Copy Editor: Lao Zeng

Decorating a house requires at least 5 people to live in it By 10 years, it is also common for people to live there for more than 10 or 20 years; if we pay more attention to details when decorating, it will bring 10 points of convenience to our future life.

However, in actual decoration, we often lack subjective considerations and \”blindly follow the trend\”, which leads to the common phenomenon that after the house is decorated and moved in, it is found to be impractical. exist.

For example, the following 4 items are the product of a lack of subjective consideration and \”blindly following the trend\”. After moving into the house, you will have to suffer a dumb loss.

Without considering the floor height, blindly following the trend of \”suspended\” ceilings

In recent years In recent years, with the rise of home styles without main lights, there has been a trend of \”suspended\” ceilings in the home industry.

This kind of suspended ceiling has a circle of inner corners around the original large flat ceiling, and is embedded in the inner corners. For lighting treatment, other parts are embedded with downlights, linear lights and other light sources like a flat ceiling; when the lights are turned on, it gives the impression that the entire ceiling is suspended in the air, with a rich sense of layering, scattered light sources, hidden and exposed lights, and a beautiful atmosphere. .

As a result, many homeowners have set decoration standards for themselves\”Suspended ceilings must be used for home decoration\”; then, many homeowners My house was ruined by such a suspended ceiling.

Because the floor height of many houses now is about 2.7 meters, about 10 centimeters need to be removed for the installation of suspended ceilings and floor tiles, which means that the indoor net floor height is about 2.5 meters. The floor height is like walking into a basement, which looks particularly depressing; if the indoor area is not large, this layered style will also appear top-heavy, so many homeowners will regret it soon after blindly following the trend.

Personally think: If the floor height is insufficient, if you want to disperse the light source, use track lights with ceiling tubes The combination of exposed lighting and 3500K color temperature is a more beautiful and practical decoration method; the lighting angle can be adjusted, and the lighting data can be moved and added as needed.

Of course, this kind of lightIf you pursue beautiful lighting, you also need to cut shallow grooves in the ceiling to match the wiring of yellow wax pipes. requires certain skills of plumbers. Skill and patience.

Without considering the details, blindly follow the trend to open up the living room and balcony

The living room opens to the balcony, and the sliding glass sliding door is abandoned. This design expands the visual space and makes the interior spacious and bright. Therefore, many homeowners will follow the trend when decorating, and I am no different when decorating my home.

However, with this \”high-end\” design, many homeowners around me followed the trend and \”moved\” it home, only to \”overturn\” it.

The balcony has no partition door, the space is integrated, and the clothes hanging to dry are as eye-catching as hanging with colorful flags,Affects indoor aesthetics;Clothes are not easy to dry during the rainy season.Indoors will also be very humid under the influence of wet clothes, affecting the comfort of living.

Especially when some homeowners choose traditional sliding windows to seal their balconies, they regret it; because such windows are all made of tops The edge sealing is not ideal, and the cold wind blows in through the gaps in winter.Not only does the air conditioner consume more electricity, but it still cannot achieve the ideal heating effect, which is miserable.

Based on the above, Lao Zeng suggested that if a partition door can be installed on the balcony, try to install a partition door.

The partition door can be a folding door, which can be opened daily without any obstruction and is very transparent; when needed, the sliding door can be closed to save space. Separation can hide the ugly and shut down the wind.

In other words, it is also good to use thin-framed glass folding doors with soft gauze curtains. There is no rough frame when closed. Exquisite and transparent; when opened, the sliding doors stand on the left and right sides, taking up little space.

If you really don’t want to install a partition door, try to use broken bridge aluminum doors and windows instead of ordinary sliding windows on the balcony; this kind of windows are usually made of Silicone strip edge sealing, compared to sliding windowsThe sealing effect is more ideal.

In addition, if your home only has one balcony, remember to buy a dryer and make good use of one or both sides of the balcony Install a clothes drying rack in case you need it. After all, not every piece of clothing can be dried.

Practice is not considered, the air conditioner is installed in the cabinet

Normal situation Next, we install wall-mounted air conditioners directly on the wall with exposed surroundings.

In recent years, with the rise of the \”minimalist\” home concept, homeowners pursuing \”minimalist\” have The air conditioner is installed in the cabinet;it looks simple and simple when the cabinet door is closed, and it is less likely to accumulate dust.

If you see someone doing this on the Internet, I suggest you not to follow suit blindly, because many homeowners have already regretted it after installing it.

Putting the air conditioner into the cabinet seems very simple when you close the cabinet door. In fact, when you want to use the air conditioner, you have to climb up and down to open the cabinet door, which is very troublesome.

A colleague of mine in the office installed the air conditioner in the cabinet. Although a wooden fence door was used instead of a closed door, the installation was complete. I regret it too.

Because the air inlet and outlet of wall-mounted air conditioners are usually on the upper part of the fuselage or on the front, the space inside the cabinet is narrow and the air circulation is not good, which means that the air conditioning cannot be adjusted. The effect of temperature and humidity will affect the normal cooling and heating effect of the air conditioner.

Moreover, the humidity of wall-mounted air conditioners is very high after being used for a long time, and dripping is also common. , which means that the cabinet will become damp and moldy.

Cabinet installation grid door

When my family renovated their first house, because I had little life experience, when customizing the cabinets, the merchant said that the grid The door is installed under the sink for better ventilation and the cabinet is not prone to moisture. Many homeowners install it this way.

So I followed the trend and installed it. After moving in, I found that it was breathable, but when the sink leaked, the cabinet would get wet when it should, and mold would grow when it got wet.

In Chinese cooking, oil smoke is pervasive; the oil stains attached to the grid require chopsticks tied with gauze to wipe clean, and the debris in the cabinet will become greasy over time. The gray,is equivalent to spending money to increase a lot of housework.

When decorating the second house, I decided to \”simplify\” the cabinet door and put a layer of aluminum foil inside the cabinet to prevent moisture. Although the ventilation effect is not as good as before, it is easy to maintain hygiene, and you don’t have to worry too much even if water leaks.

The above contents are all the experiences and lessons summed up by people who have been there. I hope that these conscientious words can provide guidance to those who are about to If you are going to renovate, please give me a heads up.

Lao Zeng: A home blogger who loves sharing, focusing on home life and home decoration. Follow me to help you avoid detours in decoration, and make your house more cozy as you live in it.