When we completely renovated our apartment (we were evicted for a few months, we were lucky), I hired plumbers, ceramics, parquetry, window replacement, painters... And I took it upon myself to make most of the built-in furniture. the biggest challenge was this wall-to-wall closet, which even after 8 years looks like the first day. I made it myself, from taking measurements, designing, ordering materials to assembly.
In addition to the closet, I made a complete mini kitchen, a shoe cabinet, a chest of drawers in the hallway... the reason why i did it alone? overpriced craftsmen for making wardrobes, a kitchen in which elements of universal dimensions cannot fit, as well as the possibility to implement some of my ideas.
Impressive...did you just volunteer to come and help me do mine?! 😁
I bet you got a nice feeling of achievement when you were done having done some of it yourself. Did you manage to save a lot of money too?
It was 2015 when the prices were much lower than today, but I still remember the savings.
I went to one of the project bureaus and for a 3.5m x 2.35m x 0.65m built-in closet, they asked 1200e, with the fact that they would only prepare for installation, and I would assemble it myself.
I didn't want to accept that, because if I assemble it myself, I will also design it myself and give measurements for cutting...
Material came out 650e...
Is that I worked a little hard, since I brought all the material and assembled it myself, but the savings were so great that I could also build a kitchen with the rest of the money.
It's a bit busy in the kitchen now, but I'll take a picture anyway, so you can understand why it had to be custom made. It's a tiny space...
PS. I would be happy to help you, but considering that it is already getting dark in your place and you are about to open the champagne, I think you are far from Europe, the plane ticket is expensive...
That's a pretty good saving I think, and the reward of having done it yourself is solid too.
my kitchen, made to measure... I designed it myself, ordered it to be cut, put it together...
as well as these two pieces in the hallway, a chest of drawers and a shoe cabinet...
Too bad I don't have pictures when I made it, that would be a great DIY post :-)
That settles it, you're coming here to help with mine! 😏