Photos and tips for renovating a living room in an ordinary apartment

The living room is a place where relatives and friends gather. Therefore, it should be interesting, modern and comfortable. In this article, we will show in the photo examples of renovating a living room in an ordinary apartment.

To achieve this goal, we will be helped by modern methods and materials that are used in the renovation of apartments.

Modern and cozy living room

What requirements can be presented for the renovation of a living room?

living room functionality;

convenience and comfort in living;

beauty and practicality;

uniqueness in

interior;

smooth and plain walls of the room;

ease of repair;

it is desirable to decentralize lighting;

the minimum amount of furniture sets;

simplicity in the design of window openings.

Cleaning the walls and leveling the ceiling in the living room

Any repair can be divided into several stages

First of all, we start renovating an apartment by replacing old windows with modern ones. If there is a balcony in the guest room, then its block is also replaced with a new one.

Slope finishing schemes

You choose the material from which the windows are made according to your taste and material capabilities. Of course, wooden windows are much more expensive due to their natural qualities. However, they have a small drawback - they need constant care and timely minor repairs. Windows made of metal-plastic are several times cheaper, and they do not require such care as wood.

Installation of metal-plastic windows

If you replaced the windows, then you can start processing window slopes. For such work, drywall or plastic panels are usually used. Under them, you can put a roll of insulation, which protects from cold weather and is also an additional insulation.

Finishing heating devices in the apartment

Slopes are usually not recommended for plastering, since a large amount of building materials is consumed, the work is quite laborious and short-lived.

If the heating device does not meet the power characteristics of the living room being created, then they can be replaced. In most cases, they are not dismantled - they are only painted or sewn up with a special material.

Installation of interior doors

In the photo you can see the renovation of a living room in an ordinary apartment.

Doors are also replaced or restored. You can get by with the repair of door slopes, while using drywall.

Apartment door restoration

But now we come to the main stage of renovating a living room in an ordinary apartment, in the photo you can learn the wonders of design ideas and techniques for their embodiment in all sorts of details. First, we start to repair the ceiling.

Decor of doors in the apartment

Consider a major renovation of the ceiling in the living room

First you need to brush off the whitewash from the ceiling with a huge amount of water. Then, when the ceiling is dry, the putty of cracks and all kinds of flaws on the surface is done. After everything has solidified completely, these places are cleaned and painted. The ceiling must be painted over several times. There are times when the old plaster layer begins to fall off, and then it is necessary to remove it (preferably in its entirety), and then plaster the whole room again.

Ceiling marking scheme for drywall fixing

Quite recently, they began to use a plasterboard suspended ceiling. The fact is that such work is done quickly enough. From an aesthetic point of view, does not cause any complaints.

Plasterboard false ceiling in the living room

Around the entire perimeter of the living room, a galvanized profile is mounted on the walls, which is the main frame. Then a longitudinal profile is attached to it and interconnected into a one-piece frame using a transverse profile. Plasterboard sheets are sewn onto the frame, they are putty and painted.

Plasterboard false ceiling with spotlights

If you have the ability and desire to make a ceiling consisting of several levels, then this will be a good solution, since it perfectly decorates the living room. Spotlights are inserted into the suspended ceiling, which are placed at different angles to the floor plane. A unique light play in the room decoration can be done on the ceiling, which consists of several levels.

Illuminated plasterboard suspended ceiling

In the photo below, pay attention to the renovation of the living room ceiling in an ordinary apartment. Isn't it true, two options for finishing the ceiling look original? Quite good color scheme and originality in performance.

Unusual plasterboard suspended ceiling with interesting lighting

How to repair the walls in the living room

We will try to give you a clear answer to this question. First of all, in the renovation, you usually want to change the color of the walls. To do this, first remove the old layer and level the plane of the wall using a plaster mixture. Then we apply a special finishing putty.

Wall plaster scheme

To make the walls as even as possible, we use a construction level gauge. If you need to change the old electrical wiring, then first we make a groove in the wall for laying new electrical wires. Then they are putty to insulate the wires.

If in the course of work the walls for some reason do not turn out to be even, then plasterboard sheets are sewn on them, which in the future must be filled without fail. To glue drywall to the wall, you need a special glue that is diluted with water. If you are not too worried about the total area of ​​the room, then metal profiles are nailed to the walls, to which drywall is attached. The walls are primed and, as a result, wallpaper is glued to them.

Alignment scheme for walls with plasterboard on glue

How to repair your living room flooring

This issue needs to be approached more responsibly. If concrete floors prevail in the apartment, then a cement screed is made, on which the flooring is then laid.

Laying parquet board on plywood

In most cases, parquet is used,

laminate or parquet board. Parquet board is one of the best coatings for a living room, although it is quite expensive, it is superior in quality to others. If the living room already has this type of floor, then it is updated, and then varnished.

Laying laminate flooring with corner lock

It is undesirable to lay tiles on the floor in the living room. Laminate, by the way, boasts of its durability. It will be quite interesting to look at the option of laying parquet or linoleum along the diagonal of the room, especially if the room is small.

Laminate color and texture options

As an example of the above, you can see the presented photo: this is how the floor looks after repair in the living room of an ordinary apartment.

Arrangement of furniture in the living room

The best stage after the completion of the renovation of the living room of an ordinary apartment (the stages of which we have told you and shown in the photo) is when they arrange furniture sets, household appliances and various eye-pleasing accessories.

Living room in light colors

There is an opinion that it is impossible to make a high-quality repair without the help of designers, especially if it relates to decorating a room, selecting furniture or arranging it. In fact, everything is not so difficult. Construction stores today offer a huge selection of all kinds of finishing materials. Consultants will be happy to help you figure it out and help you choose everything for a high-quality and inexpensive repair. You just have to listen and make your choice.