10 Tips: How to Make Your Small Room Look Larger

Bedrooms are the most important places of a house. Everyone wants to place every article of need here and it ends up in making it a cluttered and stuffed space. This messy looks conceals the comfort and ease it should offer and as a result you will think a hundred times before approaching to the bedroom. The situation becomes worse if you have a small bedroom with very little space to place and manage everything you might need. But acting upon some simple and handy tips can save your small bedroom from becoming a cluttered and scary giant. 

Free space is must

Enter your bedroom and try to see the floor. If you can easily see it means you do not have extra items. But if you scan your bedroom and cannot see floor it means that you have too much personal belongings and accessories covering your floor space. Consider moving some items to another room or just sell them or alternatively you can replace a bed and sofa with a sofa bed. You will feel your room wider.

Efficiently utilize walls

Act wisely while selecting furniture for your bedroom. Try to maximize wall space; space that furniture projects from the walls. Small bedroom means rectilinear furniture. Curved accessories swallow up more space and a room appears smaller. Night stands that can be hanged to walls are perfect choice.

Bed and accessories

Bed is almost every time become the central point of a bedroom. It must be selected sensibly. A large bed in a small room gives an uncomfortable looks. Choose other furniture articles accordingly. Side tables, lamps, dressers, decorations and other accessories should have same proportions.

Illusions through ceiling

Ceiling plays critical role in the appearance of a room. Use of light colors in ceilings fools the eye and a room appears large. While a darker ceiling causes a person to feel like closed and trapped. Recent trend is having tray ceilings that create an illusion of space by adding fifth dimension to the room.

Reading corner adds calmness

You can add a reading corner to your room to give it a serene appearance. A small room does not mean that only bed and dresser would be there. Creating a reading nook does not occupy much space. Just place a chair and a small desk or table at one corner of your room and your reading nook is ready. You can install one or more shelves in walls to organize and manage books.

Small furnishings work best

Choose dresser and armoire according to your room space. Round corner in room means you can have a round shaped dresser to fit into and a small wall means small dresser or armoire. Moreover, buy multifunctional furniture like storage bed that serves as a bed with drawers underneath. You can choose bunk beds for kids’ room as they offer 2 or 3 beds and occupy single bed space.

Storage spaces are better to be hidden

Find and make hidden storage spaces in your room. They will help you a lot. Roll out bins under storage beds can serve well or you can have decorative baskets in book shelf to stash toys that your kids often leave around your room. Side tables serve as holding places for newspapers and magazines.

TV should be Wall-mounted

Small room space is not a problem when it comes to TV. Consider a flat screen TV that can be mounted in the wall or if placed on table will take up little space. If a do not want a TV in your room, you can go for mp3. Get mp3 stereos that can be fixed in minimal space.

Paint color

Small room means light colors on walls and ceilings as it opens up visual space make room spacious. You put dark colors on walls you will feel like your room like a cave. If you like dark colors you can have them on throw pillows, bed linens and rugs.

Focal point

Create a focal point in your room. Look around and find out what is the best piece in your room. If it’s your bed you can fix an excellent piece of artwork on wall just above the bed. But if you think dresser is classier place a vase on top of it and all the attention would be towards the dresser.

No doubt small rooms throw a stiffer challenge when you want to decorate them but accept the task. Incorporating these tips will convert your bedroom into cozy, unique and comfortable place.