Wday.ru shares useful tricks to visually enlarge a room and make your home stylish and comfortable.
If your apartment cannot boast of an enviable footage, this is not a reason not to love it. With a harmonious combination of colors and well-thought-out design, even 30 square meters can easily be turned into comfortable – and amazingly cozy – housing.
1. The first thing you pay attention to when you get into a small room is, of course, the color. Dark and muted colors will act negatively and hide the cherished meters. Therefore, it is better to choose light pastel colors. Well, if you cannot live without bright colors, then they can be safely introduced as separate decorative elements.
2. If your apartment cannot boast of high ceilings, then this problem can be solved with a glossy or even mirror finish. In this case, it will be possible to visually achieve the required height, but it must be remembered that the floor covering must also be made in light shades (light laminate, glossy white tiles, etc.).
3. Does the light paint on the walls remind you of hospital rooms? Then you can try to combine light wallpaper with a floral print: paste over one wall with wallpaper in a small flower, and the opposite one in a large one. Thus, it will be possible to visually expand the room and get rid of the feeling of cold walls, from which it seems like a hospital.
4. The square shape of the apartment (or room) can also be corrected by choosing the right paint (or wallpaper) for the walls. To “stretch” the room, it is enough to paint one of the walls in a colder light tone or paste over with light wallpaper with a small print.
5. But a long narrow room can be visually made more square by painting one of the walls in a warm dark (darker than the rest) color. Or for these purposes, you can use wallpaper with a horizontal stripe, which will also help to visually bring one of the walls closer and slightly expand the room.
6. Don’t forget about mirrors! They will help not only visually enlarge, but also expand the space. The main thing is not to overdo it, so that your apartment or room does not begin to resemble the scenery for the movie “Alice Through the Looking Glass”.
7. Curtains (Roman blinds, roller blinds, etc.) made of light and light textiles will also visually increase the space and add light.
8. In small rooms, simple and functional furniture upholstered in light-colored textiles looks best. It is better to furnish the apartment in a minimalist style and give preference to large things.
9. If you want to distract the attention of guests from the small size of your room (apartment), then you can use the following trick. Just place a bright large piece of furniture in the far corner, it will help to achieve a perspective effect and create the illusion of space in the room.
10. Also, in small rooms, you should be very careful about the borders, because they visually take away precious space.
11. In small studio apartments (or rooms), it is better to give up unnecessary small interior items. They will only litter the space and make the room even smaller. Therefore, save all your figurines, candlesticks and souvenirs until you have a spacious home.
12. Be sure to consider the storage system. This will help to hide personal belongings and at the same time create the illusion of a spacious apartment.
13. Additional light sources will also come in handy in the difficult interior planning process for a compact apartment. To achieve stunning effects, you need to provide access to sunlight, as well as actively use interior lighting and central lighting.
14. In compact studios, it is better to arrange furniture along the walls, while leaving free space in the center. Thus, you can create the illusion of a large space.
15. As for the furniture itself, it is better to give preference to “transparent” items with glass surfaces (glass dining table, wardrobe with mirrored or glass facades, light glass shelves, etc.). Indeed, bulky wooden furniture in vintage style will weigh down the room and look more than ridiculous.
16. In a small apartment, it is better to combine the room and the kitchen by removing unnecessary partitions. However, before you get down to redevelopment, do not forget to agree on the changes in the appropriate authority.
17. If, on the contrary, you want to highlight a certain area in the studio, then you can use glass partitions or light screens, which can be rearranged if desired.
18. It is also better to refuse doors and instead use glass partitions or replace the standard sliding door. Believe me, this will really save space in the apartment.
19… Another technique that will help to visually increase the space is a niche with circular illumination in the wall.
20. But as far as household appliances are concerned, the principle “the less the better” applies here. So, for example, instead of a huge TV, a desktop computer and a music center, it is better to choose a flat plasma TV that can be attached directly to the wall, and a light laptop with good speakers.
21. Choose curtains to match the walls. The contrast between the color of curtains and wallpaper or paint creates a feeling of cumbersomeness. But when the colors are close to each other, an additional sense of space is created.
22. Tidy up the wires. You will be surprised how much space is visually consumed by chargers and other cords stretching from the tee by the bed. Hide them out of sight.
23. Hang the eaves just below the ceiling. This will instantly visually enlarge the room. And if you have pictures or posters on your walls, hang them just above eye level to achieve the same effect.