Lack of space at home is usually the number one bugbear for us all. But before you commit to an extension, there are other space-enhancing projects the experts urge us to consider first. You might be thinking about kitchen extension ideas or expanding your footprint with an extra living room. But hold fire, as there are other ideas that might do the trick before turning your home into a building site.
As Kunal Trehan, interior designer and founder of Touched Interiors, explains, “An extension is often the first solution homeowners think of when they feel their home isn’t working for them, but it’s rarely the most immediate answer. In many cases, the space people need already exists within the property; it just hasn’t been fully optimized.” It's easy to see why extensions are popular, because they feel like a permanent solution to a space problem, but, as Simon Mayhew, founder and interior designer at TXTURED, says, it's not always square footage that people are short of.
