Examples of renovating a living room in a private house

Living rooms in private houses differ in a variety of sizes and shapes. Most often there are rooms with an area of ​​about 20 squares. This territory is quite enough to embody any designer's idea. But there are also small rooms, or, on the contrary, large ones with a bay window or with two windows. In any case, the hall is the main room of the house, which carries a special aesthetic load, so repairs in it must be of high quality.

Repair should begin with a sketch of the room and determining its exact dimensions. Then a design project is drawn up, which provides for everything to the smallest detail. It is necessary to choose the style of the future interior, think over what the household will do in the renovated room. The zoning of the room depends on this.

The room is freed from furniture and appliances. It is necessary to decide in advance what construction work is coming up. If only cosmetic, it is enough to get rid of the old wallpaper and re-glue it on your own, and if a major renovation is to be done, you may have to invite specialists.

For serious repairs, they remove the old finish, dismantle the wiring, windows, doors. Sometimes in private houses a staircase leads from the living room to the living quarters of the second floor. If it requires replacement, then the ladder must also be dismantled.

When purchasing doors and double-glazed windows, you should have an idea of ​​the style that will turn out in the end. Styles such as eco, Scandinavian, rustic, country, baroque and others that require finishing from natural materials are not suitable for plastic double-glazed windows. You can replace them with wooden ones. Today they are produced in good quality and in a variety of colors. The same requirements apply to the door leaf.

Doors are swing, sliding, folding, wooden, plastic, MDF, combined, with a mirror or glass. They can be replaced with an arch.

Batteries in the living room should not only give their maximum heat to a large room, but also have a presentable look.

They are of several types:

• Cast iron radiators - the usual classic type. They look bulky and not aesthetically pleasing, but otherwise, they do their job perfectly, have good heat dissipation and a low price.
• Steel - simple, not expensive, but with a low efficiency.
• Aluminum - with high heat transfer, but with them it is possible to use high-quality water, which is unacceptable in an apartment. In a private house, you can establish a heating system with purified water.
• Bimetallic batteries - just perfect: beautiful, graceful, lightweight and effective.

Before you start decorative finishing work, you need to prepare the walls well. First, they are leveled with starting putty, then with finishing. If the walls are severely deformed, it is better to use drywall. It can be used to create niches, columns and other geometric designs to the delight of designers. Plasterboard is attached to a metal frame, then covered with a finishing putty and decorative trim.

The prepared walls are covered with wallpaper, it is inexpensive and cozy.With the help of their image, you can "play" with space: a horizontal drawing expands it, a vertical one stretches it.

The walls are painted with water-based, acrylic or water-dispersed paints. This is the most budgetary option for finishing work. It is not necessary to paint all surfaces in one color, you can play on an accent or contrast of shades.

Decorative plaster is in great demand. It hides the unevenness of the walls and has no color restrictions. For families with small children, there is a good opportunity to preserve the walls - to decorate them with panels up to the level of the reach of children's hands. This material is made of wood, plastic, cork, MDF, as well as laminate and glass.

In private houses, one of the walls of the hall can be cleaned to the ground. Brickwork will be a great support for the loft style. The original finishing solution is natural or artificial stone.

In private houses, ceilings are usually high, and there is no need to hide the real dimensions behind glossy or mirrored surfaces. For a stretch ceiling, you can choose a matte canvas. With the help of drywall, figured and multi-level structures are obtained, they go well with the elements of the stretch fabric. The simplest and cheapest design option is wallpaper, they are selected to match the walls. Among the disadvantages of such a material, one can note the instability to moisture. Just a painted ceiling also looks good.

Nowadays, it is difficult to do with just one chandelier to illuminate the room. A large room, divided into sections, requires zone lighting. It can be small additional chandeliers, spotlights, floor lamps, table lamp.

The LED strip hidden in the ceiling frame beautifully illuminates the room. It can also be used to highlight paintings, mirrors or collection shelves. All this abundance of light is controlled by the remote control, changing the color gamut, brightness, gradually switching different zones.

The hall is the most visited place in the house, so the floor covering must be taken seriously.

The abundance of material in the construction market allows you to choose a floor covering for any interior and wallet:

• Laminate - the most popular finishing material, it perfectly imitates different types of wood, is easy to install and quite durable in use. It should not be laid in rooms with high humidity, but the living room is not one of those. Under the laminate, you need to make an even screed and cover the substrate.
• Parquet is a material from various types of wood. It is eco-friendly and looks great, but it requires special care in operation and careful maintenance.
• Carpet used in cold rooms, it is soft to the touch, pleasant to look at. The disadvantage is difficult care.

• Linoleum - for inexpensive repairs. This is a kind of classic of the genre, it is easy to install, moisture resistant and easy to clean.
• Cork covering refers to natural materials, it is pleasant to the touch, it is placed in children's rooms. In caring for him, you should not use aggressive chemicals.
• Self-leveling floors - modern beautiful seamless coating. Particularly surprising is the floor with a three-dimensional pattern applied to it. Laying the self-leveling surface is rather complicated; it is better to entrust it to specialists.

When the renovation is completed, the most pleasant moment comes - filling the space with comfortable furniture, decorating windows, placing lighting fixtures and pleasant little things.

When dealing with the interior, you should pay attention to the configuration of your living room. In a rectangular room, furniture is placed along the walls. In a square room, you can use the center to equip any zone. Most often there is a seating area with upholstered furniture and a small elegant table.

Cabinets, pencil cases, shelves, cabinets, shelves should look as the chosen style dictates. Sometimes hidden furniture with imitation of free walls is required, or, on the contrary, pretentious, complicated.

The choice of style is a crucial stage in the formation of the interior, it must coincide with the aesthetic needs of the people living in it, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to be in the living room. The style is determined even before the start of the renovation work.

• Classical the design is time-tested, so it never gets boring. It does not suggest anything unexpected or flashy. Solid furniture, natural wood in finishing materials, thick soft curtains, many expensive little things, stucco - all this has a taste and a special chic.
• Provence came to us from the south of France. The interior in this style is very nice, filled with nice trinkets, tablecloths, curtains, ruffles, vases of flowers. At the same time, it is natural and simple, synthetic materials in its component are unacceptable.
• The complete opposite of Provence - youth high-tech style... The main elements are metal and glass, no decor, just cold simplicity.

• Minimalism speaks for itself - too little. This is a laconic style with a small amount of furniture, with simplicity brought to the point of absurdity.
• Loft came to us from the West, when, during the Great Depression, factory premises were given for housing. This style is represented by rough furniture, a wall with exposed brickwork, and the use of gratings in the interior.
• Style fusion loves glass in any form.

• Baroque - a screaming splendor bordering on philistinism. Antiques, antique furniture, crystal and a lot of gilding are appropriate here.
• Country - rustic style, prefers natural materials, textiles in a small cage, light furniture, simple decorations.
• Ethnic style tied to the traditions of a particular country, for example, Japan or France, and try to comply with them. Such an interior will suit the taste of travel lovers.

When choosing a style for a living room, it is not necessary to follow its full execution, it is better to stick to your tastes and feelings. Participation of more than three colors is not recommended in any interior. Overloading with furniture and oversaturation with trifles looks bad.

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