Home improvement – Utilize your home space efficiently

If you live in a home or an apartment that’s commodious enough for one or two people, but still feel like you could use the space better if you knew how to, these are the home decor tips you should be reading. Today, we show you how to make your home look captivating no matter what the size.

• Seamlessness is key –
  • A major piece of wisdom that I’ve gained over time, reading various pieces on apartment décor, is that ‘seamlessness is key’. You want to make your rooms look bigger and you can do that by reducing the breakages in colour and hues on the walls. This technique can be applied to fixtures and conversation pieces as well.

• Utilising corners effectively –
  • Place an oversized chair or accent chair in the nook for a comfy look.
  • Stacking books on corner shelves is a smart way to use that part of a room.

• Lighter shades of paint and flooring –
  • Using lighter shades on the walls and floors will make the room look bigger and brighter.

• Select furniture that makes the room look sizable –
  • Avoid making your rooms look cramped by taking advantage of compact and undersized furniture pieces.

• Floating shelves –
  • Floating shelves are a wonderful alternative to chests and drawers. They offer great storage space while not looking bulky and colossal inside a smaller room.

• Curtain tints –
  • Buy curtains that create a fusion with the walls with their hue. This improves on the ‘seamlessness’ aspect mentioned earlier.

• Hang a proportionally sized mirror –
  • A mirror in the room will make it come alive and reflect light inside it.
  • The bigger the mirror, the larger the room looks.
  • Mirrors can be hung horizontally or vertically to make the room look wider or higher.

• Use transparent movables –
  • Pellucid movables make for a more spacious setting than wood or metallic furniture.

• Furniture that doubles up as storage space –
  • Storing regularly used objects beneath that coffee table is a clever approach to getting things out of the way.

• Foldable/Collapsible furniture –
  • Purchase foldable tables or chairs that maximise space inside the house when they aren’t being used.
    Some of these pieces can double-up as ironing boards or other useful surfaces around the house.

• In-built shelves –
  • Built-in shelves save up space inside a room like no other. No protrusions jutting out at odd places and no jamming your little toe into the legs of an awkward table anymore.

• Convertible pieces –
  • This revolves around the same logic as foldable furniture.
  • Convertible armchair-beds, sofa-bunk beds or collapsible coffee tables are examples of reusable pieces in the living room and in bedrooms.

• Matryoshka furniture –
  • This is the kind of furniture you’ve seen pictures of but don’t really know what they are called.
  • Matryoshka furniture is named after the Russian doll or Babushka doll that has figurines of a similar shape and smaller sizes inside it.
  • An extremely useful space saver, Matryoshka furniture can be arranged back into its original shape after being used.
  • It reduces the amount of space that is permanently utilised for seating, as the seats can be organised to your liking.

Extra décor ideas –

• Vinyl wall art –
  • You can’t go wrong with vinyl wall stickers. They are one of the cheapest and quickest ways to transform any room and make it come alive.

• Accommodating greenery in your humble abode –
  • Vertical garden displays are not the norm yet, but are a great way of making your house seem less like a concrete box. They bring more of a balanced look and make it a ‘living’ room.
  • This idea is definitely worth a shot, in our opinion. No harm done with extra oxygen around the house, right?

• Wall photo collage –
  • Instead of using frames and bulking down the room, creating a collage of pictures in a particular shape would be more practical and fun to look at.

• Decorating the walls with wall tape and foil tape –
  • Using washi tape (decorative wall tape) is another way of revamping a dull wall.
  • Foil tape can be used to create designs on a wall, and if done correctly, it can lift the ambience of the room to a point that the room would be unrecognisable.
  • It is the ultimate DIY activity that can be done by anyone from scratch. Pick a design and start taping.

• String art –
  • String art is an easy and fun pastime and you can create any kind of pattern by practising it a little bit.
  • Once you’ve made a design that you think looks like the initial idea you had, put it up on a wall that needs some TLC.
  • Your hard work will surely pay off with all the compliments and admiration coming your way.

Having a smaller space to live in can be very interesting if you make it that way. Rooms, no matter what size, can be altered by the furnishings and embellishments one places in them. Smaller homes can be a challenge to decorate but it is a very enjoyable experience. If you know what you’re doing and you know you’re doing it the right way, the end result is bound to leave you more than just satisfied. Try these suggestions to visually expand room sizes and you won’t be let down. In fact, your home will undoubtedly look as fresh as paint.