Furnishing a mini apartment: ideas for small spaces
Due to rising real estate prices and limited living space, small apartments such as micro apartments and one-room apartments are gaining popularity. People who are starting their professional lives in a big city or living alone often choose a micro apartment, as it is usually cheaper than a multi-room apartment. But even 24 square meters can be a great place to live. Whether it's a one-room apartment or a micro apartment, the goal is to create an inviting interior that suits your personal taste. Cleverly used niches and sloping ceilings offer optimal storage space and functionality.
If you have limited space, you have to prioritize wisely. Nolte offers ideal solutions by intelligently combining storage space, functionality, budget, and design. Reproductions of concrete, stone, and wood, as well as authentic materials such as wood, metal, glass, lacquer, cement, and stone, will make your home a highlight. Furnishing a small micro apartment extends from the kitchen to the hallway to the living area and bathroom, with stylish accents. We show you how to design a cozy micro apartment in a limited space.
Space savers for one-room apartments
Functional room dividers: Separate areas in studio apartments or micro apartments to make ideal use of the limited space. Clever furniture or partition walls visually divide mini apartments into living, cooking, working, and sleeping areas. From beds with storage space to fold-out tables: Choose furniture that fulfills more than one function. A pull-out sofa bed offers comfortable seating during the day and can be converted into a comfortable bed for overnight guests as needed. A side table serves as storage and an additional stool. A counter can be used as a breakfast nook or as a home office workspace. These room dividers and versatile pieces of furniture make it possible to furnish small apartments perfectly.
Micro kitchen fully coordinated
The kitchen décor is reflected throughout the entire apartment. Wall shelves and shelving units with integrated lighting round off the ambience.
Micro apartment: Optimal use of space with sophisticated design
Colors & light: How to create visual space through color choice and lighting.
Cozy furnishings: Illuminated hanging shelves create a cozy atmosphere with indirect lighting. Coordinated: The kitchen décor is reflected throughout the apartment. Wall shelves and shelves with integrated lighting round off the ambience. Tip: Light and mirrors make small rooms appear larger. Additional indirect light sources make the apartment feel cozy and more spacious than with just a ceiling light.
Clever solutions: vertical space, wall-mounted furniture, and space-saving ideas.
Nolte Küchen offers solutions for every storage problem, especially for micro apartment kitchens.
Storage solutions for small kitchens
1. Base drawer
For even more storage space, simply use the base. A base drawer can hold items such as a dustpan, cleaning cloths, sponges, and much more.
2. Drawer under the counter
Make use of the space under the counter too: a pull-out shelf keeps the contents clearly arranged and well organized. For example, beverage bottles and Tetra Paks.
3. Interior pull-outs
Behind the closed front, there is a clear layout where everything is sorted and stored in pull-outs and drawers.
4. Railing system
With railing systems, kitchen utensils are not only always within easy reach, they also ensure that everything is neatly organized.
Living in a micro apartment
Creating different living areas in a one-room apartment can be achieved using various methods. In addition to partition walls and furniture, colors, floor coverings, and lighting elements can also be used to create visual boundaries. A carpet or colored flooring, for example, can separate the living area from other areas. Similarly, targeted lighting can create a cozy atmosphere for each area while creating the illusion of separate zones.
Making small rooms appear larger
The clever use of light and mirrors can create an illusion of space even in confined areas. By using additional indirect light sources, you can create a welcoming atmosphere and make the room appear more spacious—an effect that cannot be achieved with ceiling lighting alone. This creative lighting transforms small rooms into cozy and visually expanded environments.
Staging through light
Nolte Küchen offers an impressive range of options when it comes to lighting. With options such as MatrixArt lighting, shelves with side lighting, and side panels with integrated spotlights, Nolte offers a wide range of solutions to bathe your kitchen in the perfect light. These options lend the kitchen a stylish ambience and elegantly emphasize the aesthetics and functionality of the furniture.
From the kitchen to the bathroom
The Micro product range extends from the sophisticated Micro kitchen to the wardrobe and even the small bathroom. The space available in a bathroom in a micro apartment is often limited. This makes it all the more important to find compact solutions that still meet all requirements and offer a wide range of options. Flexible cabinet systems allow the washing machine to be harmoniously integrated into the bathroom, and vanity units offer generous storage space for personal bathroom items with practical pull-out shelves. The light strips milled into the sides of the vanity unit shelf create a feel-good atmosphere in the bathroom.
An oasis of well-being in a micro apartment
The space available for a bathroom in a micro-apartment is often limited. This makes it all the more important to find compact solutions that still meet all requirements and offer a wide range of options. Flexible cabinet systems allow the washing machine to be harmoniously integrated into the bathroom, and vanity units offer generous storage space for personal bathroom items with practical pull-out drawers. The light strips milled into the sides of the vanity unit shelf create a feel-good atmosphere in the bathroom.
Solutions for the bathroom in micro apartments
Even in the bathroom, you don't have to compromise on comfort or consistency. Too many different colors create a wild and restless effect. The appliance cabinet for the washing machine matches the vanity unit perfectly. And the wood decor of the kitchen and wardrobe is reflected in the shelf.
If you are looking for further alternative designs for micro-apartments, you have come to the right place. We offer a wide range of creative concepts and interior design solutions tailored to the challenges and needs of small apartments. From space-saving furniture to intelligent room layouts, you can look forward to innovative ideas that make the most of your limited space. Let us show you how you can design your micro-apartment to be both functional and stylish.
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