Practical tips on how not to spend too much money, and original ideas for decorating your space.

1. “The Perfect Interior by Daria Pikova. How to become the designer of your home and make your dreams come true”, Daria Pikova

Interior designer with ten years of experience and an expert in international forums, Daria Pikova, gives practical advice to help create a stylish home with your own hands. The book describes the entire renovation process from the stage of determining desires and possibilities to choosing the right materials and decor.

“The Perfect Interior” will be especially useful for those who want to do the apartment design themselves. The author will explain:

• how to plan in detail the budget for the renovation;
• Make a concept and collage of the design project;
• learn how to combine colors, different prints and styles in the interior;
• Choose materials, furniture and decor for each room.

2. “My Impeccable Home. The Art of Organizing Spaces and Creating Stylish Interiors,” by Nikki Boyd

Books about renovations, the advice for the book was given by CSG Renovation https://csgrenovation.ca/newmarket/basement-renovations/.

Space organization expert Nikki Boyd believes the perfect home can be created with five main steps. These are assessing the current condition, uncluttering, cleaning, ergonomically organizing the space and decorating it. The book comes in handy if you need a quick refresh of your home, apartment, cottage or garage. Boyd’s tips will help you:

• Understand how to better adjust your space to fit your lifestyle;
• sort things out, get rid of the unnecessary and leave only the useful and important;
• Clean up every room quickly and efficiently;
• organize your home so that everything you need is always in place and at hand;
• create a cozy and welcoming atmosphere.

3. “Lifehack. 365 Ways to Organize Your Home and Make It Comfortable to Live in,” by Benjamin Benke and Daniel Du Cay

The hosts of Trick 17, Germany’s popular podcast about smart home tips, Benjamin Benke and Daniel Du Cai have compiled 365 of the most popular and proven ways to save nerves and money. All of the tips are easy to put into practice, and you’ll find aids like rubber bands, hangers, and straws in literally every home. For example, the book tells you

• how to turn an egg carton into the perfect laptop stand;
• create a vertical garden out of plastic bottles;
• keeping all your drawers in order with toilet paper sleeves.

4. “Renovation Planner. A practical course on creating the apartment of your dreams in 10 steps,” Daria Pikova

The book will help you plan and then pull off a complicated thing called a “renovation” on your own. Daria Pikova tells you how to start, and more importantly, how to finish all the work and provide for every little detail, from the number of outlets to the decor.

Along with practical recommendations, the planner includes:

• easy-to-understand repair schedules and estimate tables;
• 7 pages of measurements;
• 30 ready-made floor plans;
• Checklists for filling every room in the house;
• 37 pages for interior design;
• 10 spreads to create the perfect concept for any room;
• 6 sheets for cutting out design elements so you can plan visually.

5. “Journeys in Interior Design. 20 Inspirational Projects from World Designers,” by Caitlin Flemming and Julie Goebel

San Francisco-based interior designers Caitlin Flemming and Julie Goebel give you not practical advice, but real inspiration. Its authors hail from France, Morocco, Cuba, Japan, Portugal and other parts of the world. An elegant boho curtain, an unusual wicker pouffe, and light falling in an intricate pattern on a wooden table through macramé on the window – you’ll find lots of interesting ideas in this book.

The authors will show you:

• how to seamlessly weave a hammock from Bali or amphorae bought on a trip to your favorite Greek islands into an interior;
• think up unusual design on the example of the houses of the world’s leading designers;
• give your home a modern and eclectic, but personally your own unique style.

6. “Color in Design. How to Transform Your Home with Color,” by Joa Stadholm and Charlotte Cosby

Decor experts Joa Stadholm and Charlotte Cosby share professional home decorating tips. For example, how to use paint and wallpaper to decorate any room in style, from a small room to a large living room. After reading the book, you’ll learn, among other things:

• play with color optimally in small rooms and select the right shades for larger spaces;
• use natural light to visually enlarge rooms;
• make the right accents with the help of paint and texture wallpaper.

7. “A Stylish Home in Unusual Details. 90 creative ideas for creating a dream interior,” by Anastasia Kryukova

This is a collection of master classes for fans of making things with their own hands. Anastasia Kryukova is the author of a popular blog about repair and design. Her book contains many unusual ideas for creating cute things for the interior, for example:

• a beautiful coaster for cutlery out of… a tin can;
• a pumpkin vase;
• A storage box from a tray.