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Cheap interior design ideas come in many forms these days: from television shows to magazines. The industry is trying to teach the consumer how to design cheap. In the past, ideas such as cheap design would have left most interior designers horrified. The industry of interior design has changed dramatically over the past few years in order to better accommodate consumers.

In its early to mid stages of evolution, interior design was an industry of prestige. Now, due to the demand for design for the average customer, designing on a budget and cheap interior design has become a topic of much interest and acceptance. Of course, you will always find the designers who insist that durability and style of a design is identifiable with the brand name. The brand is associated with the contents therein, which relates back to the price tag. Most everyday people do not relate to this line of thinking. A secret tool to marvelous rooms, which are created using cheap interior design ideas, is a good decision making. By purchasing some slightly more expensive key items of furniture and by cost-cutting on the smaller items or accessories you can save big bucks and still achieve the same look that is achieved in other more expensive, brand name rooms.

The first question that pops into your mind here is “where do I buy the bargain items?” It can be easily answered! Your hunt for cheap interior design ideas and items can begin successfully at any bargain-type store. The stores and availability of items in these stores will vary according to your locations. There arelocally known bargain-fairs or stores at which you can by slightly damaged or used items at a fraction of the cost associated with similar store bought items. When buying at these stores, be careful not to overspend. Many of us have a tendency to get overly enthused and purchase items that are not good bargains or ones that we are not very likely to use. Save your money for where it counts. You will find the perfect items in the bargain shop that fit into your lifestyle and space. If you search and search for a certain item and are unable to find it, try to improvise or select another similar item to take its place. Cheap interior design ideas are abundant to the creative thinker who is willing to overcome obstacles with unusual, cheap solutions.

Other places where you can find cheap interior design ideas are yard sales, estate sales, and flea markets. Remember again when shopping in areas such as this that it is easy to get caught up in the moment and overspend. Take your time and comb the items carefully for objects of value. Many times in these types of sales the physically larger items tend to be sold for more than cost value and the smaller valuable items are looked over in haste. Cheap interior design ideas are not limited to large items! If you find an accessory or such, especially if it is part of a group or collection of items, buy it and use it to accentuate your other items.

Cheap interior design ideas are easy to find these days, you just have to know the right places to look and the right items to purchase. Time is the essential element in designing cheaply. Patience pays off in most any situation, including interior design.

due to –из-за, благодаря, обязанный (чему-л.)

identifiable –опознаваемый

to purchase –покупать

to cost-cut –сбивать цену

to pop into –неожиданно появляться

to overspend – тратить слишком много; сорить деньгами

to enthuse –приходить в восторг; проявлять энтузиазм

to be abundant – быть в изобилии

2. Find the English equivalents in the text:

приспосабливаться к потребителям, престижное производство, спрос на дизайн для среднего потребителя, настойчиво утверждать, срок службы и стиль, наличие предметов в магазине, подходить вашему стилю жизни, в спешке

3. Find the synonyms to the following words:

low-priced, a matter of high importance and significance, pieces of furniture, good deal, spoiled or second hand things, to solve problems, not to be in a hurry,

expensive things, to put the accent on, important component of decoration

4. True or false?

1) The ideas of cheap design have always been popular among interior decorators.

2) All the changes in the sphere of interior design have happened due to the demands of the average customer.

3) Most people nowadays think that only the name brand design can be stylish and durable.

4) You won’t be able to achieve the marvelous look of a room if you use cheap items of furniture and accessories.

5) You can buy necessary cheap items at any bargain-type store.

5) If you have a creative way of thinking it’ll be easy for you to realize your cheap design ideas.

6) You don’t need a lot of time and patience in cheap designing.

5. Match the words to their synonyms:

1) to accommodate a) to look for, to examine carefully

2) to demand b) to connect, to relate

3) to associate c) to create spontaneously

4) to purchase d) to adapt

5) to achieve e) to waste a lot of money

6) to overspend f) to require

7) to search g) to emphasize, to put a stress on

8) to improvise h) to reach

9) to accentuate i) to buy

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the verbs:

1) He will never … his objectives if he doesn’t work harder.

2) The roads are built … gradual temperature changes.

3) I always … the smell of those flowers with my childhood.

4) The dark frame … the brightness of the picture.

5) He was a creative thinker and it could … very easily.

6) This work … your immediate attention.

7) We … for some cheap items of furniture in the shop.

6. Make up sentences with the following phrases:

to accommodate (подгонять; приспосабливать(ся))

to accommodate oneself to smth. – приноравливаться к чему-л.

to accommodate oneself to smb. – привыкать к кому-л.

prestige (авторитет, престиж)

to enjoy, have prestige – иметь вес/авторитет

to damage smb.'s prestige – подорвать чей-л. авторитет, чью-л. репутацию

to gain prestige – завоевать авторитет

tendency (склонность, стремление, тенденция)

to display a tendency, to show a tendency – проявлять склонность к чему-л. growing tendency – набирающая силу, возрастающая тенденция

7. Answer the questions:

1) What do you think about cheap interior design? Does it have the right to existence?

2) Are cheap design ideas popular nowadays in this country? Why?

3) Do you agree with the opinion that cheap design is worse than expensive name brand design? Why?

4) Have you got any ideas how to decorate a room without spending a fortune?

8. Translate the sentences:

1) В настоящее время дизайнеры интерьера стараются приспособиться к запросам среднего потребителя.

2) Обычно известная торговая марка ассоциируется с качеством, надежностью и стилем.

3) При оформлении интерьера вы можете творчески комбинировать дешевые и дорогие вещи.

4) Вы можете приобрести дешевый аксессуар, который подчеркнет остальные элементы декора интерьера.

TEXT 12

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If you are looking forward to spruce up a room that you are tired of, but do not want to invest a lot of money, the following tips will help you do some affordable interior decorating.

1.Rearrange the furniture. Pull the furniture away from the walls and position it at new, more inviting angles, and you will change the look and dimension of your room.

2. You’ve always heard "to spruce up a room, paint it." Paint one wall your favorite accent color. The color can be as bold or as subtle as you like. Just make sure the surrounding room complements the color. Now, hang a new piece of art on the wall that has the same or similar colors. You will be amazed at how often your eye is drawn to that area of the room.

3. Bring nature inside. Plants always add a touch of newness to any room. If you do not have a green thumb, look through some magazines to get ideas on using plants to decorate.

4. A new area rug is a great way to soften a room. Find one that complements the room, but also has a touch of jazziness to it. Put it at an angle under a coffee table or dining room table.

5. Make a framed picture collage on the wall.

6. Update your bathroom fittings/fixtures. By coordinating new bathroomfittings with your current fixtures andadding vanity lighting, youcan change the appearance of your bathroom.

7.Light up your room with new lamps. You can mix and match lamp bases and shades for a new lighting solution in any room,

8.Replace your cabinet hardware with new pulls and knobs. Plentyof styles are available to help modernize the look of your kitchen.

to spruce up – прихорашиваться; наряжаться

dimension –. 1) измерение 2) размеры, величина; объем; протяжение

green thumb – садоводческое искусство

to soften –смягчать

fittings – оборудование

fixture– приспособление, прибор

vanity –зд.комплект, состоящий из раковины и туалетного столика (тж. vanity unit)

2. Find the English equivalents in the text:

ожидать с нетерпением, допустимый (по средствам), переставить мебель, дерзкий или утонченный, служит дополнением к цвету, произведение искусства, оттенок новизны, пестрый (броский) оттенок

3. Find the synonyms to the following words:

to smarten up an interior, to spend a fortune, more attractive position, to be astonished, the look of the bathroom, door handles, to renovate

4. Answer the questions:

1) What advice is given in the text?

2) Why do people usually want to spruce up their rooms?

3) Have you ever tried to spruce up your room?

4) If you are going to smarten any interior will you follow this advice?

5) Have you got any other design ideas how to redecorate an interior? Can you continue this list of tips and give your own recommendations?

5) What tips did you like best? What advice will you follow?

5. Dialogue. A friend of yours has got tired of his/her room and wants to renew the interior. He/She asks you to give a piece of advice.

PART 3

TEXT 1

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Where dreams begin

The Sparkles Hotel in Blackpool, England is a family hotel with difference. What makes it stand out from all the other hotels in town, is that each room has its own individual theme. There is the Cinderella lounge, where the chairs are silver slippers and the Lost City of Atlantis dining room, especially designed to be the perfect place for you to enjoy your fish and chips. Every detail in every room of the hotel, even the bathrooms, has been carefully chosen to give it a fun and unique atmosphere.

In fact so much work has gone into making each of the sixteen rooms special, it is difficult to believe that just one year before it opened the hotel was a run-down building with a huge hole in the roof. After replacing the roof and planning a whole new interior, the owner, aptly named Mrs. Sparkle, began to totally transform the place. She says, “It was really hard work redecorating each room, making the curtains, painting the walls and restoring old furniture; but it was fun as well.” Now that the work is finished and each room has its own make believe theme, she has no doubt that it was definitely worth the effort.

Mrs. Sparkle always dreamt about living in a doll’s house and she is very happy that she has been able to turn this fantasy into a reality. “Now I just want to be able to provide a place where other people’s dreams can come true too,” she says.

There are certainly some amazing rooms to pick from. Guest can choose to stay in the Teddy Bear’s Picnic room, the Barbie room, the Ruined Castle room, the Dinosaur room, the Chocolate room or even the African den, which is designed to make you feel like you are deep in the jungle complete with toy monkeys and animal prints. All the rooms are stocked with toys and books so your children won’t get bored, even if the English weather let’s you down.

In addition to the fantastic guest rooms, Sparkles has much to offer its young visitors. Every time you book a room you can be sure that entertainment, most of which is organised by Mrs. Sparkle herself, is included in the package. To give busy parents a break in the morning, there is the games hour in the Sparkle’s den, a large play area, and in the evening, puppet shows and story-telling mean that there is never a dull moment.

Sparkles Hotel offers a fantasy world for the whole family to enjoy. So if you want to give your children a holiday to remember or even to relive your own childhood dreams, Sparkles is the place for you.

to stand out –выделяться

lounge –салон, гостиная

slippers -тапочки

aptly –удачно, метко

amazing -изумительный

to pick from –выбирать

den –берлога, логово

print –отпечаток

to let down –подводить

entertainment – развлечение

puppet –кукольный

dull – скучный

to relive – пережить снова

2. Find the English equivalents in the text:

семейный отель с отличием, собственная индивидуальная тема, гигантский, трудно поверить, идеальное место, здание в ужасном состоянии, усилия определенно того стоили, кукольный дом, претворить фантазию в реальность, мечты могут осуществляться, быть глубоко в джунглях, игрушечные обезьяны, заказать номер, включать в себя, час для игр, кукольные представления.

3. Answer the questions:

1. Where is the Sparkles Hotel?

2. What type of hotel is it?

3. Why does it stands out from all the other hotels in town?

4. How many rooms are there in the hotel?

5. What kind of rooms are there?

6. What room is especially designed to enjoy fish and chips?

7. What room makes people feel like they are deep in the jungle?

8. What has every detail in every room of the hotel been carefully chosen for?

9. How much time did it take her owner to create such an atmosphere?

10. Was it only hard work to redecorate the hotel?

11. Why is Mrs. Sparkle happy?

12. What is her dream now?

13. Who organised most part of entertainment?

14. Why are children never bored in the Sparkles Hotel?

15. Whom is for?

16. Would you like to stay at the Sparkles Hotel? In what room? Why?

4. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph:

For children of any age

A dream world for everyone

The transformation

A varied choice

No ordinary hotel

Where dreams come true

TEXT 2

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My home is my castle

How would you like to live in a castle, a tree house or even underground? This might not be as unusual as you think. It seems that these days more and more people want to live somewhere special and out of the ordinary, and if they can’t buy what they want they are quite prepared to build it from scratch.

For John Mew and his wife Josephine, their home really is their castle. They have built their own English castle in the Sussex countryside. The building is brand new with all the luxuries you would expect from a house that cost more than $350,000 to build. However, when you first see it from the outside it would be easy to think that you are looking at an ancient monument. The building has a lot of the features of a traditional castle, including a keep, a moat and a drawbridge. “My choice of house is somewhat eccentric and building it was very hard work, but we’ve got the perfect place to live,” Mew says. Although some would say that the building is impractical and may be cold in harsh British winters, he certainly has got a unique and spacious home.

If you don’t look carefully, you might not even see the home that Jonathan and Shanon Ridd built at all! That’s because the house is a converted underground water tank. The only thing that can be seen from the surface is a door leading into the hillside. “We’ve never wanted to live in an ordinary house,” Shanon says. “Living below ground means that our home is quiet and very cosy – none of the usual draughts. It doesn’t damage the local surroundings and has very low fuel bills. Some of our friends find it dark and feel shut in when they first visit, but they soon get used to it!”

a castle -замок

underground –под землей

from scratch –с нуля

luxury -роскошь

ancient –древний, старинный

a feature -черта

a keep –главная башня

a moat -ров

a drawbridge –подъемный, разводной мост

harsh- суровый

spacious -просторный

draught -сквозняк

fuel bill –счет за отопление, электроэнергию

shut in –зд. в заточении

2. Find the English equivalents in the text:

необычный, быть вполне готовым, ожидать (предполагать), легко подумать, традиционный, выбор, суровая зима, уникальный дом, совсем, бак для воды, единственный, удобный, привыкнуть.

3. Choose the most suitable answer:

1. More and more people build their own home

a) so that they can live underground

b) so that they can have exactly the home they want

c) because it is cheaper than buying a new house

d) because they want all the modern luxuries you find in a new home

2. John and Josephine Mew

a) know that their choice of home is unusual

b) found that creating their dream home was easy

c) wanted to live like people in traditional castles

d) converted an ancient building into a modern house

3. What do Jonathan and Shanon Ridd say about their house