5 Inexpensive Hacks To Make a Room Look Bigger

So you want to make your room look bigger? Why? Well, that’s your business, but it may be for your gratification, or because the house is on the market and you want to impress the viewing public. Either way, maximising your space is just smart, and fortunately, there are plenty of ways to achieve this without needing to spend a pretty penny. Here are 5 ways you can expand your room, without knocking down any walls.

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Use Light to Your Advantage

Natural light, or a light colour, is your best friend when you are trying to make a space look bigger – a gloomy room will always appear smaller than it really is, in comparison. As well as the colour that you choose to paint your ceiling and walls, think about the colour of the drapes that you use – matching the colour to the walls can create a sense of space. 

Getting in some furniture pieces that are the same colour as the walls can also help them to blend in and accentuate the space. “My favourite trick for utilizing light is employing furniture that is raised on legs. In that way, as long as you do have natural light entering the room, that light can access under the furniture and create a great sense of airiness that you just wouldn’t get with something that sits directly upon the floor,” says Amber Knightly, an interior designer at Revieweal and OXEssays.

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Fit Floor-to-Ceiling or Wall-to-Wall Furniture

As storage, cover at least one wall with a bookcase or shelving, for example, that covers floor to ceiling, wall to wall, or both. Not only will this accentuate the height or width of the room, as long as you employ light-coloured backgrounds and don’t clog up every little bit of space, a space with an airy vibe will also be the result. In addition, you have increased space upon which to place those books, vases, picture frames or whatever it may be.

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Work with Outdoor Space

If your room has access to an outdoor space, such as a garden, a patio or a balcony, utilize this aspect by providing large, open accessways. French doors are a great idea if your room is adjoined to an outdoor space – if you live in a climate that is conducive, leaving these perennially open will accentuate the space in the room to its greatest capacity. Likewise, have the largest and brightest windows possible, and don’t leave them even partially covered with drapes or blinds as this will limit the amount of natural light that can get in.

Clever Use of Mirrors

This is the oldest trick in the book when it comes to creating fake space, but there is a reason this idea has been around as long as interior designers: it works. However, you have to be smart about it too, as an overuse of mirrors can also create the feeling of being hemmed in, especially if you have a cluttered wall on one side and you are reflecting that from the other side right back into the room (now it seems that you have two cluttered walls). 

“The secret here is to reflect plain, light spaces to increase the airiness of the room, or reflect the windows to seemingly create a larger outside space that is visible from your room,” says Jillian Butler, who writes for Assignment Help Canberra and Academized.

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Employ Multi-Functional Pieces of Furniture

In a small room, it is all about maximizing everything that you have, and not just the space. Think along the lines of pieces of furniture that serve more than one purpose. For example, a footstool or ottoman that can also function as a great storage space for whatever it is that needs putting away, such as blankets or extra cushions that you get out only when required. 

Then there are multi-level coffee tables which are a great space for storing and displaying magazines, books or photo albums. Make everything work doubly hard, think outside the box, and maximize that space.

So, there it is. No sledgehammers or raided bank account, just a (seemingly) bigger space for you to enjoy. 

Author Bio

Chloe Bennet is a design blogger at South Australian assignment help and Big Assignments websites. She reviews and manages blog submissions and edits incoming content. Also, Chloe teaches academic writing at OX Essays.