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A familiar thought: “Why pay a designer? I know what I want. I’d rather spend that money on good tiles. I’ll find a crew and we’ll sort the rest out as we go.” Sounds logical. But “as we go” is the most expensive part of any renovation. That is exactly…

Keys in hand, an echo in the empty flat, and the interior already finished in your head: a bright kitchen, a big sofa, warm light in the evenings. And the first thought usually goes: “I’ll find a good crew and we’ll get started. We’ll sort the rest out as we…

“We have a design, we have drawings. The builders are grown-ups, they’ll figure it out.” The thought is understandable: why pay again when everything is already drawn? Sometimes it really does work out — if you have plenty of free time, a financial cushion and nerves of steel. But a…

“What is there to design? I’ll pick nice tiles, put in a shower, and that’s it.” It sounds logical — the bathroom seems like the simplest room in the flat. But the bathroom is exactly where the most is hidden under the tiles: pipes, waterproofing, falls, ventilation. And almost any…

A renovation almost always starts with other people’s advice. “Designers are for the rich”, “don’t start in winter”, “the key is to visit the site as often as you can”. It sounds convincing — after all, plenty of people you know did exactly that. But some of these rules stopped…

A familiar thought: “The main thing is to choose beautiful fronts and a good worktop. The kitchen fitters will sort out the rest — they install kitchens every day.” It sounds reasonable. But the kitchen is the most technical room in the home. One small space brings together water, drainage,…

When we design a living room, the sofa almost always becomes its centre. The lighting, the rug, the coffee table, even where the TV will hang, all adjust to it. That is why a mistake with the sofa rarely stays a single mistake: it drags the whole room along with…

When people plan a renovation, they argue about tiles, pick a wall colour from twenty almost identical shades and spend weeks hunting for the perfect sofa. Light fittings, on the other hand, are often bought at the last minute, in one evening, from a picture online and on the principle…