5 finishing materials within your budget

With interior designer Yevgeniya Ermolayeva, we share which materials to pick for finishing if you have a limited budget.

Yevgeniya Ermolayeva is an expert and interior designer, founder of EEDS DESIGN studio

Magnetic and marker paints

The perfect solution for decorating a child's room. The paints are eco-friendly and easy to apply to primed and plastered walls and furniture. With special markers or chalk, you can write notes on the walls. By the way, they are easily wiped off with a cloth if needed.

Pro tip: paint the wall with marker paint and use it as a screen for a home projector.

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Cork

Cork flooring with lamina is affordable and looks like wooden parquet. At the same time, it's also durable and eco-friendly. On such a surface, dust and dirt won't accumulate, and mold won't appear. Even after several years, such a floor won't rot — a practical solution for long-lasting renovation.

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Wall panels

An eco-friendly and durable material made from natural coniferous wood. If you have noisy neighbors, this material is exactly what you need — it has excellent sound insulation. It's convenient that it can be used for wall finishing and for building decorative partitions.

It also handles wet cleaning well, so it's suitable for kitchen or hallway finishing. You can use parquet boards as panels — they come in different price categories, and you can easily find a suitable option.

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Gypsum 3D panels

A trend from recent years that looks great in any interior. It may not be the cheapest material, but it's not necessary to use it for all walls. Use panels as accent elements.

An important advantage is that gypsum panels offer excellent thermal insulation, so you don’t need to spend extra money on wall insulation.

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Ceramic granite imitation wood or concrete

It's not necessary to choose an expensive wooden floor made from solid wood. There is a more affordable alternative: ceramic granite with wood or concrete imitation looks just as elegant.

It's also not only durable but also strong. It resists moisture and chemical substances, making it much more practical than wooden flooring.