I wrote for organizing your cabinets and pantries above but here I mean something a little bit bigger - the furniture. One simple rule you can use for the entire house is to put the bigger item farther away from the door. It's awful the first thing you see when you come in the room to be the huge wardrobe or cabinet for instance.
- Let's start with the living room. Don't put the sofa in the middle of the room, it is better to be in front of the wall or window. And if it's in front of the window, it will open space to use other walls to put shelves or pictures on them. And when your precious items you want to show on the world are on shelves you don't need to put some special stand for them. The same is for the TV set - install it on the wall in front of the sofa. And at all - to make the room look bigger remove all non every day items.
- Bedroom - what you need here - a bed with a nightstands and a wardrobe. And when we talk about the wardrobe is a great idea to choose one with a mirror on the door. There are beds with build in stands that can be hidden in them and when you need some space to put your book or phone on you just pull it out.
- Kitchen - use build in appliances and furniture. Some hidden items will do awesome work. Remove everything from the counter top - only one vase with fresh flowers is the maximum. This way it will be easier for your domestic cleaning too. Get extendable table not an enormous one.
Balcony can earn few more square meters to your flat if you use it appropriate way.
- Make it a garden - bring out all pots with flowers and spices, on the balcony, it would be good for them too especially if yours is sunny and warm. The other advantage of this is that it will be very beautiful and will hide you from curious neighbors but the main plus is that will reveal some space in other rooms when remove the flower stands.
- Comfortable place to rest - Put a table and stools and use it for drinking your morning coffee while enjoy the sunrise or a glass of wine watching the sunshine. Other thing you can do is to build up an coach from pallets and put on it some pillows and this will be great to sit on it and read a book for instance. Install fluffy carpet and don't worry that you can spill some coffee on it - professionals in carpet cleaning are for this, you just relax.
- Home office or workshop - put an bureau and all your crafting tools and materials. Work calm and use the sun light.
I hope that all these tips and tricks will help you make your home spacious. If you have some other ideas feel free to share them in the comments below.