Cosmetic repair of apartments with their own hands

Quite often we are confronted with the fact that when moving to our new home in need of repair, and the budget does not allow to aim a blow at the capital changes in the situation.In this case, you can spend redecorating the apartment with his hands.

Preparing for facelift apartments

Before a cosmetic repair of apartments, need to indicate scope of work.To determine what you want to see my apartment at the end of repair, be sure to see photos of the apartment with a facelift - perhaps you will find the idea of ​​finishing, that you had not come.In the photos you can explore the options for decoration of one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments.

first stage decoration - windows

Examine closely the window - if you plan on redecorating in Khrushchev, the frame can be made of wood and cracked.In this case, be sure to replace windows with plastic, otherwise in your home during the cold season will be very uncomfortable.

Replacement of glass should be done in the first place, because it is the most dirty and hard work.It is quite possible to produce and their own hands, but it is easier to order the installation in the company where you purchased the windows.

If the state is encouraging frames, you can do repainting.

During the repair of your apartment do not forget about the ceiling

recommend to pay attention to the ceiling.There are many ways of finishing the ceiling.Often in the apartments there is a danger of flooding the neighbors from above - in this case it is better to install the suspended ceiling, but such work does not belong to the small apartment redecoration.Therefore, if you are sure the neighbors and the ceiling does not require much attention, you can do painting or whitewashing or pasting wallpaper ceiling mounting.Before any of these works ceiling should be prepared - cleaned of previous coatings (chalk remove old wallpaper if available), to cover defects in the ceiling tiles, primed the ceiling.

Work with walls

would seem that in the course of decoration apartment walls will require the least attention.What could be simpler - pokleit wallpaper and everything.Before mounting new wallpaper Be sure to remove old coatings and clean the walls of adhesive residue, primed.Modern wallpaper does not require any additional training walls.Carefully read recommendations for the selected wallpaper glueing, in some cases the only promazyvat adhesive wall in others - and the wall and wallpaper.When wallpapering and within a few days after the room should be no drafts.

However, very often in older homes uneven walls in the rooms that much striking and simple plywood wallpaper is not hidden.In such cases it is recommended to combine the methods of finishing walls.For example, a wall that is characterized by strong irregularities, can be finished with panels of chipboard or plastic panels, and the remaining walls are covered with wallpaper suitable for color.It should be borne in mind that if you are going to make the suspended ceiling, the panels are set in advance.In any other case, at first carried out the ceiling repair, and only then - the walls.

Flooring

Most often redecorating the apartment does not imply a change of flooring, but if such a need exists, it is better to do it after work on the ceiling and walls.
If necessary, replace the flooring in the apartment decoration, remove the old paint and inspect the floor.Use assembly foam to escape from the gaps at the joints of the walls and the floor and in the corners.If the floor is wooden, seal the gap between the boards with primer.Subsequently, the floor can be painted or covered with linoleum or laminate.The easiest option for decoration apartments with their own hands will be painted.If you decide to use linoleum, do not forget that before you cut a piece of material acquired size of the room, he had to lie down in the unfolded state for at least a day.

Minor cosmetic repairs

This basic work, with which you will be faced with the work of decoration of your apartment.At the end you will need to fasten the skirting boards and cornices, ceiling pokleit baguettes and install switches and sockets.

Photography apartments facelift

The picture presented apartment with a facelift.