Do -it -Y yourself repair: what will you probably forget to predict

Do -it -Y yourself repair: what will you probably forget to predict

Do -it -Y-You-So is a serious challenge that not only requires enthusiasm, but also a clear plan, especially if you start this process without the help of a designer.

Today, the interior designer and the head of the Moscow author’s design studio, Catherine, will tell you how to properly organize the process, so in the end, everything looks exactly like you have dreamed and that you do not have to redo or finish the forgotten trifles.

Do -it -Y yourself repair: what will you probably forget to predict

CatherineAdvice
Interior designer and head of the Moscow High Circuit Design Studio

Start with a detailed plan

Before buying materials and shooting old wallpaper, define the tasks and steps:

  • What rooms to update?
  • Do I have to change communications (electrician, pipes)?
  • What budget and what time is it? It is decided in advance how ready to spend and deposit at least + 20% on unforeseen expenses.
  • What materials do you plan to use? Which will be priority and what can be replaced by more affordable analogues. I advise you not to save on plumbing, tiles and doors, because these things serve us for a long time and should be as high quality as possible.

Measure

Even if you seem to know the size of the parts, a freezer again (the length and width of the walls, the height of the ceilings, the window and the doors area).

Errors at this stage are a common cause of exceeding or lack of materials.

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Make a list of premises and functions

You have to answer the question: what should be in each room? How many storage places are needed? How will furniture be organized?

Even a simple hand plan will help understand the size and logic of space and think in advance where there will be taking and switches.

Find inspiration and style

Keep examples of interiors that inspire and provoke positive emotions. You can make a unique collage of textures, flowers and furniture you like. It will therefore be easier to buy finishing materials.

Buy materials with a margin

I advise you to buy 10 to 15% more materials than the required calculations (the tile can fight, the paint is consumed more at the first layer, the wallpaper must be adjusted according to the model).

A small supply will reveal the urgent purchase of materials and problems with different unrelated lots and colors.

Consider the most important little things!

The most frequent who is forgotten during repair is what is hidden. Since my many years of experience and a systematic approach, I advise you to predict the details that most often forget:

  • Pugs for a Christmas tree, garlands in the window, moisturizer, robot license, vacuum cleaner in a cupboard or a pantry;
  • Sweet light point for night lighting in the toilet;
  • It is important to take into account the thickness of the door peloton and the plinths, because often the platoons have a thickness of 10 mm, and the plinths are 16 mm, and in the future, they are ugly adjacent to each other with a visible edge;
  • The height of the hygienic shower must be 600 to 700 mm so that the pipe is not on the ground;
  • The lamp in the bathroom on the shower can quickly fail due to humidity, the more ugly shadows on the ceiling, you must move it a little to the side;
  • The arrangement of the tiles in the corridor or in the kitchen must start with the base, not the facade, so that there is no small size of the material;
  • It is necessary to think about the place of installation of the router (for example, in the corridor inside the cabinet on the upper shelf or in the pantry and the changing rooms);
  • Between the TV and the wardrobe under the wall, you must put a plastic cable channel between the groups of sockets in the future, the wires will be hidden to connect a sabbufer or speakers, otherwise the wires hang on the wall and spoil a beautiful view;
  • The comfortable height of watering the shower 2100-2200 mm of the aircraft on which is a person, not the ground. That is to say, it is necessary to check the height of the bottom of the shower or the bathroom;
  • In advance, on the ceiling, it is necessary to provide a plywood under the extract of the island, heavy lamps or sliding doors;
  • It is necessary to take into account the joints of the tile and plank coatings so that the seam falls under the door sheet – you must remove 20 mm inwards on the side of the opening (if the door is Comlanar – 10 mm);
  • At the electricians stadium, emails must be thrown. Conclusion for cabinets or mirrors in backlight with backlight (think about inclusion: sensor or key);
  • For the door handles to do not beat on the cabinet or the wall, it must be provided when ordering the doors at the bottom of the canvas. Small magnetic traffic jams – restrictions and duplicate the return game in the ground in order to escape external limiters on the walls;
  • In the bathroom or household room, it is necessary to provide a water heater – flowing or accumulative – and supervise the authorized capacities to the apartment so that the shield does not oppose;
  • When ordering kitchen furniture, it is necessary to clarify the opening of the facades so that the pens do not fight against each other, and there was a coincidence of the height of the basement of the kitchen and the rest of the furniture and plinths;
  • It is necessary to provide natural ventilation, or an exhaust fan in a pantry or dressing room to ensure the ventilation of the part
  • The height of all floor coverings in all rooms must be calculated before filling the screed in order to go to a level without rocks;
  • It is necessary to reflect on different lighting scenarios and the inclusion of light: by the bed and in long corridors, it is preferable to make a change of passage with two places of inclusion;
  • It is necessary to determine the exact position of the kitchen table if it is planned to be a lamp suspended above;
  • I recommend a niche for a curtain cornice 20 cm wide, taking into account the projection of the battery, otherwise the fabric is placed in waves;
  • To avoid cracks when installing an expandable ceiling on the furniture, it is preferable to mortgages in advance for furniture, and the ceiling is then pulled directly in the upper part of the furniture box, in addition this allows it to be changed without removing the upper cabinets;
  • The protruding lamps of the spots can interfere with the opening of the upper facades if they are too close.

Do -it -Y yourself is possible if you approach it as a project, and with these recommendations, it will be much easier!



Source: The Voice Mag

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