When buying an apartment, regardless of whether it has been renovated before, most of the housewives prefer to do a major overhaul, in order to adjust the interior to their comfort, color and a certain arrangement of furniture. For this purpose sometimes it is necessary to undertake such radical actions, as transfer of walls or full re-equipment of an arrangement of rooms, windows and doorways that to do categorically is not recommended without the statement of similar plans in specialised bodies of building and architecture.
To major repairs come also those people who want to change their old apartment. Some are chasing fashion for interiors, others come to this decision to make the interior more functional and cozy, and without radical changes can not do. There may be several dozen other reasons why there is a need to make a major overhaul of the apartment. And anyway it is necessary to begin with planning, thus not banal planning in mind, and detailed display of the planned rules on a sheet of paper and-or in the specialised computer program.
The design of the project will allow to simplify a number of questions arising in the future, and also to see in advance, to what your creative plans will lead. Any project design should consist of 4 main points:
The need to redesign the apartment or separate rooms;
Rational distribution of space;
Furniture arrangement;
Combination of furniture and finishing.
The design of the project should give a detailed presentation of the above points. Literally, the design of the project will be a step-by-step point (instruction or methodology) to translate your plans into reality.
The most important thing is to create a base
Any project is based on the size of the room. As a rule, it is necessary to measure walls (length, width, thickness, height), ceiling and floor, window and door openings. Then, display the values in the form of a drawing, with the appropriate dimensions on a piece of paper or in a computer program.
In the end, you should have a full map of your square meters in front of you. If there is a possibility, then it would be good to display in it the location of electrical wiring, sockets and switches.
Perhaps something does not need to be changed, so if you do not plan to rearrange any items, it will be important to note it in the project. For example, you plan to replace the bathroom with a shower room, and leave the toilet. Note in the drawing that the toilet will not change its location.
Components of the parts
The design of the apartment will require patience and perseverance. To understand the completeness of the work and to see the result in advance on the drawing or in the monitor screen, it is necessary to calculate and reflect the following parameters in the project:
Where the redesign or transfer of walls will be carried out;
Where the partition wall will be located, door and window openings may need to be relocated;
Where and how the heating system will be located;
Which and where the built-in furniture and plumbing will be located;
Where you plan to put electrical equipment, cabinet and upholstered furniture.
Such planning allows you to use the space with maximum functionality. Possibly, for a choice of the most suitable variant of zoning and arrangement of furniture, some similar drawings are required.
What should be taken into account in the design of the project
Be sure to consider the specifics of your future interior in the design of the project. You may decide to leave the old furniture, but you may still decide to completely re-equip the apartment and fill it with new furniture. All this will affect the style and overall visual presentation of the interior.
It is worth noting a few rules to avoid disharmony stick to the following tips:
Move the walls in advance and plan dirty works at the initial stages. After arrangement of furniture the wall will not be moved and the opening will not be cut through, think in advance where and how it will be placed.
Decorate the room in the same style. Do not combine classicism, modernism and ethno styles in one room.
Place furniture so that it is rationally distributed in functional frameworks. It will allow to make a premise more comfortable and cosy.
Do not forget about the lamps. This is an integral part of the interior.
A few more tips
Finally, I would like to give some more advice on the design of the apartment with your own hands.
Specify the directions. If you plan to install interior doors, specify the direction in which the door leaf will move. Similarly to the parquet, there may be some other items that form the interior.
Read a few articles about zoning the premises, with the help of various design techniques. This will allow you to make even one-room apartments spacious and as functional as possible. Of course, zoning will be one of the elements of the project formation.
Only come to the implementation of the project when you have completed it completely. Further improvements do not lead to good things.
For complex finishing of ceilings, floors and walls, we recommend using separate projects. This will make it easier to implement it.
Thank you for your attention .