Katya Gershuni, a recognized expert in fashion and style, has recently become the host of the Day of Changes project on the Bober TV channel. Together with her co-host and a whole team of specialists, Katya transforms the surrounding space of the heroes in just 24 hours! In a conversation with Wday.ru, she shared the main life hacks about how to quickly and painlessly change a room when you have only one day at your disposal.
1. Certainly, there is no universal advice on this topic, just as there is no universal dress. There are methods by which you can really change the interior, the mood of the room and even the atmosphere, spending as little money as possible. It is very important not to cut off the shoulder and not to implement bold and radical ideas. You don’t want to wake up the next morning and grab your head, do you? I would advise you to implement two or three ideas that have haunted you for a long time, and to make the rest of the updates using familiar and understandable things.
2. Little things are the key to success. Even if you decided to make a real cinema out of your room (and there was such a case in our program!), You will change the main interior items. Once that happens, pay attention to the little things. Believe me, even original photo frames, authentic candlesticks or new lamps will help you achieve the effect of a radical renewal. Cute but useful and noticeable accessories will give the apartment its final look.
If the apartment is small, the best way to achieve significant changes is zoning.
3. We know very well that changing the floor is a very complicated and expensive story, as a rule, very long, therefore, in order to cope with it as quickly as possible and preferably on our own, quickly and for a minimum amount of money, you can use textiles, namely carpet for the whole room … It is better to use a solid color, then the effect will be maximum.
4. Use textiles in curtains. It is better to change the curtains to bright and light ones, and in general use as many light colors as possible. As a rule, the budget is not enough to change a large number of upholstered furniture. In this case, pillows, bright blankets help, which also brings its own atmosphere into the room.
5. If the apartment is small, the best way to achieve significant changes is zoning. Highlight a sleeping area or relaxation area and the space will be transformed instantly! Another life hack, which was a discovery for me, is a photo wallpaper. In our view from childhood, this is something lurid and unsightly. But unusual geometric patterns on photo wallpapers will make the surrounding space stylish and attract attention. The only thing is that such wallpapers are always made to order, so you need to take care of getting them in advance, but it is quite possible to glue them in a day.
6. Attention to the door! Replacing doors can be tricky, but they transform the space significantly. The way out is to show imagination and build a new door without removing the old one from the hinges. Repaint, decorate, draw an original pattern, grind chips and dents with a wood primer, there are a lot of options!
6. We learned a very cool way to change the mood of the space from one of the designers. In fact, in some cases it is possible to change the color of the walls without changing the previous wallpaper layer. You just need to choose the paint you need in texture and paint the wall with it directly on the already existing wallpaper.
7. More light! With the help of lighting fixtures, you can change accents, shade, increase or decrease the space. It is an invaluable and fairly economical resource. To do this, it is not at all necessary to change all the wiring: decorative lamps and even LED lighting are our saviors in changing the light space of a room.