Decorating tips for small spaces 21 Articles

by Violet Fortune

In these days of rising rents and real estate costs, it's wise to make every speck of space count. If you've a large, walk-in closet, dressing room, pantry or any alcove in your dwelling, don't ignore it. It has great use ...read more

by Shirley Norling

Within the past year, I moved from a two story, three bedroom home to a two bedroom apartment. One of my main concerns was how I was going to make the place look "homey". It had lots of dark paneling, so I had to figure ou...read more

by Sara Bradley

Decorating Tips for Small Spaces You can give a small space a big impression just by the way your decorate it. And you can live in that small space with the freedom of a big space because of the way you decorate it. H...read more

by Brenda Bowers

Decorating small spaces can be fun, but it demands ingenuity and creativity. Your first concern is to decide what you want to use the small space for as each use will have a different decorating approach to meet your obje...read more

by Nicki Marks

A small room can be a bit of a bummer. They can be stuffy and crowded, and you never seem to have enough space no matter how much you rearrange. You don't need to spend a lot of money to make a small room look bigger, howe...read more

by Victoria Caruso

This is an area that I know quite a good bit about. The house that I live in is between 900- 1000 suare feet, not counting the carport and the laundry room. If I was to add those two in, it would add another 200 square fee...read more

by Irrira Rikki

THE PLACE TO START I have found the best way to enlarge a small room is to bring light into a small space. Instead of spending money to recolor, (any darker color schemes only make it appear even smaller,)utilize mirrors....read more

by Dolores Moore

Decorating a small space is all about making it look bigger, in fact, creating the illusion of more space. With that in mind, my first tip is to keep it simple, and avoid cluttering up the space. There are many ways to ...read more

by Kerri Foley

Good things come in small packages. Living in the compact environment of a studio apartment doesn't have to mean tight, cramped quarters. With a few simple techniques, you can make the most of your limited studio space a...read more

by L. Beall

To get the best effect when you decorate a small space you have to have an imagination. The main goal in the decoration of a small space is to give it a more open feel. While total an illusion there are some things that ca...read more

by R.L Hanlon

Many homes have a room or several rooms that are classified as small spaces. The boom in the housing industry and rising costs of house prices means there are also many who choose to buy lofts or apartments. It is not al...read more

by C.V.Varun

Rooms can be given an elegant look when decorated properly, Irrespective of the sizes. One can make a small room look more elegant than a larger room. As I am living in India, a country with increasing population ther...read more

by EMSalem

Go easy when decorating small spaces. When living in small areas, scale of furniture is a prime consideration. In a bedroom, as an example, you don't want to use all the space with a king sized bed when a double one will w...read more

by Dorothy Marie Kucera

My mother-in-law gave me sage advice, saying "If you can learn how to set up your home in an apartment, you will be able to manage a whole house wisely later in life." I enjoyed that perspective and looked at all of our y...read more

by Joelle Feliz Javier

Living in small spaces has been a common dilemma to a lot of people. This is something in common for some students, teenagers, bachelors and bachelorettes who live by themselves on a studio type room. There are a lot of wa...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

Many of us face the difficulty of having rooms which are relatively small, though there are ways to deal with small spaces and to maximize that space through the process of decorating. For the purpose of explanation, this ...read more

by Belle Starr

Decorating a small room offers many challenges. How to maximize the available space while highlighting it's strong points will take some careful planning. Here are some tips for adding light,interest and the illusion of ...read more

by Raven Lebeau

When decorating a small space, start by assessing the utility of the room. A laundry room, a bathroom, and a bedroom might all be small, but they all have very different needs in terms of storage, organization, and work s...read more

by Bruce W. Coffman

Decorating a small space is definitely more of a challenge than decorating a larger space, but it can be done successfully if you keep a few things in mind. You can even make your space appear much larger than it is with s...read more

by Susan Kliebenstein

Small living spaces can be fun to decorate and challenging to live in. Never-the-less there are many ways to make these small areas seem more spacious and more useful. Some of the principles you'll need to keep in mind ar...read more