Although Japan is small in area, it has many of its own ideas when it comes to decoration. Many designs adapted to local conditions are well-known in the home furnishing circle. Specifically, we have to take a closer look at how they are different from those in China:
✅ Entrance
A Japanese apartment is not large in overall area, but it attaches great importance to the entrance, which is really difficult to achieve in ordinary residential houses in China. There is a storage room near the entrance door to store shoes, clothes, and even some large items. Two door openings are reserved in the partition wall to achieve double movement lines, so that you can enter the house without turning back.
As for the internal storage, it is also very particular. Most of them are card slots + partitions, rather than custom cabinets. Relatively speaking,
is more cost-effective and more practical. It can also be flexibly adjusted according to personal needs. Some small sundries will also be stored using plastic boxes . A more complete Japanese entrance will also have a pool near the entrance door. It is convenient for you to wash your hands when you enter the house and tidy up your appearance when you go out. I think everyone can consider this.
I won’t go into details about the famous sunken entrance hall. In addition to the above-mentioned content, Japanese home entrances will also be partially embedded in the wall and place some sundries to effectively avoid collisions in small spaces.
✅The open design of the guest dining room
is very common in Japan. Let’s talk about the guest restaurant first, which is of great reference significance especially for domestic small and medium-sized apartments. Make appropriate choices in the decoration of the living room, even without a TV and sofa. Possibly, you will even consider raising or sinking the living room. The following two options are for your reference:
A more thoughtful idea is to use a dining room instead of the living room, which is not just for entertaining guests, but also for dining, reading, and working. Problem, the raised platform was used to replace the sofa and dining chairs, successfully realizing multiple uses in one place.
✅Kitchen
Japanese food is light and almost no oil fume, so it is mostly open style. This is very different from that in China. But even so, the front of the stove should be raised by 20~30cm, which will not only cover the surface of the countertop Despite the clutter, a small space is freed up to store condiment bottles and other miscellaneous items.
The storage of Japanese housewives is indeed worthy of praise, but this is not all the credit of the hostess. If the kitchen has the conditions, a storage room will be set up at the end of the corridor. Even if not, the kitchen will use the unused wall to build a full-length closet. style storage, instead of the traditional domestic wall cabinet + floor cabinet, the storage capacity is comparable.
In addition to being used for storage, you can also consider adding a board as a bar or desk. The height can be selected according to personal needs. It is also convenient to have a simple meal here.
✅ Bedroom
Traditional Japanese bedrooms sleep on the floor. Unless the house is really small, beds will be arranged, but even so, they will mostly choose to put 2 single beds together. , so the flexibility is relatively high, even if you want to separate beds when you are old, it is convenient, the area is larger than an ordinary large bed, and the practicality will be higher.
✅Bathroom
The layout of Japanese bathrooms is excellent. Most of the complete and good bathrooms are four-separated, each of which is independent and does not interfere with each other. At the same time, most of the bathrooms are customized and will be installed as a whole at home, with showers and bathtubs. , coupled with the particularity of the material, it has good hydrophobic and waterproof effects, and there is basically no problem of water leakage and odor.
In addition, most Japanese bathrooms are connected to the laundry room, and the entire moving route is smoother. You can easily throw the clothes into the washing machine before taking a bath, and just dry them directly after taking a bath.
As for the toilet, it will occupy a small room, simply called the toilet room, to ensure the independence of use. It will also consider adding a small sink inside, which can be installed on the wall or integrated with the toilet to facilitate timely hand washing. Pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness.
After looking at it like this, I personally think that the details of Japanese home decoration are indeed worthy of praise. We can also learn from them according to our personal needs!
