By Ekant Singh, Founder and CEO, Page 2813
The design of small spaces is frequently an exercise in downsizing existing conventions, which rarely produces satisfactory results. It makes housework significantly more taxing than it should be, as well as less effective and more time-consuming. While it can be challenging to find a place to keep all of your belongings in a small house or apartment, it’s more difficult to get things to fit and look good. But whether you’re making do in a one-room apartment or the spare bedroom of a modest home, a few well-placed decorative items and thoughtful layout moves can make the entire place feel more spacious and welcoming.
By reflecting light and creating a brighter effect, more open space, and shiny materials have the same amplifying effect as a mirror. The room is illuminated by natural light from the glass pocket doors, which also serve to maintain privacy. These doors are more space-efficient than swinging doors because they can be neatly tucked back into the wall when they are not in use. The visual effect of covering a wall from floor to ceiling helps make it appear as though there is more room there than there is. Using it as a gallery wall to illuminate artwork helps set the mood. The best use of limited floor area is often found in vertical layouts. Changing the paint on the walls or scattering furniture pieces of different bright colours around the room can also help make a big difference in the mood of a tiny room.
Curtains can be used to conceal clutter and provide a sense of visual order. Investing in multipurpose pieces of furniture is crucial. You can make better use of the space you have by furnishing it with a deep sofa, which can also function as a day bed, and round tables, which can function as both a desk and a dining table. The countertops can match the rough texture of the walls for a unified look and feel. Additionally, by strategically using linear grooves, the impression of height is conveyed.
When it comes to putting away things around the house, it’s cheaper, in the long run, to install storage than to buy separate containers. Some ways that architecture can be used to organise are with built-in shelves, open shelves, cabinets, hidden storage, locker rooms, and bigger closets. Building a floor plan keeping proxemics in mind facilitates easy movement between rooms in a compact dwelling. Having a well-planned layout ensures that every available space serves a specific function. This style of layout, often referred to as an open concept, combines the home’s communal spaces into one large room to maximise usable floor area and facilitate easier communication, faster movement, and more abundant lighting.
Doing away with visual barriers and linking these areas with things like the floor pattern, the shape of the ceiling, and the placement of furniture create the impression of a larger space. Glass walls make a room feel more spacious and open, as well as more three-dimensional. The versatility of the area is a result of the partition walls’ ability to create semi-permeable screens and their smaller footprints.