Step 1: Develop a preliminary decoration plan
Before going to the market, you must first have a relatively complete home decoration plan, because there are thousands of products on the market, and there are countless ones that are suitable for your home. To be targeted, you must have a plan. For example, to understand the preferences of each family member, to determine the grade of decoration, what style they like. At this time, you can pay more attention to some household newspapers or magazines, and look at your favorite sanitary ware, building materials, etc.
Step 2: Make a renovation budget in advance
Home decoration is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money can fill it in, so you must make a budget before preparing for decoration. For example, the expenditure on major items such as flooring, bathroom products, furniture, home appliances, etc. should be determined according to one’s own economic strength. In addition, the budget is not only an approximate estimate of the cost of various materials, but also includes the budget for some interior decorations. Therefore, after understanding the market conditions, you must have a slightly more detailed budget.
The third step: Find out the quality and price of materials and furniture
Decoration is a very trivial matter, and there are dozens of materials that need to be known during the decoration process, such as sand, cement, wires, water pipes, faucets, floor drains, floors, tiles, latex paint, mud, wood boards, keels And so on, and there are multiple brands of each material to choose from. For similar products, the price difference between high-end and low-end products is relatively large, and there are also large differences in quality and performance. Even if you don’t need to buy some materials by yourself, you must at least understand the basic knowledge, or go to the market to see, understand the brand, and compare the advantages and disadvantages. In addition, you must know the current price of solid wood furniture and the market of panel furniture, especially the price of your favorite furniture, as well as furniture styles and fashion trends.
Step 4: Preliminary selection of decoration companies and building materials market
This is the most important step in the preparation work. Consumers should choose decoration companies, stores, building materials supermarkets, etc. These include collecting recent advertisements of home improvement companies, learning about recent promotional measures; collecting information on excellent decoration companies, and collecting blacklists of decoration companies with bad behavior, so as to know what they are doing. In the building materials market, it is necessary to find out the specific location of each store or supermarket, and find out the main business scope of various markets, and learn as much as possible about the promotional activities of the market. It is also necessary to actively ask friends, relatives, neighbors, colleagues and experts about product prices in the market, and pay attention to brand products that are highly evaluated by the media.
Step 5: Prepare tools for shopping in the building materials market
Due to the large number of customers in the building materials market during the peak season, when you are going to visit the building materials market, supermarket or furniture store, you need to prepare some tools, such as a tape measure, which can be measured at any time, so that you can know it well; Come out for comparison, or ask the shopping guide in the store to help you determine where the product you want to buy is best placed in the living room; you also need a pen and a small notebook to record the material specifications, models, and prices at any time for comparison.
