Do you live in a small house and you would like to furnish it with style, but you don’t know how to do it? Take heart: often a small space is just a poorly organized space. Here are nine tricks to furnish a home with small spaces with taste, efficiency and style.
Throw away what you don’t need
First of all, think about what you really need in your house and throw away what you no longer use. Even the most spacious houses can seem tiny if they are cluttered with things, the vast majority of which are unnecessary. Therefore, the first thing to do to free up space is to get rid of what is no longer used. If you do, in addition to being able to more easily put into practice all the tricks to organize your house and end the reigning chaos, you will have a starting point to rethink the design and distribution of your home.
Rationalize the space
To rationalize the spaces in your house as much as possible, prioritize the rooms in which you spend the most time, with different uses for the same room -such as creating a reading corner next to a window- and see what solutions (furnish, delimit or open areas ) are better adapted to your needs and the available space.
Open spaces in the home
If your apartment is divided into two or more small rooms, consider removing the partitions to create a more spacious environment and also to promote the diffusion of natural light. For example, opening the wall between the kitchen and the living room or removing some doors can save space. Other solutions are countertops, kitchen islands and peninsulas, sliding doors, mobile panels, furniture or glass partitions that do not block the entry of light and can double the size of the room.
Natural light in the home
The fact that a room seems more spacious is directly related to the amount of natural light that reaches it, so the formula is less walls and more windows. Play with materials, colors and decoration, betting on light finishes and simple lines (curtains, furniture, fabrics), which greatly amplify the light.
Decorate your house with light colors
Decorating your house in light colors, with white in the foreground, multiplies the light and the effect of spaciousness, so use different shades of white, cream, gray or beige. If you need inspiration to mix these ranges of colors, do not miss these ideas to decorate your bedroom in white. You can also “fool” the eye in terms of perspective and depth: if you want a long room to appear more square, paint the back wall in a warm tone; And if you want a room to be optically taller, paint the ceiling in a lighter color than the walls.
Multipurpose furniture saves space
Multipurpose furniture was born to furnish small spaces. Every centimeter counts, so it is worth investing in furniture that fulfills more than one function, such as a sofa that becomes a bed, a table-container with space to store various things, shelves that serve as a desk, tables or Sandwiched benches instead of multi-person dining chairs. On the other hand, custom designs are the best way to take advantage of complicated spaces like sloping ceilings or niches. Also try modular furniture, they are cheap and flexible to adapt to any area of your home.
Choose convertible furniture
A desk or dining table, for example, are pieces of furniture that can shrink in size when not in use, making them ideal for clearing up space. Choose them round and with folding wings. If the dining room is open to the living room, define the different areas with rugs.
Create a mezzanine
If you have enough height (minimum 3.5 m), you can take advantage of it by creating a loft for a bedroom or a workspace. And, of course, take advantage of any free wall to place shelves, hangers and coat racks, even around the doors, in which to store books, plates, vinyls or films.
Take advantage of the corners of the house
Identify the “dead corners” and give them a function by including an extra piece of furniture or giving them a different use. Under stairs or corridor corners can be great solutions if you sharpen your wits a bit.
Source : Idealista
