Renovating a Lisbon apartment as a foreigner: the practical map
Three questions decide a Lisbon renovation before any hammer swings: the licence, the condomínio, and the building you actually bought.
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Practical interior design guides, renovation know-how and notes from the studio, written by Dania Lima for homes in Lisbon, across Portugal and in NRW, Germany.
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Designing homes that glow
Every article draws on real studio work (Pombaline apartments in Lisbon, family homes in NRW, second homes on the Portuguese coast) and ends with something you can use today. When reading turns into planning, that is what full-service interior design and e-design are for.
A kids’ room that grows with them: what to fix, what to change
Most families furnish the same children’s room three times, once for the baby, once for the toddler, once for the school child.
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Small apartment layout: making a T2 work for real life
Read the plan before you buy anything: one wall of storage, a living room with clear zones and a bedroom that still holds a real desk.
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Furnishing an unfurnished apartment in Düsseldorf: the expat guide
You have the keys to a flat in Oberkassel or Le Flair, and there is no kitchen, no ceiling lights, just wires.
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Kitchen dining layout ideas: nine decisions that make an open plan work
Opening the kitchen to the dining room is one of the changes people most often want, and most often regret.
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Coastal home materials: what survives salt air in Portugal
Finishes that behave perfectly in Hamburg or Manchester can rust, swell or mildew within two Atlantic winters.
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How to build or renovate a house in Portugal from abroad
Most guides stop the day you sign at the notary. The finishing phase is where a house project run from abroad actually goes wrong.
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How much does an interior designer cost in Portugal?
Three studios, three proposals, three numbers with nothing in common, and no tariff anywhere to settle it.
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Interior designer, architect or decorator: who do you actually need?
Three professionals offer to help with your renovation, and their proposals sound alike. They are not doing the same job.
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How online interior design works, step by step
A full project can run without you and your designer ever standing in the same room, if the brief is prepared properly.
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