How to start repairs in the kitchen: sequence, materials

Old boring interiors quickly get bored. To refresh the look of the kitchen, many owners of urban apartments or suburban real estate are starting a renovation. If you have free time and a sufficient amount of financial resources, you can immediately get to work. But not every user knows where to start repairing in the kitchen in order to complete work in a short time with maximum efficiency and minimum labor costs.

How to choose an interior style

So that the kitchen room does not stand out from the rest of the rooms, it must be done in the same style. The most popular options are:

• modern hi-tech;
• baroque;
• minimalism;
• classic style;
• modern.

How to start the repair in the kitchen? Of course, with the choice of style. The classic interiors use natural materials, the floors are covered with parquet. Art Nouveau and hi-tech are more suitable for modern youth, glass and plastic products are used here. Carved furniture predominates in Baroque, but such items are more suitable for a living room or bedroom.

An economical option for interior design is considered the Provence style. Simple materials prevail here. The walls and ceiling are covered with light pastel colors. The furniture contains floral patterns. In Provence, it is not advisable to use bulky details, for example, heavy textile curtains or massive chandeliers. The kitchen, decorated in this style, is simple and romantic.

Ceiling

Many users do not know where to start repairing a kitchen in an apartment. You can try to transform the ceiling, cover the surface with photo wallpaper or make a complex structure from a metal profile and sheets of drywall. There is another option - stretch ceilings, but such elements are made by professional builders. With your own hands, you can finish the polystyrene foam boards or fix the PVC panels to the frame. Consider a few simple options for decorating the ceiling.

Coloring

To perform such work does not need special knowledge, just a roller and paint cans. A water emulsion or latex materials are used here as a dye. Before work, the base surface is cleaned, then chips and cracks are closed. The paint is applied in two layers, the first time along long walls, the second in the perpendicular direction.

Wallpapering

As a coating, waterproof materials are chosen. When using thick trellises there is no need to level the base. Such products hide the irregularities of the base surface, give the ceiling a unique appearance.

Wallpaper sticker is considered one of the cheapest options for decorating the ceiling. Everyone can cope with this work. It is enough to cut the panels of the required length and apply glue to the surface. Tapestries are glued by joining with the combination of the pattern. In the places of contact of the walls with the ceiling, a decorative stroke is glued.

Floor

How to start repairing a kitchen in stages? It is best to start the repair work with the repair of the floor covering. When designing a room in the Provence style, you can use a wooden plank floor or artificial analogues, for example, linoleum, laminate or ceramic tiles. Whatever material is chosen, the surface of the products should be light.

Tile

Ceramic tile has a lot of advantages. These are durable waterproof products with an abrasion resistant surface. The only thing that tiles are afraid of is the fall of heavy objects. This option is not everyone can lay their own flooring. To carry out such work, you will need skills and the availability of a special tool (grinder, tile cutter).

The tile flooring is cold, so the kitchen has a warm floor or thick rugs. Laying tiles in the kitchen will cost a decent amount, so many users refuse this option.

Laminate

For the installation of flooring in the kitchen, you can choose a laminate, but preference should be given to moisture-resistant products. Conventional materials are not suitable for this purpose, because they have a small coefficient of moisture resistance. Laminate panels are laid on the base using lock joints. To prevent the appearance of creaks under the laminate, a substrate of cork or other materials is laid.

It is noted that moisture resistant models of this material can withstand 6 hours of moisture. For ordinary products, this effect can be fatal - the floor covering is deformed, mold and fungus appear in its lower part.

Linoleum

The most budgetary option for flooring in the kitchen. Linoleum is provided in the store in a wide range of colors and shades. Commercial models of such rolled products are characterized by high strength and wear resistance. Conventional linoleum is short-lived, needs to be replaced when the surface ruptures.

The main drawback of rolled products is the small thickness, which requires careful preparation of the base surface. A self-leveling mixture is used to level the floor in this room. This solution can be put on your own. The dry mixture is mixed with water using an electric drill with a whisk. The finished solution is aligned on the surface with a gear roller with a long handle.

Walls

Where to start repairing the kitchen with your own hands? The maximum area in any room is occupied by walls, so they are finished first. The surface of the enclosing structures in the kitchen should be easily washed away from dirt. In accordance with this requirement, and select finishing materials. The most used products for decorating kitchen walls in the Provence style are:

• ceramic tile;
• decorative panels made of polyvinyl chloride or MDF;
• waterproof paint;
• wallpaper.

In modern interiors, tiles are rarely used for decorating walls. This is an expensive, out-of-fashion material that is used to decorate the work area. Polyvinyl chloride panels, as well as MDF products and wood chipboards are made in the form of sheets with overall dimensions of 1.2 * 3 meters. Such elements may be solid or stacked. The latest materials are firmly fixed on the crate of wood or metal profile.

The use of panels is not without drawbacks. First of all, this is a decrease in free space in the kitchen due to the thickness of the frame. The best option for wall decoration are MDF boards or moisture-resistant polyvinyl chloride products with a protective film on the surface, as well as laminated organite made from particleboard. All products have a small thickness (3 mm), which allows them to be fixed to the surface using an adhesive mixture.

Wall painting

For decorative wall decoration, only waterproof types of paint are used, because such a coating will not lose its original appearance after washing. Before painting, the base must be thoroughly cleaned. Then fill the cracks and smooth the wall with putty. If this is not done, then the sunlight coming from the windows will indicate all existing irregularities. This work should be carried out by a qualified specialist, which will entail additional financial costs. It should be noted that monophonic paint looks a little boring. Such a background will not be able to decorate the interior.

Wallpaper sticker

How to make repairs in the kitchen with your own hands with minimal effort? The easiest way to decorate is the sticker on the wall. Each can stack rolled materials, such products well hide all wall defects. For pasting the kitchen, vinyl roll materials or glass wallpapers are most often used. 3D wallpapers will be a good choice, but working with them is much more difficult than with ordinary counterparts.

In what sequence is the repair carried out

At the initial stage of work, a design project is made. This document indicates the types and quantities of materials used, which helps to prevent their shortage at the stage of repair work. The kitchen is arranged in the following order:

• We free the room from furniture, remove the chandelier, sockets and switches.
• We remove the decorative decoration of the ceiling and walls, remove the old flooring.
• We collect and export garbage, clean the surface of dust and dirt.
• We put plaster on the walls, level the base of the floor.
• We make the strobes in the building envelope, lay the wiring. We drill holes for sockets and switches. In some cases, we will wall the walls for laying utilities, make recesses for the output of plumbing fixtures.
• We finish the ceiling.
• We lay decorative materials on the walls.
• We carry out the installation of flooring.

Specialists recommend carrying out repairs from top to bottom, which will avoid contamination of other structures. First of all, they paint the ceiling, then go to the walls, the floor covering is laid at the very end. When installing a floor from a laminate or linoleum, such materials are installed last. If the walls are finished with wallpaper, then you can lay the floor, and then the decor of the building envelope. When wallpapering, no dust is emitted; moreover, the adhesive is well washed off the floor covering.