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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The owner's furniture - Coffee Table Facelift

The owner's furniture - Coffee Table Facelift

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is the most amazing coffee table i've seen. It's vintage (not my favourite), but it can grow almost twice it's area, and it can also grow in height and...

The owner's furniture - Coffee Table Facelift

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is the most amazing coffee table i've seen. It's vintage (not my favourite), but it can grow almost twice it's area, and it can also grow in height and...

Kitchen Pantry

Kitchen Pantry

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

The first we wanted to do before we move in, was to finish the kitchen. Now, if your grandma is Polish, or, if she is old, she will have hundreds...

Kitchen Pantry

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

The first we wanted to do before we move in, was to finish the kitchen. Now, if your grandma is Polish, or, if she is old, she will have hundreds...

Vanity Makeover

Vanity Makeover

Fabiana Stolov

This must be my favourite project so far. The difference is so radical, you won't believe it's the same bathroom. When we entered the apartment, the vanity was in a...

Vanity Makeover

Fabiana Stolov

This must be my favourite project so far. The difference is so radical, you won't believe it's the same bathroom. When we entered the apartment, the vanity was in a...

The owner's furniture: granny's trunk

The owner's furniture: granny's trunk

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

When you rent a furnished apartment, you have a great advantage: you don't have to buy anything, and also, you move in with a bunch of boxes and a few...

The owner's furniture: granny's trunk

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

When you rent a furnished apartment, you have a great advantage: you don't have to buy anything, and also, you move in with a bunch of boxes and a few...

Hide the glue on your baseboards

Hide the glue on your baseboards

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

Did the last tenants before you install a laminate floor and when they left took it with them? Well, ours did. What is more awful, is that the last tenants were the...

Hide the glue on your baseboards

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

Did the last tenants before you install a laminate floor and when they left took it with them? Well, ours did. What is more awful, is that the last tenants were the...

Dog-friendly Balcony and Easy Rail Makeover

Dog-friendly Balcony and Easy Rail Makeover

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is the balcony rail before our intervention. The guy at the paint store gave me a great tip to paint it really quick, and this is what i'm about...

Dog-friendly Balcony and Easy Rail Makeover

Fabiana fabdesigndiy@gmail.com

This is the balcony rail before our intervention. The guy at the paint store gave me a great tip to paint it really quick, and this is what i'm about...

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.