8 lives for six people, and good decoration is better than a big house.

Author | Lao Qu

First announce the core of this article

The design secret of "small apartment with many people" is

The big one is big, the small one is small, the many one is small, and the few one is small

Fold the space with time

Specific points:

The family core area should be big: the guest restaurant should be able to carry family communication.

the bedroom and bed should be small: the home is a thousand hectares, and you can sleep seven feet.

There are many functions: room, toilet, storage and study should be made.

Less fixed furniture: make the house variable and live longer.

time folding space: the dining room can be transformed into three functional spaces by switching time; The sleeping time is different, so that the bedrooms can also be connected in series.

Let's take an example to explain in detail

Last week, a new customer was called "Ms A" for privacy protection.

A typical new Shanghai family has two children, a daughter aged 6 and a son aged 1.

Both husband and wife go to work, the male host often travels, and grandparents come to help with the children.

So there are six people living in the family.

There are two houses, two rooms of 8 square meters, and a school district, which is very small.

six people live in a house of 8 square meters, and their living conditions can be imagined.

It is crowded and chaotic, and three generations have no independent space and interfere with each other.

at this time, the easiest way to think of is to change to a bigger house.

However, if children want to go to school, the school district with registered permanent residence must be kept, and the place where they live should not be too far away from the school.

here comes the question. . . . . .

It takes at least 2.5-3 million yuan to replace a 11-square-meter house with 8 square meters in the core area of Shanghai without selling the school district house. Plus the living burden of two children, it is over budget.

So Ms. A began to look for alternatives.

Either rent a big house or redecorate it.

It's obviously not good to rent a house, and other decoration companies can't solve the problem.

With the mentality of trying, she found us.

what's the result? look down. . . . . .

To solve the problem, we must first understand the current situation of the house, which is the basic floor plan.

▲ "Layout plan of the current house"

After in-depth communication, we found several core problems in Ms. A's home.

1. There are only two rooms, and the master bedroom is stupid.

It is not only chaotic, but also makes the family's life.

emphasize that although it is a natural mission for mothers to take care of their children, they also need their own independent space.

Sleeping with their children all the time is not good for both sides.

2. Less toilets: six people use one bathroom, and they often rob toilets and basins, so it is necessary to add a bathroom.

3. The host has no place to stay: this is a bit sharp, but I still have to say it.

Old people help to take care of their children, and they have to go into the master bedroom during the day.

as long as the child cries, night is no exception.

even if you don't go in sometimes, you are probably listening at the door.

This will cause the host and hostess to feel that there is someone outside the door and their bedroom has been invaded.

because the parents-in-law are not their own parents after all, the feeling of the male host will be stronger.

(PS: If the parents-in-law come, it will basically be a world war)

There is also the location of the bathroom. When the elderly get up at night, they will walk through the living room, making the host uneasy in the guest restaurant at night.

When the two items are added together, the host feels like an outsider.

▲ "Analysis Diagram of Bedroom Area"

After 4 or 3 years, it is impossible to live: by the time one child is 1 years old and the other is 4 years old, the house is basically impossible to live in.

In addition to family needs, there are also basic problems of apartment type:

1. There are too many load-bearing walls: this house is a brick-concrete structure, and it is also the first floor. Almost all the buildings are load-bearing walls, which makes it difficult to change the layout.

▲ "structural analysis diagram of the house"

2. The kitchen is too small: it is normal for a family with two children to eat at home.

The usable area of this kitchen is only 5 square meters,

The countertop is only 2.7 meters, and the storage is only 1 cubic meter, which is totally insufficient.

▲ "kitchen analysis chart"

3. No porch: We have emphasized this many times in our previous articles, so I won't repeat it.

To sum up the seven sins to be solved:

1. Less rooms

2. Less toilets

3. Less space for men

4. The space is unchangeable and cannot meet the demand after three years

5. The layout is difficult to modify due to the load-bearing wall

6. The kitchen is too small

7. There is no porch. Look directly at the plan

The following picture is the plan layout

▲ "Revised plan"

8 square meters has realized three rooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms

There is a porch, a laundry room and a real master bedroom

so that the hostess can have her own space (as we said before, the bedroom is a women's room

)

▲ "Functional Analysis Diagram of the Current Scheme"

The total storage capacity is 12 cubic meters, which can meet the needs of a family of three.

▲ ▲ "Storage Analysis Diagram"

There are static and dynamic partitions, and the elderly are in the innermost room

Let the core of the family return to the husband and wife

Plus a multi-functional dining table, which can meet the needs of family socialization and reduce mutual interference.

▲ "Schematic diagram of dynamic and static partition"

▲ "Intention diagram of big dining table"

Independent children's room makes the master bedroom more tidy, and the older children sleep by themselves.

One-year-old babies have less interference with their mothers, and sleeping in the master bedroom

makes the hostess relaxed.

▲ "master bedroom intention picture"

Besides, it is changeable. After three years, the children aged 4+1,

the old man should go back, and it can become like this at this time.

▲ "Floor plan after 3 years"

There are 5 people living in 3 rooms, which is relatively easy.

The master bedroom, children's room, study and family core area are very clear.

Two children can use bunk beds.

They can also have their own wardrobes and desks.

▲ "Plane function analysis diagram after 3 years"

Ms. A is very satisfied with this plan. How did we do it specifically?

is the core of this article:

The big is big, the small is small, the more, the less. Fold the space with time

Let's be more specific:

The core area of the family should be large: the dining room should be able to carry family exchanges

How much exercise space does two children need

Anyone with a baby knows.

So we can't reduce the area of the guest dining room

On the contrary, cancel the coffee table and increase the carpet

Use the aisle space and leave more room for children to play.

▲ "Analysis Diagram of Family Core Area Layout"

▲ "Intentional Picture of Big Carpet"

Dining room is also the key point.

A large table with six people can eat comfortably.

An electric cabinet and a water bar are added.

Half the functions of the kitchen can be moved out.

It is equivalent to realizing a 9-square-meter kitchen.

What is this concept?

▲ "Analysis Diagram of Western Kitchen Layout"

▲ "Intentional Picture of Western Kitchen"

You can read the previous article if you are interested

@ "This article is enough for kitchen decoration (elite edition)"

Bedrooms and beds should be small: the home is a thousand hectares, and you can sleep seven feet

Small apartments should be chosen.

A six-foot big bed (mattress size is 1.8x2 meters) is not needed.

A five-foot bed (mattress size is 1.5x1.8) is enough.

The previous article on this issue is also quite thorough.

If you are interested, you can click the link below.

@ "An article on fixing the decoration troubles of a small bedroom"

There are many functions: room, toilet, storage and study should all be made.

Everything else is easy to understand. It is important to say that the restaurant

has the function of eating during three meals

After dinner, it can be a place to do manual work, play games and do homework with children

At night, it can be a place to work and read books

At other daytime hours, it can also be a good place for the hostess to bake, read books and take selfies

So the restaurant.

▲ "Multifunctional Intention Map of Dining Room"

Less fixed furniture: make the house variable and live longer.

Take an example. The biggest difference between the current scheme and the scheme after 3 years

is that the old people's room has become a children's room

and the children's room has become a study

The key point is that the hard clothes have not changed at all, and it is all completed by changing the furniture.

▲ "Comparison between the current plan and the plan after 3 years"

More interestingly, the two wardrobes in the old people's room

will become two wardrobes in the children's room after 3 years, but they have changed their positions

and their original positions have become two desks.

▲ "Schematic diagram of furniture transformation between the old people's room and the children's room"

Time folding space: the dining room can be transformed into three functional spaces

Bedrooms can also be connected in series because of different sleeping hours

As I just said, the dining room focuses on the serial connection of bedrooms.

Normal bedrooms are all connected in parallel,

so that each bedroom can go in and out independently without interference.

▲ "Schematic diagram of parallel connection of bedrooms"

However, in a small apartment, as long as additional rooms are added, it is likely that the bedrooms will be connected in series

that is, after passing through one bedroom, they can enter another bedroom.

▲ "Schematic Diagram of Bedrooms in Series"

Actually, it's not a big deal.

There are many houses in Japan, which are arranged in this way.

As the house price is getting more and more expensive, this is an inevitable phenomenon.

We just need to solve the existing problems.

question 1: interference when going back to the room

you have to go through the outside room to enter the inside room, which will definitely cause interference.

The solution is that people who don't sleep

or people who sleep late, and those who go to bed early

are arranged outside, and those who live inside.

Question 2: Interference in getting up at night

Going to the toilet or people inside getting up very early

will interfere with people in the outside room

So let young people who sleep soundly sleep outside.

Question 3: Private relationship

The male and female host rooms cannot be connected in series with their parents, and any connection will be particularly uncomfortable.

Based on the above, there are only four combinations of series rooms

(outside) study+(inside) master bedroom

(outside) study+(inside) children's room

(outside) children's room+(inside) master bedroom

(outside) children's room+(inside) elderly room

. There are only two ways to connect in series

▲ "Analysis diagram of the current scheme and the scheme after three years"

That's all for today. This case is very typical

It can fully demonstrate the core principles of small apartment

I hope it can help everyone.

Finally, it is emphasized that the design secret of the core

"small apartment with many people" in this paper is

the big one is big, the small one is small, the many ones are small, and the few ones are small

Folding space with time

Specific points:

The family core area should be big: the guest restaurant should be able to carry family communication.

the bedroom and bed should be small: the home is a thousand hectares, and you can sleep seven feet.

More functions: room, toilet, storage and study should be made.

Less fixed furniture: making the house changeable and able to live longer.

Time folding space: the dining room can be transformed into three functional spaces by switching time. The sleeping time is different, so that the bedrooms can also be connected in series.

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I can't help saying

The basis of all these methods

is the lifestyle that we have always believed

Only a family with personal space and social space

can carry happiness. Only in this way can we communicate better

Friends who agree with this lifestyle

will be able to use these methods to perfection

At the request of many fans in the background

Our "house beauty" has officially returned

But due to limited energy

At present, we can only serve friends in Shanghai

Other areas need to wait

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