Small homes have their own perks, such as lower maintenance cost and easier cleaning. However, these rooms can be challenging when it comes to decor. There is little space to add furniture and decorative elements, and any inappropriate piece makes your room look more compact. To avoid this, we came up with some decoration tips and tricks to make your room look bigger. These tips will help you in selecting appropriate colour themes, furniture and other elements necessary to make your room look bigger.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the ideas to make your small room look bigger.
Ideas on How to Make Your Room Look Bigger
Here are some ideas that will help you change your small room’s appearance. However, before embedding any of it, inform your landlord about the changes and read the RERA tenancy rules to avoid any inconvenience.
Furniture
Furniture is a significant element of interior decoration. Besides comfort, it plays a major role in increasing the room’s aesthetics. The following ideas will elaborate on how to make your small room bigger by selecting appropriate furniture.
Use Legged and Low-Profile Furniture
Furniture pieces that are low-profile and legged allow more air and light to pass, thus creating an illusion of space. For the bedroom, you can choose a loft bed or simply place a mattress on the floor. Also, if you have a couch or Lawson sofas in the room, replace them with butterfly chairs that seem to consume less space.
Leave a Walkway
If any furniture or accessory blocks the room’s view, it makes it appear smaller. Therefore, creating a walkway is necessary for a small room. Use fewer and shorter furniture pieces to avoid this situation. Moreover, arrange these pieces along the wall and leave a space in the centre of the room. For storing purposes, you can opt for the floor to ceiling furniture.
Avoid Cluttering
The excessive number of furniture pieces makes a smaller room look more cramped and compact. Therefore, avoid cluttering too many furniture and accessories together. You can use behind-the-door organisers to keep the room more organised. Avoid using the centre or side tables. Rather, install shelves for some extra storage.
If you have a large amount of extra furniture, avail from the Take My Junk service and get rid of this furniture.
Utilise Multi-Purpose Furniture
Multi-purpose or multifunctional furniture refers to a piece of furniture that can serve more than one purpose and have space-saving fittings. These modern furniture include space-saving solutions like table extensions or hidden storage spaces. However, this type of furniture can be expensive if you are decorating on a budget, opt for the second-hand furniture shops in Dubai and other Emirates.
Paint
If you want to maintain a healthy tenant-landlord relationship, always inform your landlord before embedding any idea that may compromise the property’s original condition, like hanging a painting. Following are some ideas on how to paint your room to look bigger.
Select Neutral Colour Scheme
A neutral colour scheme is preferred for smaller rooms. A lighter shade merges the ceiling with the walls and creates an illusion of a bigger room. Generally, people prefer white paint for this purpose, but it is not necessary. You can choose any light colour with a higher refractive index for your room.
Paint Stripes
Painting stripes on the wall can do wonders in terms of space. If you want to expand your space vertically, use monotone paint on sidewalls and paint the ceiling white. Similarly, if you want to increase the space horizontally, divide the wall into two sections. Paint the ceiling and lower part of the wall with the same colour (lighter shade) and a darker shade sandwiched in between.
Curtains
The following paragraphs will provide you with ideas on how to hang curtains to make your room look bigger.
Hang Curtains made from Breezy Fabrics
Opt for curtains that are made from light and breezy fabric. This will allow natural light in the room and increase its aesthetics. However, do not use translucent fabric (Sheer polyester) for the curtains, as these types of curtains can increase the external environment impact on the room.
Hang Floor to Ceiling Curtains
If your room is smaller, hang curtains from the ceiling to the floor. These curtains leave no space between the ceiling, floor and curtains, thus making an illusion of a higher ceiling and empty space.
Decoration and Accessories
Apart from furniture, paint and curtains, you can also use appropriate accessories to make your room look bigger.
Mirror and Glass Decoration Creates an Illusion
The see-through and reflective materials create an illusion and things appear to be farther away. Therefore, it is suggested to opt for glass tabletops and use mirrors as a decoration piece. For better results, use a single large frameless mirror.
Layer Lighting
A well-lit room seems to be more relaxing and also aids in reducing depression and anxiety. However, for lighting in a small room, avoid using standing lambs as it will take additional space. Rather, use sky or hanging lights to illuminate the room. If you want to save some on the electricity bills, choose energy-saving lights.
These were all the tips and tricks that will make your room look bigger. All of the aforementioned tips will create an illusion of open and airy space. However, if you want to increase the size of your property, browse through these apartments for rent in the UAE and move into a big home. For more decoration tips, you can read our blog on balcony decoration ideas.
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