How to cheaply make cosmetic repairs in the apartment. Low-cost redecoration of a room, ways to spend less on decorating an apartment, and get a real masterpiece

After reading the recommendations, cosmetic repairs can be done even by those who have never held a spatula in their hands. The article is written based on personal experience. If a non-professional woman was able to update the room, then you will succeed all the more.

Not everyone has the means to hire a construction team to carry out repairs. In addition, people who are not always found on the ad will really do everything in good faith. If you do not need a global reorganization of the premises, you can do the cosmetic repairs yourself. This is a very fun and easy process. The main thing is to purchase everything you need, follow the phased work, do everything carefully and with soul.

Necessary materials, tools

Here's what you need to purchase before you start your redecoration:

  • Spatulas - wide and narrow;
  • Primer;
  • Putty (dry or ready-made);
  • Wallpaper;
  • Ceiling tiles and glue for it;
  • Flat brush, rag;
  • Skirting boards for floor and ceiling;
  • Floor covering (linoleum, laminate);
  • Roller on a long handle;
  • cuvette;
  • Glue for linoleum (if you lay it);
  • Film, adhesive tape for covering furniture.

Preparatory work, wallpaper removal


Remove furniture to free up space. Put things from the cabinets in large bags, bags and also transfer them to another room. If the cabinet is heavy, there is no way to tilt it to another room, disassemble it by carefully folding the components. If this method does not suit you either, move the cabinet away from the wall, cover it on all sides with a wide cellophane film, secure it with a stapler or tape.

After everything unnecessary has been removed from the room, proceed to dismantling. First tear off the old skirting boards. If they are wooden, it is convenient to remove them with a nail puller. If these are plastic skirting boards with screws, a screwdriver or screwdriver will help.

If you are doing Khrushchev repair with your own hands, you want to save money, you can lay linoleum on the floor. To do this, it is rolled out, put with the wrong side up, allowed to rest, then glue is applied, turned over and glued to the base. If the floor is uneven, you can lay a solid underlay, such as plywood.


When the wallpaper is completely dry, drape the top of the wallpaper with a ceiling plinth. To do this, apply glue for PVC tiles on its wrong side, attach to the desired place and hold for 10-15 seconds. Once you've glued the first one, move on to the second one.

You will remove the wires in the wall part of the floor plinth, screw it onto the screws. After that, put on the top of the plastic plinth.

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Here's how to make inexpensive DIY repairs. The renovated room will certainly please and will cheer you up every time.

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How are measurements carried out during the redecoration of an apartment in Moscow?

Dear customers! We are a small team, and you can call us just by calling our direct phone number, or by leaving your coordinates in the feedback form.

Even knowing from your words the scope of work, the final cost of repair work after I arrive at the facility and perform all measurements, as well as familiarize myself with the premises, may differ. Sometimes you can’t even imagine what kind of work is required to solve the finishing task exactly the way you want and achieve exactly the visualization that is in your wishes.

How to start cosmetic repairs in an apartment or room?

Modern redecoration of a turnkey apartment in Moscow should first of all begin with planning. Ideally, this is a drafted design project with the locations of all communications: switches, sockets, lights, the location of household appliances, the location of plumbing. In the presence of a project, technical specifications, the implementation of cosmetic repairs of an apartment with our efforts will be easy and simple!

Project apartments you can fulfill do-it-yourself without any problems. You can easily pick up the colors of tiles and wallpapers yourself in any store, and you can easily draw up a plan for redevelopment, electrics and plumbing on any free site for drafting an apartment online. Give me a call and I'll send you links to good resources.

Who controls the quality of work at the facility?

We work with our son together, and I personally do all kinds of work. Unlike large companies, where one designs, another commands, a third performs, a fourth checks, and a person who, in principle, has never been present at this facility, rents an apartment to you.

This means that absolutely one person is responsible for all types of work. Yes, and it’s easier for me: I don’t need to stand above my soul at every wall, as is the case with large amounts of work. And in case of some problems, the foreman does not always even know who exactly is to blame for the poor work.

What materials do you use in your work?

Unlike firms, we do not sell materials, but we will purchase them together with you in construction stores and markets in Moscow and the Moscow Region: Leroy Merlin, OBI. In the process of rough work, I make a list of the required materials and you can independently purchase all the rough materials from the right manufacturers at the best price you can find.

Again, I do not impose any of my stores, but only recommend. While firms engaged in redecorating turnkey apartments in Moscow earn up to 25% of their cost by selling materials, I give you a great opportunity to optimize your budget.

How is the lifting of materials into the apartment, as well as the removal of construction debris?

Within the specified tariffs we carry out the lifting of materials from the entrance to the apartment with an elevator. In the absence of an elevator, the lifting of materials is negotiated separately.

As for construction waste, we will, of course, take out all construction waste. However, you should discuss this with your management company in advance. It happened that we were forbidden to throw bulky garbage into common containers. If your management company does not allow this, make sure to order a separate container. Unfortunately, we do not have much time to wander around the area and put bags of bricks in various trash cans.

How is work paid?

Payment for cosmetic repairs of the apartment is carried out in stages. We divide the entire scope of work into stages, and subsequently you pay for each stage of work after it is completed. This is convenient for both parties: you see the work done, and we get the customer. After all, most companies require you to pay immediately more than half of the cost of the work. In this case, you will not be able to influence the progress of work if you do not like the quality.

The only exception is the first stage of work. There were very cunning customers in my memory who, in response to my adequate request to receive payment for the work performed, tried in every possible way to delay the moment of payment - they say, then, you first make repairs, and then I will pay you. That's why to build confidence in the customer At the first stage, we work only on an advance system. The advance payment will be purely nominal -10,000 rubles.

What is the difference between a major overhaul of an apartment and a cosmetic one?

When redecorating an apartment, doors and windows are not replaced, walls, ceilings and floors are not leveled, and old electrical wiring and plumbing communications remain. The overhaul of the apartment includes the implementation of a significantly larger amount of work: the old finish is dismantled, new electrical wiring is laid, new polypropylene plumbing pipes are aligned, all types of surfaces are leveled with laser precision, adjusting surface distortions. This will be a comprehensive renovation of your premises, which will not only change the color of the wallpaper, but completely transform your apartment, up to redevelopment.

What is the cost of redecorating an apartment in Moscow?

The price of redecorating an apartment per square meter is difficult to determine unambiguously. There are many factors that affect the overall cost of our services. For example, one customer needs redevelopment, another does not need it at all. This means that under all equal conditions, the amount of work on the second object will be less for us. And there are many such moments. We tried to determine the cost of redecorating an apartment empirically, but it is still a conditional cost.

The usual everyday business: the apartment clearly needs repair, but there is not enough money. How to make an inexpensive apartment renovation with your own hands? It seems to be the simplest, obvious way: surface cosmetic repairs. That is, plywood wallpaper, whitewashing the ceiling, painting, fixing the creaky floor; Possibly window replacement.

However, if you calculate the labor costs and consumption of materials, it turns out that by increasing labor costs by half, and spending money by a quarter, you can give the apartment a completely different look, and for a long time. How much you need to invest specifically depends on the prices in the region, but the general methods by which you can make an apartment cozy and elegant inexpensively are the same.

Saving money when repairing an apartment with your own hands is, like the Earth in ancient legends, on three whales and a slowly hurrying turtle under them:

  1. We are not afraid of work. Nothing comes from nothing. Either money or labor.
  2. Wherever possible, we do not change the capital, but the old one that has lost its appearance, but renew it.
  3. We attribute the maximum savings to where it will not affect the quality of work and will not be visible.
  4. We spread the costs of labor and money over time: having conceived repairs in the summer or autumn, we spend a year on preparation, and then we pile on and quickly do everything. To lay out 200-300 thousand rubles at once is a problem, but it is quite possible to break them up in parts for a year. In addition, there will be time to measure seven times - cut once.

Where it's hard to save

The only area where you have to invite a specialist is to remake and strengthen the electrical wiring if it is old and weak. Here, the only way to save money is to negotiate with the DEZ electrician. He will do the work in pieces, in his spare time, but the likelihood of hack work will be even less than that of “branded” specialists: after all, he will then serve all this.

It is better not to save on electrics and wiring, however, some points, such as installing sockets, can be done independently.

Tool

A good specialized tool makes the job much easier and cheaper. But it's hard to buy. Therefore, it is better to rent a tool as needed. In terms of costs, it will come out a little if you decide in advance on the design and draw up an approximate work plan for yourself.

Season

Plumbing

A sore point with independent cheap repairs is the replacement of plumbing. If it is still “alive”, only filthy, then it can be cleaned and painted. How to do this will be described below. But if there are chips and cracks, then, if you like it or not, you need to change it.

For such a case, here is some information for you: new settlers, especially in houses above the budget category, often start a major overhaul immediately upon entering, and excellent, completely new faience and cast-iron plumbing equipment ends up in a landfill. Landfill operators (simply - landfill scavengers) have long turned this circumstance into a profitable business.

They do not make direct contact by office phone with strangers, but it is quite possible to get through to them using word of mouth methods. The rate is from a third to a half of the factory price for a household item. And do not think that they will take you to the dump and show you where it lies. In the back room you will be offered a choice of clean, carefully washed products, which you can sit down on at least immediately.

Construction garbage

The next sore point is the removal of construction waste. The operation is not cheap, and requires paperwork. Exit: basement, barn, cottage or closet and a few bags of used plastic sackcloth, bought for a penny. Construction debris does not sour and does not rot, it can then be poured into a container in a garbage dump in a bucket. There is nothing illegal in this.

Tatyana Zhukova

Moscow city

I want to express my gratitude to the DomServiceStroy company, its management and employees. I ordered from them the design and decoration of the new office of my travel company. How everything should look, represented only in general terms. And I had no idea where to get the materials to implement my ideas. Therefore, the services of the designer of the company were very useful to me. I just voiced the main points that were important to me, together they determined the general style. Then I chose the best of the three options offered to me. Now my office looks almost like in the picture, clients are immersed in the atmosphere of relaxation as soon as they come to us. And what is especially important for me, they did not miss the deadlines for the completion of the object. Opened when planned.

Svetlana Sergeevna

I bought an apartment on the secondary market in a state that needs repair. I decided to turn to professionals, since there was no time to understand the intricacies of the process myself. The firm was advised by friends, I turned to DomServiceStroy, after reviewing the reviews on the Internet, and was satisfied! The company's specialists took upon themselves not only the actual execution of the work, but also the coordination of redevelopment (I combined the bedroom with a balcony). Made a project. From a larger repair was cosmetic, they made it to me on a turnkey basis, after agreeing on all the details. All I had to do was go into the long-awaited own housing, which began to look like new. Thank you very much!

Alexander

The apartment was purchased in a new building, so there was a lot of work. It was necessary to separate the electrician, and install partitions, and solder the pipes. We contacted DomServiceStroy. We agreed that I pay for the work, plus for every little thing if necessary. And I buy large purchases (solutions, pipes, taps, etc.) myself. All points were signed in the contract, paid in fact only for the work. At first, he came every day to monitor the progress of work, then I realized that the company is serious, they do everything in good faith. So I only went on weekends. As a result, the repair was done about 8 weeks. And then, because my wife and I chose a bath and wallpaper for a long time. In the end, the result of the repair coincided with expectations. Satisfied with the quality and timing. Thank you.

Julia and Vladimir

Moscow city

Good afternoon! We would like to leave a few nice words to the specialists of the DomServiceStroy company for the repairs that they just recently completed in our three-room apartment. You have completed a truly difficult task, decorating and putting in order the room for our children, our room, the great hall and other areas of the apartment. We were delighted with the decision to combine a small and unnecessary balcony with a large room. Now in that corner there is a real recreation area overlooking the park and the river. Children are delighted, they now have everything for complete happiness - bright colors in the interior of the room with heroes of their favorite cartoons, a lot of free space around. We ourselves are happy just like children, thank you very much!

Stanislav

“Yes, so that repairs in your apartment do not end!” - throws a passer-by over his shoulder and leaves home. And you stand and think: “And why is he? Did you wish for wealth or, on the contrary, ... overlaid?

But indeed, the issue of repair is an unpleasant matter for the average citizen. With today's prices for materials and services of construction Jedi, you will have to fork out seriously. And how much time and nerves you have to spend, and even live in a ruined apartment! You don't wish it on your enemy. But repair is a vital necessity, and sooner or later you will still have to face it. Some craftsmen, even in times of crisis, still manage to do the renovation of an apartment with their own hands quickly and inexpensively. But how do they do it? Inexpensive - this is a cosmetic repair with your own hands and domestic materials. Such repairs do not require large financial investments, but the cleanliness and freshness of your apartment is guaranteed. Cheap is not always bad.

Where to begin?

Get a small notebook. In it you will write down all ideas, prices and phone numbers of shops or specialists. But the main thing is that it will contain a plan for your repair and an expense estimate. The plan should reflect all your wishes: replacing windows with plastic, false ceiling or just whitewashing, new tiles in the bathroom, wallpapering or a couple of new sockets in the kitchen. Write exactly what you want. Decided on the wallpaper - that means wallpaper, if you want decorative plaster - then so be it. Pipes are buzzing - replace, a punctured toilet - throw away. You may think that, based on your desires, do-it-yourself apartment renovation will not work quickly and inexpensively. But you probably do not know this, but only drive yourself into the framework. If it turns out - you will do it, if not - it's not a big loss, it's just a note in a notebook. Next, get down to the estimate: what exactly do you need and in what quantity. How many meters of tiles, grout, bags of putty, wallpaper, chipboard and other things. You can always correct these entries.

To find out exactly what materials, what quality and price you need, go to online stores and construction forums for help. Carefully study the characteristics and pricing policy, approximately calculate the expense. And at the same time, calculate how to replace the faucet yourself, glue wallpaper or install drywall. Determine for yourself: I can do it myself, but here you need to look for an electrician or plumbing. Write it down.

How can you save

Lots of options. To begin with, remember: it is better to buy materials for apartment renovation in the cold season - the price is much lower. Summer is the construction season. In winter, you can stumble upon a 50% discount in building markets or the “Buy 2, get 3 for free” promotion! So you can buy the same wallpaper at a low price, but with a much better look and quality. And if they lie for a couple of months in a dry pantry or closet, then nothing will happen to them. Check local forums, especially if you live in a big city. There you will surely find many people who have already done inexpensive apartment renovations with their own hands. Photos of finishes, tips, addresses and phone numbers of specialists you will surely find in the same place. And you will also stumble upon the heading “repair” and “remains of materials”. Periodically view who and what interesting sells or gives away. After repairs, people often have materials that no one will buy at the sale price, but it’s a pity to throw them away. So, you can buy a couple of bags of putty or even Spanish tiles for a ridiculous price. A person has an extra 2-3 meters left, there is nowhere to put them, and you will be fine in the toilet. There you can also find the remnants of the cable or grout “for a chocolate bar”. More impressive people, settling in new buildings, often change brand-new plumbing or PVC windows for more expensive ones, and these are given for next to nothing. Why? Because they want “Rehau” or “only France”, and such a window will do just fine for you. Everything is better than the old wooden one. When you get rich, buy yourself a Rehau.

Tools for repair

A construction tool costs a lot of money, so it’s better not to spend money on it. As an option - take it for a while, it is rented everywhere. And it will be even better if you borrow it from acquaintances, friends or relatives. And be sure to thank the person for the help. How? You better know. Take this opportunity to ask if they can help you with the decoration of the apartment. Especially if your friends are well acquainted with the building charter. It will also help to do the renovation of the apartment with your own hands quickly and inexpensively, and even with high quality. Yes, and for sure your friend will make a significant discount for the old memory.

You will need:

  • putty
  • dye
  • putty knife
  • roller
  • brush
  • container for water and putty
  • priming
  • water-based paint
  • wallpaper glue.
  • Step-by-step instruction

    1. The concept of repair includes the following list:
  • stripping ceilings and walls from old wallpaper or paint.
  • putty, primer, sanding of ceilings and walls.
  • painting the ceiling with water-based paint or wallpapering.
  • wall papering.
  • painting window frames and slopes.
  • floor repair and painting.
  • 2. So that the repair of your apartment is not delayed, remove the furniture from the room in which you start working. If this is not possible, then put it in the center of the room and cover it with foil. 3. Repair in the room, start with preparing the ceiling and walls for decoration. To do this, blur the ceiling to the plate. Wet the ceiling area with warm water, let the whitewash or water-based paint swell, then remove all the old ceiling coating with a spatula and rinse the area again. Change the water as often as possible. The durability of its coating will depend on how you washed the ceiling.

    4. The next step is to repair the ceiling. Expand all the cracks with a spatula so that they become deeper. Prime with primer, putty with putty and let dry. After the primer dries, sand the ceiling and prime it again. Repair the walls before painting the ceiling. 5. After working with the ceiling, proceed to remove the old wallpaper. To do this, wet the old wallpaper with water, let it soak for a while, and as soon as it gets wet, remove it with a spatula. The wall must be dry and clean before you start repairing it. Expand all the cracks on the wall with a spatula, prime them with primer and seal with putty. When those places that you putty dry out, sand them, and then cover them with a primer again. If you will be gluing thick wallpaper, then do not use finishing putty. 6. The next step is painting the ceiling or wallpapering the ceiling. Dilute the water-based paint as written on the can and paint the ceiling 2 times. If you decide to glue the wallpaper for painting, then glue it and paint it 2 times as well. Domestic paints are cheaper, so your budget will not suffer. 7. Before wallpapering the walls, it is necessary to paint the doors and window frames with paint. If you buy "P" paint from Russian manufacturers, and not imported ones, then it will cost you much less. After the paint has dried, proceed to wallpapering. To save money on buying wallpaper, choose a domestic manufacturer. In terms of quality and durability, wallpapers from Russian manufacturers are not inferior to imported ones. 8. The final stage is the painting of the floor. If the furniture was not taken out, then seal the legs and the perimeter of the furniture with masking adhesive tape, and remove it after painting - the furniture will remain clean. Choose domestic paint - it will come out cheaper, but it will not affect the quality of the painting.

    Walls

    Walls are the first thing that always catches your eye. Of course, everyone will like smooth walls and beautiful stylish wallpapers, but if there is no money for leveling and expensive materials, you can limit yourself to simply replacing old wallpapers. Only by re-gluing the wallpaper will you already transform the apartment. It is quite possible to pick up inexpensive dense wallpaper on a paper or non-woven base, and you can stick them even on not very even walls. Non-woven wallpaper hides small irregularities especially well.

    There is another option. The previous owners left a couple of rolls of wallpaper in the apartment, which they did not need during the renovation. For example, I just changed some particularly dirty and torn sections of the wallpaper. It was enough to replace the wallpaper strips where they suffered the most. These are protruding corners, places near the door jambs, in the hallway at the entrance, in the kitchen not far from the stove - all this will cost much less than a complete replacement, and the housing will look much better.

    Ceiling

    If we are dealing with whitewash or lime layers, it is best to clean them first. Numerous lime deposits, flaking and crumbling, are not only aesthetically ugly, but also harmful to health. It is not difficult to wash out lime, you must first soften the layers by wetting small areas of the ceiling with water from a spray bottle, and then clean off the white with a hard spatula or scraper. If there is old peeling wallpaper on the ceiling, they need to be removed.

    After stripping, the ceiling can be further sanded with ordinary sandpaper, that is, sandpaper, and primed. If the surface is smooth, without pits and cracks, it will be cheaper to paint the ceiling with acrylic paint, it is better to use matte paint in light, clean colors. If there are small defects, the wallpaper will hide them. Wallpaper for the ceiling should be chosen white or very light, without a pronounced pattern and with very fine corrugation. Another economical option to transform the ceiling is to glue foam boards.

    floors

    If these are concrete floors, as a rule, nothing further needs to be done with them in terms of preparation, they are quite even and durable. Squeaky wood floors are a much more serious problem, and repairing them, at least over time, cannot be avoided, but the creaking problem can be temporarily solved. Squeaking in wooden floors occurs when adjacent boards rub against each other. In particularly “loud” places on the floor, you can drill a few holes with a conventional drill and pour in some mounting foam. The foam will fill and seal the voids between the boards and the floor will stop creaking. This must be done carefully, without fanaticism, so that the floor does not swell.

    You can even out strong “waves” and uneven wooden floors by nailing hardboard, plywood or OSB sheets on top. For the necessary strength, the thickness of plywood or OSB should be about 1 centimeter. As a floor finish, linoleum is still the most economical and durable. Fortunately, the choice of linoleum in stores is extensive.

    Tile

    If we have already figured out the wallpaper on the walls, then what to do with the tiled floor? Replacing the tile, of course, can be a way out if the tile does not stick to the wall, because there is no other way out. In rare cases, when the tile easily moved away from the mortar, and the mortar itself adheres well to the wall, the tile is easy to restore by smearing it with a thin layer of PVA glue and pressing it firmly into place against the mortar. Here the main thing is to get the right side of the tile into its imprint on the mortar, and the PVA glue will very firmly glue the ceramics with the mortar - checked! But if the tile is holding tight, and buying a new one is expensive, you can work a little on what you have. Tiles, firstly, can and should be thoroughly washed. Since it is a tile, it will withstand much more aggressive cleaners than dish gel, but it will also look much better when it is cleaned of limescale, rust and other traces of use. It is also necessary to clean the seams between the tiles. There is no need to be afraid to damage the grout, on the contrary, you need to clean as much grout as possible. Mold often settles between the tiles in the bathroom and it is very difficult to remove it from there.

    After removing as much grout as possible along with unwanted flora and fauna, the seams can be treated with a special antiseptic agent. After that, they can be filled with fresh grout. It is better to choose a grout color that is neutral or close to the color of the tile.

    Plumbing

    Carefully inspect plumbing fixtures. No cracks or chips? There is no need to change plumbing. Plumbing cleaners will help bring all the surfaces of sanitary ware into a more presentable look, and a bright shower curtain will complete the job. By the way, you can also freshen up a cast-iron bathtub with paint. Not from the inside, of course, but from the outside. But, shining with freshly painted sides, the bath will immediately take on a more elegant look. And if, nevertheless, the inner surface of the bathtub is damaged and worn out, it makes sense to turn to specialists in the restoration of bathtubs, who will cover the surface of the bathtub with new enamel right at home.

    As a rule, such a service is cheaper than buying and installing a new bath. And here is another option: make a bath curtain not only for the top, but also for the bottom (use glue and Velcro).

    Electrician

    Check all outlets. If you see melted plastic around the plug holes or even just dark spots, these sockets should be changed without hesitation! Fixtures are changed as needed. If they are intact, not obsolete and all the bulbs are on, it is enough just to remove them, wash them and hang them back. Do not forget to turn off the power in the apartment when working with an electrician!

    10 ways to spend less on decorating an apartment, and get a real masterpiece

    Designer tips: 1. 100% polyester silk. Stone-like tiles, parquet-like linoleum, onyx-like laminate, Trekhgorka under Ralph Lauren. Porcelain stoneware "under the python". “Artificially aged” something there ... It’s embarrassing to even think about it. Alas, the number will not pass. Look through good interior magazines. There, everywhere, stone is stone, tile is nothing but tile, and wood is exactly what wood is. If there is no money for parquet, and a simple laminate is beneath your dignity, look for a good engineering board. As a result, you will get a floor that looks much more expensive than the money spent on it. A good alternative to porcelain tiles for kitchens, bathrooms and hallways is cement tiles. The result will look more expensive a hundred times. 2. Adjacent rooms should contrast. If you have a bright living room, consider painting the entryway a deep, relatively dark color. In any case, the cost of paint will be the same, and the result may look really expensive. 3. If on good carpet no money, look for viscose or fiber blend carpeting that mimics a silk or wool pile carpet.

    4. Plant the curtains on a thick lining. Even inexpensive curtain fabric will seriously benefit from this. Look for fabrics that are three meters wide. This results in significant savings. If you are not ready to spend a lot, give up printed textiles (fabrics with a pattern). When cutting fabrics with a pattern, due to the need to properly join the fabrics, there are a lot of scraps. The more rapport, the more waste. Do not use curtain tape for curtains. Let the seamstress lay the "manual" folds. It's not that expensive, and the folds gathered on the braid look very cheap. 5. Set-headset-set. The same things in the interior are allowed only in one case: if they are paired things that form a symmetrical composition. Chandeliers, table lamps and sconces from one set, leave those to whom God did not give imagination. He also - sets of upholstered furniture "sofa-two chairs" and similar tender sadness. For more details, see the next paragraph. 6. Ready solutions. Bad news: there are none. At least for us. The shower room is built using the construction method because it is a room. Unless you run a student hostel or an underground massage parlor with a striptease, a shower stall (it's a sad structure of yellowish acrylic and skewed doors) will not work for you. Do not spend money on "designer" plumbing. Let the appearance of the sanitary equipment of the bathroom (kitchen, bathroom) be dictated by the function. Buy washbasins and faucets with simple shapes, without inappropriate decor. The toilet bowl should be invisible and cope with its duties. No one will love them, right? 7. Paintings, prints, prints, photographs and posters frame in simple but deep frames with glass and be sure to passe-partout. Even a picture printed on a home inkjet printer (or a naive children's drawing) looks very significant in such a frame. Play with the size of the passe-partout. A small work in a very wide passe-partout looks very “designer”. And, by the way, cardboard for a passe-partout can be almost any color. eight. Cosiness. Another collective fetish. According to my observations, what is called “comfort” in our Palestinians is, in 99 percent of cases, poetic crampedness. In many ways, this is a bodily memory of a bygone childhood, of a warm and affectionate meager Soviet life with carpets teeming with saprophytes, a kind grandmother, Czechoslovak crystal and Dreiser, unread by anyone, in the polished Polish wall "Hanka". The coziness will not be added by an expensive demon like a round bed with music and a minibar, a bar counter with a built-in aquarium, etc. The same is true for such rich things as a lambrequin, a garland and a swag. Do not worry: in a good, thoughtful interior, coziness inevitably comes naturally. Therefore… 9. … Farewell, gypsy Sera! Duvet covers made of coarse calico in a small Nefertiti, towels in scarlet roses, pillowcases with “stray-eye” shades, nylon blankets with Shanghai leopards. All these are attributes of collective farm chic, forgive me for being direct. They don't add comfort. Motley coloring is often necessary for these things solely to hide their exceptionally lousy quality. Let the bed linen and bath towels be plain white (options: ivory, ecru). But from excellent Egyptian cotton. ten. However, with ivory, it is also important not to overdo it. Peach, beige, sand… The average nuance range is good for chain hotels. Because their stencil interiors are bound to please everyone. Your interior should please you. After all, he is a manifestation of your essence, right? Pick up a fan-palette of any paint manufacturer. Do you feel a pleasant heaviness? These are your possibilities. Don't miss them!

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