Furnishing a small (or very small!) home does not mean giving up the elegance of interior design or adopting a minimalist lifestyle. Of course, decluttering is always a good idea in these cases: few beautiful and well-chosen objects enhance small spaces better than a forest of knick-knacks .
But don’t worry: with the four ideas we offer you in this guide, you can turn your home into a small palace without giving up on style or your favorite accessories!
Let’s find out how to furnish a small house with four unbeatable allies : heights, walls, versatile furniture and the right colors.
1. Furnishing a very small house is possible: take advantage of the walls!
A first tip for furnishing a very small house is to avoid reducing the floor space too much . Cluttering a modest-sized apartment with furniture will make the space claustrophobic and (obviously) impractical!
But here comes to our rescue an ally that we often don’t consider: walls . Example: do you have a really miniature entrance? Avoid freestanding hangers, preferring pretty hooks to hang on the wall, and replace the classic console with a hanging console.
Or: you dream of a furnished wall, but the living room is really small (or simply not there)? Forget the idea of a large bookcase, instead fill the wall with thin shelves and hang the TV directly on the wall . You will gain precious centimeters but, above all, the room will look more airy, less oppressive. After all, furnishing your home with shelves is a great idea to move the walls and better organize the spaces , especially if your home is small.
What about the bathroom? This is often the weak point of the apartment: a small house usually corresponds to a very small toilet! Again, avoid furniture and carts in favor of shelves. If you are afraid of making the room look cluttered, you can get boxes and baskets to hide away items you don’t want to keep in sight , like toilet paper and cleaning supplies.
Finally, for the bedroom, opt for small or hanging bedside tables so as not to “close” the area around the bed too much.
In short: to furnish a very small house, use the walls to the maximum by helping yourself with shelves . Of course, this will take away some space from paintings and frames, but you can always decorate the room by interspersing everyday objects with beautiful ornaments and green plants. Don’t know which shelves to choose? Take a look at the models you find in our store and start creating the decor of your small house!
2. Furnishing a small house with height in mind
Have you ever thought about how much space we waste when we don’t take advantage of the heights in our homes? Unless you live in an attic, you probably have high ceilings that you don’t know how to appreciate (you certainly can’t put shelves on the ceiling!).
Thinking in height can help us furnish a small home in several ways. Choosing slender furniture oriented upwards or painting a wall with vertical stripes will help you optically change the spaces by disguising
If the ceilings are higher than 4.5 meters, good news for you: you can completely revolutionize the spaces in your home by building a mezzanine!
The mezzanine has always been one of the most popular ideas for furnishing small homes. It’s easy to see why: not only does it give movement to the environment making it more interesting, but it practically allows you to add a room to your home .
In the bedroom, for example, it will allow you to create a small office or a dressing room. However, by leaning ver the living room, you could get a delightful new lounge, or perhaps a small library.
Raising (for example) the dining room by a few dozen centimeters will certainly not make the spaces narrower, but will allow you to obtain very comfortable drawers in which to store all the objects that you do not use every day (sheets, tablecloths, “good” dishes …). Not only that: it will give a much more original look to the house.
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