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Small living rooms need to be kept fresh and uncluttered with well-chosen storage. A great way to make a small living room feel larger is to keep it meticulously tidy and in order to do that, everything in the room needs to have its proper place. Floating shelves are perfect for small rooms because they can hold a lot of things on a wall or in alcoves, or choose bespoke fitted, floor-to-ceiling shelves and cupboards that make use of every inch of spare space.
Get Creative With Layout
Limited space challenges you to think beyond seating conventions. If the room is narrow but also long, she recommends placing sofas back-to-back to allow for two seating areas.
Create Space Using Mirrors
The mirror will create the illusion of space by reflecting backlight and of course the interior decor – doubling up your interior space. Try keeping the color palette light and aid to aid the overall effect.
Utilize Awkward Architectural Space
If you see some awkward room proportions in the room, use this to your advantage. If you have a small-scale sofa it should fit neatly into the position, without taking up valuable floor space. Alternatively use the awkward area for bulkier furniture pieces such as sideboards and TV units.
Hang Baskets To Provide Extra Wall Storage
Hanging from decorative hooks that can take a lot of weight, these baskets are great for quick end-of-day tidy-ups for toys, books, magazines, iPads, and all the other stuff that tends to lay around.
Add Storage Near The Ceiling
You might not even have spotted it at first glance, but this owner has mounted some carefully camouflaged white storage units at the top of the living room walls, where any clutter can be stashed away.
Swap Your Sofa To A Snuggler
A bulky sofa can eat up living room space quickly, so if you have an especially tiny room, ask yourself if you could manage with an equally comfy but far less invasive ‘snuggler’. Otherwise known as a 1.5 seater, it can easily accommodate a parent and child – or a cuddly couple.
Use Stool As Seats
Look for stowaway furniture, such as these cube stools that can be tucked under a coffee table when you don’t need them. If you like your living room cute and cozy, try clustering color-coordinated objects together – from pictures to cushions – to create a coherent look.
Invest In Multi-functional Furniture
Take this coffee table, which doubles as a storage bin, allowing you to clear away any clutter at a moment’s notice. You could also invest in lidded stools or even a sofa with storage under the seat.
Distract With Statement Pieces
Pick one or two statement items, such as an oversized table lamp, an attention-grabbing piece of art, or an armchair upholstered in a fabulous fabric, and keep the rest of the room relatively clutter-free.
Pop an L-Shaped Sofa Into A Tight Space
Think about an L-shaped sofa in a tight eaves space teamed with trunks that can function as coffee tables as well as handy storage. Keep a dark room white to make the most of what little light there is.
Delineate Functions Using Rugs
To visually set apart that floated sitting area in the middle of the room from the room’s other functions, Amy Stone’s design team chose a rug just larger than the couch and matching chairs. The edge of that rug doesn’t extend all the way to the walls as you’d expect; instead, the café table dining area and console/desk sit outside of its edges.
Place Your Pattern To Create A Theme
The pattern can work as well in small living rooms as it does in large, but it pays to think carefully about where you put it.
Wool fabrics are made for cozy country-style firesides
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Mrs. Beeton, The Book of Household Management
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