How to Improve Apartment Interior: 10 Design Hacks from Projects

Every month we select the most interesting home ideas from projects. Which solution did you like the most?

How else can you use kitchen tiles?

Designer Maria Nechaeva used tile with a pattern resembling majolica and found an unusual application for it. Part of the tiles were laid behind the cooktop, while the rest went toward finishing the bar counter on the outside.

View the full projectAdditional sleeping space

Designer Kristina Izotova in the child's room decided to install a sliding sleep block with an additional mattress — just in case guests come to visit the little one with overnight stays.

View the full projectVisual way to raise the ceiling

Designers decorated the painted walls in the apartment with moldings and baseboards in wall color: this visually raised low ceilings (only 2.45 m).

View the full projectFunctional bed headboard

Julia Kandybej designed the headboard from soft, fabric-covered rectangular blocks of small size. There is a small space between them for temporary storage of magazines, books, or drawings.

View the full projectHow to hide the range hood in interior

Instead of the upper row of cabinets on the kitchen, designers hung two facades, one of which hides the range hood. This creates an illusion that these are upper parts of buffets.

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In the project Property Lab+Art there is a window in the bathroom. To avoid closing it with curtains or blinds, designers came up with decorating the glass with colorful stained glass.

View the full projectBudget alternative to marble

Designers Line Design Studio initially planned to make an apron from quartz resembling marble, but later found a more economical substitute — used large-format tiles.

View the full projectKitchen in a cabinet

To visually expand the space of a small studio, the kitchen was hidden behind doors. They were painted in the same color as the walls so that the cabinet is almost invisible in the interior.

View the full projectBedroom-transformer

To hide the bed facade of a transformer, designer Maria Puzanova decided to decorate the wall with an abstract fresco.

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To expand the space along the entire wall in the hallway, mirror cabinet doors were installed. This also solves the problem of storage space.

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