{"id":5278,"date":"2025-12-02T00:52:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/diy-home-renovation-transforming-a-100sqm-apartment-with-window-film-installation-mirror-painting-decor-and-balcony-optimization-for-modern-living\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:52:41","slug":"diy-home-renovation-transforming-a-100sqm-apartment-with-window-film-installation-mirror-painting-decor-and-balcony-optimization-for-modern-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/diy-home-renovation-transforming-a-100sqm-apartment-with-window-film-installation-mirror-painting-decor-and-balcony-optimization-for-modern-living\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Home Renovation: Transforming a 100sqm Apartment with Window Film Installation, Mirror-Painting Decor, and Balcony Optimization for Modern Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started renovating a 100-square-meter apartment last May and finished by the end of July. As I had to work every day, I really didn&#8217;t have the energy to design or run around the decoration material market. The main issue was that decoration companies quoted outrageous prices and used mediocre materials. I heard there could be additional costs, but fortunately, my elder brother had a friend in the renovation business. We met, discussed, and it seemed okay with reasonable prices, so we started the renovation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-608c8765257bcfeee19b278d0aa8ba2f_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-e48de68bde7454af41b066719218aeb4_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-ecc9457d86ff31f2ba21ca226fbe6e25_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-4a3920821f1ccbeb862e553714fd39c8_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-a8c5cf0b96e945e80581f6425e5fb41f_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-25380eceeeb3c33c5e23675ff5f0fb6b_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-b878de483b6c56ea866e4c07f0885231_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-58579e2a23fae7950a3ccfd5b26eeb40_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-1b700d5b215d33f533e7a0d83d0db246_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-cd400c5430b719e867b799f325fbb2a0_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-e796e82a73807a38b66522e0d18b22a8_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-2aaa71ac6cef14dade92ebf108c91195_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-8798facd9d4df0182cf515272d3c0c88_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-0d8c91f397dde74a5dedb6ed8cad86b6_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In my spare time after work, I applied window film myself because the outside of the window is a corridor, which is a frustrating design.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-9ba5d906b5e070ae88383524c808b1ff_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-b6fbb076dcbe393ecec63a4d1748eab5_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-bfebbcf1368cc44309d18839efae7105_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-68fcef0a66be4b6f0cd27fa2fa5e4c5f_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-e2095bbc46908706b36a843b1eae683c_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The entryway features a mirror-painting integrated decoration; when opened, it&#8217;s a mirror, and when closed, it&#8217;s a painting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-6777bd276e3c6512673aea8608dd50c8_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>After renovating the balcony, I didn&#8217;t install a clothes-drying rod. Instead, I attached two hooks on the side and added a retractable rod on the window frame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-bab7a640b7779c1d4212f827d53eb158_1440w-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-606e31003fbba077ed06ae5e41e73d7c_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Who still has green window frames these days? They look extremely ugly, so I directly repainted them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-efbc1f9e10c553811aa20e1f8be6f009_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>After repainting, the effect is much better, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/v2-b5d6c9deed72b39f69c5c032e878a2ec_1440w-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIY Home Renovation: Transforming a 100sqm Apartment with Window Film Installation, Mirror-Painting Decor, and Balcony Optimization for Modern Living<\/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":[2962,2963,1816,2961,2960],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-balcony-optimization","tag-cost-effective-apartment-decorating","tag-diy-home-renovation","tag-mirror-painting-decor","tag-window-film-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","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=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anjuparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}