For one reason or another, many car owners believe that their car simply needs window tinting; how to do it yourself is described. However, not everyone has a certain amount Money to purchase factory tint. What to do then? Make a removable tint yourself. After all, the technology of its production is not so sophisticated that you can’t figure it out on your own (though the work is quite painstaking and not the easiest, so it’s better to have an assistant in this matter). And if the desire to tint the windows and at the same time be able to dismantle the tinting so as not to cause problems with the traffic police is very great, then you have definitely come to the right place.

So, you will need:

• polyester sheet 0.5 millimeters thick;
• tint film;
• knife + replacement blades for it;
• pencil or other marking tool;
• metal scissors or those that can create a lot of pressure;
• forcing for smoothing the film;
• spray;
• a flat and clean surface (you can use thick glass, placing it on the table) for applying the film to the plastic.

When everything is prepared, you can start working.

Step-by-step instructions for installing removable tint yourself.

1. First of all, you need to remove the pattern from the glass. To do this, disassemble the doors and remove the glass. For the pattern, you can use tracing paper. Attach it to the glass using double-sided tape, and then trace the outline along the sealing rubber bands. Next, cut out the pattern along the marked line.

2. The next stage will be the production of a template and blanks. You need to transfer the removed pattern to a sheet of, for example, whatman paper or other thick paper and adjust the resulting thick pattern to the exact dimensions of the glass by inserting the cut paper between the glass and the seals in the interior.

3. Having achieved perfect accuracy, cut out the plastic blanks using metal scissors according to the made pattern. Treat imperfect edges with sandpaper or sandpaper.

4. Apply tint to the resulting blanks. Cut out three contours of plastic blanks from the tint film (in case one of them is damaged). Remove the protective layer on one side of the polyester and give it a little time until the static effect disappears so that the film does not bubble.

5. After 15 minutes, using a spray bottle, moisten the surface of the workpiece soap solution. Do the same with the tinting film, removing the protective layer from it. Next, apply the tint film to the workpiece and smooth it over the surface using forcing. When leveling, constantly wet the surface of the film. Then, using a knife (passing it clearly along the edge of the plastic), cut off the remaining film along the contour. In the same way, apply the tint film to all workpieces. Finished goods dry for 2 hours. When the first side is dry, do the same procedure on the back side.

6. Achieve the required level of light transmittance when selecting a film for tinting. Keep in mind that by applying a film with 35 percent light transmittance on both sides, you will get 15-18 percent light transmittance. And further. Before use, leave the removable tint on for several days to ensure that the film adheres as tightly as possible. Otherwise, the service life of the tint will be significantly reduced.

When spending time in the bathroom, the question often arises: how to make it both beautiful and functional at the same time. With beauty everything is clear, it’s better ceramic tiles Nothing has yet been invented for the bathroom and toilet. The tiles have durability, water resistance, and excellent sanitary and hygienic qualities. Thanks to numerous manufacturers, there is a huge variety in the choice of color, size and shape of tiles. But in addition to being just a beautiful room, the bathroom also performs technical functions, and any equipment requires regular maintenance. Here the question arises of how to make access to pipes and plumbing communications convenient and beautiful at the same time. Often people sacrifice ease of maintenance for the sake of beauty. For example, they tightly seal the wall under the bathroom, leaving, at best, a small window opposite the siphon. As a result, any malfunction or blockage of the drain threatens a new major repair. A plumber may simply not be able to fix anything through a small window. You can see how we make a bathroom screen from tiles. All of the above also applies to the back wall behind the toilet in a toilet or combined bathroom. You can look down through a door or hatch, but you won’t be able to do anything. Any malfunction threatens the prospect of dismantling or destruction of the interfering structure. Finding the same tile for restoration will be very difficult. So, during a major renovation of a bathroom, it is better to take care in advance to ensure easy and painless access to the pipes. To maintain the overall appearance and style of the room, we will consider only methods using ceramic tiles:

• Make an opening door or hatch.
• Make an easily removable panel.
• A combination of these methods. As in our example, there is a door on top for frequent opening, and a panel on the bottom in case of an accident.

The tiles provide excellent access to communications and at the same time look very attractive without disturbing the design of the bathroom. But they are quite difficult to manufacture. The tiles are very heavy and the maximum permissible door dimensions are limited. Much easier to do removable panel from tiles. If access to pipes is not needed often, only in case of an emergency, then this best option. The removable panel can be made large, because it will not be removed often, but only as a last resort. In terms of cost, it also comes out almost for nothing, the panel can be made from ordinary, or better yet moisture-resistant plasterboard or GVL. There should be plenty of this goodness during the overhaul. We will make the removable panel behind the toilet easily removable, but it will look like a monolithic wall made of tiles.

How and from what to make a removable panel.

It is best to make the base of the panel from gypsum fiber board, as it holds its shape better. If the size of the panel is not very large, then it can be made of green, moisture-resistant plasterboard. To ensure that the panel does not deform during operation, several reinforcing guides can be screwed to the sheet from the inside of the sheet. To begin, we cut out a piece of drywall that is suitable in size. It should be easily installed in its place without clamping or distortion. We immediately cut out all the necessary holes for the pipes with some margin. Now you need to fasten the panel so that it holds well in place and can be easily removed if necessary. To do this, we screw sections of PP27x28 plasterboard guides to our sheet with self-tapping screws according to the diagram shown. We also attach the mating parts to the floor. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that during installation, the lower guide panels are put on those that are attached to the floor and hook onto them, preventing the panel from falling out from below. You can bend them slightly for adjustment. Then top part moves forward and is fixed with long self-tapping screws through the frame guide of the main wall, or the hatch frame. The removal procedure is the same in reverse order: unscrew the long fixing screws, pull the top of the panel towards you and move the lower guides out of engagement by moving upwards.

Scheme for making a removable tile panel.

Only after we are convinced that our panel can be easily and freely installed and removed can we cover it with tiles. We recommend using liquid nails or other plastic glue as glue to make the structure strong and light. At the edges of the panel we leave gaps slightly wider than the tile joint. They can later be closed with a rubber seal or sealed for tiles if you plan to remove the panel only as a last resort.

The photo below shows some more removable tile panels combined with an aluminum hatch for access to the pipes.

Removable top and bottom tile panels.

The idea of ​​a lower removable panel for access to pipes was so loved by everyone that it was further developed in the form of an upper removable panel. Typically, access to the top of sewer risers is not required, but there are still cases when it is necessary. For example, it may happen that the house will still carry out major renovation and the old riser pipes will be replaced with new ones, then you will be asked to provide free access to the risers. If you have removable panels, this is easy to do and you don’t have to destroy or redo anything. This design provides the most complete access to pipes for repair and maintenance. Below are some examples from our practice. Removable top and bottom tile panels in combined and separate bathrooms.

In Russian practice, rented economy class housing rarely has design solution and euro-repair. Usually this is old furniture and cosmetic repairs, perhaps not even fresh. At the same time, for many, a rented apartment does not become a temporary home; one can live in it for decades, but often during this time it is never fully inhabited. Why? Firstly, there is a feeling that the home is not your own, that you can move out of it at any time, which means why invest effort and money to remake it for yourself? Secondly, there is constraint in the form of the will of the owners. Some people will calmly accept that you will change everything, but others need to call before every hammered nail.

But this is not a reason to stare at cracks in the plaster for several years and put up with Soviet furniture. We have compiled for you a kind of instruction on how to transform your rental housing in budget and harmless ways. All ideas are suitable for easy changes in your own apartment.

Step one: get rid of the excess.

Many owners rent out an apartment not only with furniture, but also with its contents. Old books, figurines and other trinkets, as well as pieces of furniture you no longer need, can be given to the landlord. If the owners do not want to take them, carefully put everything in boxes and put them away. It would be better if the shelves were spacious, but only those things that have some meaning to you or that fit perfectly with the interior will be on them.

Even if order was put in place for your move, dust still accumulated during all the fuss and sorting out of things. Do general cleaning- in the process you will just understand what you need to buy or change.

Step two: deciding the fate of the furniture.

If among the furnishings provided by the owners there is a necessary piece of furniture, for example Coffee table, but you don’t like its appearance, then it can be replaced or transformed. To avoid going broke, you can buy a nicer and more comfortable piece of furniture on avito.ru or at a consignment store. When moving, you can sell it in the same way and lose almost nothing.

If you are purchasing furniture that will go with you to your next location, look first at compact and folding options. They are easier to transport and can be placed in any housing configuration. Ikea has a lot of lightweight folding and inexpensive furniture.

If it is not so easy to get rid of the furniture that comes with the apartment, you can put it in decent shape. Wooden furniture Maintenance, such as a new coat of varnish or wax, can help. Furniture makeovers can also be harmless: buy new bright handles for dresser cabinets or print a stylish design on cardstock and attach it to the back wall of the shelving unit.

A good option: cover problem areas with stickers or throw something on top.

We’ll talk more about how to disguise the imperfections of furniture and all surfaces in the apartment in the next step, which will begin tomorrow. Do not miss!

Living in a rented apartment does not mean that you have to suffer every day in a gloomy dark hole, and only dream that one day you will wake up in the room that your imagination draws. If you really don’t like the interior of your rental property, change it!

The problem for many tenants is also that the owners do not allow them to re-stick the wallpaper, drill into the walls or throw away old furniture and other rubbish. But, fortunately, there are techniques with which you can make your home cozy and beautiful, light and bright, in a word, the way you want it to be, without violating the rules of residence. Find out how to do it without large investments and repairs by reading this article to the end.

How to arrange a rented apartment - general cleaning

Start your move by completely cleaning and clearing the apartment of dust, dirt, and cobwebs. Wash windows, chandeliers, wipe off dust even in hard to reach places and wash the floors well.

Immediately after this, you will see how your rental home will brighten and transform, and you will certainly want to live here. Then get on with the arrangement.

How to decorate a rented apartment - start with the walls

As a rule, apartments that the owners are preparing for rent have a neutral finish and so-called cosmetic renovations. If you have light walls in your rented apartment that don’t cheer you up, “cheer up” them with bright patterns. Of course, we won’t paint on the walls, but these will fit perfectly.

A huge advantage of such stickers is that they can be replaced with new ones at any time, thereby transforming the interior of a rented apartment, or you can remove them completely. They will not leave a single mark on the walls, and you will be absolutely calm that the repairs in the rented apartment are not damaged. Today you can buy them anywhere and for every taste - bright and multi-colored, black and white or having natural, natural shades.

The same applies to drawings - you can choose both abstract patterns and stickers with flowers, leaves, trees, birds, animals. This could be an image wall clock, any inscriptions, portraits, landscapes, etc.

With the help of decorative stickers you can create your rental apartment or transform it with each coming season. So, you can choose colorful yellow-brown-orange foliage, and decorate the walls with greenery, juicy fruits and flowers.

Arrangement of a rented apartment - emphasis on windows

Another idea how to make a rented apartment cozy- is to change the curtains to those that you like and lift your spirits. Everything is simple here - choose the most suitable curtains in the store and hang them in the rooms.

If you want to create coziness in your rented apartment and, at the same time, give it a modern look, hang blinds instead of curtains. Fabric rolls or equally popular ones are perfect.

You can also pay attention to pendants, butterflies, lambrequins, etc. If your budget is limited and there is no money to buy new curtains, then decorating the owner’s curtains will save the situation.

We decorate furniture for a rented apartment

If you often have to move from one rented apartment to another, and especially if you have been renting for a long time, you probably have some of your own pieces of furniture that travel with you. You can do whatever you want with your personal furniture, and if it has become shabby, you can put it in order in any way.

As for the furniture that belongs to the owners, it is better to handle it more carefully. If the furniture is new and you are satisfied with its appearance, then there is no need to change anything; otherwise, you can use the same vinyl stickers for decoration. But this is not the only option. So, if you need to hide unaesthetic metal parts of the bed, you can wrap them in organza or other slightly transparent fabric, lay an openwork crocheted napkin on or on the chest of drawers, and cover large tables with a beautiful tablecloth. Kitchen table thick oilcloth with a pattern or design will decorate it, you can put flat cushions on dining chairs or sew covers, cover old sofas with a “cheerful” blanket and decorate them with bright ones.

For example, a pear-shaped chair will perfectly decorate a rented apartment or - many stores quite often provide decent discounts on them.

If your rented apartment has a lot of furniture that you absolutely don’t need, and which clutters up the space and gets in the way, it’s better to discuss this issue with the owners. As a rule, many people who are going to rent out an apartment take there everything that they don’t need - old wardrobes, armchairs, grandma’s chests or a piano, etc. But the owners may have an empty garage, or maybe they don’t need some pieces of furniture at all and will agree for you to throw them away. As a last resort, you can move something to , if you don't plan to use it. Also, if there is a spare room in the apartment that you are not occupying, move the furniture trash there.

Lighting in a rented apartment

If it is more difficult to replace furniture with new ones, then many people can afford to buy a pretty chandelier or a lamp for the wall. Choose exactly the kind of lighting that will harmoniously fit into the interior and make you happy in someone else’s home.

Today, pendant lamps are popular, which are especially attractive in the dining area, as well as table lamps with stained glass windows. In the living room you can put a lamp with a pantograph (on a bracket).

Cute little things and other decor in the design of a rented apartment

To make a rented apartment feel homely, use your usual decorative items - candles, figurines, vases, something made with your own hands or children's crafts. Also, find a place for your family photos and things that remind you of happy moments in life - let it be a separate corner that reminds you of the comfort of home.

You can lay your favorite carpet, wicker or carpet on the floor, scatter decorative bolsters and pillows.

If the rented apartment is cramped and small, then they will help to visually increase the space, which, moreover, will become a decorative element.

Don't forget about indoor flowers, which will not only enliven the interior of a rented apartment, but also freshen the air.

Bathroom design in a rented apartment

An inconspicuous bathroom with old tiles on the floor and walls can be saved with the help of harmoniously selected accessories. Choose those made in the same style and color scheme, floor mats, towels, bottles for shampoo and soap, lids, etc.

So, transformations are needed. But first you need to determine to what extent they are possible, what tactics to choose. Alas, here you have to discuss many things with the owners of the apartment.

If repairs can be made
Now there are a lot of cozy, bright apartments for rent, with excellent renovations. There’s nothing to say about this option - most likely, you won’t need to change anything there, except perhaps add some little things, accessories, what’s in your taste, what creates the mood. But such housing will probably not be the cheapest option.

If you want an economical option, then you may get an apartment that has not been renovated for at least 10 years, with old trash and not too spacious. And this, the most common option, often requires repair. If the owners allow you to do this, great, but here you also need a middle ground. If you don’t plan to live here for, say, 20 years, then you shouldn’t spend all your personal savings on bringing someone else’s property into exemplary shape.

The repair should be easy, cosmetic, it is not necessary to redo everything. Firstly, change what has really fallen into disrepair. Secondly, focus on what gives immediate transformation. Necessarily - . They can provide fifty percent success. Next, you can lay linoleum or carpet, but do not lay parquet.

Apron ! You can change the kitchen apron, and it doesn’t have to be made of tiles; you can use special panels. The main thing is that it is clean, neat and well-groomed. Everything else can be changed through decoration, without radical intervention.

If repairs cannot be made
Incredible, but true - often owners (especially pensioners) prohibit making not only any repairs, but even rearranging the furniture. It is inexplicable, of course, why people don’t want to improve their apartment at someone else’s expense. Well, they don’t want to - and they don’t need to. And there is no need to be discouraged in this case. Any apartment can always be updated using other means. And the first step is get rid of unnecessary junk.

Armchair Solving the problem of old things
Very often in rented apartments there is broken furniture, non-functional Appliances, and all this rubbish stands there, cluttering up all the living space. But the owners value all this and are not going to throw it away. Discuss several options with them.

Firstly, you can fence off a compartment on the balcony or arrange a closet where you can put them. Secondly, you can take it to the pantry, if you have one. Thirdly, you can arrange hanging drawers, shelves, and mezzanines in your apartment for old things. Fourthly, if you have a garage, some of your things can be taken there. Fifthly, you can arrange a closet-storage room in the corridor (if, of course, the dimensions of the corridor allow it).

Old things If the owners do not agree to any of the above, then the solution is to place the sofas at an angle, the old things behind the sofas, and make plasterboard overlays on top, furniture board. Or it’s trivial - group all the trash in one place and make a curtain partition out of fabric or use blinds. Place smaller items in special fabric suitcases with zippers (these are sold for dressing rooms) and on top of cabinets.

Storing things

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Furniture covers Shabby, old furniture A 30-year-old room that screams about itself can be easily and simply transformed with removable covers or new bedspreads. Removable covers are useful for chairs and stools, and not only to hide defects. The fact is that most often they will be of different sizes and very simple. But with the help of textile covers, designed in a single key, you will visually combine pieces of furniture that do not match each other into a single ensemble and at the same time create the style that you need.

Tile . Covers and bedspreads are removable things; decorettos can be easily peeled off without causing the slightest harm to the surface on which they were glued.

Posters If the wallpaper has scuffs, stains, or even holes- you can block them with the same decorettos, as well as - mirrors and even fabric draperies. It is better to choose such decorations in large format. The large format completely distracts from any wallpaper. Sometimes the entire wall can be covered with suitable posters, of course, with unobtrusive subjects.

Table Heavy, dark, as well as a stripped table easy to disguise by covering with a suitable tablecloth. You can also cut out a piece to fit the size of the tabletop from beautiful wallpaper that you like, put this piece on the table, and put glass on top - also cut to the shape of the tabletop.

Carpet Place a “family” of small rugs on the floor, depending on the appearance floor. A light large carpet (white, cream, sand) gives the impression of a new floor without renovation.

Paintings To make the interior individual, a small floor lamp, or a hanging decoration - and then appeared in the interior interesting details, which, among other things, can visually “justify” some pieces of household furniture (which, as we know, cannot be decorated and not all of them can be taken out or hidden). They won't take up much space, but will create style.

Definitely necessary. Old curtains - out. Instead, hang modern, beautiful fabrics, better light ones, from environmentally friendly materials. “Play” with window design. You can make a beautiful lambrequin, hang multi-layer curtains, attach all kinds of pendants to them, and even make them different by then knitting textiles different designs into the composition by using appropriate handmade ottomans.

Kitchen textiles Don’t forget about other things home textiles– be sure to change towels, potholders, textile items. It's inexpensive, but they create a good impression of everything new.

Details It is very important to fill the interior of a rented apartment with things that are dear to you that remind you of something good. Such things give a feeling of home and comfort. These can be any little things, but they will create the right mood. Try to put all these personal items in the most prominent places in the apartment or even create a special corner for them.

In general, the key to making your rental home cozy is to create a beautiful eclectic mix of your personal belongings and those of the apartment owners, adding clever “connections” between them and original ideas.