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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Kate Jacobs

Mirrors, caddies and skinny shelves: 12 space-saving tricks to make small rooms feel bigger

Mezzanine bed over kitchen in tiny open plan living space
Well fit: utilise every precious inch without compromising on style. Photograph: Compulsory Credit: GAP Interiors/Julien Fernandez

Large rooms need more – and bigger – furniture, so small rooms just need fewer, smaller pieces, right? Not entirely. In fact, there’s a lot more to creating a successful small space than that.

When looking at a room, don’t just think about the floor plan; consider it as a three-dimensional space and ask yourself: what can be hung from the ceiling? What can be wall mounted? How many hooks could I put on the back of that door? Find the perfect skinny shelves to fit in that gap behind the door and suddenly you’ve freed up a lot of space in the rest of the room.

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