Pushing the horizon: how to visually make the apartment more than

Repairs can not be finished. It can only be suspended.

Layfhaker told you about 10 amazing miniature apartments. Remember transformer Christian Shallerta apartment area of ​​24 square meters. m.? A apartment like monastic cell size of only 15 square meters. m.?

If you also have a small apartment, this article is for you. We will tell you about some of the tricks resorted to which you can visually make your home more.

Walls

Interior designers - magicians who can create optical illusions by using color and light. About the light's talk later, and now the three golden rules for working with color in small spaces:

1. You can not use dark colors (black, brown, dark blue, etc...) - they "eat" up to 40% space. The brighter the room, the more it seems.
2. It is necessary to avoid striking contrasts blue + orange, purple + yellow, etc... Such combinations enliven the interior, but it makes it visually less.
3. Pure White - too bad. It is better to use creams, pastel colors (light green, sky blue and so on. D.). Cool colors give more space than warm.

For small apartments designers advised to choose wallpaper with a small (but not small!) Understated ornamentation. Wallpaper in vertical stripes make the room above and in the horizontal - wider.

You can also use wallpapers - one wall, carefully selected image. Excellent solution - a spacious lawn, a road receding into the distance, the sunset over the sea.

As for texture, then a good game of light create the embossed wallpaper and wallpaper with sparkles.

In addition, the visual illusion of spaciousness creates zoning premises using a combination of different materials or wallpaper prints. Due to zoning can be from one room to do more. For example, separated from each other sleeping and working zone. The main thing with this - to withstand colors. Colors must be close to each other and in harmony with each other.

Floor

Paul, as well as walls, should be light. Parquet and laminate is recommended to spread diagonally or "herringbone" - is not only visually expand space, but also to hide the irregular geometry of the walls.

As for carpet and linoleum is better if they are plain, or at least without major figures. Same with the carpets. Nothing pretentious, and bighead. If you want to lay a carpet, then let it be a light (to match the walls) monochrome or stripes.

Ceiling

Needless to say, that the ceilings in a small apartment, too, should be light? Ideally - white. But if you do not like a pure white ceiling, remember the rule: the ceiling - by 1-2 shades lighter than the walls.

Many share the walls and ceiling panels and fillets. But you should not do if you want to visually raise the ceiling. It is better, when the walls and ceiling the same color and does not separate from each other.

In addition, the added amount of shiny glossy ceilings. A good option - hinged design. But remember that their installation requires a few centimeters of the room height. If the ceiling is so low that can not be sacrificed and centimeters, it is better to abandon the suspended ceilings.

Doors and windows

Swing doors "eat" a lot of space. Their location depends on the room furnishings (especially next to nothing to make with the door). Interior designers in small apartments is recommended to install a sliding door.

By the way, even such a trifle as door hardware, it may play a role in increasing visual room. Shiny handles and hinges reflect the light and expand space.

Visual perception size of the apartment is also dependent on the windows. Large windows to visually enlarge the space, the small - compress it. The more natural light, the house seems spacious. Therefore, it is not necessary to install windows with shutters and air vents. Frame color should be light.

Curtain, especially heavy, tightly woven with lambrequins, create the effect of tightness. If we hang curtains, the light, transparent (tulle, organza and so on. D.), Slightly to the assembly.

There is one more trick with curtains. Nail the curtain and hang the curtains are not directly above the window and the ceiling. In this case, the curtains should be long - on the floor. This will create the illusion that the room is higher than it actually is.

But in general, designers recommend to completely abandon the curtains, replacing them with blinds, or, if the architecture of the house, on the windowsill to make sofa, and under it - storage boxes.

Shine

As already mentioned, optical illusions in interior design are created using color and light. To visually expand the space, the light should be much.

But that does not mean you have to buy a huge chandelier with 16 lights and hang it in the center of the room. On the contrary, from the bulky lighting fixtures should be discarded. Instead, use small LED lights around the perimeter of the room.

Do not forget about the walls: sconces give volume and high lamps emphasize the vertical lines.

Furniture

The more objects in the room, the less it looks like. Therefore, in the selection of furniture for small apartments main principle - minimalism.

3 key tips:

1. Audited and discard anything that you do not need. Leave only the really necessary pieces of furniture.
2. Use the versatile furniture (bed-convertible sofa with drawers, and so on. D.).
3. Buy bright furniture. It is desirable to match the walls.

As for the furniture style, it is not recommended to make a little room furnished in country style, Empire, Rococo, Baroque and other "heavy" directions. Smarter to stay on the classic or hi-Teke.

Excellent solution - glass furniture (tables, cabinets with transparent inserts, etc...). It transmits light, which means that "creates" additional space.

Upholstered furniture and cabinets is better to choose on the legs - they seem to be lighter and slimmer.

Another life hacking, if you want to visually raise the ceiling Organize along one of the walls of high, but not a cabinet or rack - from the floor to the top.

As for the location of the furniture, here too there is a trick. Not always justified placement of furniture along the walls. Try to have large furniture in the background, and small - close to the exit.

Mirrors and Decor

Mirrors also cleverly deceive our eyes. The room in which there is a mirror, seem brighter and more spacious. Therefore, designers are strongly recommended - more mirrors and more mirrors!

It looks good large rectangular mirror or mirrored surface of the cabinet. In the first case it is necessary to avoid the massive frames and keep in mind that the rectangular mirror hung horizontally expands the room, and vertically - lengthens.

As for the other decorative elements, there is, as with furniture, is to adhere to minimalism. Smaller items - more space.

It is not necessary to hang on the wall paintings in the large solid frames - family photographs (no larger than A4) in a small room look much better. Do not buy large statues, floor vases and antiques. And remember, no arches, columns and stucco!

As you can see, even a modest apartment in size can be converted into a "mansion", if you know how to outwit the visual perception.