Precautions for Home Decoration

Whether you're decorating your first home or are simply looking to make a few updates, we've rounded up our favorite design ideas, must-have products and more to help make interior design simple (and fun!).

Owners often complain

1. The shelf height of our porch cabinet is the same, and winter boots cannot be put in.

2. There is no water splash in my cupboard. My apron is wet when cooking.

3. There are wires all around my TV, so I can't hide them.

4. The color of our wood floor is a little dark, which is depressing and a little dust is especially obvious!

So we summary some small tips, read it before you start home decor.

Hallway Entrance

1. shoe cabinets must pay attention to the shelf height and depth, not less than 35cm, otherwise the longer shoes can not be put in, can only be piled at the door, or, can set up different shelf height shoe cabinets, random placement is no problem.

2. The bottom of the porch shoe cabinet is left empty, so it is more convenient to put the shoes you wear everyday under it.  Custom shoe cabinets can be topped up to increase storage space, avoid dust and facilitate cleaning.

3. A shoe changing stool can be installed at the entrance. In addition to storage, it is also convenient to change shoes, especially for families with elderly people.

4. Many people will also ignore the lighting of the entrance. A dome lamp or induction lamp will be added to the entrance, so you don't have to turn on the light in the dark when you go home every night. It is warm and convenient.

Living Room

5. At present, the height of small-sized houses is generally only a little more than 2 meters. It is not recommended to make complicated suspended ceilings so as not to appear too depressing.  Using plaster lines to simply surround a circle is simple, generous and economical.

6. A PVC pipe should be installed in the TV background wall, so that in the later period, for example, TV lines, network cables and the like can pass through it, and the wall surface will be kept very clean and fresh.

7. Don't forget to install a socket at the sofa side of the living room, especially for friends who like to lie on the sofa and play with mobile phones.  If you want to place floor lamps in the future, it will be inconvenient to have no socket.

8. Many decorators will recommend you to install all kinds of downlights, spotlights and light belts in your home. If you are seldom at home at ordinary times, you can meet the light source requirements for admission, and the complicated design  can be removed.

9. Home wood floor, don't choose the color is too deep, my family is, now as long as there is a little gray, can see clearly, every day to drag several times.

10. TV background wall must not do too complicated, tired of watching for a long time feel rustic, installation is also very expensive, also affect watching TV.  Simple latex paint, wallpaper, gypsum line is very good.

Dining Room

11. Dining tables and chairs should never be placed next to the wall, otherwise the wall will be easily damaged by collision.

12. Many people like to set up a socket under the dining table to facilitate eating hot pot. Attention should be paid to the position of the socket to avoid tripping. If you do not eat hot pot very often, it is unnecessary to install it and it is not convenient to clean it.

13. Sideboard is actually a very important existence, can replace the wine cabinet, can also be simple storage, the most important thing is: can put some small kitchen appliances here, as a simple small western kitchen, like to do west point friends can choose custom sideboard under the condition of budget oh!

Kitchen

14. Don't choose small ceramic tiles for kitchen wall tiles. There will be many gaps in ceramic tiles, which will easily lead to greasy dirt. Cleaning will be very difficult.

15, cabinet doors must not use paint doors, there can be no bump, otherwise it is easy to have potholes, very ugly;  In addition, the grid door is also not used, so it is easy to absorb lampblack and it is very difficult to clean it.

16. There is no need to choose marble for the countertop of the kitchen. The cost performance is not high!  Of course, we can't choose artificial stone either. It may crack.  Qijia Meimei suggests that you choose quartz stone, which is beautiful, inexpensive and hard.

17. Water blocking strips should be added before and after the cabinet to prevent water drops from falling to the ground. It is difficult to clean and easy to slip. It can also ensure the service life of cabinet plates.

18. Sink pipe to install a trap, or later it is easy to appear anti-odor situation, especially rainy weather, not to mention how bad heart.

19. The kitchen flue should pay attention to install a check valve, otherwise as long as there are neighbors cooking, the rice fragrance will run to your house.

Bathroom

20. The floor drain in the shower room must be the lowest point on the whole floor, otherwise the water flow will be extremely slow and there will be water accumulation.

21, floor drain selection to choose deodorant floor drain, otherwise it is easy to encounter rainy weather will return smelly, a lot of time the toilet smell, is from the floor drain.

22, the water pipe in the home, must do sound insulation cotton processing, otherwise as long as a water heard rushing sound, sleep at night is also affected.

23. Try not to choose a basin on the table. Although the color value is high, there are too many dead corners and it is difficult to clean them up after a long time.

Bedroom

24. If you have the habit of getting up at night, you'd better put a small desk lamp at the head of the bed, which will not affect others.

25. The air conditioner in the bedroom must not face the bed. It is easy to blow out diseases in summer.

26. Curtains must be well shaded, otherwise you will not be able to sleep in on weekends and the morning sun will wake you up.