Making your home larger doesn’t require costly renovations and room additions. In fact, expanding the appearance of your space is simple with a few eye-catching illusions. At Stowers Furniture we’ve selected our favorite interior design tricks for small spaces that you can start incorporating into your home today!
4 Interior Design Tips For Small Spaces
Don’t let budget constraints restrict you from creating your ideal home and enhancing the appearance of available space. Use Stowers’ four tips to expand your home’s appearance and transform your living space.
Double-Duty Furnishings
When space is a factor, pragmatic, functional furniture can make all the difference. Look for multi-purpose furnishings that work with the style of your home and can save you valuable space. Storage ottomans are great multifunctional furniture pieces for saving space. As extra seating and storage space, these ottomans can blend seamlessly with your already established style and hide the fact that they’re more than just an attractive piece of furniture. Along with an aesthetically pleasing ottoman, consider investing in mirrored console tables. Bouncing light around your home and hiding the daily necessities, like remotes and keys, mirrored console tables double-dip in functionality and eye-catching expansion of your home.
Beyond Window Dressing
Though it’s often overlooked, where and how you hang your curtains can make a notable difference in the appearance of the height and grandeur of your windows. Before you start redesigning, decide if you have attractive window molding that you’d like to showcase in your home. If so, you might want to install your curtain rod three to six inches beyond the window frame on each side. This will allow extra light to stream into your home, display your handsome window molding and enhance the grandeur of your window. For the illusion of a taller window, mount your curtain rod four to six inches above the window frame, between the frame and ceiling molding. The increased distance and elongated position of your curtains will create the visual illusion that your window is taller. For the bold, you can incorporate both techniques to have a tall, grand window.
Everything Floats
If you keep up with Stowers Furniture’s interior design tips, then floating furniture is no new phenomenon for the savvy home decorator. In reality, pushing all of your furniture flush against the wall has little benefit in expanding the appearance of your home’s space. The trick to carefully arranging your home is to tastefully float furniture away from the walls to create a more airy living space that has natural walkways and partitions between rooms. The key to this attractive, minimalistic arrangement is grouping furniture so that it appropriately melds together. Group your sofa and living room chairs around a focal point in your home, whether it’s a fireplace or entertainment center, and utilize an area rug to tie it all together. If your area rug is large enough, position all of your furniture on it or simply have the front legs of each furniture piece rest on the rug with your coffee table or storage ottoman as the centerpiece. This will create the ideal intimate environment for you and your guests to have conversations without having to shout or strain to hear one another. You’ll also expand the appearance of your home.
Magic Mirrors
They may not be truly magical, but the power of mirrors to expand a small space can’t be underrated. Incorporating mirrors throughout your home allows natural and artificial light to bounce and brighten your home, while minimizing the need for extra artificial lighting. Though you may not want wall-to-wall mirrors, a full-length mirror against a wall in your living room or mirrors installed in your kitchen and hallway can add depth to your home and boost its spacious appearance.
Renovations can be expensive, but reimagining your home to increase its size in appearance with aesthetically pleasing interior designs is a budget-friendly feat. Start incorporating Stowers Furniture’s design tips and watch your home transform into the spacious abode you’ve always dreamed about with the perfect pieces of furniture that match your style.
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