Driven by intuition, a strong sense of what you like, and guided by trends, it might seem easy to try your hand at designing your home all by yourself. In a lot of cases, where you have a good grasp of what you need to make a space work for you, you might not need the help of an interior designer to create a home that delivers. But here is where a trained eye makes a difference: there are small details that can make or break how we perceive a room, and pitfalls that we won't even realise are there. One of the most common mistakes designers see in clients' homes are spaces that feel smaller than they actually are.
While you might try to achieve the opposite, there are some decisions that most of us make without even realising the impact they have on the overall look and feel of our homes. Here’s where the experience of an interior designer kicks in. I spoke to experts in curating modern homes that feel spacious and airy, and they shared the five most common mistakes and important flags to watch out for, if you don’t want to make your rooms look smaller than they are.
