Useful Home Renovation Tips and Ideas

A home renovation becomes necessary when your residence no longer meets your needs and beauty standards. The space gets to be impractical, hence the necessity to refresh the design to meet your current lifestyle, plus the interior design trends. You can also consider a renovation when you buy an old home and plan to redesign it. For streamlining purposes, make sure you plan each step carefully and estimate your budget. 

In this article, we will introduce a couple of useful tips and ideas, so that the end of your renovation project finds you with a comfortable, functional home, that suits your standards. 

Steps to renovate an apartment

When renovating an apartment, there is more than just painting the walls and replacing the furniture. Here are the main steps for renovating an old apartment: 

1.      Identify construction faults. These include uneven walls, cracks in the walls and ceiling, cracked floors, and more architectural faults. You need to carefully inspect all of these items and decide how to fix them all if you want to set a practical budget.

2.      Check electrical wiring, plumbing systems, door, and window frames. If repairs or refurbishments are not justified, then all must be replaced. 

3.      The dismantling phase: this is where you dismantle the kitchen furniture, strip the walls and floors and remove the old house electrical wiring, plus radiators. From this step further, managing the debris becomes a priority. Get in touch with the debris removal companies and select the best offer. 

4.      The reparation phase: cover the cracks and the gaps in walls, remove the rust stains, the yellow stains, or the mold from ceilings, etc. 

5.      The new works phase: install carpentry, fit the new electrical wiring, and apply the floor and wall types of finishes. 

Bathroom decoration project with no ceramic tiles

Bathrooms with no ceramic tiles became more popular when you have options for wall finishes. If you want to experiment with this trend, here are some unique finish options you can choose from, when renovating your bathroom. 

Tumbled Travertine

Tumbled travertine tiles are adequate for both vertical and horizontal tiles. Those are easy to install and durable in wet spaces, as long as the surface is sealed with a special solution. The look and texture of travertine adds elegance to the space and the natural shade variations add authenticity.

Natural stone wallpaper

A bathroom redecoration project with natural stone does not need to be difficult and use bulky, rigid materials. Choose an innovative wallpaper that's perfect for wet spaces/atypical surfaces: the flexible slate. This is produced from a natural stone sheet attached to a fiberglass and a resin layer, thus providing flexibility while retaining the durability and hardness of slate. 

The flexible slate can be applied over your existing ceramic tiles. But first, you should clean and dry your ceramic tiles, then apply a coat of special primer and adhesive all over the surface. In other words, if you want to redecorate your bathroom and take the ceramic tiles off, you can just clad the walls with natural stone wallpaper.

Alternatives for kitchen ceramic tiles

When you renovate the kitchen, usually this implies the existing tiles. Here are some useful tips:

Marble or travertine mosaics

Marble is more durable in traffic areas and travertine creates a comfortable ambience with its warm colors and texture. Both stones are available as mesh-mounted mosaics, easy to install on the kitchen flooring. You can choose a tumbled travertine mosaic, for its nonslip properties, or a polished marble mosaic in a combined color range, to make your kitchen shine.

Laminate flooring

The laminate flooring is a practical option, very durable, plus a natural look that fits any style. It can be easier to fit than tiles and warmer. 

Cork flooring

Cork flooring is environmentally friendly, quiet, warm, and on top of all, hard-wearing. However, if you have pets, you should be aware that the claws can damage them.

Interior wall finishes

Interior finishing in living rooms and bedrooms is essential for renovation. Your comfort and home vibe are influenced by those.

Sure, you can apply a white emulsion paint, but why not chose complex finishes, to reveal your charisma? Most of the time, it's enough to partially transform a single wall, for an original and authentic ambience. Here are a few tips:

Decorative brick

One of the most popular types of wall finishes is decorative brick. Very useful for conveying a rustic vibe and an authentic look, plus, easy to match with any furniture and interior decoration. You can clad an accent wall in your living room with decorative brick or just an archway, for an amazing effect.

Slate panels

For sophisticated, inspiring interiors, you can partially clad a living room or bedroom wall with textured black slate panels with metallic iridescence. They have no joints, making them easy to fit and maintain. 

Fiberglass wallpaper

This type of wallpaper is, like cork, an environmentally friendly and durable material. Besides the wide range of designs, fiberglass wallpaper is a worthy option in an apartment renovation project, as it can successfully cover walls with imperfections without the need for repair. It is also easy to wash and even resists the use of cleaning solutions.

A home renovation project might seem challenging, yet with the right info and proper preparation, it can be successful. All of these useful tips and ideas can help you achieve a modern and contemporary design for your home while providing highly satisfying results.