In small apartments, every inch of space is particularly valuable, and proper home design can make small homes more refined and functional.

For small apartments, it can be made more “spacious” through appropriate design techniques. We can usually follow the following four basic principles:

01

Color should be light rather than dark

Nowadays, many people like to paint their favorite colors in their rooms to make a statement.

However, in the decoration of small apartments, if too rich or deep colors are used in a large area, it is easy for people to feel depressed and crowded. The darker the color, the more obvious this feeling is.

On the contrary, light tones have the effect of visual expansion, such as white, beige, etc., which can help the space be visually extended. Light colors are softer and elegant, and when used in small apartments, they can create a relaxed and pleasant living feeling.

02

Lines should be curved rather than straight

For small apartment decoration, try not to do suspended ceilings.

If you really need to make a suspended ceiling, in order to increase the space level, it is recommended to choose a curved shape. The curve has strong ductility, and it will not lower the floor height when used on the top surface. In addition to its soft visual characteristics, it can also break the conventional space constraints. In addition, when choosing decorations, you can also consider some design styles that gradually bend from bottom to top.

03

Furniture should be simple rather than complex

Small apartment is characterized by limited area. If furniture with huge volume and complex structure is placed, it will not only compress people’s activity space, but also make the room appear messy.

Therefore, when choosing furniture for small apartments, we should avoid being greedy for big ones. We should do what we can according to the actual size of the space and pursue simple, compact and exquisite layout. It is best to choose furniture that can be flexibly combined, easy to store and disassemble, to save space. In addition, you can also consider multi-functional furniture to achieve multiple purposes.

04

The light source should be down rather than up

Traditional decoration habits usually arrange the light source on the ceiling, but if we set the light source on the ground, it can bring unexpected space expansion effects to small apartments.

The bottom-up lighting design can enhance the vertical openness of the room, and can alleviate the cramped space more than the top-down light source. When choosing a light source, you also need to pay attention to its brightness and color temperature: brightness is related to the luminous intensity, and color temperature affects the color atmosphere of the light.

The meaning of home is far more than practicality and beauty. Many scenes of future life will be unfolded here. Seize the opportunity of decoration and integrate the most suitable lifestyle into it.