If you’re living in a share house, a one-bedroom flat or an urban area you probably inhabit a bedroom that’s little more than a glorified cupboard.
If not, you’ve hit the bedroom jackpot and you should probably live there forever. Words by Carly Jacobs.
If you’re not blessed with a decent sized bedroom, we’ve got a few tricks that will help make your shoebox bedroom feel like a spacious sanctuary.
1. Use Mirrors like a crazy person
The biggest mistake you can make in a tiny bedroom is to waste floor or surface space on items that can be wall mounted.
Ways to make a small bedroom look bigger is by using lights, lamps, shelving, hooks and racks. These can all be mounted to the walls and this will keep your limited floor space clear for essentials like a bed and bedside table.
“Lights, lamps, shelving, hooks and racks can all be mounted to the walls”
2. Use mirrors
No matter how many times you rearrange the furniture it’s never going to increase the floor space.
Once you’ve decided on your furniture arrangement, you need to accent with mirrors. They create a wonderful illusion of space, tricking the eye into thinking that the room is far more spacious than it actually is.
A neat little trick is to place mirrors facing each other on opposite walls. It creates a window-like effect and adds a sneaky optical illusion of space in the room.
3. Draw your focus upwards to ways to make a small bedroom look bigger
Buy or build shelving and cupboards that span from floor to ceiling. They’ll create a long vertical line which gives the illusion of space. You’ll also have the added bonus of ample storage with a full length cupboard or shelf.