The arrangement of the heating system makes its own adjustments to the internal architecture of the living space. A project with a Russian stove differs significantly from projects with the installation of convection equipment. We’ll tell you what features a 6 by 4 house has, an interior layout with a stove, where it’s best to install a heating device, and how to arrange the rooms so that each room is dry and warm during the cold season. Read and find out what features the organization of living space inside larger houses has.
Any stove can decorate the interior Source sense-life.com
Advantages of stove heating
You can install a stove in any type of house: it doesn’t matter what they are made of, brick, logs, aerated concrete blocks. The presence of such a node makes the atmosphere more comfortable. And, despite the fact that it is difficult to create heat in a house in this way, many people try to maintain traditions and build housing together with stove equipment. It is not necessary to assemble bulky models for this; it is enough to install a compact stove, and it will be quite functional.
Compact wood stove in a small house Source i.pinimg.com
Properly assembled equipment will last as long as the house itself. It is safe to use. You can cook food on it without contact with open fire. Where there is no gas pipeline, using stove heating is more profitable than electric heating. You can heat your home at any time; you don’t have to wait for the season and turn on the stove when it’s slightly frosty outside. The installation is autonomous, its operating mode is determined by the owners of the house, which is very convenient when there are small children in the family.
Convenient hob Source yandex.net
The presence of a bed ensures a pleasant and comfortable pastime. The gentle heat of the stove effectively treats colds and rheumatism. In past centuries, midwives carried premature babies on a shovel into the middle of a warm oven. The stove then served as a cuvette and helped to care for newborn babies.
A lounger is a very comfortable place to relax Source izrazec.by
Dry fuel is allowed to light the firebox. Coal, peat, firewood, dry tree branches, and any other wood waste are suitable for these purposes. Having choice provides the opportunity to use what is most available. Modern stoves are equipped with a hob, oven, and may have built-in tanks that are used to heat water and connect a water heating circuit.
Compact model with oven and hob, running on gas and wood Source glavstroy365.ru
Based on this, it becomes clear why, in the age of space technology, many still heat their homes in such a homegrown way. The stove can become an original interior decoration.
Tiles make the stove look like a work of art Source yandex.net
If you “dress” it with tiles, you will be able to give the design of your living space a special luxury. Majolica is a good alternative to tiles. It is made from colored clay, pressed and fired, after which the tile becomes very durable. Its top is covered with glaze, and a skillful pattern is created underneath it. It gives the stove an attractive appearance, incomparable and very decorative. Majolica is suitable for those who love Mediterranean styles.
Majolica is a cheaper alternative to tiles Source yandex.ru
Terracotta tiles are not inferior in strength to tiles and majolica. It allows you to improve the appearance of equipment with lower material costs. However, the material is not glazed; coloring is limited to beige and orange paints, which resonates very well with natural finishing materials.
Terracotta tiles for stoves Source strb64.ru
Clinker slowly gains heat and also slowly releases it. From a design point of view, its application has great potential. Clinker bricks are available in different colors and textures. You can choose between a rough texture, glazed or matte surface.
Clinker in all its glory Source stroyfora.ru
The stove can be covered with stone, either entirely or just the lower part up to the firebox. It can be simply whitened and even painted. Manufacturers of paints and varnishes offer compositions specially developed for these purposes. Their color palette is very diverse.
Method of decorating a stove in a kitchen interior
The method of designing the stove structure depends on the chosen design trend. Finishing materials will determine its appearance.
Tile
If you want to create a luxurious atmosphere in a rustic kitchen, the stove can be refined using tiles - special ceramic or clay heat-resistant tiles created specifically for finishing stoves. The unique shape of the tiles makes them easy to install, and the unique pattern will allow you to create a delightful design, unlike others. In the 19th century in Rus', tiled stoves were in fashion among the upper strata of society and were considered an indicator of prosperity and luxury.
Ceramic tiles heat up quickly and retain heat for a long time
A more affordable option for designing a stove structure is to use tiles. It can be of any shape, rectangular, square or imitate various natural fibers.
Tiles will help create a unique stove design
There are tiles that resemble tiles. With its help you can get an exquisite design option, as the following photos demonstrate.
Design of a stove in a private house, decorated with tiles
When choosing tiles, you need to choose fire-resistant samples that can easily withstand high temperatures and have a dense structure. Thanks to these properties, they will last a long time and will not require cosmetic repairs.
Very often, tiling is carried out only in the part where the fire is ignited and maintained.
Stone
Upgrading the surface of a Russian stove with stone allows you to get a unique rustic interior with an antique accent. This option is quite labor-intensive and requires significant financial investments. But by spending time and money, you will get a unique design that will delight more than one generation of your family.
A stone stove will become the main highlight in the house
Attention! When covering the surface of the furnace, a good option is to combine materials. As a result, the design will take on an original look and emphasize the features of the interior.
Plaster
When designing the kitchen of a private house in rustic, Provence, country or Russian styles, plastering with clay mortar is an excellent way to finish the stove. After it hardens, heat-resistant paint is applied to the surface. With its help, the stove can be decorated with an original ornament, ideas for which are suggested in the following photos.
In addition, heat-resistant paint easily withstands any sanitary and hygienic procedures, it is easy to wash it from any dirt, and the appearance of the stove will remain unchanged.
Decorative plaster gives a Russian stove a special charm. It will help you recreate any pattern you like on its surface. The following selection of photos will convince you of this and inspire you to create an extraordinary design.
Features of calculating the efficiency of furnace equipment and choosing its type
In order for the stove to be convenient to use later, it is necessary to draw up a project and correctly plan the internal space at the construction stage. It is important to take into account absolutely all the points: the location of the stove, its type, the height of the ceilings, the presence of chimneys, the placement of other functional items.
Drawings of stoves - instructions for their assembly Source warmandcozy.ru
The choice of the shape of the furnace and its placement largely depends on the heating area, the number of living rooms, the number of floors of the building, the type of material from which the housing and the equipment itself are built. The degree of insulation of the walls, seasonality of residence, and the presence (or absence) of another alternative heat source are also taken into account.
The size and shape of the stove depends on the size of the living space Source yandex.net
Stove makers use a formula that calculates the volume of a stove installation. One square meter of it is capable of heating up to thirty square meters of living space (if it is -25 ºС outside the window). When the outside temperature drops, heating efficiency drops. Therefore, it is so important to take into account the average winter thermometer readings in a given region when making calculations.
Winter temperature map Source wiki.ars-vine.ru
Types of furnaces
A traditional Russian stove with a large stove bench is not suitable for heating small country cottages. The smallest one occupies 2.5 m². If you install such equipment, the layout of a 6 by 6 house with a stove will become a real puzzle.
The traditional manufacturing option with a bench is not suitable for small houses Source yandex.net
The Dutch oven is more suitable for heating compact housing. It has a simple design and works on a countercurrent principle. Dutch women have different shapes: round, triangular, multi-faceted. This allows you to choose the most suitable version for yourself.
Old Dutch woman in the Lapshanga estate Source fsd.multiurok.ru
See also: Catalog of house projects with a stove
Its installation will help save living space (there will be no need to allocate space for a separate boiler room). If you also abandon the vestibule in the hallway and storage room, you will be able to fit a bedroom (8 m²), a living room (14-16 m²), a kitchen (10-12 m²), and a small plumbing unit on one level. The drawing may change depending on the wishes of the owners, but the main thing is to put the Dutch woman in the center.
Dutch oven in the center of a small modern house Source i.ytimg.com
A convenient layout of a 6 by 8 house with an attic and a stove is shown in the following photo. It shows that the bedroom rises to the top floor. The staircase is located next to the front door. This placement option allows you to go down and up to the attic without going through the entire living room. The second floor will be heated by part of the chimney. To keep it warm, it is important to take care of effective thermal protection of the attic.
Layout of a 6 by eight house with an attic Source www.starusdom.ru
The layout of a 6 by 6 one-story house with a Swedish stove is very popular among summer residents living in the southern region. Such heating equipment has greater efficiency than that of the Dutch type. And all because the chimney is located at the rear, and it has only one winding channel.
A two-story Swedish stove helps heat both the first and second floors Source yandex.net
Rustic kitchen interior
When finishing and decorating work, it is necessary to take into account that in the past the kitchen was the central place where most family events took place. The remaining rooms were intended for sleeping. Therefore, when decorating, you need to pay close attention to the kitchen space.
If the size of the room allows, place a wooden corner and a dining table made of the same material.
The kitchen needs to be made light: whitewash the ceiling with lime or water-based paint, cover the walls with plain light wallpaper (floral patterns are possible), it is recommended to lay rugs on the floor. To decorate the room, use herbariums or straw figurines; napkins, curtains and potholders made of natural fabrics; hand embroidery will be a wonderful touch.
The bedroom should be bright
You can make a fireplace in the house and warm yourself while sitting in the living room
Video description
The video describes how a Swedish stove works on two floors:
The design of the Grum-Grizhimailo stove is also suitable for heating the first and attic floors. It has a round shape. Its operation is based on the principle of free movement of gases. They penetrate into the upper part, where the hood is located, through the hailo - a hole located right in the middle of the firebox. Heat transfer occurs in the upper section. Cooled gas falls, hot gas rises.
Design drawings of Groom-Grizhimailo Source bani-i-sauni.ru
How to wisely manage your interior space
The layout of a 6 by 8 house with a stove or a smaller cottage depends on the location of the stove equipment. According to SNiP, it should be located strictly in the middle of the structure. In this case, the hob turns towards the kitchen, and the stone side towards the living rooms.
Possible options for the location of heating equipment Source www.derev-grad.ru
If you place the stove against the wall (and this is what many owners of country houses do), cold vortex flows will be created below and on the floor, which means the residents will freeze. Only the correct placement of heating equipment allows you to create comfortable conditions without the use of alternative heating systems.
Connection diagram for a furnace with a water circuit Source dachniy-ugolok.ru
The stove is installed against the wall only if a water circuit is to be installed. To do this, a heat exchanger is placed inside the chamber, where the fuel burns. Two pipes are connected to it. One of them will supply coolant, the other will return it for reheating.
The principle of operation of a wood-burning stove with a water circuit Source duval.com.ua
See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in the installation of stoves and fireplaces
The heat exchanger is made of metal sheets 3 mm thick. This figure may be higher, but it is more difficult to heat up metal 5 mm thick, and this will require large fuel resources. There are options in which two or three stoves are built in one house at once. Practice shows that this arrangement is not economical: it is necessary to build several chimneys, and fuel consumption increases.
Heating on two floors Source static.tildacdn.com
There are projects of two-story houses with stove equipment. In them, all the heavy parts (foundation, main body with a stove bench and oven) are located on the ground floor. At the top there is a part of the chimney and a heating shield. In buildings with a large number of floors, it is necessary to plan the installation of closed boiler rooms.
The upper part of the pipe is capable of heating the attic Source static.tildacdn.com
Possible options
When the house is small (6 by 4 or 6 by 7) and it is one-story, it is advisable to make a studio inside and use the stove as a space divider. Where the hob and oven are, there is a kitchen area, on the opposite side there is a bedroom, the rest of the space is the dining room and living room.
Open studio with a stove in the middle Source yandex.net
The standard layout of a 6 by 7 house with a one-story stove can be divided into separate living rooms. The principle of organizing the space remains the same: heating equipment in the middle. The partitions are erected according to the diagram presented in the following photo.
The principle of organizing space with interior partitions Source yandex.net/
In this situation, you can organize a fireplace in each room, but having one central unit is still preferable (this will help significantly save fuel consumption). Instead of individual hearths, it is easy to create false fireplaces by providing a small recess in the stove body. This move will allow you to decorate the room, make it more decorative, and also increase heat transfer.
False fireplaces on the back of the stove Source izrazec.by
The layout of a one-story house 6 by 8 with a stove and one bedroom is considered successful, in which the heating equipment from the center is shifted slightly to the side, closer to the hallway. Directly behind it is the plumbing unit. In front of these rooms there is space to organize a living room combined with a kitchen and a bedroom.
A stove for two rooms with a hob facing the kitchen Source i.pinimg.com
At the same time, the firebox of the hearth is unfolded in such a way that it is in the kitchen, and the bed is in the bedroom. There it will remain warm longer, and there will be a corner for comfortable relaxation. The part of the stove facing the hallway is used as a shoe dryer; it is also convenient for drying wet clothes. If the house is used for permanent residence, it is advisable to initially assemble a stove with summer operation. It will allow you to use the equipment without using heating.
Convenient layout of a 6 by 8 house Source archmasters.ru
Two-bedroom layouts are also available. In this case, it is better to place the stove in the wall between the night rest area and the living room. The firebox turns in her direction. In front of it there is an entrance hall and a plumbing unit. They are not heated. And if the installation of alternative heating is not provided, you will have to consider the construction of an air duct system.
Stove with firebox in the living room Source yandex.net
Country style living room
The design of the living room, in general, is close to the interior decoration of the kitchen: whitewashed ceiling, light wallpaper. Vases or large pots of flowers are often placed on the windows, so the curtains should be up to the middle of the window. An interesting solution would be windows with internal shutters. An important element of the interior decoration of the living room is the fireplace.
Since the key condition of the interior is natural materials, upholstered furniture should be covered with woven cloth. You can lay knitted napkins on bedside tables and tables, and a rug or carpet on the floor.
Important rules for installing and operating furnace equipment
If the stove is installed correctly, if its shape and size correspond to the type of building, in winter it will be warm inside even in a two-story house. When it is cool on the second floor, residents often close it and experience severe frosts below, on the first floor.
The presence of thermal protection significantly increases the efficiency of furnace equipment Source ser31.ru
If the house does not have thermal protection, it is useless to light the stove. The amounts spent on the purchase of fuel will be wasted. When planning a house at the construction stage, it is important to think in advance about the insulation of the walls, floor, and roof; after the construction of the cottage, it is necessary to eliminate all cold bridges and do this taking into account the installation of stove equipment.
Thermal imager of the cold bridge Source www.stroypomosh.com.ua
It is a mistake to think that building a powerful stove in a small cottage (6 by 4 or 6 by 6) will ensure the creation of a comfortable microclimate. This is not true: much more firewood will be consumed, but the rooms will remain cold. Experts insist on choosing a stove design whose size matches the volume of available space.
The size of the stove must correspond to the size of the area of the heated premises Source pechnik37.ru
It is important to build a separate foundation for installing the furnace. The body cannot be assembled onto a single building foundation. It shrinks over time, and the housing sags in different ways. This can cause the stove to warp and cracks will certainly appear on it. As a result, carbon monoxide will begin to leak into living rooms. And this is dangerous for the lives of residents.
The foundation for the stove is poured separately from the foundation of the main house Source ad-cd.net
Interior decoration of a country estate in Provence style
Another name for the style is “French country”; such interiors are perfect for people who are tired of the bustle of the city and dream of immersing themselves in the atmosphere of a leisurely rural life. The walls are most often whitewashed or painted white, decorated with paintings and fresh or artificial flowers. All textile accessories should be made of bright fabrics with floral patterns. Exquisite, thin forged elements are actively used. The floor should be made of planks and painted in a light color or decorated with stone tiles.
A distinctive feature is the large windows, which are not typical for other similar styles due to climatic conditions. For the same reason, in most of Russia, such a solution is not recommended, since the building will cool too much in winter.
Home decor can be decorated with beautiful curtains
A wooden house will last a very long time
Video description
The video explains how to properly light a stove:
- The stove will not allow you to maintain stable heat in the house. When the firebox is loaded with fuel and it flares up well, the interior is warm and even hot. When the wood burns out, it becomes noticeably cool. The floor will always be cold. In the most severe frosts you will have to wear felt boots.
Felt boots instead of warm socks Source yandex.net
- We will do a lot more house cleaning. Soot particles are constantly scattered throughout all rooms, settling on the surface, causing a characteristic dark coating to appear on them.
You will have to regularly clean the pipes Source m-pech.ru
- We must not forget that any oven, even the most compact one, is a bulky structure. Its installation will “eat up” a significant part of the free space. When the house is small (6 by 4 or 6 by 6), this becomes especially noticeable. Therefore, it is worth considering whether stove heating is needed and how it can be replaced.
Compact mini Russian stove is more for beauty than for heating Source pechiexpert.ru
Main directions in design
The design of a village house inside should meet the main goal - to create an atmosphere of peace and genuine comfort, so you should not decorate your dacha, for example, in a minimalist style. Typically, the design of a house in a village is made based on the cultural characteristics of a particular people. In this case, you can choose any ethnic direction: a wooden house in the Provence style on the banks of the Volga will look just as appropriate as in the French province.
So, the most popular directions in decorating a country estate:
Briefly about the main thing
There are many options for planning cottages 6 by 6, 6 by 7 or 6 by 8 with stove equipment. Drawings may vary depending on the needs of homeowners.
To create efficient heating in the winter season, it is more advisable to install the stove right in the middle of the building; in this case, it is important to turn the firebox towards the kitchen, then it will be possible to create a microclimate that is comfortable for living.
Abandoning the design of a traditional Russian stove in favor of a “Dutch” or “Swedish” stove helps free up living space. House designs are selected where the heating equipment fully or partially acts as an interior partition.
One stove is capable of heating both the lower floor and the attic; to do this, you need to install an additional shield on the second floor directly in the chimney.
Country style design features
Country music creates a warm, calm atmosphere of a country house. Use pastel colors: olive, lavender, sand and others, avoid sharp contrasts. Since textile products are an indispensable attribute of decoration, decorate the living space with napkins, large-checked curtains, and lay a tablecloth with hand-embroidered embroidery. Choose fabrics not synthetic, but cotton, linen or chintz.
Natural and decorative stone or brick are perfect for wall decoration; you can paint them in a single color. Furniture, dishes and decorative elements should be made from natural materials: glass, wood, stone or paper. Upholstery with small flowers is acceptable for sofas and armchairs.
A large modular wall will perfectly complement the living room interior
Village house living room interior
In a village house, the living room is the gathering place for a large family, the main room in the house. It is impossible, and not necessary, to reproduce the real interior of a Russian village house from the mid-19th century. However, if you wish, you can decorate the living room and the entire house while maintaining certain traditions.
Let's start with the floor. It is better to lay down a good wooden floor and then paint it. For flooring, you can choose a massive parquet board or laminate that imitates a wooden floor. A woven colorful rug will look good on the floor. Laying a carpet, especially a fluffy one, on the floor of a village house hardly makes sense.
To decorate the walls of the living room of a country house, you can use a block house or imitation timber. Wooden wall coverings are treated with antiseptic and fire-retardant compounds and, if desired, tinted.
In a stone house, it makes sense to decorate the walls with rustic decorative plaster or paste simple paper wallpaper with a floral pattern. The color scheme matches the furniture.
The ceiling is painted white or covered with whitewash. False beams will look good with a painted white ceiling. You can make them yourself or buy them ready-made from polyurethane. The beams should stand out in contrasting dark color against the background of the white ceiling.
Furniture is selected based on your capabilities. It is advisable to furnish the living room with wooden furniture that is quite massive. Furniture with forged elements (chairs, tables, tables) and wicker furniture will find their place in such a rustic interior. An old and restored chest of drawers or chest will look great. Only the restoration of this rare piece of furniture should not destroy traces of its well-deserved age. This is what will add color to it and make it the main accent in the interior of the living room.
The living room should have at least one soft sofa and a couple of armchairs. This is a place for leisurely conversations and contemplation of the flames in the fireplace. Pillows in pillowcases made of natural fabrics, especially hand-sewn ones, will make the sofa even more comfortable and conducive to relaxation. On the shelves in the living room, cute trinkets and funny figurines made of wood or clay will complement the interior of the living room. They can be placed on openwork napkins; place the same napkin on the table.
The created atmosphere of a country house should not be destroyed by modern lighting fixtures. Keep it stylish by using lamps with shades, lamps and chandeliers in a rustic style. They give off the warm yellowish light that you need to fill your living room with coziness.
Only a professional can build a real Russian stove. This specialty is rare and very much in demand. People wait in line for several years to see a good stove maker. However, a fireplace in the “country” style will not spoil the mass, as they say. Made from crushed sandstone blocks in warm shades, with decorative polished elements and a massive wooden mantelpiece, it would be appropriate in such an interior. And you will have the opportunity to reap the benefits of technological progress without deviating from your chosen style. The stoves of such fireplaces usually have a very high efficiency and are equipped with a system for forced supply of warm air through hidden pipes to other rooms of the house. So you will not only decorate the living room of a village house with a beautiful fireplace, but also effectively heat the entire house. Through the heat-resistant glass door of the fireplace stove in the evenings it will be very pleasant to admire the dance of the flames in the firebox. It must be admitted that for all the advantages of the Russian stove, it does not have a heat-resistant glass door.
What is different about the interior of a village house?
It should be noted that the Russian style of interior of a country house differs from the American “country” style or from the interior style of an English house in the rural wilderness. A different habitat, different customs, a completely different flavor. Decorating houses in a rustic style became fashionable in Rus' in the second half of the century before last. Then the country suffered terrible trials and there was no time for interior styles. The interior of a country house began to come back into fashion only a century later and continues to be in demand to this day. We are talking about the way of life and the design of houses in our villages before the onset of total devastation in the economy and in the minds, as Professor Preobrazhensky used to say. If we are talking about peasant village houses, then these were, for the most part, strong farms. If we talk about the nobility - a conscious reproduction of the most attractive features of this way of life, in many ways contrary to the prevailing fashion in society.
However, despite the existing differences in the interior of the rustic style of different nations, the common features of a village house can be traced:
- The main materials in finishing a country house are wood and stone.
- The finishing is simple, even rough.
- The furniture is mostly wooden, solid, good quality, but without any special frills. Chests and chests of drawers are of particular quality. There are items of forged furniture. Wicker furniture is also used in a modern interpretation of rustic style.
- There are many items in the interior made by the owners of the house. Or, as is fashionable today, made using ancient techniques.
- There are a lot of textiles made from linen, calico, burlap or cotton, including those woven by the hands of the housewife. These are simple, high-quality things, made with soul for yourself. Light colors predominate.
- For Russian houses, a large Russian stove is required, which in the houses of our ancestors performed, in addition to heating, many other functions.
- Other features of the Russian rustic style: log walls of the hut, carved cornices and platbands, carvings in the interior. A mandatory samovar, which occupied a special position in the household.
Finishing materials for the kitchen with stove
The presence of a stove in a country kitchen significantly narrows the range of finishing materials that are traditionally used in its arrangement. The main requirements for finishing raw materials are the following:
- Fire resistance;
- Hygiene;
- Breathability.
All finishing materials must meet the special specifications of a kitchen with a stove: easy to clean, not absorb odors, be moisture-resistant, heat-resistant, and ensure good air exchange.
Ceiling finishing
The ceiling must withstand the heat emanating from the stove, steam from cooking, smoke and soot. Therefore, stretch ceilings are out of the question here. The most practical option is to plaster the ceiling and then apply protective paint.
