Why did I decide to do repairs in the house with his own hands

The history of their self-repair to share with us Irina lives in a private house in the suburbs.

Good day! My name is Irina, I am 32 years. I live in the suburbs. I want to share the experience of self-repair in a private home.

Most recently, my family and I bought the land within the boundaries of our city, we have built a house, and now it's time to make repairs in the house.
Since the money was not much, and wanted to do everything nice and modern, and even personal preferences, we did not either hire a designer or workers, which would make us repair. It was decided to make repairs on their own, and on a personal project, especially since the move to live there we had as soon as possible.

So we have made a step by step in what order we should proceed repair:

1. Children's room (the most important thing was to repair this very room the first, that was where to settle with a child).
2. Bathroom (also one of the primary and most important rooms in the house).
3. Living room (it last, since it is not so important for a quick settlement to the house).

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And now I explain in detail about the nuances repair their own hands.

1. Construction of a children's room

This room was supposed to and as a children's room, and as a bedroom for the parents as a small child and spend the night near future will still have together.

First, it was decided to make floors and to cover them, I chose a laminate, since it pleasant walking and good clean.

We made the purchase at the hypermarket. There's a large selection of laminate, and for this room, I decided to take an inexpensive laminate flooring as in the bedroom I spend a little time in the day and therefore a high class laminate is absolutely not needed (this can be save). After laying laminate we bought wallpaper.

One wall we papered designer wallpaper with the image of the beloved city, and the words of your favorite songs, and three other walls we pasted calm self-colored wallpaper gray to highlight the most with designer wall wallpaper.

We ordered the ceiling tension and bought a beautiful, but at the same time with a simple mind-chandelier lamp with adjustable light in our favorite hypermarket.

From furniture set bed with bedside tables, a small wardrobe and a cot. In general, it turned out pretty nice and functional room.

2. Repairs in the bathroom.

Bathroom had planned to make a "loft" style, all strictly and nothing more. We have a bathroom combined with a toilet. We bought on the walls tiles of granite gray tones and decorative tile inserts in several places. My husband himself put the tiles on the walls and on the floor. It turned out that the SVP (tile leveling system) to do this is quite simple.

When buying a tile saw in the store, "Stretch ceiling with his hands" and decided to buy this set (it just came to us in size). The husband has read the instructions and easily pulled himself the ceiling in the bathroom. It turned out cheaper than to order and very nice. Also bought a toilet, the shower curtain (prefer it instead of doors, because it takes up less space) and sink with cabinet. That's a bathroom with a toilet is ready.

3. Repairs in the living room

I had to make repairs in the living room. It is combined with the kitchen, so the area is quite large. The coating was chosen for linoleum flooring. It is easy to wash in the kitchen area and it is inexpensive. We took a budget option, so you can change without regret when tired. One of the walls in the living area laid out with her husband decorative brick plaster, it hung down the TV and ordered cabinet according to our size in the entire length of the wall.

This cabinet, though low, but because of the great length there is placed a lot of things. Also located a fridge, a small kitchen, table and all the necessary equipment in this large room.