Kids going off to college. Colorado’s young professionals living in “New York-size” apartments. Trading the suburbs for city living. These are a few reasons why you might find yourself living in a small space. And, small spaces deserve well-designed interiors as much as, if not even more than, a large house.
It all comes down to doing less, better. The first step is to go through all your belongings and hold on to pieces that have an emotional value. It is an exercise in determining what is important. Get rid of the large furniture and focus on the things that you truly can’t live without.
Working with an interior designer, you can simplify in a beautiful way. Using color as the backdrop for your meaningful belongings, you can inject both personality and feeling. Making the space feel larger, or cozier depending on your style, is created by using the perfect hue. Selecting a color that will be timeless, as opposed to on trend, will help in the long run saving time and expenditures for re-painting when you tire of the color of the year on your walls. Light fixtures, hardware and other fixed details become the jewelry for your home, presenting your taste in a sophisticated and elegant way.
If you are living in a high-rise condominium or another smaller environment, it is anything but punishment. Smaller spaces give you the opportunity to reorganize your furniture, art and other pieces into a space that flows with your life. Every piece is reinvented to make the space feel more functional and even feel bigger. When well organized, you can have the ability to dress up or dress down your space with multi-functional spaces and pieces.
Take for example, two one-bedroom units in the same building. Though they are the same size and same layout, they are completely different. The photos shared here demonstrate the ability to take a small space and make it uniquely yours and comfortably fitted to your lifestyle. With good design, you don’t need a big house to feel right at home.
Eric Mandil