How To Make Your Room Look Bigger

Many people want rooms in their home to appear larger, even if it’s physically impossible to do. But a few features can trick the eye into seeing a bigger space.

There are many optical illusions that you can implement into an area of your home to help enlarge the look of a given room. Sometimes people have the option to remove a non-loadbearing wall, but often the choices are limited when it comes to what can be done.

There are easier solutions than embarking on a home remodel to make small spaces in your home look bigger. Here are a few ideas on how to make your room look bigger with a simple implementation of the right attributes.

Declutter

One of the easiest ways to try and open up a space is to minimize what’s in it. This is one of a few ways to make your kids’ small bedrooms look bigger. Take some time to declutter a room and implement some floating shelves to help display décor or memorabilia. By taking out the clutter that no longer serves you, you’re already taking steps to a visually larger space.

Choose Light Colors

What colors can make your room look bigger? Choosing softer hues and lighter colors for the walls tends to make a space appear larger, as light bounces off the surfaces. Illumination, especially of the natural variety, helps make a room look larger and more open. Likewise, dark colors tend to make an area appear more closed off.

Implement a Color Scheme

There are lots of ways to make a room look bigger with paint, including creating a color scheme to coordinate furniture with your wall color. Warm colors cultivate feelings of coziness, while cool colors make things feel a little more open and airy. Using a monochromatic color scheme, such as several shades of a particular color, allows you to create depth—perhaps you paint an accent wall a color that blends seamlessly with the other walls. Warm colors are fine to use as long as their delicate; veer away from bold, bright reds, oranges, and yellows to keep the space open. Further, light drapery fabrics can enhance aesthetics while contributing functionally and keeping the scheme consistent.

Coordinate Furniture

Contrasting helps to break up a space. So, when choosing furniture, it’s best to coordinate it with the wall colors or vice versa. Appropriately match the furniture to the rest of the room to provide fluidity and appear less jarring. Blending helps give the illusion of a larger space.

Add Reflective Surfaces

Adding reflective surfaces strategically to a room can help create an enlarging effect. Not only will the room’s light be reflected, but large mirrors also make a space look like it goes farther than it does. Implementing a large, framed mirror or an oversized standing mirror that leans against a wall will create a more open feeling. Other places where reflective surfaces can be used are on a coffee table top or with a mirrored chest of drawers.