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.:: Home Deco & Design Tips ::.

How to Make a Small Room Appear Larger

If you can stand in the middle of your room and touch the walls on all four sides, then you probably need to add some visual space to your room (either that or see a surgeon about those gorilla arms of yours!). If the neighbor next door has a closet bigger than your room (and it’s not a walk-in closet!), then you need a little help "growing" your small room!

Here are some miracle visual tricks to make your room appear larger:

1. Use light values when painting your room. That does not mean you are doomed to white walls! (padded or not!) Try a pretty celadon or chamois (light green or cream beige, for those non-lyrical decorators out there!)

2. Place the large pieces of furniture against the walls so the open space in the middle isn’t broken up. "The large piece of furniture against the wall completely COVERS the middle of the room.

3. Choose a sofa and chairs with open arms and exposed legs. This allows light to filter under the furniture, making the room appear airier.

4. Consider smaller scale furniture. A sofa or bed that takes up less area will help visually open the room. (Probably not a good idea to put a king-sized bed in that closet!)

5. Use vertical space for storage. Add a hutch or floor-to-ceiling bookcases as a storage solution to reduce the amount of floor space taken. (But I would discourage hanging books and bric-a-brac from the ceiling - you never know what will land on your head in the middle of the night!)

6. A large mirror in the room will reflect light around the room. This is especially effective with near a window so the outdoors can be reflected.

7. Arrange furniture at an angle if possible. This gives visual interest to the small space.

With a few visual tricks and some rearranging of furniture, you can make any room appear bigger than its actual size.

Arranging your Living Room Furniture in Five Easy Steps

If you are hopelessly lost when thinking beyond shoving your furniture against a wall, or if you've recently bought a six-foot sofa for an eight-foot room, you need help! Here are some easy tips for arranging your living room furniture in ways that make the most of your space:

1. Measure your room. Draw it to scale on graph paper which you can find at your local discount store. Use a ¼ in. equal 1 ft. scale.

2. Mark anything on your room drawing that will affect the arrangement of the room. Outlets, telephone, cable, light switches, windows, doors that open in, the space between windows, and the height of the window sills are all things that should be measured and noted.

3. This is the fun part! Make scale paper cutouts of your furniture (just like cutting out paper dolls!) Use the cutouts to arrange and rearrange the furniture in your room until you are satisfied with the result.

4. Select a focal point of the room. If you have a fireplace, it will nearly always be the focal point. If you have large bookcases, you might make those your focal point or you may choose a sofa with a special painting hung above it. Orient the remaining furniture and the lighting to highlight the focal point.

5. Think about your guests when you arrange the room. The room should promote conversation. Set up cozy areas with a couple of chairs or a loveseat. Ideally, there should be 4-10 ft. between your sofa or loveseat and chairs so that the space doesn't seem cramped. If you move the pieces too far apart, conversation will be difficult.

Other points to remember: leave 14 to 18 inches between the coffee table and the sofa for comfortable leg room. And make sure you have the traffic lane at least 3 ft. wide to move from one area of the room to another.

Arranging your room on paper allows you to experiment with new looks, new combinations, and new ideas before you move the furniture itself.

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