How to Decorate a Small Room Properly
When you get to furnish and decorate a small space from scratch it is easy to make a blunder. One way to insure that you get it right is to display items with reflective qualities. Light bouncing to and from objects always works in your favour when you are trying to make a small space look larger than it really is, or simply keep it from feeling too cramped.
A traditional approach to making small rooms feel larger is to use mirrors. Whether you use one large mirror, or several small ones, they will all grab the light and share the wealth in the otherwise potentially confined area. This is of course still a fabulous trick, but it works well with other articles too. Many studio apartments or lodging establishments whether it’s a countryside inn, or an interstate motel make use of mirrors to enlarge the room. Mirrors and reflective surfaces can put the bright in a brighton hotel or the light in a Lightfoot, Va. motel. They are a great way to further brighten up a room by magnifying existing light through reflection.
Take for example silver trays, or platters. A nice collection of these can be mounted on the wall as decoration, and will not only being striking, they will do the job of reflecting the all-important light. Here you get a lot of bang for your buck.
Finally, glass topped, or transparent tables also help to keep a tiny area feel more spacious than it truly is. This is especially true when you place glass or acrylic objects on the tables instead of solid opaque ones.