7 essential guidelines for making small rooms appear larger

Developers are squeezing more out of theirlook larger.
available land area for their new projects by4. To extrapolate on the earlier point, floors of
building smaller apartment units. Demographics aredifferent areas such as living room and porch with
also changing with smaller families.different materials and purpose should have similar
So ,how do you make a small apartment lookthemed light colours to create a stronger visual
bigger than it is?impression of enlarged spaces.
Here are 7 tricks of the trade5. If the space outside a particular wall consists of
1. Using mirrors to cover the entire length of wallsa balcony view or a garden view, consider
has a dramatic effect of making the room lookknocking down part of the wall to construct a
so much bigger and spacious. Mirrors have thewindow. A window with a exterior beautiful view
ability to create the illusion of space. Instead ofautomatically makes an impact and makes the
seeing the wall your mind is tricked into believingroom feel so much bigger.
the space of the room is twice as big.6. You can also opt for space saving furniture and
2. In the living room, try to put low sideboards orappliances. A sofa bed serves the dual purpose of
cabinets instead of tall shelves or cabinets.being a couch and a bed and thereby saving
Cabinets or sideboards with height lower thanspace for a bed. A washing machine with a dryer
your study desk and dining table instantly makesfeature also makes it unnecessary to buy a dryer
your room look so much bigger and neater.which would take up more space.
3. Another way of creating the impression of7. If you are short of space for sleeping you can
large spaces is to have light colour or whiteexploit your living room for flexible space by
flooring . You should also use light colour or warmerecting a folding screen or installing ceiling
colours such as yellow or orange for your walls.mounted curtain to create flexible space.
Here is how you can use color to make a room