Don't rush to build the house after you get it. Andy suggests that you know your apartment, especially a good apartment that is not square enough. Before you start working, you should know some hard problems of the apartment.
Andy summed up the decoration problems that need to be paid attention to before construction, and sorted out some useful methods to share with you!
1. Daylighting problem
The apartment is dark and the lighting is not good.
Ordinary apartment type
The ground floor of a high-rise residential building;
A house facing north (shady);
Deep and long arc apartment;
A convex old house;
Too few or too small windows.
solution
Make good use of light colors: choose white, beige and other light colors to decorate walls and floors, and choose light colors for furniture, which can greatly improve the brightness of the room.
2 Hard-fitting simplicity: Give up the complicated decoration style, especially the living room has no ceiling, extend the visual space and make the living room look more open.
③ Abandon partition design: If you must separate a space, you can consider using transparent elements such as sliding doors and half-height partitions.
④ Add artificial light source: In addition to the main light, add some auxiliary light sources, such as fluorescent lamps and spotlights, and map them on ceilings, walls and decorative paintings, which can create an intriguing layering and increase the brightness of the space.
2. Unreasonable division between public sector and private sector
Poor privacy, poor sound insulation
Ordinary apartment type
Opposite door type: there is no porch, especially the entrance door is facing the balcony, forming a pattern of "wearing the hall", which is also a taboo for home feng shui;
Opposite door type: the door, kitchen door and bathroom door are opposite to the bedroom door, which will affect health and privacy protection;
Side-by-side layout (guest kitchen on one side, bedroom on the other side, very clear): Although the static and dynamic areas are obvious, the bedroom door is facing the public area, which will inevitably be affected by noise.
Open the door and look at the hall plan
(1) Build a fake porch, and use shoe cabinets and partition walls to build a porch to solve the embarrassment of entering the hall.
(2) The small apartment is limited, so you can't do the porch, so use wall-mounted furniture, or create the most beautiful home background wall on the nearest wall to shift the visual focus. Although you can't separate the indoor and outdoor sight, you can divert your attention after entering the door.
Door to door solution
Change the direction of a door.
② If the distance between the bedroom door and the opposite door is enough, a screen can be placed between the door and the door for partition.
(3) Put a set of five emperors' money in the house under two doors.
(4) Close two opposite doors frequently to avoid air flowing between two spaces.
As for the side-by-side apartment solution, Andy can only think of the bedroom layout, and try to put the bed out of sight in the public area.
3. The functional partition is unreasonable, and the kitchen and bathroom use area is small.
Ordinary apartment type
Husband-and-wife houses, which were common in 1980s and 1990s, are now very common in the second-hand housing market.
solution
(1) Try to tear down the kitchen and bathroom space of the non-load-bearing wall and use the surrounding space to expand the originally small space. However, because these units are mostly brick-concrete structures, it may have little impact.
The second method is to separate some functions as far as possible, such as the kitchen separating Chinese and western kitchens, kitchen refrigerators and other large household appliances to the restaurant; The bathroom area is arranged outdoors.
3 Bedrooms with small areas are generally second bedrooms and children's rooms. In design, the space develops to the upper floor, and custom furniture and whole house furniture are used to make full use of corner space.
There are many beams in the living room.
Ordinary apartment type
Basically, every apartment has beams. If the beams are against the wall, there is nothing to deal with, but if there are too many beams and they are above the space, they need to be dealt with.
solution
① There are beams in the living room, which are generally hidden by the ceiling and shapes. If the beam is conspicuous but not deep, it can be wrapped in an arc to reduce the gap around the beam and make the ceiling lines smooth.
(2) There are beams between the guest dining rooms, so the ceiling of the guest dining room is hidden as a regional partition, or combined with the central air conditioning of the living room.
(3) beam is not in the center of the living room, try to combine with partition and screen. For example, the partition frame is embedded with a TV to form a "wall" separating the TV, which can be solved without a ceiling.
(4) There is a beam at the bedside of the bedroom, and the shallow beam can directly thicken the bed screen and avoid it; If the beam is of medium thickness, it can be filled with water, sediment or cabinets; The deep beam is wrapped in the cabinet, which hides the beam and increases the storage function.