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Creativity is needed to overcome the challenge of a lack of space in your home - 26 January 2012

We all wish we had more space in our homes, don’t we? Especially if we live in a city centre. It’s fantastic having a vibrant, cultural and incredibly busy place on your doorstep, but we all have to sacrifice on space through urban living. Perhaps you have your dream cottage in the countryside with the right location and a period property but you just can’t face the commute. Whatever, the dimensions of your home, have a look at our five tips for utilising your space in a creative way...

Get some bespoke furniture

Custom made furniture is the perfect way to put your own personal touch on your home. Whether you have a large open space that needs furniture to segregate different areas, or you have an unusually shaped room and you cannot find the right fit, the high street will rarely have the right product for the look and feel of your home. The perfect way to put your own stamp on your home is to have some bespoke furniture made.

Choose the right storage

Plan for what you need to store and include innovative storage solutions wherever you can in your home. A walk-in wardrobe might be the dream, but built-in cupboards running along one wall are the next best thing and due to the abundance of compartments, you’ll be able to store more. Building a partition wall in a room allows you to fit recessed shelves into the wall to act as built-in shelves or bedside tables, and you can fit hanging rails behind the wall for a dressing area.

Coordinate your furniture colour with the walls

Contrasting colours tend to break up a space, so consider this when you are decorating. Pieces of furniture are less interrupting, tending to blend with the space if they are coloured to match the wall colour and floor and you can still be creative with different tones.

Choose light colours

Light bright spaces feel considerably larger than small enclosed ones, so have a think about the colour on the walls. White is a fabulous option for extremely small studio apartments. Avoid using dusky, or chalky tones, as these can drain what light there is in a room and make it feel more closed in.

Keep your furniture small

It sounds really simple but always give your furniture choices a second thought. Do you actually need that big bulky sofa, with 36inch cushions? Wouldn’t a quaint, slim sofa be more decadent and just as comfy? Do you walk around with bruised shins because you over estimated what type of coffee table would suit your living room? Furniture that is too bulky for a room can leave it feeling drab and small, so make sure you consider this when decorating.


 


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