Living in a small apartment or condo doesn’t have to mean living in cramped conditions. It is possible for a smaller apartment or condo property to feel spacious if you take the time to tweak it a little. A professional designer in your area can suggest how to place your furnishings to maximize your space. An expert can also help you choose size appropriate furnishings.
Here are some simple tricks you can employ to maximize your small apartment right now:
Choose Trunk Tables
Tables are pretty necessary for most of us. However, they can take up a fair amount of space without offering anything in return. That’s not the case if you choose trunk tables. Although they will take up the same amount of space they offer a great deal of storage. Giving you the opportunity to hide your possessions away and maximize your floor space.
Wall Mount Your TV
Wall mounting your TV, to ensure any would-be thieves can’t get away with your set, is a great way to make the living room, and any other rooms you may choose to have a TV, feel more spacious. When the TV is up on the wall, you don’t have to find room for a TV table. This means you have more floor space to play with.
Buy Multitask Appliances
Appliances and devices which perform only one task should be avoided in smaller homes. They just take up too much space for too little gain. Instead, it’s a much better to buy a food processor, which can blend, chop, and grate rather than buying lots of separate items that do those tasks. Buying just the one appliance that does it all, will allow you to use whatever space you have more efficiently.
Use Foldable Furniture
If you occasionally have guests stay over, instead of buying a guest bed, you may want to consider investing in a couch that converts into a bed. You’ll be able to use it only when it’s needed. The rest of the time it will be hidden away. Furnishings that provide multifunctions will maximize the amount of free space you have in your home.
For similar reasons, foldable tables, which have additional leaves are great for small apartments. Foldable tables are generally compact. These tables can be made bigger on special occasions when you have guests over, like Thanksgiving.
Have a Place for Everything In Your Small Apartment
Having a place for everything, and keeping everything in its place will really help you to make the most of the space you do have. If all of your tools are in the tool drawer, all of your off-season clothes are neatly packed into storage boxes, and your office supplies are all kept on the left-hand side of your closet, you will always be able to find what you need, and you won’t end up buying duplicate items, which just take up more space and make your small apartment feel more cluttered.
Vertical Storage
Finally, try to make any storage you have vertical. To store stuff, using the walls rather than the floor space, will give you more room to move around and live your life in comfort.
Do you live in a small apartment? What do you do to make the most of the space?
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