{"id":6202,"date":"2016-07-27T11:34:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T10:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/?p=6202"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:06:40","slug":"maximizing-small-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/maximizing-small-spaces","title":{"rendered":"Maximising Small Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

With space at a premium these days, especially for those of us living in London, we have compiled a list of tips and tricks to maximise your small spaces.<\/p>\n

Functional furniture<\/h2>\n

Utilize furniture that has more than one use such as a sofa bed, storage bed, ottoman storage and wireless technology, this will provide you with useful storage space without compromising on floor space.<\/p>\n

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\"Alexi<\/p>\n

Create zones<\/h2>\n

Use paint or subtle demarcations to evoke rooms, this will give the illusion of a bigger space.<\/p>\n

\"Eco<\/div>\n
Photo by Cream & Black Interior Design\u00a0<\/small><\/div>\n
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Bigger but fewer<\/h2>\n
Use large scale furniture to make your room seem bigger.<\/div>\n
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\"Boutique<\/a><\/div>\n
Photo by Zephyr Interiors<\/a>\u00a0<\/small><\/div>\n
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Trick the eye<\/h2>\n

Utilize floor to ceiling curtains, see-through furnishings and mirrors to draw the eye up and let light through and give the appearance of extra height and depth.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Lauren Gries\u00a0<\/small><\/div>\n

Maximum functionality minimum square footage<\/h2>\n

An example of this is to use two small tables instead of one big coffee table, they are easy to move and take up less space than one large coffee table.<\/p>\n

\"Bayshore<\/a><\/div>\n
Photo by Designing Spaces & Places\u00a0<\/small><\/div>\n
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Keep Calm<\/h2>\n

Neutral even-toned rooms trick the eye into thinking it’s more spacious than it is.<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea<\/div>\n
Photo by Juliette Byrne<\/small><\/div>\n
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Vertical<\/h2>\n

Take cabinets and shelves all the way to the ceiling to draw the eye up and make use of the whole space.<\/p>\n

\"Lonsdale<\/a><\/div>\n
Photo by Studio Duggan Ltd\u00a0<\/small><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With space at a premium these days, especially for those of us living in London, we have compiled a list of tips and tricks to maximise your small spaces. Functional furniture Utilize furniture that has more than one use such as a sofa bed, storage bed, ottoman storage and wireless technology, this will provide you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[516,659,443],"tags":[731,93,583,258,733],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6202"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11169,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202\/revisions\/11169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}