My home had a quite bad layout design
There was nothing good about it except for the height
After the renovation
I think it becomes a fancy house
The residential district where the house is located is quite old
It’s 30 minutes’ drive to the West Lake
The living room is as high as 5.4 m
However, its width is only 3 m
The study is on the 4th floor
The usable area is about 90 m2
I see no structure like this in Hangzhou
But I like it
The worse a layout design is
The better the project can show the designer’s capability
I spent around 2.9 million buying the house, and that was most of my savings
And the renovation took about 460,000 to 470,000 RMB
I had no impression, but only a few sketches
And the renovation took over two years, which was quite a long time
Both my parents thought that
I spent so much money only to have a rough-cast house
There’re two major factors of lighting
The living room and the staircase
I made the living room into two storeys
The sunken area is as deep as over 1 m under the ground
And the living room is an enclosed space
At the opposite of the sofa I put a booth
In the middle there’s a fireplace which creates a vibe
The living room can contain a dozen people
The bookshelf is as high as 3m
I arrange all the books I want to read here
And it makes the space look higher
I knocked together the kitchen and the guest bedroom
And I separated them
With a wooden door embedded with glass
So as to introduce light into the kitchen
The room was quite small
I made the small balcony into an indoor space
The bed is arranged north and south
There’s a curtain at the opposite
It’s really cozy staying there
Maximized storage
It’s a priority of renovating a small house
I don’t often buy clothes
I’m a practitioner of Dan-sha-ri and I don’t keep what I don’t need anymore
In fact I think I’m too busy to spend money
This is the cloakroom of the master bedroom
And it’s separated from the original bathroom
I have a washing machine and a dryer here
And this is my wardrobe
It’s curtained
It’s big enough to store over 20 pieces of clothes
The cloakroom is as big as 3 m2
And it’s big enough for me
At the opposite of the entrance is my shoe wardrobe
I place a rotating shelf inside
It’s capable of containing over 40 pairs of shoes
Over the sink of the kitchen
I made a cupboard
Making full advantage of the depth of 35 cm
It has special roller shutters
And they’re raised to open and lowered to close
They’re quite big for storage
I used many materials that I’d never used in any project before
The wall in the living room
The tiles in the floor and the bamboos in the ceiling
Composite materials are used
Because they are light and have lots of styles
For me
A luxurious house is not always built with expensive materials
It can be composed of things I like
At the age of 30, I felt somewhat stressful
And a little isolated from the outside world
But now after the renovation
My home gives me a sense of security
And I feel myself become softer inside