The decoration of small houses or apartments can be a hassle since those can fell very cramped if you put to many things on them. But there’s no need to worry that your friends and family feel uncomfortable that you don’t have any taste.
Floor
You need to keep the floor with as little objects as possible. If you need more storage space, find it by adding some cabinets under the bed or wall mounting some shelves.
The rug is the one thing that you need to keep as big as you can, since a small rug will make the room feel even more cramped than already is.
Walls
Heavy usage of mirrors instead of art will give the sense of amplitude and will look like there’s double the space using a mirror wall on the end of a hallway. As mentioned before some shelves can be use as a place to hold objects but don’t cram everything on them.
Don’t be afraid to use bold colours that break the colour palette. Keep in mind that the use of woodwork on walls that matches the style or tone of the room will make it look bigger and cohesive.
As a matter of fact, when talking about cohesive spaces haven enclosed spaces will actually make the space look bigger. For example, a crystal or mirror door that divides two parts of the house or apartment will continue the sightline and be more pleasing to the eye.
Other way to do this is by adding sliding doors that doesn’t open to tiny rooms or by adding curtains at beginning of a hallway.
Furniture
Folding appliances like wall desks or even the bed (or a sofa bed) will let you have more versatility to move things around and adapt when you are alone or having visitors. Furnishings that add more storage space like double decked tables or beds with built-in cabinets.
Lighting
Since small living spaces often have less or non-existent windows, you’ll need to replicate natural light with heavy lighting.
If you have a panoramic window view keep the curtains off, but keep them, because if you hang a very big curtain directly from the ceiling and it reaches the floor, it will look like there is more vertical space.
Kitchen and Bathroom
Since these are the tiniest place in most houses opt for having your kitchen on the living room and use it as a bar, that way you don’t have to separate the kitchen and the dinning table since some chairs and a bar-like table will be sufficient.
Also, you could just eat in front of the tv as most of contemporary houses inhabitants do. And with the new possibly space from the previous kitchen you could make and study or laundry room.
The bathroom on the other hand can gain visual space by having you tile al the way from the floor to the ceiling. Also, a mirrored wall as mentioned before is a must.
