Small, confined, limited space is always a homeowner's problem especially if she wants to incorporate great furniture pieces in the home.
The article from elledecor features the inforgraphic made by Visualization and luxury home store Amara to help homeowners with this dilemma.
The infographic guide may help you plan out creatively your space making it look bigger and also functional to your needs. It presents us with 14 tricks to arrange our furniture wisely.
Step 1: Plan your layout
1. Consider the Function of the space and how many people use the room
2. The Focus of the room: Find the room's focal point like the fireplace, or a large window. By that, arrange your furniture pieces by this focal point.
3. Give Priority to Large Pieces: Think where the room's largest pieces will be placed like the sofa, or the bed. Plan this first then proceed in putting in smaller pieces.
4. Review your Layout: Symmetrical layouts can give a more formal taste while Assymetrical layouts give a more casual, relaxed vibe.
5. Keep the Traffic Moving: Know where foot traffic flows in the room, you must keep the walkway clear.
6. Maintain the Comfortable Feeling: Try to think of ease and function of the furniture like positioning the side table, or the lamps within reach of your sofa or set an amounted space behind pull-out chairs.
Step 2: Create space
7. Float Furniture: The trick here is to place your furniture 3-4 inches off your walls or by adding a console table along the gap.
8. Add Stripes: Stripes can do a great trick by elongating the room. Striped rugs or sofas are a great choice for this.
9. Make a Reflective Room: By placing or adding mirrors correctly. It could transform your room to look bigger or longer. The mirrors elongate the look of the room; place the mirror lengthwise for greater effect.
10. Go See-through: Use glass tables and chairs. The transparency of the pieces makes the feel of the room airy.
11. Hang Low: Hang the pictures or artworks lower than usual to give an impression that your house has a tall ceiling.
12. Experiment with Angles: By carrying the furniture diagonally, leads the eyes look smoothly around the room.
13. Split the Lighting: Instead of the usual one overhead lighting, try using lamps and other fixtures for lighting source.
14. Open the Room: Try to keep furniture away in blocking the windows and entrances.
