Clear the walkways
Don’t get this one wrong. Shoving all pieces of furniture against the wall and leaving the center empty will not necessarily make a room look bigger – sometimes a piece looks better when it is surrounded by space or when it is placed at an angle. The point is that nothing should block the view into a room and to open spaces, so large pieces indeed look better against the wall. An oversized sofa in the middle of the room will break up the interior into smaller bits, automatically making it look cramped and smaller. A rule of thumb: if you can’t see the floor, scale down your furniture or try to move it away.
Stretch the walls
The trick with horizontal stripe wallpaper may work as long as the rest of the room décor is plain and sparse, but this is rarely the case in tiny apartments. When paired with a lot of furniture pieces and personal belongings, bold patterns on the walls will make the room feel packed and busy. Instead, consider a wall to wall floor to ceiling bookcase – it will not only give you plenty of storage options (use single-colored baskets or boxes for unity and leave some of the shelves empty), but also visually expand space by pushing the walls and ceiling out.
{Source: Houzz}Raise it up
When your living room is particularly small, don’t go for bulky furniture with massive armrests and backs. Choose a delicate sofa and chairs with exposed legs, which will make your décor appear less cumbersome. Furniture pieces that are raised on legs and allow light to filter underneath create a sense of lightness and make the space seem airier.
Look up to high storage
Storage always seems to be a problem in small apartments. How to fit all your stuff into compact space without making it feel cluttered or crowded? Taking advantage of unused vertical space is a great way to go. It allows you to free up valuable space on your floor and take things away from eye level, where they can draw too much attention and make the room feel too busy. An added bonus is that high-mounted shelves and storage compartments will make the room appear taller – just make sure they are in light colors so that they don’t provide too much contrast and cut the walls.
{Source: Houzz}Embrace minimalism
An impressive wall gallery or a collection of antique vases is sure a thing to take pride in, but if you’re short on space, it is better to curb the impulse to display every single souvenir or a picture of every destination you’ve traveled to over the past ten years. There are few things that make a tiny apartment feel cramped more than having too much stuff on display.
Try to keep your rooms tidy, don’t put too many objects on countertops, and don’t cover your walls with tens of tiny pictures. Things that you don’t use on a daily basis should be stored out of sight, and if you can’t go without some of your favorite knickknacks, try to arrange them by color to make the whole look neat and organized.
Create a focal point
We know that already – too much going on in a room makes mess and kills a sense of spaciousness. This should serve as a warning if you think smaller pieces of furniture scattered all over the room will make it appear airier. Sure, smaller items take less space, but sometimes larger and fewer is better. When decorating small rooms, always try to create a focal point with one prominent item or feature that will draw attention (a table in the dining room, a bed or a beautiful armoire, or large modern wall art) and limit the rest of the décor to an absolute minimum.
{Source: Cococozy}Fold and stack
You may associate stackable furniture with unattractive chairs fit for outdoor cafes and waiting rooms at the doctor’s office, but some of the modern designs can absolutely steal the show in your apartment, let alone they are great space savers as they can be stored when not in use. The same applies to furniture on wheels. They can be pulled to the center when needed, and easily pushed out of the way for floor cleaning or when they’re not in use at any given moment. Also, consider dining tables that can be made expanded with removable or drop leaves – a great solution for a combined living-dining area.
Give it some reflection
How to make a room look two times its size? Make an exact copy! Large floor to ceiling mirrors that encompass a whole wall are by far the most effective way of creating the illusion of space, but actually any kind of reflective surface will help, be it glass tabletops or mirrored cabinet doors.
Mirrors and glass amplify natural and artificial light and radiate it throughout the room, making the interior brighter and thus seemingly larger – there’s no better friend to small apartments than that! The best places to install a mirror? Behind a light source (a candle, a bedside lamp, or a pendant light), next to or across the window to reflect the outdoors, or towards a focal point of the room, which will give the illusion of depth.
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