Furnishing an Apartment in Burgas — Made to Measure

When furniture for different rooms is ordered from different places, each company measures on its own, designs on its own and installs on its own schedule. You become the coordinator: who comes first, who is waiting for whom, whose door colour is “almost the same”. In the end the kitchen is in one oak, the wardrobe in another, and the handles in the hallway do not match those in the bedroom.

With one design, all rooms are measured in one visit, all furniture is seen together in 3D, and the colours, doors and handles are chosen once for the whole apartment. The materials are ordered at once, production in the workshop is planned as one order, and installation follows one schedule — room after room, with no empty days between different companies.

There is also a practical benefit in the design: when the designer sees the whole apartment, storage can be divided sensibly. For example, the wardrobe in the hallway takes the coats and shoes, so the bedroom wardrobe does not need to be as deep, and the children’s room gains space for a desk.

Kitchen

The kitchen is the most complex and most expensive piece of furniture in the apartment, so it is designed first. It is important to choose the appliances before the design — the oven, fridge and dishwasher determine the cabinet sizes. The answer to “how much storage do I need” depends on how often you cook and how many people live there. In detail: custom kitchens.

Hallway

The hallway is usually short of space, yet it has to hold shoes, coats, bags and often a vacuum cleaner. A wardrobe up to the ceiling with a shallow shoe compartment uses a niche that would otherwise stay empty. A bench for putting on shoes and a mirror make the hallway comfortable every day.

Wardrobes

A built-in wardrobe up to the ceiling holds considerably more than a free-standing one of the same width, because it also uses the top part. The interior layout — rails, shelves, drawers — is decided according to what will be stored. See custom wardrobes.

Bedroom

A bed, bedside tables, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe in one style make the bedroom calm. If the bedroom is small, a bed with an ottoman base gives space for bedding and seasonal clothes. See custom bedrooms.

Children’s room

A children’s room needs space for sleeping, studying and playing, and the needs change over the years. A bed with an ottoman base, a made-to-measure desk and shelves up to the ceiling free up the floor for play.

Living room and TV wall

A made-to-measure TV wall hides the cables and brings together electronics, books and decoration in one place. It is best decided together with the lighting and sockets, before the walls are painted.

In a new-build apartment the most common mistake is to think about the furniture only after the renovation. Then it turns out that the sink should be on another wall, the sockets for the oven are in an awkward place, and the wardrobe niche is 5 cm narrower than on the plan.

1. Before the finishing works. Send us the floor plan and we will give initial guidance on the layout of the kitchen and wardrobes. That way the plumbing and electrical points are put where the furniture will need them.
2. When the walls and floors are finished. We carry out the visit and take exact measurements — this matters because plaster and flooring change the dimensions compared to the plan.
3. Design and quote. You see all the furniture in 3D and get a price for the whole apartment.
4. Production and installation. The furniture is made in our workshop and installed on one schedule.

An apartment for short stays or long-term rental is furnished differently from your own home. The furniture is used by many people who do not look after it as their own, and cleaning between guests has to be quick.

• Durable, easy-to-clean surfaces. Matt doors hide fingerprints better than gloss ones.
• Moisture-resistant materials. The sea climate and frequent use of the kitchen and bathroom call for moisture-resistant material wherever there is water.
• Quality hardware. Doors and drawers in a rental apartment are opened far more often than usual. Blum hardware comes with a lifetime guarantee.
• Enough storage. Guests arrive with luggage — the wardrobe and hallway need to take it.

Furniture for rental apartments is best planned outside the season, so that it is ready before the bookings start. We work in Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Pomorie, Primorsko and along the whole Black Sea coast.

The price of a whole apartment adds up from the individual pieces. Our guide prices are: a kitchen from 950 € per linear metre, a wardrobe from around 300 € depending on the size, the type of doors and the interior fittings, a bedroom from around 350 € depending on the design. The exact price depends on the dimensions and materials, and you get it after a free measuring visit.

If the budget is limited, it is best to prioritise what is used most and is hard to replace: the kitchen and the built-in wardrobes. They are tied to the plumbing, the electrical points and the niches in the walls, and they are made once for a long time. If you cannot order everything at once, discuss at the visit whether to design the whole apartment and split the production into stages — that way the later pieces will match the first ones.

The price includes the visit and measuring, an individual design with 3D visualisation, the materials, production, delivery, installation and final adjustment. Kitchen appliances, the sink, taps, plumbing and electrical installation are not included. However, we can arrange them if you wish — appliances from leading brands, as well as plumbing and electrical work.

An apartment looks finished when the furniture in the different rooms “speaks the same language”. Everything does not have to be identical — it is enough to repeat two or three elements: the same wood finish, one door colour or the same series of handles.

In small apartments, light doors and cabinets up to the ceiling make the rooms look taller and calmer. A wood finish in one or two places — a worktop, a shelf, the back of the TV wall — adds warmth without weighing the space down. You see all of this in the 3D design before anything is made.

Match the furniture to what is already in the apartment — the floor, the interior doors, the windows. If the floor is in a warm wood tone, the wood finish of the furniture should be either in the same range or clearly different: close but not identical shades look like a mistake. The same goes for white — there is cold and warm white, and both in one room are noticeable. That is why at the visit it is good to look at the floor and the doors, not just the walls.

• Thinking about furniture after the renovation. The plumbing and electrical points end up in the wrong places and the furniture has to be adapted to them.
• Measurements from the plan. Plaster and flooring change the dimensions; custom furniture is measured on site when the walls and floors are finished.
• Buying appliances after the design. Different models have different built-in dimensions.
• Wardrobes that are too deep in narrow corridors. Doors must open freely and people must be able to pass comfortably.
• Five different companies for five rooms. The result is often five different shades of “the same” oak.
• Gloss in a rental apartment. It looks good in photos but shows every fingerprint.

Panel block. Kitchens are usually a separate room with limited space, and the plumbing and ventilation are in fixed places in the wall. Here the winners are cabinets up to the ceiling, a well-planned corner and drawers instead of doors in the base units. See small kitchens (in Bulgarian) and corner kitchens (in Bulgarian).

Brick blocks and older buildings. The walls are often not straight and the corners are not 90 degrees. Custom furniture is made to the real measurements and hides these irregularities instead of highlighting them with empty gaps.

New build. The kitchen is often open to the living room, so it is part of the living space and should look like furniture, not like a “utility room”. Here it is important that the kitchen, the TV wall and the living-room cabinets are in one style.

Studio and one-room flat. Every centimetre works twice: a kitchenette, a wardrobe and a bed with an ottoman base in one room. Made-to-measure furniture gives you storage without the room looking crowded.

Many apartments on the Black Sea coast are bought by people who live in another town or abroad. In this case we start remotely: you send us the plan, measurements or photos on Viber at +359 897 312 930, and we give initial guidance on the layout and a rough price.

The measuring visit is arranged at a time that suits you — when you are in Burgas or when someone can unlock the apartment. After the visit we discuss the design by phone or on Viber and make changes until everything is right. Production and installation are planned on one schedule, so you do not have to come several times.

• One design and one person in charge from the visit to installation.
• All furniture made in our own workshop in Burgas — no subcontractors.
• A 3D design before production, with free changes.
• Blum hardware with a lifetime guarantee and a 10-year workmanship guarantee.
• Delivery, installation and final adjustment included in the price.

The result is an apartment where the furniture is made for exactly these walls — and looks as if it has always been there.

A single piece of furniture usually takes 2–4 weeks to make after the design is confirmed. For a whole apartment the time depends on the volume — the number of pieces and their complexity — and is written into the contract.

Most of the time is usually lost not in the workshop or installation, but in the decisions before that: which appliances to buy, what colour the doors should be, whether the hallway wardrobe should go up to the ceiling. That is why it is good to decide these things at the start. Changes to the design before production are free, but once production starts, every change delays the deadline.

For a rental apartment, count the time back from the date you want your first guests, and leave time for cleaning and photos after installation.

The measuring visit is most useful when decisions are made at it, not just measurements taken. Here is what helps:

• The floor plan, if you have it — with the plumbing and electrical points marked.
• The kitchen appliances — models, or at least the sizes of the oven, fridge and dishwasher.
• How each room will be used — who sleeps there, how many clothes need to fit, whether there will be a desk.
• Photos of ideas — kitchens, wardrobes or colours you like.
• A rough budget — so that suitable materials can be suggested from the first design.

If the person who will make the decisions is at the visit, the design goes through fewer versions and reaches production faster.

Custom furniture lasts a long time if it is looked after properly. Clean the doors with a soft damp cloth and a mild cleaner, without abrasive sponges or harsh chemicals. Do not leave water standing on the edges and around the sink — wipe it dry straight away. Adjust the hinges if a door starts to misalign — with us the final adjustment is part of the installation, and for questions afterwards you can call us.