Home advisors know that it does not matter if your house is big or small – if you can make effective use of your home decoration to create a visually appealing space, houses of any size can turn into a wonderful home.
It is easy for many of us to say that square footage is overrated, insofar as value is concerned. Not only do we also believe this, we will take it one step further by showing you how you can create space in even the smallest of living rooms!
Choosing the right lighting, furnishings, mirrors, and accessories to design your room is certainly important, but please be aware that this is more about organization. Living minimally has its place, but organizing what furniture you already have can transform a cramped living room or cluttered dining room into viable living spaces in minutes!
First of all, you must know how to manipulate lighting. It sounds surprising, but the right lighting can make a room appear bigger than it actually is. Different types of lighting in your home will be required, depending on how big or small your room is.
Bright light will make the room look wide open and inviting during the day. Lighting that is concentrated in the right angles during the evening can provide the same effect – or a radically different one, if you are looking to set a different mood.
We recommend finding dimmable lights, since you can control the intensity of the light on demand. Smart LED lighting can also work wonders, because you can control not only the intensity of the light, but its colour as well.
You can also play with the color of your walls. If you use bright colors like white or pastel tones, the room will look more spacious than it would if it were painted with darker, earth-tone colors.
Even so, it is easy for a uniform color scheme to make a room seem plain – which forces the people who come and go to pay more attention to what takes up space. Therefore, we recommend mixing light and dark tones in your next painting project to achieve the desired effect.
Finally, mirrors and windows are your best friends! Windows and skylights are obviously more capable of bringing light and sunshine into a room, but the perfectly reflective surface of a mirror can create the psychological effect that there is more to be seen in a room without the actual material that often makes a room uncomfortable to live in. A combination of both will create a nice reflection and open up space.
Give these three techniques a try if you are looking to create more space within your home! See for yourself how inviting and peaceful your home can become with just a few small changes.
