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The Golden Interior Design Rules to Design your Small Space

When it comes to small space design and decor, it’s all about deceiving the eye into thinking the room is much larger. Small places can also be beautiful and comfortable. Let’s have a look at some of the best strategies for making the most of your limited area in today’s blog.

By Designers GangPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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A Color Palette that is Light and Fresh

Light colours should be used on the walls and the floor. Because light colours reflect more light, a room with light hues feels larger and brighter. Using light colours will make the walls appear to recede, producing a bright atmosphere. Consider the colours white, light blue, green, and light grey.

Bedroom Design Concept

Intelligent and Multifunctional Furniture

Pieces that can serve numerous functions are essential. Multifunctional furniture is essential when creating tiny spaces since it can adapt to a variety of scenarios depending on the activity. Everything you buy should have numerous uses. For instance, a coffee table with concealed storage, an ottoman that doubles as a coffee table or a seat when you have a lot of visitors over, and a hidden table. Another example is bed storage, which may be a fantastic multi-functional piece of furniture.

Use Mirrors to Expand Your Space

Decorating small spaces is all about manipulating the eye. The use of a huge mirror will provide a sense of expansion. By reflecting natural or artificial light, your room will appear larger and brighter right away. A mirror should be placed opposite a window. So that as much light as possible is reflected. Mirror panelling on walls and furniture is very popular and suits the job well.

Use of Mirror in Your Home to spaceup

Furniture that is transparent and light

Consider the visual weight of the furniture while choosing it. Under the circumstances, weightless or transparent furniture is always the best option. Transparent things allow your eyes to see more of the spaces and deceive your mind into thinking it’s larger than it is. Furthermore, furniture with legs appears to be lighter than items that sit straight on the floor.

Fresh Air

It’s fortunate that the space is three dimensional. We are more than just a footprint and a floor. Remember that you have vertical space. When feasible, use your walls all the way to the ceiling. Furniture that reaches to the ceiling not only expands the area but also provides all of the storage you require at home.

Wall Lighting, Ceiling Lighting, or Architectural Lighting

When creating a tiny area, it is critical to choose lighting fixtures that take up as little floor space as possible. Avoid utilising large table lamps or floor lighting. It is preferable to use ceiling mounted lights, wall lamps, or, even better, architectural lighting to illuminate your room.

Wall Lights

Open Spaces

As you are aware, modern dwellings and spaces are shrinking and becoming smaller by the day, particularly in urban and metropolitan areas. But don’t worry; there are thousands of ways to separate small apartments without needing walls, and it’s the biggest statement characteristic of today’s interior style. Open spaces not only make tiny areas feel larger, but they also instil a sense of camaraderie in the people of that space. It’s now omnipresent, whether it’s a combined living, dining, and kitchen space, or an office and commercial space. Play with heights, colours, textures, rugs, and multi-functional furniture to define separate sections that effectively divide spaces utilised for diverse purposes.

Bring in a Plant

Biophilia, or bringing nature inside, is always a wonderful idea, and it’s also the biggest interior trend that’s here to stay. There has never been a better time than now to re-establish that lost connection with nature in our life. Believe us when we say that plants will make your little area feel more alive and fresh. No worries if you don’t have enough floor space! To incorporate this must-have trend into your small space design, try hanging a plant or using “Sky Planters.”

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