One-room apartment: DIY repair

Young people and couples most often buy one-room apartments. New housing bought on the secondary market is not important. Before entering it, it is planned to make repairs to a one-room apartment. Only this concept is very flexible and can mean both a simple wallpaper re-gluing and redevelopment. We will demonstrate several repair results of varying degrees of "severity" in the article. They are completely different in style and purpose, but all about remodeling 1-bedroom apartments. Looking at the photo, you can apply some ideas in your own practice.

Repair of a one-room apartment-Khrushchev

General principles and techniques

One-room apartments usually do not differ in large areas. The dwellings of the old buildings - in the Khrushchevs - are about 30 sq. m, but in new buildings it is already a little more: maybe 40 square meters or more. In any case, you have to carefully consider the layout and arrangement of furniture: every centimeter counts.

Where to start repairing a one-room apartment? It is necessary to draw a plan with dimensions, and on a scale. Then you need to look at what can be improved.

Moving the door closer to the load-bearing wall

First of all, pay attention to the location of the doors. In old layouts, they were often made in the middle of the wall. This is very uneconomical from the point of view of the use of the area: too large a zone goes into the "dead". We walk in it, and there is no way to put anything. It is much more convenient if the doors are moved closer to one of the walls. Which one is up to you. Moreover, this is a restructuring, not a redevelopment, but it must be registered.

Combining a bathroom

The biggest problem with small-sized housing is very small bathrooms. In old houses, they are just tiny. They do not even have the ability to put a washing machine. Since the rest of the premises do not please with spaciousness, you have to arrange restructuring in order to find a place. Therefore, undertaking the repair of a one-room apartment, very often the partition between the bathroom and the toilet is demolished. They are definitely not carriers, so there are no problems with matching. This solution alone can provide the necessary centimeters.

Studio apartment renovation plan

The second thing they often do is replace the bathroom with a shower cabin. This solution is not acceptable for everyone, but the space is getting a little more. Can put a finished shower or make it yourself from bricks, tiles, driving the wall into half a brick or putting folding door. How to make a shower cabin yourself read here.

Removing partitions between the bathroom and toilet is one of the repair options

Demolition of storage rooms

Most layouts have storage rooms. But their location is often so unfortunate that it's better without them. But the vacated space can be taken for equipment or made in this place dressing room, built-in wardrobe. Let them take the same amount of space, but their functionality is much wider.

Demolition of storage rooms is already a standard solution

Combining rooms with a balcony

Since today new heaters have appeared, which allow, with a small thickness, to achieve a high degree of thermal insulation, it became possible to combine rooms with balconies or loggias. They insulate well not only the walls, but also the ceiling with the floor. Moreover, it is not out of place to make floor heating: it is difficult to transfer batteries (project, agreement), but laying a heating cable is possible and relatively easy. A project for such heating is not required.

An example of renovation of a 1-room apartment with a combined balcony

When combining rooms with a balcony, keep in mind that you can only delete the part that was under the window. Those walls that touch from floor to ceiling are strictly prohibited. You will never be legalized such an alteration: these are external load-bearing walls and they are responsible for the integrity of the building.

howto equip a balcony or loggia read here.

Studio apartment

Another solution popular among young people: the demolition of almost all partitions. Only a bathroom with a toilet remains fenced off. All other walls are removed. It turns out the so-called studio apartment. From an ordinary one-room apartment with an area of ​​slightly more than 30 meters with this type of repair, you can make a pretty decent room. There are disadvantages to this solution: the kitchen is practically combined with the rest of the rooms and the smells of food will spread throughout the apartment. Therefore, there must be a powerful hood in it. This solves the problem.

Make a studio apartment out of a one-room apartment

This option can be modified - to make the walls beveled, etc. Just remember that it is possible to expand the area of ​​bathrooms and kitchens only at the expense of technical rooms. Since in this case this happens at the expense of the hallway, there are no problems. But in this area you will have to do reinforced waterproofing: several layers will be required for sure. Be prepared for this to be spelled out in the draft approval.

You will find some ideas for renovating a one-room apartment in the video. The real object, filmed before renovation, then - the main stages and already "after".

Sequencing

Having decided what you want to do in your one-room apartment during the renovation, you can submit the project for approval. This is not a quick matter. In the meantime, engage in the calculation of materials and their purchase. The advice is this: start a separate notebook or file - as you are used to. For each type of work, set aside a separate page where you write everything that needs to be done about this. First, all the work that is needed, then - in detail all the required materials. Moreover, up to nails, anchors, screws (with dimensions), scotch tape and other little things, which are countless.

Arranging furniture in a one-room apartment is a creative process

After completing the development for each type of work, make a general list of materials: add up the quantity. Then you can start looking for places of purchase. Something can be found on the Internet, something in stores. Small things are often taken without looking, but they prefer to make more or less large purchases by visiting stores. And this is correct: the quality cannot be determined by the picture. Therefore, first call, check the prices, then go to the addresses, watch and feel. And feel free to ask questions. Until you collect all the materials, the documents will be ready.

While the apartment turns into a warehouse

That's when the actual work begins. To make repairs in the apartment on their own or to hire a team - everyone decides this issue for himself. If you hire different people for different types of work, you need careful control during the whole process, since having done their "piece" of work, they will disappear. Those masters who come after them will point out that their predecessors did everything ... wrong.

It is impossible to give clear instructions on what and for what to do: there may be too different works, but in general the order is as follows:

• Dismantling / installation of partitions.
• Modernization of engineering systems (ventilation, plumbing) and electrical wiring (installation of an electrical panel, electrical wiring to rooms through junction boxes).
• Replacement of windows.
• Leveling walls, ceilings, plaster.
• Heating system installation.
• Fill / flooring.
• Door installation.
• Finishing work.
• Arrangement of furniture

If some work is not needed, just omit it. But if major repairs are planned, then all of them are necessary, especially in old apartments.

Repair of a one-room apartment: interior design

If the renovation is going on in an already inhabited apartment, you are clearly associated with the items that you already have. Some of them will be replaced, but most of them usually remain. Since the premises are already inhabited, you can already imagine quite clearly where you can put new things / equipment, and when you look at them in a store or in a photo, you can quite accurately determine how much they will "fit" into the existing space and furnishings.

One of the ways to increase the area during repairs is to dismantle partitions. This is the only option - no one will ever agree to transfer the kitchen to the place of the bedroom. Miracles can only happen on the first floor

When planning an interior in a new building, everything is more complicated and simpler. Easier - you start everything from scratch and no old things. You can choose a style, color, texture, without being tied to the existing elements. But the room is still unfamiliar, and it is difficult to imagine how this or that thing will look. In this case, design programs will help, which allow you to present projects in volume. Just drawing a plan is not enough: not everything that looks good on a piece of paper will also be good in volume. Other situations are not uncommon: what looked bad on the sheet turns out to be a godsend in volume. Therefore, you first develop a plan on a sheet, and then transfer it to a three-dimensional image. Only at once with the dimensions, otherwise it is a waste of time.

Track the little things at this stage. In which direction the door opens, what size it is, and how convenient it will be. And this applies not only to doors - entrance and interior, but also doors in wardrobes and lockers. At the same time, do not forget about the passages: in order to be able to pass normally, the places should be 70-80 cm, but a little more is better. Further we will be based on specific examples.

Make a two-room apartment from a one-room 32-meter apartment

In a typical Khrushchev building with an area of ​​32 meters, renovations were made, during which a separate bedroom was allocated. And alterations are minimal. The partition that fenced off the corridor (rather, just a door) was removed, the side wall was continued, with its help they fenced off a part of the living room, turning it into a bedroom.

Just pay attention: the apartment is corner. The room has two windows. This made it possible to get two full, albeit small rooms.

Make an apartment with a bedroom from a small one-room apartment

When designing the interior that you want to see after renovation in your one-room apartment, rely on your daily activities.

Let's start from the doors. Here you are. You need to put your bags somewhere, sit down, take off your shoes, hang your clothes. Place all this in the hallway. The first step is the closet. In this case, he took a seat opposite the door. The photo shows an entrance hall in this apartment, a view from the side of the kitchen. To make the room brighter and more voluminous, the door in the closet opposite the kitchen is mirrored. It reflects light, illuminating better than lamps during the day.

This is the hallway from the kitchen side

If you look from the side of the door, there are two doors on the right: into the bedroom and the living room, directly - the kitchen.

This is a view from the side of the door

Next is the kitchen. Arriving with packages, you will inevitably find yourself there. Here, like everyone else: refrigerator, stove, sink. The refrigerator is located to the left of the window. All other equipment - along one wall, with a slight "approach" to the side.

Renovated kitchen

So that in a small kitchen (a little more than 5 meters) the furniture does not seem very massive, the wall cabinets are very light. This is one of the techniques that allows you to expand the space. More aboutdevelopment of kitchen design read here.

In the living room there was a sofa along one of the walls. At first they planned a corner, but I liked it more.

Sofa in the living room

In this small room there is still a coffee table and a cabinet with appliances.

View of the living room from the side of the sofa

Now - the bedroom.There is a full bed in it, there was even a place for a chest of drawers, above which there was a TV. Between them, a standard passage width remains: just 70 cm.

This is the view from the side of the door

It looks like this from the side of the bed

It turned out pretty cute and functional. The pictures were taken immediately after the renovation: many little things are still missing, so everything looks somewhat official. The hosts (a young couple) were already receiving guests. 8 people fit in their small living room))

Repair in a one-room apartment 40 meters

Apartment for a young couple, the design was developed by a specialist. Redevelopment was almost never done. The main alterations were made to the bathroom.

Apartment plan before renovation with dimensions

The rest of the "advantages" of the layout were played with the help of "design tricks". The plan of this 1-room apartment after renovation looks like this.

Repair of a one-room apartment

There is a small built-in wardrobe in the hallway. It is simply necessary. A small wall is specially placed under it.

The most serious limbs touched the bathroom: instead of a toilet, a technical room was made. There is a washing machine, boiler, storage systems.

Bathroom and technical room

In the bathroom, in order to fit in a small area, everything you need, Refused the bathroom. It was replaced with a shower box. It turned out compactly.

The color scheme of the kitchen is very interesting: gray tones with bright pink accents. The table of an unusual shape is made to order, as well as kitchen set.

Unusual table and very interesting color scheme

So that the cabinets do not take up much space, it was decided to occupy only one wall. A rather big refrigerator even fit in here. So that the place above it does not "walk", a locker is hung over it. Also note that wall cabinets are almost ceiling-high: they put something that is not often used on the upper shelves.

Even a sofa fits in the kitchen less than 9 meters

To prevent the pink stools from looking too defiant, photo wallpaper is glued to the wall. They harmonize the entire interior.

View from the plate

There are many interesting solutions in the room. There was a free space to the right of the entrance. It is occupied by a full-length closet. This solved two problems: there is where to put things, and the room was made more square.

Wardrobe to the left of the front door

It is divided into two zones by a semi-transparent shelf-partition: work and rest. Zoning is emphasized by different wallpapers, as well as by the presence of a carpet in the recreation area.

Zoning a room with a partition shelf

This is what the working area looks like