Ideas for repairing a living room in a city apartment

The ideas of the repair of the living room can be borrowed from friends by visiting them, or you can draw from numerous specialized magazines. We offer you only two ideas, but the most original. Make repairs in accordance with one of them and non -professional. The main thing is to follow the advice on choosing materials and tools.

The principles of the design of the living room

Design of the living room

Thinking what repair to make in the hall, you need to have an idea of the general principles of the design of this room. It should become a comfortable place to relax, conduct leisure and reception of guests, and in some cases it is required to easily turn into a guest bedroom. Based on this, 5 basic principles for the design of any living room can be distinguished:

Comfort;

Functionality;

Competent zoning;

Correct color scheme;

Environmental friendliness.

The principle of comfort implies the presence of a sufficient number of places to accommodate guests and all family members. In addition, the furniture should not be stiff or fragile.

Functional can be called the room that easily turns from the living room into the bedroom and vice versa, and also allows each family member to find a place for leisure or hobbies. This can be achieved using competent selection of furniture: sofas – folding with drawers, cabinets – spacious and compact, tables – multifunctional.

You can perform the living room zoning using color and light accents, partitions, catwalks. This will allow everyone to find a personal secluded corner, while being with the family.

The color scheme is an important factor. The main requirement is that the colors are not gloomy and depressing, but otherwise they depend on the tastes of the residents.

The principle of environmental friendliness today is applicable to the repair of any room in which people are often and for a long time. It consists in the use of quality materials, while not necessarily natural. The building materials market can offer high -quality hypoallergenic and safe for people high -tech materials – gypsum fiber, acrylic, SML (that is, glass -deck sheets) and others that may have an advantage in some cases over natural wood and stone.

Hall repair – design in two levels

Do -it -yourself repair

You can start an overview of the best options for repairing in the living room with the original idea – two -level design. This option is suitable for the wrong room. Very often in old buildings, you can find premises that have nooks immediately on the left or to the right of the front door. This is also a particular complexity-for the sofa too small, for one chair is too great, and no one knows how to adapt it.

We propose to arrange a second level there – a small podium, towering by no more than 70 cm. At the standard height of the ceilings, even a very high person will be able to be comfortable on this podium. It is better to make a podium from an OSB plate, selecting suitable in size or by making to order.

OSB (OSP) -places is a focusing stove, in the manufacture of which each layer of chips is laid across the previous one. Layers are glued with resins and pressed at high temperature. In conditions of a rather wet Russian climate, it is better to use OSB-3 slabs resistant to moisture.

Let a small console ladder of 4-5 steps lead to the podium.

The console staircase is a design in which the steps are attached to the wall with only one end, they seem to “soar” in the air. At the same time, you do not have to dismantle the stairs in case of changing the flooring, since it does not have the basis. Combined stairs can be bought in specialized stores or do it yourself.

Mount the podium and staircase should be launched to laying the floor. The place under the catwalk does not require special decoration, as it is intended for things that do not require careful storage – all that is usually stored on mezzanines, balconies and in pantries.

For wall decoration, use decorative plaster. The widest rampant for imagination gives French plaster, which is distinguished by a rich selection of textures and flowers. The advantages of this material over traditional wallpaper are that the walls do not require special processing and alignment. It is enough to put the existing cracks, and the decorative embossed plaster will hide small flaws and unevenness.

The next stage is the ceiling finish. The simplest and most practical option would be to make a stretch ceiling. In it you need to immediately mount point lamps with LED lamps. Choose lamps with an outer location of the lamp. Such lighting devices are usually more expensive, but they are safer, will not heat the surrounding space and will not lead to premature wear of the tension structure.

Close the walls in the nozzle with racks to the full height, you can store books, discs, various little things on them. Shelves are made to order from the same OSB stamps or gathered on their own. Cover the floor with a fluffy rug, put a comfortable chair – and your living room will gain a cozy corner, where anyone can do your favorite thing – reading or needlework.

Put the vinyl coating (laminate) on the floor. Put the plinth in tone. The most practical baseboard is plastic and cable channel. The cable channel is usually used to lay electrical wiring (instead of a traditional wall). You can also hide an Internet cable or a TV cable for a TV in it.

A number of racks need to be “lowered” along the ladder, extending along the entire wall and leaving a place for the TV on it. This will create a single ensemble, visually connecting the two zones. In these racks, elements of the decor, as well as all the necessary technique, will fit without problems.

Put a sofa on the opposite wall, better than a corner, placing it closer to the window. Depending on the location of the sofa, the TV should be placed, but do not hang it strictly opposite so that the sofa can be moved if necessary, without losing the viewing angles. From additional furniture, use several banquets and a low wood coffee table.

Roman curtains will look good on the windows, it is better to refuse traditional curtains and curtains. The door to the living room should be consistent with the color and texture with flooring and furniture. To save space, you can use a harmonic door. But their lack of noise insulation, and resort to the installation of such doors should be in extreme cases, with a very small area of the room.

Organize the lighting in areas: on the catwalk – a floor floor lamp, in the main zone – a pair of wall lamps at the sofa. The main lighting will be left to the share of spot ceiling lamps. Thus, it will be possible to include everything at once or separately, creating an intimate or, conversely, official atmosphere.

The main colors for this room are white, beige and shades of brown. As bright spots, use red, orange colors. It can be sofa pillows, rugs, lampshades of lamps, etc. D.

Hall with a fireplace – country comfort in a city apartment

This option is suitable for those whose living room area is at least 20 square meters, since we will have to allocate two zones – a zone with a fireplace and a zone with a TV, otherwise these two elements in the interior will argue with each other.

It is very difficult for urban residents to organize a real fireplace in their apartment (although in some cases this is real, it still requires a lot of energy and nerves), so in the future we will talk about electric fireplaces in this article. A high -quality model of such a device may well replace a real fireplace, differing outwardly only in the little things.

The fireplace zone

The fireplace and TV should be placed on perpendicular walls, at the distance from each other. There will not be clear zoning here, but still these two elements will not compete for the attention of people.

A niche for a fireplace made of drywall on a metal frame will play not only a decorative, but also a functional role. It can be used as a shelf. On the sides, place two racks from chipboard of the height that will be comfortable for you, they will be an excellent repository for various little things.

Chipboard is a laminated wood-piece stove, most often used for the manufacture of furniture. It is easy to process, has an aesthetic appearance and many color solutions.

On the sides of the fireplace, put two chairs face to him and the backs to the rest of the room, between them lay a carpet with a soft pile. Thus, a recreation area is formed around the improvised hearth. There will be two seats, and if desired, you can accommodate right on the carpet carpet.

It is not worth highlighting this zone with light, it will be enough for one lamp located on the fireplace shelf.

TV zone

Place the device itself on a perpendicular fireplace wall. Since we already have racks in the room, do not overload the walls with them. Therefore, in this zone it is enough to put a cabinet under the TV, in which the necessary technique will fit.

Opposite the TV we place the sofa. It is desirable that this sofa and chairs from the fireplace zone belong to one collection, this will make the interior organic, not fragmented, and the coffee table will complement the picture.

The windows in this context are made out by a traditional translucent curtain and curtains made of soft material – a dense atlas or velvet.

The color design should cause a feeling of comfort, but not be monotonous. Let the curtains on the windows in color be in harmony with an artificial flame, red, purple, burgundy colors and shades of orange are suitable. It is better to choose neutral colors – beige, cream – so that you can quickly change the interior using rugs and colored pillows.

It is better to decorate the walls in such an interior using decorative plaster. It is she who will be most in harmony with the fireplace, and in addition, correspond to the idea of modern beautiful repair in the hall more than wallpaper, even the most expensive.

For the floor, it is also better to choose modern high -tech materials – laminate or vinyl tiles that are strong and sufficiently wear -resistant. Linoleum gradually goes into the past, and if you look at examples of the repair of the living room in modern catalogs, you are unlikely to find an option using this material.

Ceiling finishing depends on your desire and capabilities. But the presence of the fireplace still requires compliance with a certain style. Ordinary plaster will be the perfect choice.

As lighting elements, use wall sconces suitable in style to the fireplace decor.

Both proposed repair options meet modern trends in the design of this room. Now it is fashionable not to overload the interior with furniture with furniture, not to create massive designs, and for city apartments this is more than relevant.

List of materials:

OSP plates;

LDSP plates;

Metal frame for drywall with steps between racks 40 cm;

Drywall;

Decorative relief plaster for walls;

Putty;

Laminate not lower than 32 strength levels;

PVC skirting board with a cable channel;

Normal plaster for the ceiling.

List of tools:

Laser or water level;