Every private property owner wants to avoid mistakes when planning a house or apartment. After all, mistakes made during construction or during repairs can be very expensive as a result. In order not to waste time on alterations and to avoid the need to make adjustments to an already implemented interior, we offer you a selection of advice from professional designers and architects.

Many people underestimate the importance of a designer’s work and do not fully understand the importance of a well-organized space in a living room. Usually, the owners of an apartment or house make a layout, focusing on their own convenience and comfort. As a result, a lot of nuances appear that distort the expected sensations and, sooner or later, require alterations.

In order for the layout to be truly comfortable and to meet all the best expectations of the owners, you need to follow the recommendations of a professional designer. It is imperative to take into account the optimal arrangement of premises in accordance with communications and cardinal points (applies to private houses and cottages).

You also should pay attention to such points as the dimensions of the doorways and the placement of the doors. Especially in apartments, because in many of them the entrances and exits to the rooms are close, because of which, if the layout is incorrect, the doors can touch or even interfere with the full opening of each other. In other situations, when opening the doors, they can rest against, for example, a wardrobe or a sofa.

Being engaged in self-planning of housing, you should not forget also about indents for attaching curtains, the distance between plumbing fixtures and appliances in the bathroom, the availability of places and niches for storing various things.

Equally important as the rules of ergonomics is matching the correct proportions of the rooms. One of the most common and gross mistakes in the layout of a house and apartment is considered to be a violation of the proportions of the room. This, for example, if in long rooms all the furniture will be placed along the wall or when there is a freestanding cabinet, cluttering up the free space and making it difficult to move around the room.

It’s quite simple if you use built-in furniture and fit it into the living space as organically as possible. For example, the same freestanding cabinet can be built into a smaller wall – this will visually align the proportions of the room and save space. The same principle can be used when placing upholstered furniture in the room. It must functionally divide the interior into zones in order to maintain the correct proportions of the room and create a harmonious composition.

Good advice from experts: when visualizing the future layout, imagine how you will use certain objects.

The abundance of colors in real life will quickly get bored with tenants. Paints that are full of their brightness and richness, in fact, are not the best tool for zoning space. Moreover, this technique is not only rarely used by designers, but also very unpleasantly surprises them.

When designing your home, it is better to choose neutral colors for wall decoration and furniture upholstery. You can make the most colorful accents in the room – decor or accessories. They, at least, can be replaced or removed in appearance when the juicy colors bother the household. Instead of colorful decoration colors, it is better to use furniture as tools for zoning. Soft corner sofas, armchairs, mobile partitions, dining tables with chairs are more effective and functional in this regard.

Designers and architects, like no one else, know the consequences of mistakes made during home planning. By listening to the recommendations of professionals, you can create a practical, functional, harmonious and very cozy interior.