9 ideas on how to make life in a city apartment more comfortable
Many people often experience a lack of comfort in a city apartment. Experts say that making a home cozier is quite simple. The interior must be carefully thought out and supplemented with useful trifles that can make life easier.
Lower the bathroom level
A quality bathtub increases the attractiveness of a home for sale, and when a child appears, it becomes simply necessary. To make it more convenient, you must lower its level. During the overhaul, it is worth installing the bathtub with legs on the floor slab as low as possible. It is necessary to carefully calculate the levels of sewer communications in the room and the entry point to the drain riser. Do not forget about reliable waterproofing.
The result is a bathtub, which will simply go into, because its side will be underestimated by 11 cm from the usual level. When people clad the screen in the room with ceramic tiles, it is worth installing a shallow foot hole with a depth of 7 cm near the floor. After that, it will be much more comfortable to wash your hair.
Make niches in the bathroom wall
The bathroom is always filled with various tubes and other useful little things. Because of them, the chrome shelves quickly begin to fade, and corrosion appears on them. Experts recommend that during major repairs make small niches in the walls for hygiene products. There will be enough depth of 6 cm. This idea does not affect the strength and functionality of the load-bearing wall, because it is reinforced and faced with ceramic tiles.
It is worth sticking a small mirror in the background of the niche. After that, the visual volume of a small room will increase markedly and become more comfortable. You need to think carefully about the location of niches so that they are convenient to use. They should not get water.
Put motion sensors in the bathroom
Many people enter the bathroom for just a few minutes. It is very convenient when the lighting there automatically lights up and switches itself off after 5 minutes. The motion sensor at first glance seems to be a complex device. Now you can buy special sockets equipped with this device, which are very simple to connect to the electrical network. Through them, you can turn on a moisture-protected lamp with an economical lamp. The sensor must be installed at a height of at least 120 cm from the floor level so that it can control movement. Experienced experts recommend that in such rooms in advance provide sockets at this level.
Make a podium for the washing machine
When it is possible to install the washing machine a little higher, you need to mount a special podium for it. After that, loading the device will become very convenient. Below you should place a container for clothes and other useful little things. Such a podium must be properly built so that it can withstand the mass of the machine and strong vibration during the spin cycle. It is worth mounting strong corners. This will reduce the risk of the appliance jumping to the floor.
Raise the sink 90 cm from the floor
If you raise the sink 90 cm from the floor in the bathroom, then it will become much more comfortable to use during washing. This technique will allow a person not to lean so much. The amount of spray after raising will be noticeably reduced.
Take a closer look at the outlet with the switch
Many sockets in the apartment should be connected to the main unit of switches near the front door.This is very convenient if with a simple switch you can turn on the New Year's garland, connected to a non-standard outlet. Such an idea gives many options when defining lighting scenarios and makes a person’s life much more comfortable. For a large hall, it is worth providing more contours of such outlets. This makes it possible to choose which lighting element to turn on with the switch.
Outlets on window slopes - the perfect solution
Now, many designers use one little-known technique. They design electrical outlets on the slopes of windows. In the apartment you can always find a large number of different gadgets and chargers. They are quite inconvenient to use when the outlet is set very low. Outlets at standard height are slowly being supplanted by such a solution, especially for small apartments.
Order a kitchen worktop 90-94 cm from the floor
In different countries of the world, the height standards for kitchens are very different. Experts advise mounting the countertop at a level of 90–94 cm from the floor surface. This will help to increase the usable space, which is especially true for small rooms. A box for various accessories can fit above the oven. Its height will increase by almost 10 cm, so it will become much more spacious.
Make the bed taller
When a wonderful view opens from the bedroom window, you should make the bed higher or find a large mattress. Increasing the height by 10 cm, you will greatly change your sensations. If the bedroom has a large balcony, then you need to reduce the window sill unit. This will make it possible to enjoy the view from the window. The higher the bed is, the more places to store useful little things can be done under it.
Such techniques will help make a small apartment more comfortable. They will save not only money, but also human strength. Life will become comfortable, which will greatly affect the mood.
