Concrete in the interior of a creative apartment of 47 sq. m.

Even the most standard and dull living spaces can be transformed into unusual ones, creative apartments without special material and physical costs, if you get down to business competently.

New building of 47 sq. m., which went to a young married couple with a small child, was no different from thousands of others: concrete walls, cement screed on the floor, electricity at the entrance to the apartment - this exhausted the builders' concern for the well-being of future residents. However, it turned out that concrete in the interior can become an unusual and very interesting finishing material.

The designers of the studio, specializing in the decoration of small apartments, took into account the wishes of the customers: to spend as little money as possible, perhaps even to the detriment of convenience or aesthetics - after all, the family was not going to live in a "one-room apartment". Was it worth, in this case, to invest in the creation creative apartment?

That is why the customers offered not to spend money on plastering the walls, their further putty, preparation for painting or the purchase of wallpaper. As you know, it is the plaster that eats up the lion's share of the budget allocated for repairs.

Designers realized that fate provides them with a unique chance to try, can concrete in the interior to turn from an auxiliary material eternally hiding under the external finishing into the basis of housing design?

The idea of ​​not hiding what is usually hidden was further developed: the electrical wiring was laid directly on top of the concrete, saving on chiselling concrete under the hidden wiring. She reached her apotheosis in the bathroom, where they did not even hide the sewer, covering the riser with a glass door. Behind the same door is a washing machine.

Usually creative apartments require significant funds for their finishing, but in this case it was possible to do without special expenses. The exclusive kitchen table literally came from the street: the underframe was taken from a glass table with a broken tabletop, and the tabletop itself was built from wooden panels found on the street. They were joined together, a circle was cut out, the cuts were sanded and the wood was covered with a special oil.

Snow-white kitchen is a budget option from IKEA.

The gray color is rather monotonous, so the creators of the creative apartment decided to paint the interior partitions with white paint. Amazing bright accents enlivened the space: a skate floor lamp and a chair that is uncomfortable to sit on, but which looks very fresh and original.

The only expensive coating in the apartment is a polymer on the floor that imitates a tree and has a certain elasticity, which prevents fragile objects falling on it from breaking.

Result: concrete in the interior can look no worse than expensive finishing materials if you get creative.