Although your bedroom may be a little on the smallish side it doesn’t have to look like it. Consider these three ways to help make your space appear larger.
Add Built-In Bookcases
While the size of the footprint of your bedroom may leave something to be desired, your vertical real estate may be a gold mine. As HGTV’s Good Bones house flipper Karen Laine says about interior spaces, “It’s not how far your feet can travel, it’s how far your eyes can travel.” So make your gaze travel upward with built-in bookcases that flank your bed.
Built-in bookcases with lower cabinets will not only provide space to shelve reading material, but you’ll be able to display favorite framed photos, art, and accessories that reflect your decor style. And, the lower cabinets will give you extra storage for things like blankets, table games, and anything you’d like to tuck out of sight.
Even if you add built-ins simply for shelving and extra storage, the by-product will be a vertical lift for your room.
Install Wall Sconces
Wall sconces are perfect for small bedrooms since they can free-up precious floor space by eliminating the need for bedside tables and lamps. Besides, table and floor lamps—with their wide shades—can occupy a lot of visual real estate. While you’re at it choose wall sconces with swinging arms, since they can be adjusted for reading, and other tasks.
Install Crown Molding
Just like a dramatic light fixture can draw your eyes upward, so can a ceiling detail like crown molding. Consider incorporating this kind of feature into your room to give your ceilings the appearance of added height, and to add visual interest.
If installing crown molding isn’t in your budget, think about creating the illusion of crown molding using paint. Here’s how it works. If your bedroom ceiling is white, and your walls are a darker color, carry the white ceiling paint down onto the wall at a length of between 4 to 5 inches from the ceiling, and paint a horizontal white band around the top perimeter of your wall to give the appearance of trim used in crown molding. Not too complicated, right?
