The longer you live in your home, the smaller the space seems to become. As you accumulate more belongings, the temptation to move to a larger property grows stronger.
Well, you might want to think twice, because whether your house is a mansion or an apartment, you’d be amazed at how much larger you can make the space once you put your mind to it.
Here’s how to make your home feel twice as large without breaking the bank:
Be clever with how you use the space
One of the best ways you can make your home look twice as large is to get creative with the rooms you use the most. Take your kitchen, for instance. You can almost certainly open up the room and declutter a huge amount. Often, made to measure kitchens are used to enhance storage space and give the room a much-needed lift.
This change alone has the potential to completely open up your home, because it takes a lot of the strain off the other rooms. If you use your living room to house your dinner table, why not place a breakfast bar in the kitchen instead? Thinking outside the box will quickly transform the amount of free space available in your home.
Give rooms a multi-purpose feel
Continuing with this theme of clever storage solutions, it is a good idea to reassess how each room can best serve your practical needs.
For example, you could increase the use of space in your spare room by replacing your sofa with a fold-out bed, killing two birds with one stone. Similarly, you could move your clothes from the wardrobe to a set of draws placed under your bed. Simple and inexpensive changes like this can make all the difference.
Give your home a splash of colour
Colours are a powerful way of creating the impression of added space. Stick to light and natural colours like white, sky blue and light green, and you’ll be shocked at how spacious your home suddenly feels.
Turn two rooms into one
Another way to create the impression of extra space is to knock through two rooms to create one multi-purpose space. The most obvious candidate would be the kitchen and living room. By combining these two areas you can entertain guests far more easily, get more ambitious with your furniture and storage space, as well as creating a lighter and less claustrophobic feel to the communal areas.
Mirror, mirror on the wall is your new best friend
Talking of light, you might want to invest in some mirrors. Have you ever walked into a restaurant and been tricked into thinking it was half the size that it appeared at first glance? Chances are they were using a wall mirror. This both adds depth to a room and captures the light, brightening up the space. Lighting is crucial when it comes to making a space appear larger than it actually is. Uplighters are another way of creating this effect.
Disclosure: This is a collaborative post.
