Today we want to introduce you to varioustricks that can visually enlarge and decorate the space. Creating multi-purpose rooms, forming living space with flexible, folding and even transparent furniture can fill a rather modest area with new meaning, charm, uniqueness, for which you just need to use a little imagination.
Space planning
All tiny one-room studios or livingapartments differ from each other in certain design features, so it is not possible to use full-fledged furniture everywhere, since it is simply impossible to place it organically. In the next photo we see such an example with too many doors and windows. As a result, we had to emphasize the center of the room, placing sofas and armchairs as if around an invisible hearth.
Storage and organization
Replacing the bulky computer area and the hugestereo systems with a compact laptop and other gadgets, buying folding furniture and installing built-in storage systems - all this you can do to win the battle for order in a small space.
Lifting some furniture off the ground is a great way toways to make your home more functional. Examples include a folding drying rack, a hanging bike, a sleeping area on the mezzanine above the kitchen, and extending window sills to use them as additional storage systems or, by lining them with mattresses, as places to relax.
When you rent a place, you can't know about it.all built-in hidden modules, so you will have to work hard to find them and organize all available square meters as much as possible. What is worth cleverly disguising a wardrobe as an office, school supplies and board games hidden in a coffee table, and suitcases in unused space under the furniture.
They can make absolutely anything to order for youincredible options for cabinets and other storage systems, such as adding rotating built-in shelves and drawers, as well as using a hidden flat-screen TV that slides out and rotates as needed.
Tricky finish
Experienced decorators know that there are certainthings that create a feeling of greater space and non-existent size: transparent and mirrored furniture, floors without carpet, simple sofa upholstery without frills and an excellent lighting system.
Another way to visually stretch orThe choice of a strong color palette that flows from one room to another can help expand the space. It is also necessary to strategically identify coordinating walls and replace solid interior doors with glass ones.
If you have a small corridor in frontthe entrance door, which you can fence off and use as an entrance group, make a modest shelf for hats, a stand for umbrellas, a hanger for outerwear, hang a mirror. In this case, various hooks and brackets will become your best friends.
It is very difficult to furnish a compact living room.Multifunctional poufs, long curtains that visually raise the ceilings, hidden storage systems in window sills, which sometimes also serve as benches, will be relevant here.
The lack of extra meters does not mean that you are notyou can afford to organize a small dining area. Just in one of the corners of the living room you need to place a round table, decorated with a beautiful tablecloth, with chairs and an individual lamp. Here you can also place an elegant art canvas, and lay a colorful carpet of a suitable size under the table. Thus, you will get a full-fledged area for lunch or tea drinking.
Well thought out, which in modestapartments, too, will most likely be part of the living room, can be as effective and convenient as a spacious one. First of all, it is worth considering that you can save on too expensive household appliances, which there is no place to put anyway. In this case, you will have to make do with narrower than usual cabinets, which will allow you to use the space optimally.
A professional architect can easilydesign a unique bathroom, managing to squeeze a sink, toilet and bathing area into a few square meters, if you use special console and collapsible furniture, light finishing materials and modern plumbing developments that can create a deceptive impression of lightness and spaciousness.
Of course, the best option iscompletely getting rid of the bathtub and replacing it with a modern shower cabin with many useful functions and compact dimensions. Such a device with smooth transparent walls will naturally visually enlarge the bathroom.
If your bedroom barely fits a bed,Not to mention a linen closet and bedside tables, you just need to choose the right accessories that take up a minimum amount of space, such as a pendulum lamp, sconces and pendant lights, and use transformable shelves for things.
There is an option for installing the bed -transformer, which, if necessary, becomes part of the wall and architectural details, so at the moment no one will be able to guess that this is a sleeping place. It is unfolded only before the owners are going to bed. The rest of the time, the free space can be used for other necessary purposes.
Desktop space
If you absolutely need a home office, butno extra meters, again call on your mind, cunning and imagination. Try to build a work surface above the radiator, in another unused place, hide it in a closet, experiment with sliding tables and a shelving system. Do not clutter the space with notice boards, it is better to use chalk or erasable paint, which you can write directly on the wall.
It is quite possible to organize such a work area.in the bedroom, adapting one of the bedside tables for this purpose, replacing the bulky computer with a laptop. As a result, you will get a multifunctional table for work, night lighting and daytime makeup application.
To create a play area for children, you can allocate space on the windowsill, under the stairs, or in a separate corner with a spacious chest where all the toys can fit.
Combined room
In a small house, using rooms for twoor more purposes is a vital necessity. Think creatively about the home you have, and you can easily combine a variety of things. For example, use a folding laundry room for work, hide a home office in a closet, and a home theater in the living room.
