{"id":3742,"date":"2025-11-20T07:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/affordable-diy-home-renovation-ideas-transforming-a-115-sq-m-space-with-simple-white-walls-hardwood-floors-and-elegant-black-walnut-furniture-on-a-tight-budget\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:54:16","slug":"affordable-diy-home-renovation-ideas-transforming-a-115-sq-m-space-with-simple-white-walls-hardwood-floors-and-elegant-black-walnut-furniture-on-a-tight-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/affordable-diy-home-renovation-ideas-transforming-a-115-sq-m-space-with-simple-white-walls-hardwood-floors-and-elegant-black-walnut-furniture-on-a-tight-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable DIY Home Renovation Ideas: Transforming a 115 Sq M Space with Simple White Walls, Hardwood Floors, and Elegant Black Walnut Furniture on a Tight Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I opted for a budget-friendly home renovation style after depleting my savings on a house and car purchase. With no funds for a professional designer, I took charge myself, daily researching interior design examples and adhering to the &#8216;light hard decoration, heavy soft decoration&#8217; principle to minimize costs while maintaining quality.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Living room view\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-fbbaf5f58c93c1fe8a56ccbe0e553d88_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The property has a construction area of 125 square meters and an interior area of 115 square meters, featuring a high usable rate thanks to a spacious balcony and removable bay windows.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Floor plan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-df7c9079fdd07bb78fd21cd024ac89dc_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Key elements include: entire house with wood flooring, white walls throughout without TV or sofa accent walls, partial edge ceiling in living and dining areas, and an open kitchen merged with the living room and balcony.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Interior design\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-1485ee4cf126a51a94fce2bd0e78aa5b_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>For furnishings, I chose black walnut solid wood pieces that harmonize with the white walls and wood floors, creating a distinctive style.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Walnut furniture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-e183a26b0cf8840c4635759457122702_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The overall design is minimalist\u2014white walls and wood floors\u2014with soft decorations added progressively over time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Simple decor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-98701d41f0fffe13dcfff96b1d8fcf53_720w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dining area\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-6cf8f046a10da5faa5396c3d3720280c_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The black walnut dining table features a clean, simple design.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dining table\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-a16b59041989a342c9d737ad1961d53e_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The open kitchen, which many have seen online, has remained largely unchanged over three years due to its compact size of about 5 square meters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Open kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-d122543a503c14803e7014ffdc66cd02_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This is the organized kitchen; it can become cluttered after meal preparation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Organized kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-875a4e6e80254c9e4ae5e819066bed3a_720w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affordable DIY Home Renovation Ideas: Transforming a 115 Sq M Space with Simple White Walls, Hardwood Floors, and Elegant Black Walnut Furniture on a Tight Budget<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1829,788,1830,1831,1151,1828,1832,1827,946],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-black-walnut-furniture","tag-budget-friendly-renovation","tag-diy-home-decoration","tag-high-usable-rate","tag-minimalist-interior-design","tag-open-kitchen","tag-soft-decoration-focus","tag-white-walls","tag-wood-flooring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}