More does not mean better.But when it comes to home space, even the illusion of extra square meters can change the quality of life. Today we find out how to make yourself and others believe that your home is bigger than it is. How to create comfortable living conditions in a small apartment? Buy multifunctional furniture, get rid of unnecessary things, combine functional areas. Of course, all these techniques work. But what to do with the feeling of tightness, which is impossible to get rid of with a rational approach to design? You need to resort to deception! Who and how should you deceive in order to make your home more spacious? Well, first of all yourself, and also your guests, using innocent design tricks that we are ready to share with you.
1. Mirrors
Mirrors are not just foradmire your reflection. A mirror can enhance natural light and create an optical illusion of continuity of space. It should be placed next to or opposite a window so that it reflects the sun's rays, or near artificial light sources. To visually enlarge the space, you need to hang a large mirror or mirror panel on the wall that you want to "move back".
2. Floating environment
One of the main mistakes of small ownersapartments is the habit of placing furniture close to the walls. While floating furniture creates the impression of additional free space. "Scatter" furniture groups inside the living room, and it will seem larger.
3. Large bright carpet
Perhaps the easiest way to "fake"area of the room is the floor decor in the form of a large bright carpet. A carpet with a catchy design will draw attention to the floor and will not allow it to be accentuated by the distance between the walls. In addition, the carpet will create an optical illusion of having a larger area for movement.
4. One large piece of furniture
Most people think that smallthe room should be furnished with small-sized furniture. This is not entirely true. A large sofa or armchair can create the impression that the area of the room corresponds to them. But you should not introduce more than one bulky item into the furniture group, otherwise the effect will be the opposite.
5. Legs
By choosing furniture pieces with legs, you canvisually enlarge the room. Due to the fact that such furniture takes up less space and is not adjacent to the floor, it gives the feeling of additional length and width.
6. The Curtain Trick
Want higher ceilings?You can get them with a little trick with curtains. Usually, the curtain rod is hung at a distance of 15 centimeters above the window, but if you hang it as close to the ceiling as possible, you will be able to use longer curtains. And they, in turn, will visually increase the height of the room.
7. Color neutrality
If you want the room to be noticeableincreased in size (visually, not actually, of course), use neutral shades. Keep in mind: painting the walls a light color is not enough. The interior should be neutral "from head to toe": furniture, textiles, decoration. To avoid boredom, add a few bright accents in the form of pillows or paintings, but do not overdo it, so as not to spoil the effect.
8. Pay attention to the ceiling
Bright accent walls in the interior of the room -popular modern trend. However, using this design technique in a small room can lead to an undesirable visual effect - compression of space. But if you paint the ceiling instead of the wall in a contrasting shade, you can kill two birds with one stone: fill the interior with color and create the illusion of an increased area (works on the same principle as a bright floor carpet). Our opinion: - When choosing a color for the ceiling, it is worth remembering that it should be contrasting, but not dark. Otherwise, you risk "swapping one awl for another": visually expanding the room, but at the same time lowering the ceiling.
9. Photo wallpaper with perspective
Our brain is used to trusting our eyes.Therefore, one of the easiest ways to fake the square footage of a room is to create the illusion of perspective in it. This is quite easy to do with the help of photo wallpaper with a corresponding image. Our opinion: - If the choice of photo wallpaper as a wall decor is determined not only by aesthetic preferences, but also by the desire to visually expand the space, it is best to choose a plot comparable to the scale of the room. That is, it should create the feeling that the perspective originates in the room.
10. Look through
Transparent furniture is a real find forsmall rooms. It lets light streams through and seems to dissolve in space, making it visually free and spacious. In addition, transparent interior items are now in trend.
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