Maximising Your Space: Tips for Making Your Small Living Room Look Larger
With the right design strategy and a few creative tricks, you can create a visually appealing and much more functional living space that is inviting and open.
Compact living is commonplace, with the vast majority of Singaporeans living in HDBs or small apartments. With it comes many challenges, both regarding practicality and aesthetics.
However, there are various ways you can make your living room appear more spacious. With the right design strategy and a few creative tricks, you can create a visually appealing and much more functional living space that is inviting and open.
Make your living room a more enjoyable place to spend your time. Find below our top tips on making your small living room look larger by investing in the right pieces of decor for your home.
This Parisian Diamond Cube English Rug is traditional in style but looks the part even in a modern space. If you have dark floors, coving them with a lighter and airy rug will give the illusion that the space is larger.
Dilas Home Parisian Diamond Cube English Tile Rug
$36.70
One of the easiest ways to make a space look bigger than it is, in reality, is by adding more lighting. With mushrooms being one of the latest home decor trends, this metallic mushroom dome table lamp is the perfect addition to your living room.
Dilas Home Metallic Mushroom Dome Table Lamp (White)
$113.30
Make your home welcoming with a refreshing scent. Scents that give off a light and airy scent to them that aren’t overpowering compliment light interiors and work great if you want to keep things minimal in your home while adding another layer of personalisation.
PGA Lemongrass & Lime Diffuser (100ml)
$44.10
Unlike many mirrors on the market that are slightly distorted and slightly misformatted, this mirror doesn’t darken the reflection and gives a perfectly crisp reflection. Put it next to a lamp, and your room will lighten up.
Floor Standing Full Length Mirror
$46.99
If you favour round edges over square-framed mirrors, then this merged traditional and modern mirror has a large arch over the top and slight curves for the bottom two corners. It can either be leaned on the stand or hung on a wall.
Full Length Floor Stand Mirror
$46.85
Replace your bulky, heavy, thick curtains with a light and airy curtain that you can hang just a couple of inches from the ceiling as opposed to just above the window. This will elongate the window and give the illusion that the ceilings are taller.
Embroidered Wheat Pattern Sheer Curtain
$9
A stuffy room can make you feel claustrophobic, especially if the room is high in humidity. An air purifier will address this and get rid of any stuffiness. You can’t get a better air purifier than a Dyson.
Dyson Pure Cool air purifier
$499
A stuffy room can make you feel claustrophobic, especially if the room is high in humidity. An air purifier will address this and get rid of any stuffiness. You can’t get a better air purifier than a Dyson.
Stitches and Tweed Rattan Wall Hook
$39.90
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