional bedroom, upholstered furniture is usually placed in the dining area.
Option for design and interior of a kitchen with a sofa
Kitchens with a sleeping area are a popular direction in our country for arranging a dining area, since the presence of this interior element allows you to spend time with maximum comfort. It happens that guests who come home can sit too long and not notice that it is already night, so the presence of a sofa allows you to comfortably solve many problems.
Kitchen layout with a sofa of 10 meters
It’s good if the sofa itself is folding, since such a piece of furniture is an excellent sleeping place for guests who come for an overnight stay. If suddenly the TV is occupied by someone in the living room, and you want to enjoy watching a TV show, then a sofa in the kitchen is an excellent way out. This type has a number of advantages, and not only provides an additional bed in a modern apartment.
What should a kitchen sofa be like?
Which upholstery to choose
Original upholstery of a semicircular kitchen sofa
If you need to choose a specific stylistic composition, stores that offer to make custom-made furniture will help solve this problem by choosing the appropriate materials specifically for the dining area.
When choosing a more suitable option, the model takes into account the fact that the kitchen is a food preparation place with a lot of different odors and high humidity.
A lot of oil and fat vapors form in the air in the kitchen, including other liquid products. If you plan to place a sofa in this room, you should remember that it is at maximum risk of exposure to various types furniture spilled drinks: coffee, tea, juice, etc. Therefore, furniture must be purchased with practical upholstery that should not absorb odors or accidentally get dirty with drinks spilled on it.
Folding kitchen sofa with leather upholstery
More suitable material For the upholstery of the sofa in the kitchen, artificial leather or genuine leather is used. It can have not only light tones, but also dark ones. The leather upholstery of the model is not capable of absorbing an accidentally spilled drink, so this type of material is convenient to use in the kitchen due to its practicality.
3D kitchen layout with a semicircular sofa
If there is a corner sofa in the kitchen, then the area near the radiator will be more functional, since it will provide extra bed. Kitchen accessories, which are not used daily, can be placed under the seat itself. This type of kitchen sofa is ideal for square and wide kitchens.
It should be noted that placing full-size sofas in the kitchen, suitable for living rooms, is quite rare. Most often in dining areas they use functional and more compact designs that are not too large.
Scheme and plan of a kitchen with an area of 9 meters
They have a less puffy appearance and are upholstered in dense material, with a shorter seat surface than living room sofas.
Their back is quite thin. In a kitchen with a bay window shaped like a semicircle, you can place a sofa of a similar shape of the corresponding radius, complementing this composition of the dining area round table as in the photo.
Leather corner sofa design
The result will be a comfortable dining room. The idea of installing a semicircular model in the kitchen area can be implemented in spacious kitchens, for example, 15 m. The sofa should be comfortable, it should be turned with its back towards the kitchen.
For a small dining area, about 10 m, you can choose a less bulky model, which does not have armrests and has a light upholstery color. If the design of the model is visually simple and light, then the kitchen will not seem cluttered. There are also classic sofas with armrests that have a solid rectangular backrest. The design of a 10 sq. m kitchen apparently has its own distinctive features.
What's good about this method? It allows you to conveniently move between the dining and work areas. At the same time, all kitchen utensils will be at hand.
A sofa in a kitchen interior is a great way to create a cozy and comfortable environment.
When choosing this piece of furniture, it is important to take into account all of the above parameters, guided by personal preferences. This will create original design kitchen interior in a certain style and enjoy the coziness of a comfortable sofa from January to December.
Kitchen design these days can come in many styles and variations. In addition to traditional kitchen elements, recently there has appeared large number innovations that significantly expand the functionality of this room. These include a small sofa in the kitchen with a sleeping place.
In the modern market, such an interior element is considered still a novelty, however, it is rapidly gaining popularity, which is not surprising:
- firstly, it is a stylish and convenient accessory for a modern kitchen;
- secondly, an extra bed.
What is a sofa for the kitchen
Unfortunately, a significant part of our population lives in Khrushchev-era apartment buildings, which are not particularly large.
Therefore, many people decide to use various tricks so that a small two-room apartment with a standard layout can accommodate a dining room, a kitchen, a guest room, a nursery, and a bedroom for parents. With the right approach, all this is possible.
In the minds of most people, the kitchen is the place where food is prepared, as well as the procedure for eating it.
Few people thought that traditional cuisine can be imagined from a slightly different perspective, namely as a guest room.
Such a transformation can be easily achieved using only one piece of furniture. Small sofas for the kitchen with a sleeping place become a real salvation when there is simply nowhere to accommodate guests.
Naturally, we should immediately make a reservation that in this case we are talking only about those kitchens whose area is at least nine square meters.
In a small kitchen, if all the main interior elements are present, it is simply not possible to expand the sofa into a normal sleeping place.
Often, the owners of such kitchens do not know where to install the refrigerator, not to mention the sofa.
Advice! Under no circumstances should a kitchen sofa be positioned as a full-fledged sleeping place. This is an exclusively temporary, guest option, since many manufacturers, in an effort to reduce the size of such furniture, sacrifice comfort.
The mattresses of these sofas are far from perfect, and the sleeping area does not have good dimensions.
At the moment, kitchen sofas are manufactured by various manufacturers. They are distinguished by price, quality of materials and appearance.
In order to purchase a truly worthy product that will serve you for many years, you should pay attention to several aspects. The selection instructions in this case are not complicated.
- Materials. Upholstery material is one of the most important aspects in choosing. Naturally, the upholstery should be easy to clean and resistant to abrasion. In this case, stains are inevitable because food will be prepared near such a sofa. If there are children in the house, then the issue of the appearance of stains is even more pressing.
For such sofas, leatherette is most often used, however, if finances allow you, it is better to get a product with genuine leather upholstery.
You should also pay attention to the sleeping place itself. It’s good if its upholstery is thick, high-quality fabric. In this case, the sheet will not move during sleep, causing discomfort to your guest.
Advice! It is better to choose a sofa for the kitchen in light shades, since dark ones will visually reduce the space of the room.
- Shape and size. Despite their functional features, such a sofa will most often be used by you during meals. In this case, it should fit perfectly to the table so that you can sit comfortably on it while eating. If you have already made a purchase, and after a while you find that this height does not suit you, then you should replace the sofa legs with adjustable ones.
Such furniture should be devoid of armrests, which will provide you with a comfortable seat at the table on the side. The presence of massive armrests is not only inconvenient in this case, but also visually increases the size of the sofa, thereby reducing the kitchen space.
- Alternative options. If you are not satisfied with any model of a folding sofa, you can turn your attention to the armchairs (pictured above), which can also, if necessary, be transformed into an additional sleeping place. It is also possible to develop a drawing of such a sofa with your own hands. Nowadays, there are special workshops that can create a piece of furniture based on your requests.
- Mechanism. Most often, such sofas are equipped with a folding mechanism. However, products on the market are based on specially developed technologies that are designed to optimize the process of folding the sofa. Depending on the mechanism, you should consider the place where the table will be retracted in order to ensure a smooth transformation into a sleeping place.
Conclusion
Nowadays, progress does not stand still. Everything develops and improves, and furniture is no exception.
Various devices and items are being developed to expand the functional scope of the room.
If until recently the kitchen was exclusively a place for cooking and dining, now this room can become an excellent analogue of the living room.
Naturally, this proposal is relevant for small apartments and houses where there is an acute lack of free space.
If you want to get more information regarding the choice of kitchen sofas, then you should watch the video located at the bottom of the page.
Can you imagine modern apartment without a sofa? Agree that this type of furniture is bought almost first of all when decorating a home. But he comes from the East, where people knew exactly how to enjoy their vacation and do it with maximum comfort. In Russia, this type of furniture has also taken root well, however, it came to our country in the eighteenth century and was a luxury item, and praise be to our century that now a sofa is available to every family.
But in modern times, sofas have somewhat lost their pomposity and become more functional; people began to customize them to suit themselves. For example, we made a sofa for the kitchen with a sleeping place. In my opinion, this thing is simply necessary, if you look at the standard layouts of two-room apartments Soviet period. Today we’ll look at what kitchen sofas manufacturers offer us and how to place a sleeping place in them.
The sofa in the kitchen is no longer a luxury, but a very functional place with a sleeping place, storage space, which, in addition, is also designed to match the interior of the room.
First of all, we select the required sofa size. Of course, if you have a kitchen of more than fifteen square meters, you can afford any type of transformation and design. But smaller kitchenettes begin to place demands on the size of the furniture.
You also need to decide for yourself whether you need additional storage space or whether you only want one more bed for an occasional guest. If you need space, then it is better to choose corner sofa models that have a deep ottoman. It can fit half of the kitchen utensils (which we don't need on a daily basis).
The transformation mechanism is most often used by the dolphin; it allows you to successfully store it in the sofa, comfortably transform and also fit a small drawer into the sofa for storing bedding.
The Eurobook mechanism is rarely used in kitchen sofas, but you can also find this option. The disadvantages of Eurobooks in the kitchen are that the seating area wears out a lot and over time it will not be comfortable to sleep on such a sofa, and it needs to be at least 170 centimeters in length. Will this version of the sofa fit into a kitchen of 8 sq. meters? I think that “dolphin” would be more appropriate here.
You can also choose different materials for making sofa frames. For example, chipboard is most often made. But, if you come to the store, the manager will dissuade you from this model in favor of a more expensive material (perhaps natural wood).
This is motivated by the fact that chipboard is capable of absorbing moisture and will swell over time and become unusable. Well, if you have a damp kitchen, then, of course, this option is not considered. In most cases, all moisture is limited to the sink and work surface; it does not get onto the sofa. I think that in order to save money, for most families, this type of material is still worth considering.
Let's start choosing the upholstery. Now there are combined options: the bottom can be made of textiles, and the frequently used surface can be made of eco-leather or leatherette. Or combine several shades of the same color: light and darker.
Modern fabrics have such a variety that it’s worth separate topic conversations with the seller. The sofa may have upholstery with moisture-repellent properties or impregnation against dirt. For example, modern flock can be easily wiped off with a cloth. This was tested for myself when the yellow baby suspension was simply wiped off with a damp towel, and no trace remained.
But I think that for the kitchen it is better to choose more practical fabrics that are excellent for removing grease, stains, and crumbs. The leader here will still be leather, leatherette or eco-leather.
Nowadays it is fashionable to add a bright twist to the interior; for example, in a light, monochromatic kitchen, this option could be a bright, richly colored sofa.
Choosing a corner sofa with a sleeping place
Corner sofas are more comfortable and practical than straight ones, due to more seating and storage. The corner can be not only an ottoman, but also a full-fledged seating area.
What’s important is that many manufacturers have the ability to increase or decrease the corner distance according to the dimensions of your wall.
Various models have been developed that have a box or drawer under the seat.
The photo shows an option when the armrests are placed flush with the seat, which increases the functionality of the sofa significantly.
Combined sofas look bright and stylish. IN different models The drawer can open in different directions.
Small sofa for the kitchen
But it is not always worth considering large types of sofas; for some interiors, a small kitchen sofa is needed.
By the way, craftsmen make them themselves from vegetable boxes. Such options look easy and unusual, as in the photo.
Double straight sofas are also often chosen; their seat width is quite narrow and is 45 cm deep. But this distance is quite enough for comfortable sitting and communication. Such sofas are often chosen without armrests and built into niches.
By appearance they can be without design elements or have Velcro pads. The photo shows several examples of small sofas.
What are the types of kitchen sofas with a sleeping area for a small kitchen?
Now it’s the turn of the so-often small kitchen! We have already considered, for her, to accommodate everything. Now you also need to put a sofa in it, and not just a simple one, but a full-fledged place to sleep!
And this is also not a big problem.
Interesting options for modular sofas, when you can store part of the sofa in the form of poufs in the living room or bedroom. And use them together when guests arrive, by assembling a long structure of upholstered furniture in the kitchen.
Or again we use the “dolphin” transformation element, which can be extended both in the length of the body and in width.
For small kitchens, I advise you to choose sofa models without armrests, so as not to restrict those sitting and not to enclose the space.
The photo below shows a two-seater model with non-boring upholstery.
Varieties of kitchen sofas in the photo: with storage box, folding, straight and narrow
Often kitchen sofas are quite narrow, this distinguishes them from the types of living room sofas in which the seating area can be from 60 to 90 cm deep.
I liked several ideas for practical sofas that combine all the functions of storage and additional space perfectly.
The photo shows a non-standard sofa-bench model. In addition to its deep cabinets inside, the backrest can be transformed into a frame and a mattress can be placed on top.
I think that the option is simply excellent and interesting. A possible disadvantage can be found in its rigidity. We want to sit on something soft.
The idea of its transformation can be seen in the video.
You can also act outside the box and make interesting use of the space under the windowsill.
Below you can see how a cozy kitchen design was created using soft tones.
With the correct use of colors, you can easily create an accent in the interior, as in the photo.
For people with unconventional thinking, manufacturers have created models of unusual shapes.
I think that there are still a lot of options and models of upholstered furniture that can be sorted out, but designers do not stand still and are constantly producing new types and forms.