DIY loft repair

In detail: do-it-yourself loft-style repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Quartblog constantly expands the boundaries of its reporting: we go to exhibitions, to visit, to workshops, to quests, and now the first trip to a restaurant for interior impressions is next in line. A guide to the Bromley Brothers restaurant and architect Alexander Kravtsov was given to us by a wood and paint master Dasha Geiler.

Very often, coming to a cafe or restaurant, we enjoy communication, food and the atmosphere in general, not noticing the details that set the desired mood. But in vain, because all the most interesting is in the details! The Brothers Bromley restaurant opened quite recently and was renovated as soon as possible before opening. The complete modification of the premises takes only two weeks. The concept of a loft-style interior with steam-punk elements was set by the story of the real brothers, after whom the establishment is named. In the middle of the 19th century, the Bromley brothers owned first a workshop for the manufacture of tools, and then the "Society of Mechanical Works of the Bromley Brothers", which produced machine tools, engines and steam engines that made the brothers famous far beyond the borders of Russia. The brothers led an active lifestyle: they traveled a lot, painted, photographed, engaged in scientific research, did something with their own hands. Alexander wanted to give this place the atmosphere of a studio, not devoid of the homeliness of a living room.

The architect Alexander Kravtsov, who was in charge of decorating the restaurant, told me that earlier there was another establishment here, from which all the furniture remained. Having an interior basis, Alexander was faced with the task of completely changing the style.

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I believe that the interior of any restaurant starts from the front door. Each guest who arrives grabs the handle to enter, and from that moment on, he has to tune in a certain way. The door can be absolutely simple, as in our case, but one bright accent changes everything. Also, instead of commonplace waste bins, we installed pipes from the duct.

Alexander, together with the workers, modified almost all the furniture. The leitmotif that can be traced throughout the restaurant and even on the facade of the building is the bolts. They can be seen on the walls and on the bar. They emphasize geometry and tie the whole space together. The element is very simple and is also suitable for a loft-style interior.

Absolutely all the wooden furniture and panels that adorn the whole corner of the restaurant were repainted with Dasha Geiler's paints. Alexander recalls that when painting the panels, the workers deliberately left smudges to make the wood look like a workshop, in which imperfections are possible.

Deliberate negligence takes place in the loft style. The main thing to remember is that there should be only a few careless elements, otherwise the whole effect is lost, and guests may get the feeling that they have just come to a poorly renovated room.

The history of the bar counter and the suspension with lamps above it is curious. Machine filters are used as shades for lamps. They are also used in wall sconces.

Loft and steam punk décor is not always easy to find, plus it can be very expensive if bought in stores. Alexander shared with Kvartblog several interesting ideas that he implemented in the restaurant. So, ordinary gears and water pipes became part of the installation on the wall, and also turned into lamps by the windows. The flower pots are made from ordinary buckets, sawn in half and varnished on top.

Since finances and time were limited, inventiveness was used: a lot of things were literally done with our own hands. The decor on the shelves was collected from everywhere: from flea markets, industrial dumps and from small shops. Many parts of the former cars have turned into independent art objects.

As far as I know, when houses are remodeled, builders throw away a lot of things that can be recycled and turned into something interesting, as in our case. We put everything that we managed to collect in one place, and based on the items available, we made the decor that you see.

Alexander shared an interesting life hack for aging posters. The themed posters that hang on the walls were printed on watercolor paper and got an antique look thanks to tea bags.

Tea is a well-known dye, and with its help Alexander manually added color to the posters, as soon as he walked over the paper with a brush and sponge.

On the windows on one side of the restaurant, we see unusual curtains, over which a net is stretched. This is done not just for the sake of decoration, but from a functional point of view.

As you can see, the restaurant has very few walls to use. But here in the future some exhibitions and events may be held. On the net you can hang some kind of photo works, paintings and illustrations, as well as garlands or flower arrangements. This plane has yet to reveal its full potential.

It is curious that the colorful loft-style decor here plays in contrast with the feminine details in the Provence style (jars of lavender, frayed trays of flowers, lanterns, elegant dishes). Also worth noting are the floral-print pillows and the velor upholstery of some of the armchairs. This contrast allows the interior to be playful and cozy.

Lamps that look like spiders were made by Alexander himself. Retro cables, regular sockets and decorative incandescent bulbs (Edison bulbs) were used. The beauty of this lamp is that it can be transformed: the bulbs can be lifted and fixed on additional ceiling hooks, changing the lighting scheme.

The restaurant has a separate living area, which is especially conducive to cozy gatherings in the evening. Alexander is sure that this corner has yet to be overgrown with interesting wall decor and new details.

The appearance of the Bromley Brothers restaurant is still in development and formation. It will be filled with decor, details and become more sophisticated over time, but now there are many guests here who appreciate not only delicious food, but also the atmosphere that is created largely thanks to the interior.

We want the interior to be filled with non-random things, so we still have something to work on here. In general, I believe that a restaurant should live its own dynamic life and develop, as well as adapt to various events that will be held here. I hope we succeeded in creating the transforming interior we were striving for.

There is such a fashionable loft decoration method lately. It is achieved mainly by laying out the surfaces with facing tiles under a brick or stone.
I want to share a recipe for such a decor with a lower cost and more subtle effect.

And for starters, a little financial sketch.
In finishing shops, I found tiles for at least 405 rubles. per square meter. And she's not very, somehow small, not very natural in appearance.
And that tile, which at least 70% satisfies my taste, costs around 700 rubles. per meter. And then it is so too “new”, but I wanted to achieve the effect of an old wall.
Plus, you need to take into account that laying the tiles by a master will cost at least 500 rubles per meter. Plus the glue, I have no idea how much it costs.
Total runs from 1200 rubles.per square - this is the minimum (with the desired design)! And my need for this finish is about 15 m.

In addition, the thickness of the finished tile + glue does not satisfy me at all, for my conditions it is too large.

In general, I had already given up on the idea of making such a decor, when suddenly!
Suddenly, the idea came to do it yourself, by hand, to do miracles with your own hands, but so that the process was as simple and pleasant as possible, and the effect was the most desirable.

So, the whole creative process: design, preparation of tools, implementation.

I chose this photo of the wall. I liked its texture, uneven lines, old age and wear, a kind of not a touch of time, but time itself.

I put this picture in corel draw, outlined the fragment.
To be honest, I spent about a day (mixed with other things) to make a matching pattern and also calculate the size of the future stencil that I needed and convenient for.

I ordered the production of a PET stencil in one advertising production. PET is the material used to make plastic bottles. Any product is made from a PET sheet using laser (or milling) cutting using a vector file.
Here's what happened. There are two of them, slightly different in design and size.
And this was the first material expenditure in the amount of 670 rubles.

The second and last material expenditure is the purchase of a gypsum putty for about 500 rubles. per bag 20 kg. I had enough such a bag for 6.5 square meters. Those. will need two more. Total issue price for 15 meters of a brick wall is 500 * 3 + 670 = 2170. Well, let's add masking tape here for auxiliary work, so be it.

More than two thousand issue price against 18,000 rubles. There is a difference?
Okay, okay, let's increase the cost by the price of the paint, I'll just paint it in matte white.
Although I still planned to paint both the tiled wall and the wall without tiles in white, so these costs do not count.

a) Fix the stencil to the prepared surface with masking tape. It is advisable to use the level like a real bricklayer 🙂
The surface is prepared at will.
In my case, the wall is leveled with putty, because I originally did not plan to do such a finish. But in order to achieve the effect of the naturalness of the seams and the curvature of the old wall, it is better not to level it at all, but only to soak it thoroughly with a primer. Thus, the word “achieve” is completely inappropriate here)).
So, depending on the desired effect, the wall needs to be leveled or curved to the extent that you desire.

b) Dilute a little putty to a thick sour cream.
Here you will have to experimentally select the amount of mixture and water, you need to somehow count, estimate, remember. I mixed the mixture in a small bucket and mixed with an ordinary kitchen mixer. In a volume of about two liters of mixture per 0.3 square meters (this is the area of my stencil).

c) Apply the mortar evenly on the wall over the stencil with a spatula.
It is convenient to use two spatulas, a large and a small one, it is somewhat like working with a brush and a palette.

d) Align artistically. That is, not really bothering, because it will be an old brick "in the light haze of the past centuries."
Here the task is to make a layer with a thickness of 3 to 8-10 mm, and even leaving uneven stains.
You can make completely dents, potholes, there is no limit to imagination.

e) Carefully remove the stencil. Put it on a clean surface (for example, the floor) and collect the remaining mortar with a spatula, it will still come in handy.

f) Carefully examine the resulting bricks and adjust the thickness with a spatula and mortar residues as you wish and taste.

g) With a wet sponge, carefully “trample down” the irregularities, correct the surface of the bricks.

This process can, and sometimes needs to be repeated when the solution sets and hardens a little.

h) To avoid the effect of gypsum blotches on a flat wall, you can dilute the solution to "liquid sour cream" and paint over the wall with an ordinary brush, paying special attention to the contours of the brick. This is when all the forms are already dry.

i) If desired, you can grind the bricks with sandpaper.

At this stage, I have a wall like this.
I will trim it, adjust it to my inner “enough”, and then paint it in matt white with ordinary acrylic paint for facades and interiors, the most resistant to dirt and washing.
In these photos, actions h) and i) have not yet been applied. The seams need to be crooked, the joints must be covered, but the picture as a whole is clear.

In another place in our apartment I want to make brick slopes, but only in the natural color of the brick. Now I am thinking about how I will “draw” them, because different shades are needed. There are ideas to immediately tint the solution, paint with watercolors or acrylic paint diluted with water. Or maybe I will use all the means at once.

Good photos on the Internet! And what about the residents of a single room, they also want to live in a luxurious spacious loft? In spite of skeptics, we will prove that a small loft-style apartment is not absurd, but reality. We will also show that the loft style is ideal when the budget for renovation is very small.

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Because interior style is a way of life and the atmosphere of a home. Not the footage.

Many believe that the loft style is suitable only for apartments, maximum for a country house, they say, a loft is a huge industrial space, and it is unrealistic to recreate it on 40 square meters, which means there is nothing to write about here.

But the designers disagree - and they do an excellent job with small-sized projects in the loft style. The trouble is that residents of small apartments often don’t even have money for a designer. So, excuse me, dear designers, we will style our house like a loft with our own hands.

The fact is that the loft style is not so much an architectural format as a mood, a way of life. It all started with the fact that in the 1940s land in New York increased greatly, and industrialists had to move their factories and factories away from the big city. But the buildings remained.

The well-to-do people completely refused to move into the empty workshops, but the contingent is simpler, and especially creative people, the huge premises are quite suitable - both inexpensively, and an art studio-house in finished form. Because a little tidying up, arranging art objects and a few chairs - and here's a bohemian salon for exhibitions and performances, you can still live. So the loft style ceased to be an architectural indicator and turned into a way of thinking.

And this is the whole loft: this is asceticism, contentment with little, endless creative flight and refusal of luxury (although a chic velvet sofa looks great against the background of old plaster).

Do you understand? For a real loft style, five-meter ceilings are not so much important as the spirit of freedom. This is not a brick wall and pipes under the ceiling, but a creative eclectic interior, unthinkable without modern art in all its forms.

Even designers do not understand this line, but now you know: first of all, you need a creative interior, and secondly, an industrial one.

So, what should you change during the renovation so that you feel the same mood of an American loft in the apartment?

But you will have to start by looking for those very elements of the "abandoned factory". Because if initially industrial premises were turned into residential premises, then you, the owner of a typical apartment, will have to do the opposite, make an industrial object out of an apartment.

Here you will need to think: what in your apartment is similar to the view of a plant? It turns out that a whole system of water pipes was once hidden under the drywall, under the plaster of the bearing walls you can find old red brick, and cast-iron batteries, it is worth removing the decorative flap and painting them brighter, situations are ideal.So we look under the laminate, wondering what we have behind the suspended ceiling ... Bare concrete? Gorgeous - let's leave! True, it would be better to fill the floors with a special non-dusting mixture, but on a concrete ceiling, even metal suspensions may not have to be removed.

Many such "finds" will be found already during the repair process. Write down all observations in a notebook so that you can use them later when compiling a project yourself.

Materials and surfaces in a loft interior play a huge role. And if the walls of your Khrushchev are made of shingles, it doesn't matter, brick and concrete can be perfectly imitated with the same textured plasters.

The Italian decorative coatings manufacturer Loggia recommends choosing textures that combine luxury and rough industrial finishing. It is the loft style that allows you to use, say, a coating "like concrete" on one wall, and on the other - Venetian plaster or texture "like velvet" - and all this in one room! We recommend the following materials.

Kymera is a unique coating not just with a rust effect, but a natural oxidized metal that even has magnetic properties.
Marmo Romano - allows you to create a deep texture.
Diamond - natural metal effect.

After all, the task of a loft is to give one room a variety of functions (as if the former workshop became both a kitchen, an office, and a living room at the same time), and it is better to separate functional zones, if possible, not with partitions, but with just different designs of walls and floors. In this sense, decorative plasters, which have become more accessible in recent years, allow the soul to unfold. Brickwork, concrete blocks, crumbling plaster, noble surfaces of silk or marble - plasters can do anything. Unless the wood in the loft should be used natural, even if your master knows how to perfectly imitate wood with plaster.

Of course, we are far from a classic loft with spacious premises, but maybe even in your apartment the layout can be changed? Talk to an architect you know or show the apartment plan on a professional forum - it may very well be that, for example, the living room can be combined with the kitchen or the partitions between the rooms can be made of glass. Here is the treasured space for you.

Even if it is impossible in your case to move the walls, the feeling of a large space will suffice. Light color of the walls, not too high furniture - there are enough tips on the Internet, even we wrote an article about expanding the space. Having thought about the loft, it's time to think over the storage systems, and choose the best hidden ones.

And also the windows: you are unlikely to be able to drastically enlarge them, but it costs nothing to remove traditional curtains - there will be an order of magnitude more "air". If you have to hide from neighbors, choose laconic roller blinds or something similar. But do not even think about changing the windows to plastic ones, you will kill the style - you can quite tolerably restore and insulate old wooden ones, and after a successful contrasting staining, they can become an interior decoration.

The loft does not tolerate the piling up of unnecessary things. Many attributes of coziness will have to be taken out of the house: give the carpets to the student neighbors, the rugs with which each chair was covered - to the grandmother, and in order not to offend, ask for her old bookcase in return.

Objects of art, unusual furniture and attributes of romance are responsible for the coziness and homely atmosphere in the loft.

By the way, for renovating an apartment in a new building, the loft style is generally a salvation. At the same time, you can save a lot: the walls do not have to be plastered, and the floors are ideally leveled. The ceilings can also be left rough, and even the wiring does not have to be hidden in the walls, saving on their removal. But in order not to overdo it, choose only one or two surfaces that you leave intact, the interior should remain residential and welcoming.

To design a loft-style apartment yourself, you need to be really free.Here you can safely combine Buddha figurines and modern painting with an ironic colorful armchair, a magnificent crystal chandelier with cheap plastic furniture - the loft calls for a mix of styles and eras.

The main thing is not to confuse freedom with bad taste: in order not to miscalculate, focus on a mixture of industrial style with minimalism, high-tech elements and old retro things, furniture from the past and, if possible, real antiques. And again, you can't do without art objects.

Turning a small apartment into a cozy loft, and even with your own hands, is a very adventurous task. But look at the photos of finished projects - even a tiny studio in Khimki can be transformed into a unique Manhattan dwelling.

The loft style originated in the 40s of the last century in the United States. During this time, idle factories began to be used as living quarters. It was not possible to completely transform such "apartments", so some elements of the original purpose of these premises remained intact: fragments of pipes and ventilation openings, brick and concrete walls, high ceilings, etc.

This seemingly strange design was to the liking of creative people, many artists began to live in similar apartments and hold exhibitions there. Poets, writers, young people who value freedom and reject standards - they all became adherents of the new style.

People with creative professions. The relaxed atmosphere of the loft allows for productive work and fun as well. This style is ideal for painters, sculptors, photographers - your apartment can also be a workshop, gallery and nightclub.
For young people. A loft may not be the best choice for a family with children, but this style is perfect for bachelors or couples without children. Rejection of classic design, freedom, simplicity and negligence - the loft style is able to express all this.
For those who have little money for repairs. This style does not require a lot of investment. You can use inexpensive furniture and avoid expensive wall and floor finishes. And the biggest advantage of the loft style is that it combines almost any decorative elements.
For owners of open-plan apartments. No extra walls and excellent organization of space, lightness and beauty. High ceilings will increase the feeling of spaciousness.

As we already said, finishing will not require special costs. Ceilings should be white. You can paint them with paint or make stretch ceilings - the choice is yours, but the ceiling should dazzle with its whiteness. Thus, you will not only visually enlarge the room, but also give the room that very lightness, without which the loft style does not exist.

If you have brick walls, then the issue with wall decoration is almost resolved. Otherwise, you will have to work hard and make an imitation of brickwork. The rest of the surfaces can be painted white or roughly plastered. The loft style assumes such a slightly sloppy look of the walls.

Ideal floors should be wood. They need to be looped and covered with clear varnish. You can also install a light wood look laminate.

You can zone the space with glass blocks and furniture. An excellent solution for highlighting a specific area will be a bright color. So, for example, you can make one wall (or part of a wall) bright and stand out from the rest.

The loft style allows you to combine completely incompatible things. You can put a super modern coffee table next to the retro sofa and it looks great. If you are sorry to throw away the legacy chest of drawers, do not hesitate and leave it in the interior. Full scope for imagination. You can install both an antique bathtub and a modern shower cabin.

Use steel and glass extensively in the kitchen. The loft style borrowed these elements from high-tech. The magnificent combination of casual plaster and stylish tableware will leave no one indifferent.Another plus of this style is that you don't need to hide your kitchen appliances; on the contrary, flaunt them.

Light in an apartment with such a design is a must. And there should be a lot of it. You can highlight the most important interior details with small lamps, but don't forget about general lighting. The more light there is in your apartment, the more spacious it will seem.

Do not forget about the technical equipment of the apartment. Ultra-modern plasma TVs or projectors with a huge screen are a must-have for a loft style. If you love music, get large speakers.

And, of course, no other style will allow you to hang a swing in your apartment.

Forget about heavy and patterned curtains. The maximum that the loft style allows is roller blinds. If you can, give them up too. Light should penetrate into the apartment and make it light and spacious.

Use non-standard techniques. Anything will suit you: road signs, graffiti, vinyl records, advertising posters. If you want to hang a picture, then choose something abstract. If such a picture of a young artist hangs in an "antique" frame, then you will just perfectly fit into the loft style. Another original option is a sculpture that will be located next to a brick wall.

An excellent solution would be a large chandelier or a shade of an unusual shape. Large floor vases and poufs of unusual colors and shapes will also complement the overall picture.

The loft style is definitely suitable for people with a rich imagination. There is a place for all your ideas, and you can organize the space exactly as you like. Is the kitchen in the center of the room? Second floor for half an apartment? Anything is possible if you have chosen the loft style.

So the renovation is almost complete. We are starting to import furniture and at the same time we are bringing the apartment into a residential form.

I don't know why, but I always wanted my own street lamp. Fitted perfectly by the stairs.

I really wanted an English telephone booth. Found a cabinet option.

Installed roller shutters on the roof door.

I didn’t silently, I said aloud “well fucked up”, but I didn’t write it.

Calm down - the pride of stupid people cannot believe that someone could, but they could not, so they are trying to find an excuse not in themselves, but in others, accusing them of stealing. It’s too hard to admit that you don’t have enough brains. And if this is not admitted, then how can we go about correcting it? No way. that's why they sit on the Internet and in kitchens and cluck about theft.

Very sad. How much does such an apartment cost? Well, let 120 squares per 100,000 - 12 million. Even the owner of 3-4 stalls with live beer will buy such an apartment without any problems, not to mention a normal entrepreneur.

Who is stealing from, for example, the owner of an auto parts store?

At the owner of another parts store.

I'm sure it won't get better. I bought an apartment (outside the city) for the price of 1 shki within the Moscow Ring Road and did what I wanted to consider a decent repair.

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