Wood floor unifies this living room/kitchen
Home Decorating: Make Small Spaces Work! If you have a smaller house (like we do), you know that it’s a challenge to keep it looking great. The smaller the room, the more cluttered it looks if it’s over-stuffed. So how can you make your rooms look more spacious, and less cluttered?
Well, here are a few tips from my favorite publication, Real Simple:
- Paint walls a light color. This will open up the room and bring in more light
- Use closed storage when possible, only dispay a few items
- Look for furnishings that can double as storage: a great example is a storage ottoman or trunk for a coffee table
- Use continuous flooring throughout an area so it doesn’t break-up the space: example, wood flooring that leads from an entrance, through a living room into a kitchen. The spaces are unified and look larger than if you had tile in the entry, carpet in the living room and another floor in the kitchen.
For more tips and tricks check out Real Simple’s article, Make the Most of Small Spaces.