It is my refuge, my sanctuary, my little cocoon … The nicknames that we give to our room often describe a protective, enclosed and enveloping place. However, here it is: the desire for the great outdoors sometimes takes us. We suddenly have only one idea in mind: push back the walls and change the air! Fortunately, expanding a small bedroom can be done in many ways, including simplicity and creativity. Give yourself a whole day to transform your little refuge into a real piece of paradise. Watchword ? Optimize space!
1. Decorate with stripes
Surprisingly, stripes can have a big impact on the shape of a room. In general, vertical, narrow stripes in light or pastel colors make a ceiling appear not as low as it looks. Try to paint stripes or hang suitable wallpaper in the room. If you want to lengthen the room, go for horizontal stripes.
2. Try the monochrome style
By painting the walls and the ceiling with the same color, you will visually enlarge the room. To increase the odds on your side, also choose the same color for furniture, bedding, curtains and other accessories.
3. Paint the walls in two tones
To create contrast and add depth to a small room, you could paint the walls in two colors; one of which is darker.
4. Opt for furniture with mirrors
Mirrors have been used for centuries to visually enlarge a room; apart from its main function. Apart from hanging mirrors on the walls of your bedroom, also think about opting for furniture on which there are mirrors.
5. Create a focal point
By creating a focal point in the bedroom, you will draw attention to the depth, personality or style of your decor, not the size.
6. Choosing the right curtains
Blinds are very practical for dressing your windows if the room in question is not very large. You could also install thin, sheer curtains. But avoid heavy and thick fabrics.
7. Create a visual impact with a patterned rug
If you painted the walls a light, neutral color to visually expand the room, don’t forget to add a patterned rug to create a nice decoration in your small bedroom.
8. Small bedroom, large storage!
And yes, you are not going to escape it! If you want your small bedroom to seem more spacious, you will have no choice but to free up some space. The best way to proceed is still the following: sort, clean, store! Repeat at least once a year, ideally two. Start with your clothes: put aside all the clothes you have worn at least once in the past year … and donate the rest to charity. Face it: you know full well that this overly short skirt won’t gain the few inches it lacks over the night ahead. And above all: do not feel guilty, neither for having bought it in the first place, nor for detaching yourself from it today even though you have never – or so little – worn it yet. Do this in the rest of your room, keeping only the items that are useful to you or bring you joy. And above all, do not keep anything “just in case”! At the end of this first step, you will probably have collected several bags of items and clothes to sell, give away or recycle. Realize the space saving that this represents! Now is the perfect time to thoroughly clean your bedroom and the interior of your furniture. Also remember to ventilate your room well during this step. items and clothing for sale, donation or recycling. Realize the space saving that this represents! Now is the perfect time to thoroughly clean your bedroom and the interior of your furniture. Also remember to ventilate your room well during this step. items and clothing for sale, donation or recycling. Realize the space saving that this represents! Now is the perfect time to thoroughly clean your bedroom and the interior of your furniture. Also remember to ventilate your room well during this step.
9. We reassess our needs and adapt our furniture accordingly
When you have a small bedroom, avoid the “King Size” bed and the Norman wardrobe. Choose small furniture and standard sleeping arrangements. For example, prefer beds of 140×190 or 90×190 dimensions, choose narrow bedside tables and shallow shelves. For the cabinet, also be reasonable. Now that you are able to best assess your real storage needs, there is no point in keeping furniture completely or half “empty”. They will only take up unnecessary precious space that you are looking to reclaim. If you realize that your wardrobe is ultimately way too big, or that you no longer need some of your furniture, do not hesitate to put it in. sale on resale sites between individuals. Perhaps you will also find a new wardrobe there, a little more in accordance with your needs and with the new decoration that you have in mind for your room! Take advantage of it, but don’t fall for the first piece of furniture: take the time to make thoughtful purchases, and buy only what you need. Does the person selling you the wardrobe also have an impressive collection of hangers and small Russian dolls? Be realistic and magnanimous: they will certainly delight a passionate collector of matryoshkas … but not yours. Finally, there are simple storage tips to optimize the space inside your storage furniture. Thus, Marie Kondo developed a method of folding clothes called the KonMari method.
10. Can you dare color in a small bedroom?
When wondering how to visually enlarge a room, the first answer that comes to mind is often to give a big lick of white paint on all the walls and on the ceiling. Light paints, and white in particular, have the power to capture light and therefore erase the limits of a room. However, while it is true that white walls can adapt to all types of decoration, it should also be borne in mind that it will be much more difficult to bring true character to your room starting from this. non-color. One or more painted walls are often enough in themselves to create an entire atmosphere. This means that you won’t have to invest in new furniture or decorative items in order to give your room some style. Often, a bed set matching the paint color in your bedroom is enough to set the tone. White’s neutrality is also a double-edged sword: it does not transmit any emotion on its own. It is now recognized: colors influence our mood and our feelings. So why not use them to create a bedroom that can soothe you, relax and make you see things in a more positive way? If I had to choose only one color for a small bedroom, I would vote for a pretty sage green, which will catch the light well while giving an atmosphere of serenity to your room. In any case, avoid colors that are too bright and too energizing, such as red, orange, electric blue, fuchsia pink, anise green, etc. who would risk have a negative influence on the quality of your sleep. Whichever dominant color you choose, it should ideally take up only 80% of your room’s visual space. Reserve 15% for a secondary color, which will be added by small touches, for example on your bed set, your curtains and a pretty carpet, and 5% for a third color whose role will be to give a little depth to the first two. My favorite combo? Sage green in dominant color, gray blue in secondary color and deep blue in small touches. Of course, since white is not a real color, it does not count in this equation! visual space of your room. Reserve 15% for a secondary color, which will be added by small touches, for example on your bed set, your curtains and a pretty carpet, and 5% for a third color whose role will be to give a little depth to the first two. My favorite combo? Sage green in dominant color, gray blue in secondary color and deep blue in small touches. Of course, since white is not a real color, it does not count in this equation! visual space of your room. Reserve 15% for a secondary color, which will be added by small touches, for example on your bed set, your curtains and a pretty carpet, and 5% for a third color whose role will be to give a little depth to the first two. My favorite combo? Sage green in dominant color, gray blue in secondary color and deep blue in small touches. Of course, since white is not a real color, it does not count in this equation! gray blue in secondary color and deep blue in small touches. Of course, since white is not a real color, it does not count in this equation! gray blue in secondary color and deep blue in small touches. Of course, since white is not a real color, it does not count in this equation!
11. Wallpaper to enlarge the sleeping area
We mistakenly think that prints are outlawed in a small room , in reality it’s all a question of patterns. Vertically, the stripes emphasize the height of the ceiling while horizontally they stretch the walls. To break the rigidity of the lines, you can choose a slightly blurred design; and wide bands, much more modern than a multitude of fine stripes. Alternative to prints , panoramic wallpaper creates perspective in bedroomsreduced. These life-size decors emphasize the height and length of the partitions, which gives an impression of volume. Like classic painting or realistic photography, the panoramic gives a unique character to the sleeping area, even mini.
12. A dark wall for a contrasting bedroom
Creating depth is essential in a small bedroom. If white has no equal in illuminating a space, it is the same with dark tones which have the capacity to transform volumes. Applying more sustained paint to the back wall will widen a narrow room. Thanks to the play of contrast between the partitions, the bedroom seems more voluminous. Charcoal gray, midnight blue, olive green, garnet, these dark shades work great as a headboard but are not made for monochrome. Also we cover the bed with a blue or terracotta cotton set to inject color.
