FAB Design & DIY

I love taking a space and giving it new life without spending a fortune. I flip rooms and furniture using creativity instead of budget. I collect old drawers, abandoned lamps, small pieces of furniture, chairs that need reupholstering, and give them a second chance.

I enjoy renewing a kitchen using paint, contact paper, new handles, plants, and better lighting rather than replacing everything. I love rearranging rooms, swapping furniture between spaces, moving artwork, trying new layouts, and seeing how much transformation can happen with what is already there.

I don’t believe in a single design style. I believe in layers of personality. I love combining different eras, textures, stories, and objects that may not “match” in theory but come together beautifully in reality. A room should reflect the people living in it, not a catalog. I don’t mind if materials are imperfect, aged, or mismatched. I see charm and authenticity in things with history.

For me, design isn’t about luxury or consumption; it’s about imagination, intention, and making a space feel warm, functional, and genuinely lived-in.

 

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Custom, fun, low budget, DIY wallpaper

Custom, fun, low budget, DIY wallpaper

Fabiana Stolov

I was looking for a young, colorful fresh wallpaper for our new apartment entrance. The space is full of light, and this time we decided to paint all the walls...

Custom, fun, low budget, DIY wallpaper

Fabiana Stolov

I was looking for a young, colorful fresh wallpaper for our new apartment entrance. The space is full of light, and this time we decided to paint all the walls...

A Horrible TV Rack made Awesome

A Horrible TV Rack made Awesome

Fabiana Stolov

One of the pieces we found in the apartment, is this horrendous TV Rack. I had two options: makeover, or trash. I thought i could try the first one, and...

A Horrible TV Rack made Awesome

Fabiana Stolov

One of the pieces we found in the apartment, is this horrendous TV Rack. I had two options: makeover, or trash. I thought i could try the first one, and...

Pallet Rack + Bottle Storage

Pallet Rack + Bottle Storage

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

I was about to start a sort of "organizer" for the entry. One saturday morning i got out to walk my dog, and i found something i always wanted! A pallet!...

Pallet Rack + Bottle Storage

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

I was about to start a sort of "organizer" for the entry. One saturday morning i got out to walk my dog, and i found something i always wanted! A pallet!...

Apartment Reveal

Apartment Reveal

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is our first furnished and not so promising rented apartment, which we were more than happy to fix, for the relationship between location and rent. The Kitchen was a...

Apartment Reveal

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is our first furnished and not so promising rented apartment, which we were more than happy to fix, for the relationship between location and rent. The Kitchen was a...

The owner's furniture - Sofa

The owner's furniture - Sofa

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is going to be a dusty ride. If you have a good couch but in a very bad condition... ok, forget that i said "good". Let's pretend i said...

The owner's furniture - Sofa

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is going to be a dusty ride. If you have a good couch but in a very bad condition... ok, forget that i said "good". Let's pretend i said...

The owner's Furniture - The Chairs

The owner's Furniture - The Chairs

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

The chairs included in the apartment were old, ugly, filthy and had an itchy texture. In one word, creepy. It triggered my obsessive compulsive self, so i knew i had...

The owner's Furniture - The Chairs

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

The chairs included in the apartment were old, ugly, filthy and had an itchy texture. In one word, creepy. It triggered my obsessive compulsive self, so i knew i had...

Follow FAB Design & DIY on FB

This website shows finished results, but Facebook is where you’ll see the process. If you’d like to follow along as I experiment, fail, fix, and redesign, I’d be happy to welcome you there.