{"id":6667,"date":"2024-11-17T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/decorating-small-apartment-8-tips\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T05:55:47","slug":"decorating-small-apartment-8-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/en\/decorating-small-apartment-8-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating small apartment: 8 tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Small budget or a downtown apartment? Then chances are you live small. A cozy apartment or studio is charming, but furnishing it is not always easy. A nice cabinet or a beautiful plant quickly gets in the way. Yet you can decorate a small apartment perfectly nicely, without losing functionality. We give you 8 handy tips for inspiration.     <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Start with a neutral base<\/li>\n<li>Utilize every inch of your small apartment<\/li>\n<li>Choose multifunctional furniture<\/li>\n<li>Use all vertical space<\/li>\n<li>Separate spaces visually in your small apartment<\/li>\n<li>Make use of optical illusions in your small apartment<\/li>\n<li>Enhance your space with light, light and more light<\/li>\n<li>Keep your space tidy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1. Start with a neutral base<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose a neutral, light color for your walls. Light colors make the room feel more spacious than dark colors. <\/li>\n<li>Fan of colors? Then work with subtle accents. Give a wall an accent color, choose a piece of furniture in a bright color or provide some colorful accessories. Remember that an accent doesn&#8217;t always have to be big to have impact. Also, don&#8217;t overdo it. For example, focus on 2 colors. In small spaces, <em>less is<\/em> always <em>more<\/em>.      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you going to paint? Then be sure to read our article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/veelgemaakte-fouten-schilderen\/\">9 Common Mistakes When Painting<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>2. Utilize every inch of your small apartment<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Still room under the bed? Utilize it! At stores like Ikea, or even Action, you can find lots of storage boxes that fit perfectly under your bed. With handy wheels!   <\/li>\n<li>Use hanging systems. The word may sound boring, but it&#8217;s definitely not! A hanging system allows you to hang pot and pan lids one above the other on the inside your kitchen cabinet.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Small apartment decorating_8 tips Kitchen with vertical storage\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Appartement-met-verticale-shelves.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>3. Choose multipurpose furniture<\/h2>\n<p>You can get very far in a small apartment with creative thinking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the wide wooden windowsill as a desk.<\/li>\n<li>Utilize a designer storage chest for your fleece blankets also as a coffee table.<\/li>\n<li>Use that one old stool as a vintage side table, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>4. Use all vertical space<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>By working in height, you make the room seem taller than it really is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget the unused space between your furniture and the ceiling.<\/li>\n<li>No room for a bookcase? Attach some &#8220;floating&#8221; shelves to the wall above your sofa or TV cabinet. <\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have enough space for plants, choose small plants and hang them one above the other against the wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>5. Separate spaces visually in your small apartment<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>Often we tend to leave rooms open as much as possible. Still, it can be useful to visually separate rooms with different functions: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of course, you don&#8217;t have to put a drywall between the dining room and the kitchen. By strategically placing furniture or plants, you can easily create a partition. <\/li>\n<li>Consider a tall cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Even with a lick of paint, you easily separate your space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Decorating small apartment\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782426-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>6. Make use of optical illusions in your small apartment<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>Extra square magic, unfortunately, is not possible. But there are easy optical illusions with a magical effect: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hang a big mirror on the wall and your living room suddenly looks twice as big and much brighter.<\/li>\n<li>Work with different layers and contrasts.<\/li>\n<li>Place pillows with contrasting colors and\/or patterns in the sofa or go for a rug with a different texture from the background. These playful elements give the room more depth. As a result, it appears optically larger.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>7. Enhance your space with light, light and more light<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>Windows, lamps and mood lighting! A bright room is guaranteed to appear larger than a dark one: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure there are no dark corners in your home.<\/li>\n<li>Make the best use of daylight.<\/li>\n<li>Go for cozy warm ambient light &#8211; nothing as unsociable as cold-white fluorescent lights &#8211; and again, make clever use of a mirror here, placing it so that it reflects the light.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<h2>8. Keep your space tidy<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>Something the <em>slobs<\/em> among us don&#8217;t like to hear: keep your home tidy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold regular clean-up sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Donate or throw away what you no longer need.<\/li>\n<li>Invest in convenient (vertical) storage systems. That way you create peace in your mind and peace in the space. Win-win.  <\/li>\n<li>Clear away lying garments, empty glasses or used paper tissues. Not only do they take up <em>oh-so-necessary<\/em> space, they also take away the calm. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Decorating small apartment\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pexels-max-vakhtbovych-6782425-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhg.com\/decorating\/small-spaces\/strategies\/space-solution-every-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BetterHomes&amp;Gardens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camber.be\/nl\/magazine\/tips-and-tricks\/kleine-ruimtes-inrichten-20-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camber<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/decormatters.com\/blog\/sky-s-the-limit-tips-for-maximizing-your-home-s-vertical-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DecorMatters<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimehouse.nl\/blogs\/ideeen\/15-tips-voor-het-inrichten-van-een-klein-huis-of-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dimehouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you like to cite this article as a source? Then use: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>N. (2024, Nov. 17). Decorating small apartment: 8 tips. Apartment.com. Accessed on (date XX\/XX\/202X), from https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/klein-appartement-inrichten-tips\/   <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/praktisch-ingerichte-garage\/\">Arranging your garage practically in 3 steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appartement.be\/6-tips-voor-het-inrichten-van-je-home-office\/\">Decorating your home office: 6 tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/657947826843706716\/ https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/322429654582160455\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small budget or a downtown apartment? Then chances are you live small. A cozy apartment or studio is charming, but furnishing it is not always easy. A nice cabinet or a beautiful plant quickly gets in the way. 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