From this article you will learn:
- What are the stages of a room refurbishment?
- How to prevent the recurrence of cracks after cosmetic repairs
- How to save money by renovating a room
- How much does a room refurbishment cost?
Quite often, the redecoration of a room in Moscow drags on for many months, it begins to seem too costly, impossible and boring. However, any routine can be turned into an interesting and even exciting activity. Redecorating a room is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. The main thing is to think carefully in advance and strictly follow the plan.
Stages of redecorating a room
Redecoration of the room involves only updating the finishes. The refurbishment of the room does not include any major changes in the heating, power supply, air conditioning and ventilation systems. Minor repair work on the replacement of door and window blocks is possible.
Carrying out the correct redecoration of the room is subject to several principles:
- Redecoration of a room is always done from the ceiling to the floor, that is, from top to bottom.
- Sequence of operations "from dirty to clean": first the most time-consuming and dirty.
- If repairs are made in a multi-room apartment, you should start from the room farthest from the front door and gradually move towards the exit, the final stage is a loggia or balcony.
- You can start repairing a one-room apartment immediately from the kitchen or room.
First, draw a sketch of the room
The sketch will help to imagine the future interior and draw up a plan for redecorating the room.
If you are unfamiliar with a 3D imaging software, you can simply print out a photograph of the room and overlay a sheet of tracing paper over it. Then, with the help of pencils and felt-tip pens, experiment and choose the right shades for the ceiling and walls. Decide what color you want to get the room: warm or cold, colorful or plain. Decide if ornaments are needed in the future interior, and if so, what kind and size.
Probably, drawing a sketch, you will want to rearrange the furniture, change the upholstery or curtains. The resulting drawing will help you see where you need to focus, complement or diversify the space with decor items.
In the drawing of the future interior, it is desirable to indicate:
- Location of furniture. Highlight the walls that will constantly be in your field of vision in order to decorate them with the highest quality, pleasing to the eye, finishing materials.
- Optimal placement of lamps and chandeliers for the best lighting.
- Availability of electrical outlets in the places of installation of household appliances, so that later it would be possible to design a competent installation of electrical wiring in all rooms.
- Carefully thought-out arrangement of various decor items(for example, paintings, posters, mosaics, etc.).
The correct room redecoration plan contains information about the selected finishing option: wallpapering, painting, etc. The division of rooms into separate zones is also reflected in the sketch. For example, for visual zoning, sometimes they focus on one of the walls, painting it in a different color.
Prepare your room for a makeover
Before starting cosmetic repairs, you need to take out the furniture or cover it with plastic wrap, moving it to the center of the room.
In order to additionally protect the already repaired room from construction dirt, dust and damage, a polyethylene film is hung and fixed from the outside of the door.
Before redecorating the room, it is necessary to prepare all surfaces that are planned to be painted or wallpapered. Old wallpaper after their abundant wetting is removed with a spatula. The paint is also peeled off with a spatula. If irregularities, cracks or dents are found, they are puttied. After that, the surface is primed.
The walls and the stream for painting are prepared especially carefully. Sometimes you have to putty several times, followed by sanding with sandpaper (dry) or a damp sponge (wet).
When redecorating a room involves finishing with overhead building materials (drywall, panels, plywood, etc.), it is enough to make sure that the surfaces do not need additional leveling.
In preparation for the redecoration of the room, the frames are removed from the electrical outlets and the plinth from the floor. Window sills, door and window panels are sanded with sandpaper, puttied and primed if necessary.
How to make an inexpensive redecoration of a room with your own hands
Not everyone has enough money to hire a construction team. In addition, where is the guarantee that the specialists found on the ad will perform the work efficiently. Therefore, if a radical “coup” of the interior is not planned, then you can make cosmetic repairs with your own hands. This is a fairly simple and interesting job. The most important thing is to buy the necessary materials in advance, strictly follow the sequence of actions and do everything carefully and in a good mood.
Before starting the redecoration of the room, you must purchase:
- Wide and narrow spatulas.
- Primer.
- Dry putty or ready-made.
- Wallpaper.
- Flat brush, rag.
- Skirting boards for ceiling and floor.
- Floor covering (linoleum, laminate, etc.).
- Roller with a long handle.
- cuvette.
- Glue for linoleum (if necessary).
- Plastic film and adhesive tape to cover furniture.
Preparatory work, wallpaper removal
To make it more convenient to carry out redecoration of the room, it must be freed from furniture. Non-lifting cabinets can be disassembled or moved away from the wall and carefully covered with a film, fixing it with tape or a stapler.
When everything superfluous is taken out of the room, you can start dismantling. First of all, skirting boards are removed: wooden - with a nail puller, and plastic - with a screwdriver or a screwdriver.
Then remove the old wallpaper, prying them with a spatula below. If they are difficult to remove, then with the help of a roller they are moistened with hot or warm water. After about ten minutes, the wallpaper comes off with a “light movement of the hand”. Now a special tool is being sold that can be used to facilitate this work.
Wall alignment
This process is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. Besides, it's quite entertaining. With self-decorating the room, you can verify this. The required amount of primer is poured into the cuvette, the roller is lowered into it. The primer is applied to all walls.
The primer composition dries quite quickly, after an hour you can proceed to puttying the walls. In the store you can buy a ready-made mixture. It is sold in sealed bags.
Dry putty is also sold in paper bags. Before use, it is poured into a bucket, filled with water in the ratio indicated in the instructions, and thoroughly mixed with a construction mixer. In the absence of a mixer, the putty mixture is prepared in small portions with a spatula.
After a short infusion of the composition, you can begin to level the walls. To do this, with a small spatula, the mixture is applied to the entire blade of a large spatula, then applied to the wall and smeared evenly over the surface. So continue to do until the complete elimination of irregularities.
At the end of the alignment of the walls, the putty should dry out within a day. The cracks that appear at this time are moistened with water and rubbed with a spatula. After 24 hours, you can start pasting the walls with wallpaper.
- Ceiling renovation.
Without wasting time, while the walls are drying up, you can do a redecoration of the ceiling. The easiest way is to paste over it with PVC panels. They start work from the center, having previously drawn a straight line that divides the ceiling into halves.
It is necessary to apply glue to the back of the tile around the entire perimeter and in the center. After attaching the panel to the marked line on the ceiling. Then, having smeared the second tile with glue, install next to the first, trying to make the seam less noticeable. If the redecoration of the room is performed by one person, then it is more convenient to apply the adhesive on several tiles at once and then attach them to the ceiling.
Seeing that a solid tile does not fit near the wall, you need to cut off a piece of the desired size. The tile is easily cut with a construction knife. The tiles near the window and on the opposite side are cut in the same way. After gluing, the tiles can be painted with paint, water-based or latex. Such a coating retains its original appearance longer and attracts less dust.
wall decoration
Having planned the redecoration of the room, they purchase wallpaper for pasting the walls in advance. You need to buy taking into account a small margin, so that you definitely have enough. If the wallpaper is patterned, their consumption increases to fit the pattern.
The industry now offers a huge range of wallpapers. Before buying, it is a good idea to read information on the Internet and see samples. This will help determine what is needed for the redecoration of the room: paper wallpaper, non-woven, vinyl or paintable. For each of these types, special adhesives are sold. There is also a universal wallpaper glue suitable for any type of wallpaper.
Wallpapering begins by measuring the height of the wall from ceiling to floor. It should not be forgotten that you need to glue the wallpaper from the window to the right.
The resulting wall height is set aside on the wallpaper and cut off. In accordance with the instructions, the adhesive composition is prepared and applied with a brush to the wrong side of the wallpaper. When gluing wallpaper that is dense in texture, it is recommended to coat with glue the section of the wall where the prepared segment is applied.
Doing a redecoration in a room with your own hands, it is more convenient to glue the wallpaper together. In the case when the redecoration of the room is carried out by one person, you can move the table closer to the wall to be glued or put a stepladder.
The upper part of the wallpaper is applied to the top of the wall, carried out over this area with a clean, dry soft cloth. Then, using the same rag, carefully press the wallpaper in the middle and, making movements from the middle down at an angle of 45 degrees, glue the middle and lower parts. Then, having adjusted the pattern, measure and cut off the next piece and paste it in the same sequence.
So all the walls are pasted over. Particular attention is paid to the places where the wallpaper joins. It is better to stick wallpaper not overlapping, but end-to-end - this way the seams are less noticeable. Insufficiently high-quality gluing of joints can be corrected with a special glue for seams.
When pasting wall sections where electrical sockets and switches are located, turn off the mains voltage and remove the housings of electrical appliances. At the end of the cosmetic repairs of the room, they are mounted in their original place.
floors
When redecorating a room where the floor parquet boards are in excellent condition, but the varnish is already outdated and uneven, the floor is cycled. It is quite difficult to work with a manual cycle, so it is better to buy or rent an electric one. After removing the old varnish, the parquet is thoroughly vacuumed. Then, to improve its appearance, a piece of paint mesh is drawn along the boards in the direction of the fibers.
Parquet cycling must be carried out after all cosmetic repairs in the room, but before wallpapering. Otherwise, it will be possible to scrape the floor only with a manual scraper or glass, and this is too laborious a process. The thing is that during the operation of an electric cycle, a lot of dust is formed, which is almost impossible to remove from the wallpaper.
It is better to cover the parquet floor with a water-based varnish. It is odorless, dries quickly and is not as harmful as synthetic. After applying the first layer of varnish, it is allowed to dry for 40 minutes, then covered with a second layer. Four hours later, the parquet is varnished for the third time.
Laying laminate flooring is a great alternative for redecorating a room when there is no way to scrape the floor and buy expensive construction equipment. By the way, the laminate can be laid on the old base, if it is sufficiently even.
With independent cosmetic repairs in a small room (for example, in Khrushchev), you can save money by laying linoleum. Before laying, he is allowed to straighten, then glue is applied and glued. For irregularities on the floor, use a solid substrate (for example, plywood sheets).
Skirting boards
When redecorating the room, after the final drying of the wallpaper, ceiling plinths are mounted. PVC tile adhesive is applied to the wrong side of the plinth, pressed against the wallpaper in the right place and held for 10-15 seconds. Then glue the next one in the same way.
The floor plinth is fastened with screws, wires are laid in its groove, then the upper part is put on.
How to prevent cracking after redecorating a room
As practice shows, cracks quite often appear on ceilings with rust (joints of floor slabs) after cosmetic repairs. Therefore, experts recommend using a "spider web" - this is fiberglass wallpaper, the loose structure of which prevents cracks. It has a thickness of up to 2 mm and is sold in rolls.
With wooden floors or large irregularities, it is recommended to completely cover the surface with a masking grid with 2x2 mm cells before gluing the "spider line". It is puttied, sanded, primed with diluted wallpaper glue and pasted over with a "cobweb". Such a "pie" reliably protects the ceiling from cracking.
How to save money by redecorating a room
To save money when redecorating a room, you must adhere to the following rules:
- Work hard and not be lazy, and also not be afraid of new types of work.
- Everything capital that has lost its appearance, if possible, does not need to be changed, it can be slightly retouched, updated.
- When redecorating a room, you should try to extract the maximum savings where it is not conspicuous and does not impair the quality of work.
- Distribute cash and labor costs over time. For example, when planning a redecoration of a room in the summer months, up to this point you need to gradually prepare in order to do everything quickly at the appointed time. In addition, the cost of cosmetic repairs of 200-300 thousand rubles is quite tangible for the budget, and breaking them down into parts and investing small amounts throughout the year is quite feasible.
Instruments
It's no secret that good professional tools make work easier. However, they cost a lot of money, so buying them is unprofitable. It is less expensive to rent all construction equipment for redecorating a room.
Season
The best time of the year for redecorating a room is the beginning and middle of autumn. It is still warm outside during these months, and you can do outdoor work, while interior decoration - open windows. In addition, before the winter recession of repair work, the cost of building materials is significantly reduced. Consequently, savings can be up to 15% when selling summer non-liquid items. These are considerable sums. For example, with the planned cost of redecorating a room at 200 thousand rubles, you get a good “bonus” of 30 thousand.
Construction sales
Separately, mention should be made of illiquid assets. The main expenses for redecorating a room are for finishing materials (putty, plaster, mounting glue, sealant), which have a limited shelf life. Construction companies try to sell them before the expiration date. Sometimes the prices are just “symbolic”, stay tuned for sales. For example, professionals will not take a package of 50 kg of Aquasloy, which will become unusable in a couple of months, and this amount is quite enough for you to redecorate a room, and even save it.
Plumbing
When redecorating a room with your own hands for beginners, one of the most pressing issues is the replacement of plumbing. If it has lost its aesthetic appearance, but functions normally, it can be cleaned and painted. But if there are cracks and chips, you will have to change it.
Often, new settlers (especially in elite new buildings), entering a new apartment, make major repairs and change the installed plumbing to more prestigious and expensive ones. And absolutely new equipment ends up in a landfill. On this landfill scavengers have created a profitable business.
Of course, they do not consult strangers over the phone. Only through "ours and ours" they are invited to the back room and offer a choice of carefully washed sanitary ware at a cost equal to 1/3 or 1/2 of the market price.
Construction garbage
An equally acute issue that arises when you independently perform a major overhaul of a room is the removal of construction debris. The procedure is quite costly, besides troublesome. An easier and easier way is to collect garbage in plastic sackcloth bags at the end of the redecoration of the room and put it in a barn, closet, etc. Then, little by little, throw it into a garbage container near the house, there is no crime in this.
Laths, boards, timber and plywood
During the redecoration of the room, plywood and wooden slats will be required for the crate. In order to save money, you can buy non-planed slats, slabs. The croaker is sold raw. It is necessary to purchase it in advance in March-April and keep it until autumn in a dry room. Then you will get raw materials that are not inferior to edged lumber in terms of wood quality.
For redecorating a room, plywood may be required. Waste packaging plywood from used containers can be made water resistant as follows:
- We buy a ten-liter canister and two PVA putties; it is cheap and the consistency resembles a very liquid PVA glue.
- We cover the floor in non-residential premises (in the country house, in the barn, etc.) with plastic film. The air temperature should not be lower than +13 degrees.
- We lay the plywood, pour a puddle of putty into the center and disperse it over the entire sheet with a brush.
- We cover the plywood with plastic, lay the next sheet, putty, etc.
- On the resulting stack of plywood impregnated with PVA, we put a heavy load (pieces of concrete, metal, bricks, etc.), evenly distributing it over the entire area.
- A week later, we repeat the procedure, turning each sheet of plywood over.
- After two weeks, the waterproof flat plywood will be ready for use. Additional exposure under oppression will only improve its quality.
Quite often they post ads for the sale of used cargo pallets. It is easy to get thick timber and boards from them, which may be needed when redecorating a room.
Materials for redecorating a room
Sheathing walls and ceilings with laminate or MDF is a very cheap option for redecorating a room. When using a wooden slab crate, in most cases, surface leveling is not required, which also saves money, time and effort.
You will get an even more profitable option for redecorating a room if you sheathe the wall with laminate only up to half, and paste it over with non-woven wallpaper up to the ceiling. Here there is savings, simplification of labor and practical benefits - the most problematic sections of the wall are reliably protected by durable material.
To cover the floor during the redecoration of the room, the most advantageous material is marmoleum. In the vast majority of cases (90%) no pre-treatment is needed. However, it is categorically not suitable for bathrooms and toilets.
If you want to have a floor in the room that looks like a plank, you can use a laminate. It is slightly more expensive and requires leveling the base.
The walls of the bathroom during cosmetic repairs can be pasted over not with tiles, but with laminated hardboard. It is quite hygroscopic and does not require preliminary surface preparation.
Where it's hard to save
When carrying out cosmetic repairs of a room, there is a type of work where it is impossible to do without specialists - this is the replacement of electrical wiring. You can hire an electrician to service your home. Then it will turn out to save a little, and hacking is not in his interests.
Cooperate with the company "My Repair" - it is reliable and prestigious. The specialists working here are professionals of the highest level. The company "My Repair" operates throughout Moscow and the Moscow region.
Even the most sophisticated interior begins to get bored over time, and you want novelty. No matter how expensive finishing materials have been used before, they all have their own “age”, that is, they begin to deteriorate, lose their attractiveness, decorative and operational qualities. Other unforeseen circumstances can also bring their own “negative adjustments” - leakage of the roof or from the upper neighbors, walls torn off or painted by children, indelible stains accidentally placed on surfaces, mold, etc. That is, there can be a great many reasons to think about interior renovation.
This is said to prove that redecoration in the apartment, the full instructions of which will be presented in this publication, sooner or later have to be carried out by each owner. Therefore, most owners have a fair question about what activities are included in this process, where to start putting the rooms in order and in what sequence to perform finishing operations.
What is cosmetic repair and its features
What is the difference between cosmetic repairs and when it is carried out, what work does it include, and what are its features? In this section of the article, we will look for answers to these questions.
Cosmetic transformation of the premises is carried out after a certain period after the overhaul. Of course, there are no set deadlines for its implementation, and there cannot be. It is usually planned in cases, one of which is faced by every owner of any housing:
- If you want to change the design of the interior.
- During the period of operation of the rooms, the flooring was damaged, the design of lighting fixtures, sockets, furniture and other interior elements became obsolete.
- It is required to put the apartment in order before selling it, in order to give the premises a more respectable appearance.
- Decorating surfaces after a major overhaul.
For comparison, it is worth mentioning the work that is included in the capital reconstruction of the apartment - this is the need to make their heat or sound insulation of surfaces, cleaning the walls of old plaster, leveling the walls and ceiling, with plastering and arranging the floor screed, with preliminary cleaning them from old coatings, replacement of electrical wiring, sewer and water pipes and much more.
It is quite obvious that there are stages that can be included in the list of both major and cosmetic repairs. For example, this is the dismantling of old and the installation of modern doors and windows that match the design of the new interior and create more comfortable living conditions.
Features of the repair work:
- Works can be divided into preparatory and finishing. Each of these two stages must start from the top, gradually moving down.
- First, all dirty and labor-intensive work is performed, that is, the principle of their implementation is from dirty to clean processes.
- If cosmetic repairs are carried out in a multi-room apartment, then it should be started from the room that is farthest from the front door. The final step is. It is advisable to follow this sequence in order not to damage the lined surfaces in the rooms where the repair has already been completed, when building materials are carried through them, and not to spread dirt through the already finished premises.
- The doors of the room in which the repair has already been completed, when working in other rooms of the apartment, it is recommended to hang with plastic wrap or an old wet sheet.
To know where to start putting the apartment in order, you need to figure out what stages the cosmetic repairs consist of, and in what sequence they are carried out:
- Drawing up a work plan, that is, a complete list of what is planned to be done.
- Development of sketches of the desired interior.
- Taking measurements and preparing estimates.
- Purchase of materials.
- Clearing the room of furniture.
- Dismantling of old windows and interior doors and installation of new ones.
- Cleaning walls, floors, if necessary - and ceilings from old coatings.
- Surface priming.
- Ceiling finish.
- Puttying and re-priming the walls.
- Wall decoration with selected decorative material.
- Installation of sockets and switches, as well as lighting fixtures.
- Floor covering flooring.
Of course, this order is not a dogma at all - there may be certain changes in the sequence in it. But they still try to maintain the general “direction” of works approximately the same.
Instructions for cosmetic repairs - step by step
The main stages of work on the cosmetic renovation of the rooms were named above. But in each case there are nuances associated with the characteristics of a particular room. Some of them will be described in the instructions presented in the table below.
| Illustration | Brief description of the stages of work |
|---|---|
 | The first thing to do when starting repairs is to draw up a general plan, including everything that needs to be done. If at this stage the design direction has not yet been finally determined, it is advisable to make several sketches for the design of each of the rooms. This will help to personally assess the appearance of the premises after completion of work. It is best to think over even two or three such “mini-projects” and execute them in different colors and with possible options for arranging furniture. |
 | Next, measurements are taken of the areas to be updated. The linear dimensions of each of the walls, ceiling and floor are determined. Separately, the area of door and window openings is calculated so that, if necessary, it can be subtracted from the total area of \u200b\u200bthe wall. In addition, it is necessary to count the number of electrical outlets, lighting fixtures, switches, faucets, door handles, locks and other items that need to be replaced. |
 | Based on the data obtained, as well as after studying the average prices for materials in local stores, an approximate estimate of future repairs is drawn up. The resulting amount should be increased by another 15÷20%, since usually, even with marginal savings, the costs exceed expectations. The estimate includes the name and quantity of materials, as well as their approximate cost. It is best to perform it in the form of a table, so it will be easier to make calculations. If some or even most of the operations are planned to be carried out with the involvement of craftsmen, you will have to take into account the payment for the work, which is usually no less than the cost of materials. So it is more profitable to focus initially on your own capabilities. |
 | The next step is to free the room from everything that will interfere with the repair or can be damaged by building materials. Items that cannot be removed from the room should be covered with plastic wrap. If it is not planned to replace the flooring, then it is recommended to cover the floors with cardboard, and then with a film that can be fixed around the perimeter with masking tape. |
 | After the space is vacated and prepared, the old window frames are dismantled and new window frames are installed, if this is included in the redecoration plan. a special article of our portal will help the reader. Usually such work is carried out by teams of the window manufacturer. But the owners need to prepare for a sufficiently large amount of garbage, which will also have to be immediately removed from the premises. |
 | When the windows are installed, the exterior and interior slopes are finished. Technological gaps between the window frame and the wall are filled with mounting foam, which is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Therefore, finishing the external slopes is no less important than putting in order the internal walls around the window. It should be noted that finishing slopes, especially external ones, is not an easy task, therefore, if there is no experience in carrying out this process, then it is better to entrust it to professionals. The outer slopes of the windows of high-rise buildings are finished with plaster mortar for external work. Internal walls can be decorated in different ways - this is leveling with plaster, and then with putty, plastic panels or, for example, pasting with cork sheets. |
 | If it is planned to ennoble the slopes with a plaster mortar, with further painting, it is recommended to purchase fiberglass "spider line" for reinforcing the surfaces, and for the outer corners of the openings - a metal or plastic perforated corner, it is possible with "wings" fixed on it from a sickle mesh. First, metal corners are fixed at the outer corners of the opening with the help of finishing putty. Like the corners themselves, so perforated or mesh "wings" should be hidden under the plaster. |
 | After the final alignment of the slopes and the drying of the putty, fiberglass is fixed to the slopes with special glue. After impregnating it with glue, it will not only hide minor flaws in the putty layer and strengthen the surface, but also give it a pleasant roughness. When the glue dries, the slopes can be painted with water-based paint. But painting is usually postponed until later - when the walls of the room are brought into the final form. |
 | Drywall is also an excellent choice for finishing slopes, as it performs several two functions at once - this is surface leveling and additional thermal insulation. The sheets are easily cut and fixed to the wall with a plaster-based adhesive. On the primed drywall, it will be possible to subsequently stick wallpaper or cork, paint the slopes with water-based paint. |
 | Another option that has become increasingly popular in recent years is cladding slopes with plastic panels. The convenience of this material is that its installation is quick, since there is no need to wait for the solution or glue to dry. But, in addition to the panels, for their accurate installation, it will be necessary to purchase special profiles - the starting one, fixed to the window frame and the corner that decorates the outer corner of the opening. Since the panels are fixed to the crate, and free space is formed between the wall and the panels, it becomes possible to insulate the slopes. But before choosing this cladding method, it is imperative to check whether the window will fully open after installing the panels. Much more detailed is considered in the special article of our portal. |
 | Further, the interior doors are dismantled - this process can be done independently. The first step is to remove the door leaf from the hinges. For convenience, you can use a nail crowbar as a lever. This tool will also be required when removing the door frame, which is dismantled after removing the canvas from it. If you do not plan to reuse the door frame, then the easiest way to remove it is by sawing the vertical posts in the middle part in two. |
 | You can also install a new door yourself if this service is not provided by the manufacturer of the product. The door frame, together with the door, is placed in the wall opening above the threshold height by 3 ÷ 5 mm and aligned with the building level. To fix the structure in the required position, in the gaps between the wall and the box, in two places on each side, linings are installed - pieces of timber or boards, depending on the width of the resulting space. These additional details must be prepared in advance. The wooden inserts must be wide enough for a mounting screw to pass through each of them when fixing the box to the wall in a predetermined position. After the box is securely fixed in the opening, the gaps around it are filled with mounting foam, the excess of which will need to be cut flush with the wall surface, after it expands and dries. The gaps around the door frame are masked by decorative overlays - platbands. For safety, it is best to immediately cover the hinged door with plastic wrap for the rest of the repair. If planned, then the instruction article to which the link leads will help. |
 | Now you can proceed to work on the preparation of the ceiling surface. If a decision is made to install a plasterboard structure or a “stretch ceiling” system, and the surface is not damaged by mold or fungus, and it does not show unstable fragments of the finish or ceiling, then it is not necessary to clean the old coating. But when wallpaper, paint or ceiling tiles are chosen as the finish, the old coating will have to be removed. Whitewash can be scraped dry or wet with a spatula, depending on the thickness of its layer and the strength of its adhesion to the surface. The wallpaper will also need to be removed, since the ceiling must be absolutely clean to finish with all the above coatings. |
 | In order to quickly finish with the most dirty work, after cleaning the ceiling, it makes sense to immediately move on to and to free the walls from the old finish. There are several ways to carry out this process, the one that is more suitable for a particular case is selected from them. Sometimes it is enough to pick up the wallpaper with a spatula, and it is completely separated from the wall. In other cases, you have to soak them with warm water, moreover, applying it several times, after which the wallpaper is also cleaned off with a spatula. Another commonly used way to separate the canvases from the wall is to treat them with wet hot steam. For this purpose, a special steamer or an iron with a steam supply function is used. The process of removing old wallpaper is quite tedious, but even a small piece of material should not remain on the walls, otherwise it may show through the new finish. |
 | It's harder to get rid of the old paint still covering the walls in some kitchens and bathrooms. It is especially difficult if it is oily. But for this purpose, there are also several ways. The simplest, but at the same time dirty and time-consuming method of cleaning is abrasive, that is, using metal brushes, manual or in the form of attachments for power tools. You can use a chemical wash - applying a special compound to the wall that softens the paint, after which it can be easily cleaned off with a spatula. |
 | Another way is to heat the coating with a building hair dryer. P Under the influence of high temperatures, the paint also softens and separates from the surface, so it can be easily cleaned off with a regular spatula or the nozzle included in the dryer kit. |
 | Now that the entire room has been cleared of the old finishes, it remains to remove the flooring, if, of course, it is planned to replace it as well. The first step is to dismantle the skirting boards that hold the material around the perimeter. A mount is also suitable for this purpose. If linoleum is laid on the floors, it will be easier to remove it than any other coating, even if it is fixed with special glue. The flooring must be separated from the floor on one of the narrow sides of the room, and then, peeling it off the surface, immediately rolled up. |
 | Dismantling the parquet will take more time, but it is also easy to remove it - just hook on one of the lamellas. For this work, the mount is also suitable. If the parquet is in good condition, then it should be removed more carefully, as it can be reused for flooring. |
 | A more difficult task is to remove ceramic tiles from floors or walls, especially if they were laid on high-quality glue. This work can be done manually, using a hammer and a special chisel for this, or using a puncher, on which a similar nozzle is also installed. After the decorative coating is removed, the floor surface must be thoroughly cleaned of glue and debris, as the surface must be clean. |
 | When the surfaces are cleaned, they should be inspected for cracks that need to be repaired, otherwise they will definitely appear through the new finish. Cracks widen and deepen as far as possible. Then they should be cleaned and treated with a primer - it is better to do this with a spray gun, so the primer will penetrate the damage on the wall to the full depth. After waiting for the soil to dry, narrow cracks are filled with concrete or putty mortar, and wide ones, more than 15 mm, can be filled with mounting foam with an average expansion coefficient. When the foam expands and dries, its excess must be cut to the level of the wall. The process is very messy and tedious, but should not be ignored or simplified. Read more about this in the article to which the recommended link leads. |
 | Before proceeding to the next stage of work, it is necessary to de-energize the room and remove sockets and switches. The empty sockets remaining from them are best sealed with masking tape. Now that the room is ready for pre-treatment for decorative coating, a deep penetration primer is applied to the ceiling, walls and floors. It is able to bind the surface of the base material and penetrate to a depth of 10 mm. If you apply two or three layers of soil, then the quality of processing will only increase. Each subsequent layer is applied after the previous one has completely dried. |
 | If the ceiling is even, and it needs to be prepared for painting, wallpapering or foam tiles, then it is covered with a thin layer of putty, which will hide minor flaws. The work is done with a wide spatula. Further, the surface prepared for wallpaper is polished using a construction grater with an abrasive nozzle (mesh or sandpaper) having a medium grain, approximately P160. We will not describe the details here - a separate article of the portal is devoted to this. |
 | If the ceiling is planned to be painted, then it is recommended to stick a fiberglass “spider web” on it. This will greatly simplify the process and improve the quality of the finish. |
 | Then, after painting, the ceiling will have a pleasant texture, uniform matte surface, which is quite difficult to achieve by applying putty, especially in the absence of experience in this work. We advise you to pay close attention to this interesting material -. He will help out more than once! More about it - in a separate publication. |
 | The next step is to putty the walls. The number of applied layers and the quality of processing depends on the selected decorative coating. Before painting, the surface of the walls should be perfectly smooth, but if something went wrong, then the same “spider line” can save, which will disguise small errors. For wallpapering, the wall should be even, but perfect smoothness can not be achieved. |
 | To ensure that shortcomings are clearly visible during puttying, experienced painters use backlighting. Properly set light will reveal even the smallest unevenness, as it will cast a shadow. |
 | After the putty layer has dried, it is sanded with a construction float. The process is carried out in a circular motion, counterclockwise, without strong pressure on the surface. Sanders are also used, belt, vibration or eccentric. But since they give a huge amount of dust, such an operation should be carried out only if it is possible to connect the equipment to a construction vacuum cleaner. It is written simply, but in fact subtle is a very difficult task. To deal with it - read the recommended article-instruction. |
 | Finished puttied and sanded surfaces are recommended to be primed again. This layer will increase the adhesive ability of materials, so the paint on the coating will lie more evenly, and the wallpaper will be easy to stick to the wall. |
 | Further, if it is provided for by the plan, a stretch ceiling is mounted. The process is complex and unsafe, and it requires special equipment, so this stage of work is best left to specialists. |
 | If it is planned to paint the ceiling or paste over it with wallpaper or tiles, then a ceiling plinth is marked and glued along its perimeter. To fix it, one of the polymer adhesives is used, and many craftsmen even use a diluted solution of finishing putty. Framing will limit the areas on which decorative cladding will be applied. To prevent accidental paint or wallpaper paste from getting on the baseboard, it must be covered with masking tape before installing decorative materials. |
 | The ceiling surface is painted using a roller with a fur nozzle. The ceiling is painted in two layers - the first of them is applied from the window to the door, parallel to the longer walls of the room, the second is perpendicular to the first, that is, parallel to the wall with the window opening. |
 | If it is planned to use wallpaper with a certain embossed or color pattern for facing the ceiling, then it must be taken into account that it is much more difficult to combine it on the ceiling. Canvases can be glued both along and across the room - this choice depends on the preference of homeowners for the location of the wallpaper decor. But still, it is recommended that the connecting seams be located from the window to the entrance - this way they will become less noticeable. |
 | When cutting wallpaper, they must be made longer by 50 ÷ 100 mm, and they are glued with a small allowance on the baseboards, combining the pattern if necessary. After gluing the canvas, it is easy to trim it - press it with a spatula exactly along the plinth line, like a ruler, and then cut off the excess with a knife. |
 | Expanded polystyrene tiles are all mounted differently. Some people think that the skirting board is better to stick on top of the tiles. This is wrong, since sometimes the glue is not able to withstand such a load, and both the baseboard and the tile can immediately move away from the ceiling. Therefore, the plinth should only be glued to the ceiling, and the tiled flooring is already adjusted to it. To ensure that the tiles are evenly distributed on the ceiling, before installing them, the surface must be marked. Usually, two perpendicular lines are beaten off on the ceiling, which intersect at the point where it is planned to place the chandelier. Focusing on them, and stick the tiles - on glue or on the finishing putty. If necessary, the side plates glued along the plinth line are trimmed. |
 | Next, you should finally finish with the dirty work, which includes leveling the floor for a new coating. The surface of the floor must be primed again and dried. A damper tape is glued around the perimeter of the entire room along the plinth zone, which is designed to compensate for the expansion of the screed or self-leveling floor when temperatures change. |
 | To quickly level the surface of the floor, which has minor errors, special bulk self-leveling solutions are used - they are commercially available in a wide range. The prepared composition is poured into puddles on the floor and spread over the surface first with a wide spatula or doctor blade. After that, the master puts on spiked paint shoes, takes a needle roller on a long rod and finally evenly distributes the mortar over the floor. The composition tends to occupy all free spaces, that is, cracks and dents, and its surface independently occupy a perfectly horizontal position, as it should be for a liquid. Now it remains to wait until the updated floor hardens - and you can proceed to the next stage of work. How to choose and how - in a separate publication of our portal. |
 | The walls are painted using a roller with a fur or foam nozzle, depending on the desired effect. The paint is applied to the surfaces starting from the ceiling plinth with up and down movements, gradually covering the unpainted areas. To get an evenly painted wall, at least two layers of the paint composition must be applied to its surface. |
 | Wallpaper is pasted starting from the corner of the room. At the beginning of the wall, stepping back from the angle of 20 ÷ 30 mm, an ideally even vertical line is beaten off, the first sheet of wallpaper will be aligned along it, and the first sheet of wallpaper will be glued. The upper side of the canvas should be 20 ÷ 25 mm on the skirting boards, so that it is possible to align the drawings or patterns, and at the same time not leave an unglued strip on top. |
 | In order for the top edge of the wallpaper to be even, it should be pressed against the plinth with a spatula and carefully cut off the excess part with a sharp clerical knife. For work, it is best to use a spatula with a width of 250 ÷ 400 mm with a smooth edge of the blade. The process is not as simple as it might seem. The nuances of this finishing stage are in a separate article. |
 | When the wallpaper is dry, sockets, switches, and wall lighting fixtures are installed in place. |
 | The last stage of work is the arrangement of the floor covering. It is started when the self-leveling floor curing time recommended by the manufacturer is fully met. If a laminate is chosen for finishing, then it is mounted on a special substrate, which will reduce the noise from steps along the coating and give the necessary level of depreciation. A special article-instruction posted on the pages of our portal will help to carry out qualitatively. |
 | Unlike laminate, linoleum must lie down and straighten out before fixing it on the floor, this takes about a day. The coating is spread in the room for which it is intended and left for the above time. After that, the evenness of the laying is additionally checked, then the linoleum is pressed against the junction of the horizontal and vertical planes and excess strips are carefully cut off from it. There should be a gap of 5 ÷ 7 mm between the wall and the coating, which is necessary to compensate for the thermal expansion of the material. Previously, linoleum was certainly glued to the base, but today this installation technology is rarely resorted to. Most often, high-quality material is laid as described above. About the technology with all the details - a special publication at the link. |
 | Another material option that is becoming increasingly popular is cork tile or rolled flooring. The tile is laid according to the principle of laminate, and the rolled material is fixed with a special adhesive applied to the prepared base. |
 | The coating will not look properly if it is not framed with a plinth. Similar trim parts can have different designs and different types of fasteners. It is important that the skirting boards fit well into the overall interior design in terms of color and harmonize with the flooring. At the same stage, the threshold is fixed in the doorway, which also presses the edges of the floor coverings of adjacent rooms. |
The result of cosmetic repairs should be neat, ready for furniture arrangement and further operation.
Agree that most operations, except for some specific ones (which, by the way, may not be in the general plan of work at all), can be performed independently.
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In the reviewed article, only a brief description of the stages of work on the replenishment of cosmetic repairs was presented. But on the pages of our portal, in the section, each of the mentioned processes is given a lot of attention. In this array of information, the reader will find not only detailed instructions for carrying out repair and finishing work, but also recommendations for choosing the necessary materials, with a comprehensive consideration of their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.
And in conclusion, for an example, watch a video on redecorating an apartment.
Video - Quick and not very expensive cosmetic repairs in the apartment
“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 to more expensive ones, and these are given away 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:
Step-by-step instruction
1. The concept of repair includes the following list:
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 alignment 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. Erasing lime is not difficult, you first need to 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 their repair, at least with 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, it is easy to restore the tile 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, the 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!
Every apartment owner wants to carry out cosmetic repairs inexpensively, but with high quality. This can be done realistically if professionals are involved in this process. Most often, inexpensive minor repairs of premises involve only changing the lining - wallpapering, painting walls and ceilings, installing laminate, etc. To perform these works, budget materials are purchased, which may be slightly inferior in quality and appearance to their expensive counterparts. Despite this, the tiled surfaces will look great, and their service life will reach several years or even more.
Cheap repairs at San Sanych
If you want to renovate housing in Moscow, please contact us. The company is engaged in all types of repairs - cosmetic, capital, euro, budgetary and others. In each case, we will select the best method for solving the tasks, taking into account the optimal cost. Our masters are distinguished by high professionalism and extensive experience in this field. The customer can expect that the employees of the company will adhere to the technology when performing all the necessary operations. This reduces the likelihood of defects, which subsequently need to be eliminated, which entails additional material costs.
What work is done during an inexpensive cosmetic repair?
If you decide to order a redecoration of an apartment, please note that the company can perform the following operations:
- replacement of wall cladding - painting with water-based paints or wallpapering (most often);
- puttying and painting the ceiling, sometimes wallpapering;
- installation of ceramic tiles, laminate or linoleum on the floor - the most budget options;
- replacement of plumbing fixtures and water pipes;
- laying electrical wiring and other operations.
How are the repairs going?
Most often, any repair, including cosmetic, begins with the preparation of the foundation. They remove old wallpaper, paint, close up small cracks and eliminate other defects. As a result, you need to get a solid, even base, which is the key to a long service life of the finish. Surface priming is equally important. It helps to prevent the appearance of fungus and improve surface adhesion. It is this base that is used for further cladding in the chosen way.
