Are you about to receive your apartment handover and wondering how to furnish it? Should you buy furniture yourself or choose a professional design firm? BOO Décor is a professional interior design and construction firm that always puts quality and reputation first, with the strength of a design and interior construction team with more than 10 years of experience, a production workshop and human resources to help you quickly own an ideal living space, save as much cost as possible, and feel secure about progress as well as high practicality.

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Today the demand for urban housing is increasing, and with it the demand for places to live, especially apartments, is growing. However, to have an apartment with a limited area that can still perform the functions of a home, people need to pay attention to apartment interiors and the issues surrounding them. Below are the reasons why you should design the interior of your apartment.

1. Why should you design apartment interiors?Create a style and aesthetic that expresses the personality of the home's owner.

A beautiful, eye-catching home is always the number one priority for every family, because it is what impresses everyone who visits. Therefore, the role of interior design for apartments is even more important: design will help you choose the most suitable style, bring out the uniqueness of the furniture arrangement and express the owner's personality. A home is not merely a place to live; when people step in, they see luxury, aesthetics and refinement like a work of art.

2. Helps optimize usable space

Apartments usually have a limited area, which is why apartment interior design is extremely important to help you optimize the usable areas of your apartment and avoid unnecessary loss of space. To do this, architects will help you arrange the living spaces and place the furniture so that it is as comfortable as possible and uses the area most efficiently. This makes your apartment look neat and tidy, yet fully functional and comfortable, so that even a small area does not feel cramped.

3. Optimizes costs

Optimized interior design from the very start also helps reduce material and construction costs for homeowners, helping them avoid wasted money as well as renovation time.

4. Makes repairs, maintenance and upgrades convenient

A good design not only means you need fewer repairs but can also help you fix problems faster when they occur in your apartment. This raises the value of your apartment and makes it more durable. In addition, with a good design, upgrading your home can be done more easily without too much cost for rebuilding.

BOO Décor apartment interior design process

Reception and consultation

Step 1: Receive the customer's requirements and consult on the apartment's interior design ideas.

Step 2: Schedule an appointment with the customer and survey the project to be designed.

3D design development

Step 3: Sign the design contract. The customer approves the 2D floor plan designed by BOO Décor's architects (the customer pays 50% of the design contract value in advance).

– Survey of the current condition.

– Design of the renovation plan layout.

– Design of the furniture layout plan.

– 3D perspective drawing design.

Step 4: The customer approves the 3D illustrated design concept images (the customer pays 40% of the design contract value in advance).

2D technical design drawings

Step 5: Develop the 2D technical drawings: After completing the 3D design stage, BOO Décor's architects move on to the detailed construction technical design stage, including:

– Drawings for the renovation – construction permit application.

– Detailed construction drawings: ceilings, walls, floors, tiling, etc.

– Detailed drawings of the electrical, plumbing, internet, camera and cable TV systems, etc.

– Detailed furniture development drawings, including freestanding and wall-attached pieces.

– Garden and landscape drawings (if any).

– Support Party A in choosing materials according to the design (if Party A requests).

Step 6: The customer approves the 2D drawings: The customer discusses with the architect to finalize and approve the technical drawings.

Design handover and contract liquidation

Step 7: Hand over the design documents (3D, 2D) and settle the design contract with the customer (the customer pays 10% of the design contract value).

Step 8: Support preparing the construction estimate if the customer wishes to proceed with construction.

Tips for Beautiful, Cost-Saving Apartment Interior Design

Determine the floor area

The first thing is that you need to know exactly how much usable floor area you have. Determining the usable floor area in advance makes it easier to divide and place the living room, kitchen, bathroom or bedroom in suitable spaces.

Determining the floor area in advance gives you an overview of the room layout when designing the apartment interior.

Define your preferred design style in advance

Defining your ideas and clearly choosing a style for your apartment in advance not only helps you take the initiative in buying furniture and estimating the cost, but also creates consistency throughout the home with suitable tones and furnishings.

Choose furniture materials

Common design materials include natural wood, industrial wood, metal, glass, fabric, felt, leather, etc. Within each material there are products of different value, from affordable to premium. You should consider choosing materials that fit your budget while ensuring quality, to avoid something that lasts only a short time and then has to be replaced.

Each interior design style has materials that are commonly used as its own hallmark.

Pay attention to feng shui

The vast majority of Asians care about feng shui, from house design to furniture. Whether the apartment is large or small, arranging furniture in line with feng shui is still a factor to keep in mind. Issues including the orientation of items and the main colors should be chosen based on the owner's element and age to bring the best benefits.