Design Secrets That Make Small Spaces Feel Huge!

hey guys today I'm going to show you how to make a huge difference in your small space so the problem is that it's hard to kind of break out of that starter apartment vibe that a lot of them have and part of that has to do with kind of the vendors and what they Supply some of it's kind of temporary it's not particularly expensive but things have changed and I'm going to show you how a pro solves for all of that let's Jump Right In with my number one tip for all small spaces which is you have to handle the envelope and that means the floors the walls the ceiling everything you have to make sure that it's doing the right thing what's the right thing you want to keep it all the same so walls ceilings doors your trim your floors everything now on walls trim ceilings you want to paint that out all to be the same you can either take it light or you can take it dark but you want to be on the extreme ends of the light reflectance value to make sure that those walls pop out and away as best they can and because you do the trim and all the doors the same there's no lines to break anything up that's what I mean by handling the envelope for a small space and now another thing to consider when handling your envelope is consider a completely monochromatic scheme which totally makes the space feel large white floors white walls white ceilings that thing's going to explode it's going to be 600 ft but it's going to feel like 2500 now to keep it from feeling boring make sure that you mix up your textures your Sheen your shapes your Metals those can all go in as kind of a textural story to make it be different but keeping it monochromatic is a really good tip to explode your small space so your next tip which is super important and we're still on the envelope is about handling your flooring now in a small space you want to make sure that it's all visually the same now I'm not talking about if your bathroom breaks away but the main space all should be the same carpet wood tile whatever it is you've got if that's the case great and you want to kind of consider one of two options either skipping an area rug Al together or if you do do the area rug make sure like you see here that the area rug is tonally the same as the floor so it doesn't create this strong visual break on the floor level cuz that's not where you want to draw people's eyes in a small space you want them to move up and out and have the space feel large so don't draw them down by making a big accent Break by putting an area rug in where you don't need it so my next Pro tip is is about room dividers and especially if you're in a studio or like a tiny one-bedroom you're going to want the option to consider having some sort of divider up at some point maybe even not permanently but you can think about a number of different options I love the idea of either glass grids or kind of pierced hanging grids these are all great options and kind of give you a sense of some privacy that divides maybe the bed area from the living space that's all cool I love the idea of ripplefold drapery suspended from the ceiling right I would prefer to do them semi-transparent as opposed to here but I kind of love The Groovy Little painting that's hanging out in front that's sort of a fun little detail like that I also love the idea of doing storage as a room divider Ikea has some great options or if you want you can just do something simple like my go-to is a little screen from the inside and I love the insides version because you can make it a custom fabric you can do whatever you want if you don't want it upholstered you know this is a really nice one done in Rafia and how about this one this is amazing and it's perfect for you guys that have Studios where the door opens and you just fall right into your entire space this little guy creat an entire entry haul out of your studio so it's perfect for you guys so and if these tips are helping guys be sure to let me know which one is your favorite Down Below in the comments and if you haven't already please subscribe it's super super helpful to the channel okay so moving on the next tip is a biggie getting your furniture scale right this is a huge mistake I see a lot I often walk into a space you never put an 8ft sofa in a studio what you need in a studio is a love seat now there's a lot of really great options out there now to shrink your furnishings and have them have a lot of style so you want to make sure that they're smaller and you keep them light in scale think about things like a small round dining table I love this white one with the sassy little brass chairs that's a super little solution for something small or I love this little one that's almost like a beastro table with the black base that's fantastic and it's two little lightweight thona chairs that looks great and it will fit perfectly into a studio and it gives you a multi-purpose surface you know you can't go wrong with this little brass one or of course the iconic tulip table always good we're going to link to all of this down below think about seating being on lightweight legs like this chair bring it up a little bit give a little space underneath opt for a love seat instead of a fulls scale sofa there's some really good looking ones out here now look at this Ivory one that's just chunky full of pillows and you can cozy up in it looks great there's even the option of kind of this sort of cool hanging chair out of acrylic which is great it doesn't even have a base to it it's sort of suspended in air that's a wonderful solution now here's a tip sometimes small spaces have sloping edges to ceilings so what do you need to do there is you need to remember to keep your furniture low and that way you can tuck some seating pieces back into that area and it gives you full use of the space now another good option for seating is there are smaller scale Corner sectionals because if you've got the room and it lays out the right way getting seating into a corner is a great space saer so it's a good thing to look for another thing to think about is Ditch the traditional coffee table you kind of don't have room instead think about a couple of clustered smaller tables that can be moved around maybe even they double as a stool or for instance take a look at this one which has storage in the center and then a little Walnut top or I love this little loose sight one that just rolls around on legs it's invisible but it's a surface so if you need to put a cocktail down you're covered and then of course I love this little one they're doing some really tiny little accent table I've used this one a lot because it's like 10 in around it's tiny so it's a great little surface and there's a lot of style now that's available to you that never was before okay so next tip also super important is you want to think about all your furniture as being multi-purpose it all needs to be storage as best it can be so there's lots of different variations on this here think about things like day beds instead of regular beds tundle beds also a good option Murphy Beds a bed versus a sofa and you know there's all kinds of different options you can even make storage above your beds I love this one from Pottery Barn where they just wrap the whole headboard in storage which is great that's a great solution they're also now making really great platform beds so there's storage also underneath which H really makes a big difference think about your TV we've had lots of talks about TVs but this time put the TV on the wall and instead of doing a credenza or a console below it since you don't really necessarily have the space do some custom narrow shelves maybe they're 8 in maybe they're 10 or 12 and that gives you the ability to use the space around the television without having to have a big old piece of furniture on top of it and you've just mounted it to the wall try and use every surface that you can think of think about wall desks those are great they've come out with some really cute lightweight light scale ones I love those we talked about those coffee tables now they make them with storage I love this one where the lid pops up that's great or get little Ottomans and you can just lift the top off throw all the stuff in there that you don't need how about using a bar cart we always love bar carts but get a small scale one and use that as an end table put it on Wheels it rolls around makes it super flexible I even love this little tiny mirror that also has storage shelves both to the side and in back of it so there's lots of different options here that are now being made so make sure you're thinking about those kinds of solutions so my last tip today and it's a super important one is you have to really get strategic and think about your space like it's a boat you need to make use of all of that vertical space that you've got now you can do things like run shelves all the way up the wall hack something from Ikea that's always a great solution or how about considering running shelves even over doorways that's a great idea this area where you've got the space over the bed that's fantastic although don't do that in California uh or take shelves all the way to the ceiling if you can stuff them full of those goodlook baskets so that you don't see all your crap and just make sure that every inch is used now the second use if you don't have the clearance for storage is mirrors ooh small spaces and mirrors are meant to be together let me tell you so you want to think about leaner mirrors I love this one that's a big boy and you can get them a little bit narrower they can have frames they can be frameless frameless is even cooler so there's lots of new good options with it you just have to be thinking strategically on this one now we're going to recap one you want to keep your envelope clean and as monochromatic as you can handle two decide how to treat your floors to maximize the visual space three consider how you can use a room divider if you need one and what's a good solution for you four shrink your furnishings and make them double up as storage and then five make your vertical spaces count like custom shelves mirrors Etc Solutions okay you guys with small spaces have a little bit of homework to do and I will see all of you guys next [Music] week

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Length: 11min 44sec (704 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 02 2024