Interior Design Ideas, Tips & Inspiration

You’ve just moved into your new apartment. The neighborhood is great,  the people in your building are kind, you’re only ten minutes away from work,  things couldn’t be more ideal. There’s just one thing. The place is, well, too be kind – petite. You can murmur to your friends things like  “Well, space being at such a premium…” and “with the way the market’s going…” but small is small is small.

But appearances can be deceiving, can’t they? And surely your new small living space, with a few tricks and savvy purchases, can be a chic haven unparalleled by some manse in Newport with 18 bathrooms.

To start – switch your mindset. In a larger space, this may mean investing in a piece of artwork that truly speaks to your aesthetic as well as a table to focus the eye upon entering the room. In a smaller space, your table and your art can be one in the same, accomplishing the very thing two pieces would accomplish. Take the Mild table by Contraforma The dark finish of the wood combines with architectural  90 degree angles to enhance your space aesthetically and to provide you with more space should you decide you need it.

Continuing with that change in mindset, it should begin to be easier to see your space in a whole different way. Gone are the days when foldable beds were uncomfortable and passé. Check out Wall Bed Factory  and you can see that folding beds are no longer a thing of the past, but a thing of the here and now – a scientific use of space, and never an eyesore.

But you don’t need to buy new furniture to give the illusion of space. All you need is a weekend to change your living space, white paint of walls, to collect light and enhance your space. Don’t have time for home renovation? Then a white shade or curtain will have a similar effect.

 The old ideas are classics for a reason: They work. Trying a large mirror on one wall and you’ll be stunned at how the place seems to expand before you. In keeping with your new perception of your space, get high-tech – halogen lights in adjustable fixtures placed around the perimeter of your space will noticeably change your place, and all with the flick of a switch. 

Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 18 September, 2008

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