While many of us dream of a master bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, roaring fireplace and state of the art monstrosity of a television, not everyone has reached the point where that is a possibility.
If you have a tiny bedroom, you probably have noticed that there is a big gap between your roomy dream and the reality.
But don’t let size be a limitation in designing a beautiful and functional bedroom. Small spaces can be a huge inspiration, and here’s how to make the most of them.
Create Depth With Clever Tips
Small rooms can feel a little claustrophobic when all the eyes can see are repeating walls.
While you can’t actually do much (within a limited budget) in regards to moving the walls, you can certainly break the confined impression of the stifling walls around you.
A painter’s trick that focuses on changing the perspective by erasing natural lines would be to use mirrors on one to two walls in order to bring a new dimension to the room and create the impression of more square footage.
Keeping the walls light and bright helps to break the closed in feeling as well. You can distort the perspective with a playful use of colors on the wall, with a two-tone scheme, as long as you pick a light-colored scheme.
Maximize All Available Space
What can sometimes make small rooms feel oppressive is not the lack of space, but the lack of intelligent storage solutions.
While it’s fine to leave your clothes hanging on a chair in a large bedroom, leaving anything out in a tiny bedroom looks immediately messy and invades the entire space.
This calls for clever storage, under the bed, on strategically placed shelves, behind your door and in nooks within ottomans and vintage trunks.
Make Even Your Bed Count
It can be easily overlooked even in a tiny bedroom but the bed is the heart of the space. While no one actually forgets the bed, it is easy to give more importance to the wall colors or the trendy little shelving unit.
Functional and cozy bedrooms have one thing in common: They have the best mattresses. What matters for a bedroom to be a welcoming and peaceful room even in a tiny space is the presence of a comfortable bed with a quality mattress.
Show Love to Your Lighting
A dark bedroom will naturally feel less room filled and welcoming, regardless of its size.
Light, and especially natural sunlight makes people feel more positive in a room. A tiny bedroom with no natural light is kind of the equivalent of an uninspiring cell is it not?
A smaller bedroom with a window that lets the sun comes in and illuminate the space is a welcoming and seemingly healthy room.
So be sure to choose curtains or blinds that maintain a bright color scheme in the room.
Often it can be complicated to find the appropriate size curtains for a smaller bedroom, but there is a great deal of inspiration to make your own curtains if you should be crafty, and give your room a fresh and original touch.
