SMALL HOUSES
Tips for furnishing a small house and enlarging the space with functional solutions.
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Small yes, but dynamic, welcoming, multifunctional, and design-oriented. A home may have objectively reduced dimensions, but, whatever they are, the spaces can potentially become much larger, at least in appearance. It's just a matter of knowing how to furnish them, making the right choices, such as opting for space-saving solutions, custom arrangements, strategic colors, and curtains. In short, there are many tricks to make a home seem more spacious than it is.
LIGHT PLAY, MIRRORS, AND LIGHT COLORS
Mirrors, as you know, create a sense of depth. In small spaces, they help give the perception of larger areas. They work well everywhere, from the bathroom to the bedroom, from the living room to the entryways. For homes with limited square meters, it could be a winning idea to consider mirroring doors, sliding wardrobe doors, and even entire walls. Mirrors not only provide a sense of greater volume but also increase the brightness of the spaces. They are a design element that complements any style.
Lighting plays a role in making space appear larger. Choices in this direction include recessed spotlights in the ceiling, LED strips placed along the perimeter of the ceiling at the entrance, floor lamps or lamps on furniture – solutions that help create a dedicated space in the home, even without walls.
Choosing light colors, starting from the walls, or natural materials and fibers, is a valuable ally in giving lightness to the surroundings. It is one of the tricks to make a room seem airier and larger than it is. This "tactic" is useful for highlighting furniture, utilizing natural light, and giving depth to the room. So, embrace not only white, taupe, and gray but also other soft colors, such as green, blue, and yellow. Imagination can also play with paints that create optical illusions, for example, by painting the farthest wall in a dark color and the others in a lighter shade, or by painting a wall with vertical stripes (always alternating with soft colors like white and beige).
MULTIFUNCTIONAL FURNITURE, STRATEGIC LOFTS, AND MINIMAL DECORATIONS
The furnishings in a small house must be appropriate, with reduced dimensions and simple lines. Preferable are multifunctional, space-saving, double-faced furniture capable of containing and combining functionality, design, and compact sizes. A secret is to pay attention to corners, distinguishing them from the rest of the furnishings, perhaps with shelves or niches in the wall. The kitchen and living area are usually designed in a single space to have more light and not penalize the spaces more than they already are. In this case, peninsulas or full-height dividing bookshelves can come to the rescue to provide a sense of division between the areas. Also worth considering is the purchase of space-saving furniture with sliding work surfaces. There are many proposals for every area of the house, from kitchen peninsulas to beds for bedrooms, to entire multifunctional sliding walls.
For small spaces, but also for furnishing a studio apartment.
One should consider a few but right elements, without exaggerating, risking to overwhelm the space. Avoid heavy, conspicuous, and dark curtains. In the kitchen, therefore, it is preferable to have more pull-out work surfaces, extendable console tables that, when closed, take up a few centimeters and can be design elements, used as shelving.
Creating lofts to optimize spaces.
In rooms, if the ceiling height allows, one can consider creating lofts to optimize spaces or even just to position the bed or a study area. And the doors? Perhaps the same color as the walls, to give a sense of continuity and longer walls than they are. The ceiling of the utility room or the doors of the rooms can finally be used to create small suspended storage spaces in plasterboard, useful for storing suitcases and items.
In short, many small tricks to make a small house much airier and welcoming.
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