How Much Time Does a Renovation Take: 12 Fast Projects

Speed does not compromise quality and aesthetics — it's really possible. In our selection, you'll find real examples where the renovation took only a short amount of time.

Bright apartment with a "pass-through" room in Moscow
Timeline: 4 months

When the clients — a young creative couple — approached designers Lina Kabaeva and Inna Fainshtein, their plan was only a cosmetic renovation. However, upon seeing the apartment's condition, the professionals suggested replacing the tiles in the bathroom and kitchen, and refinishing the parquet… In the end, the renovation took 4 months.

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Design: KF Design

Modern three-room apartment in Ramenskoye
Timeline: 4 months

To fix the poorly planned layout of a flat in a Stalin-era building, designer Milla Kolpakova removed walls between the kitchen, living room, and narrow corridor.

As a result, the apartment was transformed into a comfortable and ergonomic space for a family: hosting guests is convenient in the combined kitchen-living room, the cozy bedroom was created for full relaxation, and the home office can easily be converted into a children's room in the future.

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Design: Milla Kolpakova

Stylish two-room flat with an unconventional decor
Timeline: 4 months

The experimental ground for Olga Kulikovskaya-Eshbi and her team at Interior Box was a small two-room apartment in a new building in New Moscow. In four months, the designer created a luxurious interior in neoclassical style with a carefully planned storage system — agree, that's exactly what every young housewife dreams of.

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Design: Olga Kulikovskaya-Eshbi, Interior Box

Three-room apartment with smart layout
Timeline: 3 months

How to arrange two children's rooms, a bedroom, and a living room in an apartment with only three rooms? This was the challenge faced by the owners of a typical three-room apartment in a panel house series P-3M, who approached designer Anush Arakelyan.

Thanks to an unconventional approach, they found space for a second child's room, placed additional storage systems, and even provided a workspace for the housewife. All without demolition or wall relocation!

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Design: Anush Arakelyan

Apartment for a girl: interior in Ivanteevka
Timeline: 3 months

The main wish of the client was to get a free and open space. For that reason, designers Elena Nikitina and Anna Pustovoytova removed internal walls — the apartment became bright and airy. The ceiling was left almost unfinished, preferring concrete covered with paint. The same approach was taken for the walls, painting the bricks in a light shade.

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Design: Elena Nikitina, Anna Pustovoytova

Scandinavian-style flat in a house built in the 1950s

Mariana and Nikita received a flat in the old center of Almaty — a dark and cramped Khrushchyovka. When it came to renovation, the owners unanimously decided on a Scandinavian style with retro elements — a tribute to a house with history. They opted not to do a full-scale layout change.

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Design: Apartment owners

Renovation in a two-room flat for a million rubles

This typical two-room flat is home to a young family with their beloved pet — a cat. The interior design follows minimalism — they don't want to spend too much time on cleaning.

Considering the client’s desires, designers from FlatsDesign gave the old flat a "second life" — it took just 2 months and 1 million rubles to transform it.

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Design: Evgenia Matveenko, FlatsDesign

Studio apartment for a student
Timeline: 2 months

This project is an example of a situation where there's no time or money for renovation. But the desire to live comfortably, even with minimal comfort, is present. “The apartment was given to us when the rough finishing was already done,” says designer Marina Nazarenko. “So there was no way to experiment with the layout and make it more rational.”

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Design: JoinForces studio

One-room flat for three people
Timeline: 2 months

The architect immediately rejected the idea of a layout change in this flat. By focusing on zoning and choosing finishing materials and furniture wisely, Natalia Sytenkova created a comfortable living space for three family members and provided a lot of storage spaces.

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Design: Natalia Sytenkova

From a two-room flat to a three-room apartment
Timeline: 2 months

Originally, the apartments in the residential complex "Ogni Ekaterinburg" were two-room, and they needed to find space for an isolated bedroom and children's room, living room, kitchen, and dining room. Since the requirements for layout changes in apartments are not as strict as in a regular flat, designers at MEDIANA interiors had full freedom to express their creativity.

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Design: MEDIANA interiors

Democratized three-room flat on Novoslavyanka
Timeline: 1 month

In the center of Moscow, architects-hipsters assembled a very unique interior from many small items brought from Paris and New York. At Crosby Studios, they admit that they didn’t want to cite anyone or anything. On the contrary, they aimed to create a space where one can afford to be oneself — a rare luxury today.

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Design: Crosby Studios

Fast and budget-friendly renovation in Kazan
Timeline: 13 days

A budget of 300 thousand rubles, 13 days for renovation, and great enthusiasm — with such baggage, designer Ekaterina Savkina brought a bold experiment to life. It was fortunate that some of the technical equipment and furniture were already on hand, but one had to figure out how to integrate them into the interior.

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Design: Ekaterina Savkina

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