Repairs usually tend to drag onseveral months and even years. Is it possible to do it faster? Say, in two weeks. Impossible? No way! An ordinary new building in Kazan and an apartment that urgently needed renovation under time pressure and with a budget of 300 thousand rubles. Designer Ekaterina Savkina took on the task of doing it in record time - just 13 days. The owner gave the go-ahead for such a bold experiment, which started in September last year.
Ekaterina Savkina was born in Kazan, nowlives and works in Moscow. Studied at the Details Design School and is now the art director of the popular and most practical show Fazenda on Channel One. She has been professionally involved in design for 10 years now, and among other things, she runs the Design Direction project — within its framework, the experiment that will be discussed below was conducted. The task was as follows: to make repairs as quickly as possible so that the apartment could be rented out, and at the same time fit into the budget of 300 thousand rubles. Some furniture supplies were already available, but they also had to be somehow integrated into the interior. In August, the keys were received, measurements were taken, and about a month was allocated for preparation.
Preparation To begin with, the following were purchased in Moscow:the main accent materials: tiles, paint, boards and wallpaper, to which everything else was then selected - textiles, furniture selection and kitchen. Furniture arrangement plans were made, shopping lists were compiled, deadlines were clearly calculated by days, a work team with a foreman was found. The materials had to be sent to the work site in advance so that they would all be available by the time the renovation started. Editor's clarification: - The apartment was rented out for final finishing, so the floor had already been poured and the walls plastered. If this had not been done, the renovation would have been much more expensive. Related articles
Day 1 On the first day of work on the site there wasan agreement was reached with the workers (the foreman withdrew, honestly stating that this was not his pace). After inspecting the apartment, they added a few more items to the shopping list - plaster, pipes, tile adhesive, for which they immediately went to the store. Having promptly purchased everything necessary, the materials were delivered to the apartment that same day and the team began work.
Day 2 The workers, without any delay,plastered the bathroom walls, which were a little crooked, cut grooves in the walls in the right places and primed half of the apartment. Additional tiles were purchased, very cheap by Moscow standards, but high-quality.
Day 3 Apron, electrics, completely donethe balcony was tiled, they started preparing the wallpaper for painting. The renovation process required even more glue and materials, for which they had to go to the store again. Also on this day, all the doors were painted with the first layer.
Day 4 and 5 The workers' hard work and desireto do everything within the set deadlines led to the fact that by the end of the fifth day of work in the bathroom more or less came to an end. The kitchen was pasted over with wallpaper. It is necessary to clarify that the repair did not go on around the clock, but with full compliance with the schedule of noisy work. Day 6 and 7 On these days, the doors and ceilings were painted, and all the processes that had been started continued. Moreover, absolutely everyone liked the paint - both in appearance and in its characteristics. Installing the doors did not take much time, and by the evening of the seventh day they were already on the hinges.
Day 8 and 9 The process is almost completewallpapering, underlays laid and laminated on top of them, door frames and baseboards installed. Not only three workers but also a designer take an active part in the renovation. The result of the ninth day: it's time to bring in the furniture, as the construction part is almost finished.
Day 10 The equipment elements and all thefurniture — two beds, a wardrobe, mattresses, consoles, cabinets, stools, picture frames and a kitchen with all its contents. Moreover, the delivery was scheduled for the next day, so there were no particular problems with logistics. Meanwhile, in the apartment, the ceilings for the bathroom were stretched and the plumbing was almost installed. Related articles Day 11 So, the furniture was delivered, followed by the process of its assembly and installation. The beds were additionally painted, the previously removed radiators were returned to their places. All construction waste was removed.
Day 12 This was the final day for the workers, and they did a great job. They made shelves in the kitchen, hangers, curtain rods, installed all the lights and switches, and even poster mounts.
Day 13 While the other team was already busythe kitchen assembly, the designer hung curtains, posters — in a word, she was busy decorating the rest of the space. As soon as absolutely all the work was completed, the final cleaning followed, after which the owner, amazed by such speed, accepted the keys to his renovated apartment. The experiment was a success — a global renovation can really be done in just over two weeks!
Materials used
- Belarusian tiles "Keramin" from the "Megastroy" store, "Freestyle" collection;
- wallpaper of the Moscow wallpaper factory from the "Wallpaper House";
- plumbing - "Stroyka" store;
- paints Dulux Master Lux Aqua 40, for the ceiling - Zinsser Ceiling Paint;
- refrigerator - “Mediamarkt”;
- other consumables and building materials, furniture from Leroy Merlin, IKEA, Mega stores, including mattresses, curtains, Pax wardrobe and the entire kitchen.
Schedule of repair works
Photos taken from the site.
