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Sara Hesikova

I asked 8 interior designers what you shouldn’t put in a small living room – these 3 things kept coming up

A living room with a modern grey low sofa, a Berber-style rug and a retro coffee table.

When decorating a small living room - or any compact space for that matter - every decision and choice you make needs to be considered carefully. Because opting for the wrong decorating idea can make your petite lounge look even smaller than it already is. That’s why I asked 8 interior designers what you shouldn’t put in a small living room – and there were 3 things that kept coming up.

Tiny spaces and small living room ideas present the perfect opportunity to get creative and come up with unique solutions to space constraints. So by no means does a small lounge need to be bland and boring – in fact, that’s one of the biggest small living room decorating mistakes people tend to make.

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