Do you feel cramped or uncomfortable in your space at home? Many homeowners struggle with a lack of space, which can cause your home to feel cramped and crowded. If you’re struggling with a lack of space in certain rooms or throughout your whole home, try these clever tips to make your home look and feel bigger.
Declutter Each Room
While it can sometimes feel like a chore, decluttering is an important first step in making your home feel bigger. Getting rid of any excess items you don’t need helps free up additional space in your home, which you can then use to display your favorite furniture pieces, decorations, and more.
Rearrange the Furniture
Your furniture layout might be to blame for your rooms feeling cramped. If you have too many pieces of furniture centered around one space, it could cause the area to feel small and cramped. Rearranging and spreading out your furniture items could help your rooms feel more open. Your furniture could also be obscuring your important light sources, so consider adjusting furniture placement to brighten up your space.
Let In More Light
Lighting can have a huge influence on how large your rooms appear. The brighter a room, the larger and more spacious it will feel. To let more light into your home, try using sheer window coverings, strategically placed mirrors, and brighter colors throughout. Light reflects off white surfaces in the home, which is why white and off-white are such popular paint colors for walls. You can also use light colors in furniture, decorations, and more.
Use Vertical Space
If your home suffers from low ceilings, give it a boost by utilizing your vertical space in clever ways. Consider hanging floating shelves and other storage options to free up floor space and store clutter and décor out of the way. You can also give the appearance of higher ceilings by using vertical lines in your interior design. Try incorporating vertical lines into your walls’ painting or wainscoting to give the impression of longer walls and heightened ceilings.
Running out of space at home is one reason many homeowners consider a home remodel. If this is the case for you, try these tips to make your home look bigger. Freeing up even a small amount of storage space might give your home some more breathing room.
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Susie Young Baxter, CEO, has published PanoramaNOW Magazine for 31 years. Her hobbies are Camping, Boating, Hiking, Nature, Gardening and Outdoor Activities. She is an Artist, Graphic Designer, an Avid Seamstress, Dabbles in Homemade Crafts and Landscaping. Since her Father was a Health Teacher, she also likes homeopathic Health Solutions. Since blogging started over 10 years ago, PanoramaNow has been added to Newsbreak – a national news affiliate.
