1. Be careful when tearing down walls
After buying a small house, some people feel that some walls look uncomfortable and that wall is a bit redundant. I just tried to tear down the wall. In this way, the space can be larger, and the small house will free up some space.
Generally speaking, if you don’t know the internal structure of the wall and the wall, don’t demolish the wall easily, because you don’t know what wall you are demolishing. If it is a more important wall, body, such as a load-bearing wall, which may cause cracks in the wall of the house, or affect the load-bearing structure of the entire building and shorten the service life of the house.
Editor’s tip: Before you start working on the wall, it’s best to find the construction drawings of the house to see what kind of wall you want to demolish and whether there are electrical and gas lines passing through the wall. etc. If you want to demolish a wall, you must also find professional construction workers. Do not do it yourself to avoid accidents.
2. Suspended ceiling is optional
Many people usually build a suspended ceiling in order to visually elevate the house. However, if the shape of the ceiling is too regular, the spatial area of ??the ceiling will be very strong, but it will not have the effect of elongating the space; an overly complex ceiling design is not suitable for small houses, and it cannot be ruled out that the designer is trying to increase the height of the house. The cost was intentional. Editor's tip: Keep the decoration of the ceiling simple, make good use of the color transition of paint, or use the extension of lines to lengthen the visual effect, which can make the ceiling have a heightening effect and make the house look taller.
3. Soft partitions are more practical
Because space is limited and there are not many rooms in small apartments, some owners use cabinets or cement bricks to separate a space. In fact, small houses are not suitable for hard partitions. Building a wall with bricks will increase the difficulty of the project. Overly strict space boundaries and hard partitions themselves will make the space look narrower.
Editor’s tip: Not only walls can divide the space, but soft partitions such as gauze curtains and screens can also divide the space. The expression is softer and will not block the light. .
4. Taboos for decorating small apartments
1. Dark-toned walls
The wall color of small apartments should be relatively bright colors, which can give Spacious and bright visual effect. Because the space has certain limitations, it is not recommended to choose tones with higher brightness and purity, which can easily give people a sense of visual squeezing. Generally, choose gray tones with lower brightness and purity.
2. Split floor decoration
The space of a small apartment is very narrow. If the floor decoration is divided with different materials or different colors, it will cause visual confusion. , When choosing the color of the floor decoration, the main colors are slightly higher in brightness but slightly lower in purity. The color of the ground should be heavier than the color of the furniture to avoid the visual misunderstanding of being top-heavy.
3. Large furniture
Small apartments originally have a small area. If you add large furniture, there will be no space for activities. It is best to consider small and practical furniture. , it is best to use furniture that can serve multiple purposes, and even better if it has storage functions.
The above are the taboos that you must know when decorating and designing a small apartment. The advantage of a small apartment is that it is very compact, so there is no waste. Therefore, it is loved by many people, but you need to pay attention. The important thing is that you can't just demolish some walls randomly just because you want to expand some space. This is not allowed.