Constanze gave the 1960s rectory she rents a whole new look. Painting the furniture, walls and ceiling a uniform color, concealing unsightly corners with curtains, laying wooden floors in a deconstructable way - these are just a few of her tricks for a makeover of rented apartments or houses. Constanze and Adrian Ladner have lived in Mainz in their parsonage for three years. Adrian is an evangelical parish pastor. The house is a real style icon built in 1967 with the architectural insignia of the era: red brick inside and out, sloping monopitch roof, sheet metal cladding around the upper floor on the outside, dark red tile or linoleum floors on the inside - all in all relatively dark and confining. Despite the dark overall impression, the two were immediately attracted to the new ministry apartment, not least because of the large, wild garden that completely surrounds the house to the two adjacent streets. As a parsonage, however, the building is not owned by the residents, but by the church. The ensemble also includes the sexton's service apartment and the attached parish daycare center. That's why Constanze and Adrian had to get the church council's blessing for all their change requests and interior design ideas. The two therefore came up with a few tricks to remodel and redesign their home without interfering too much with the fabric of the building. Constanze pretty quickly had a concrete idea of how she wanted to design the rooms on the first floor and the four rooms on the 1st floor. The service apartment is divided into an official and a private area. Both are separated from each other by a glass door, which Constanze took "the technical" out of and gave more comfort to with white linen curtains on both sides. Even as a child, Constanze enjoyed furnishing, rearranging and changing rooms. Professionally, she was therefore initially also drawn to a creative and aesthetic field: for many years, Constanze worked as head designer for a large fashion label. It was only in 2018 that she became self-employed and turned her old passion into her profession: Interior Design. Over the years, Constanze and Adrian have amassed a decent pool of design pieces. Some of them are family pieces, others they bought for their previous apartments. Any changes that weren't approved by the landlord were made in such a way that they could be restored to their original condition without any problems. For example, the floors, which were all floating: parquet over red tiles on the first floor, parquet, laminate and carpet on the upper floor. As another trick, when not much can be changed in an apartment, Constanze recommends working with fabrics to conceal unwelcome corners. Even entire walls can be covered with a curtain, giving the whole room a new look. She herself set it up this way in the bedroom. The fronts of the white Ikea kitchen that Constanze and Adrian took from their old apartment are covered with red Fenix - a high-tech material that also covers the countertop. Fenix is wonderful in look and feel, but definitely high-maintenance, according to Constanze's experience. The total cost of all the renovations and embellishments and her 60-something home was about 45,000 euros. To replicate Constanze's stylish, monochromatic look, you don't have to invest much. She herself has many pieces of furniture that she always repaints to match the new wall color. So age-old, cherished heirlooms can always be part of a modern interior design style. A film by Ulrike Nehrbaß (editor), Bettina Lichtenauer (camera), Johannes Bock (sound), Roland Roßner (editor). 00:00 Makeover of a 60s house 00:36 Hallway 01:10 First office room 01:55 Second office room 03:11 Kitchen with small sitting area 04:52 Dining room 05:51 Living room 07:20 Upper floor 07:50 Bedroom 08:46 Study 09:47 Fitness room 10:20 Bathroom 11:15 Ironing room