Guide To Avoiding Pitfalls In Small Apartment Decoration! Style, Color, Planning And Layout Considerations And Color Matching Strategies
Small apartment expansion techniques: avoid three "blind" pitfalls of style and color
Don’t you also think that small apartments must have the simple style of “clear soup and little water”? I would like to remind you carefully that this is the first very misleading trap. Blindly pursuing simplicity will often end up with a seemingly cheap “simple style”. In fact, the real simplicity is the ultimate pursuit of quality and the texture of life. It is not the state of an empty home with nothing.
Want to save money and be productive? Try to add some pastoral floral elements or Chinese lines to the simple style. The key is to put some ingenuity into the material texture. For example, replace cheap plastic steel doors with solid wood composite doors with a matte texture, and replace smooth polished tiles with warm wood grain tiles. This kind of seemingly unobtrusive investment can instantly improve the quality of the entire home, allowing you to do big things with a small amount of money and avoid the trouble of rework.
Do you also think that dark colors give a sense of luxury and want to paint large areas of gray walls? The second "blind" pit is right here! Dark colors do have deep qualities, but when used in large areas in small rooms, especially colors like gray and dark blue, it will cause a strong visual compression effect. The originally small space will make you feel more stuffy and smaller at the psychological level. When you return home every day, you will feel as if you are being squeezed tightly by the wall. How uncomfortable this must be!
There is a light color matching method that is specially prepared for lazy people and must be learned. The walls should choose high-brightness colors such as white, beige, and light wood color. The ceilings should choose high-brightness colors such as white, beige, and light wood color. The main furniture should also choose white, beige, and light wood color. Light colors such as wood and other high-brightness colors can reflect light to the greatest extent, making the space look open and bright. In addition, don’t forget that the number of colors must be strictly controlled. It is best not to have more than three main colors in the whole house, otherwise it will appear messy and disorderly, which will reduce the sense of space.
The last kind of blindness is the excessive superstition of "bright colors". Bright yellows and oranges are indeed eye-catching. However, if used in a large area in a small apartment, everything in the house will be exposed to the eyes as soon as the door is opened. There is no privacy and sense of hierarchy at all. It is easy to cause visual fatigue after looking at it for a long time. This is like always turning on the most powerful fluorescent lamp at home, which is both dazzling and uninteresting.
A more sensible approach is to use a "clear primary and secondary" lighting technique. A simple ceiling lamp is selected as the main light to provide basic lighting. Then place a warm yellow floor lamp next to the sofa, place an adjustable desk lamp on the bedside table, and install a small spotlight at the end of the corridor. This kind of "dispersed lighting" can not only create a rich and diverse sense of spatial hierarchy, but also divide different functional areas with light and shadow, making the small home look larger and warmer than it actually is.
Space utilization: excessive storage and hard partitions are invisible killers
Small apartments can only be messy, so everyone is working hard to organize them. But be careful, over-storage is the third misunderstanding! There are huge cabinets all over the house, and the walls are covered with shelves. All items are exposed, and the space is filled to the brim. Not only is it visually crowded, but it also creates a strong sense of depression. This is not a home, it is clearly a warehouse!
Really smart storage is to "hide eight and reveal two", hiding 80% of items that are rarely used and not beautiful. It is strongly recommended that you choose built-in or built-in furniture, such as wardrobes that are flush with the wall, tatami mats for storage, and beds with drawers. As for the shelves on the wall, one or two on one wall is enough. Putting a few exquisite accessories or frequently read books is both practical and can improve your taste.
Have you ever liked to use floors and floors of different materials to strictly separate the living room from the dining room? This habit needs to be broken quickly! For small apartments, the most taboo thing is hard partitions. Every time a partition is set up, it is like building a wall in a space that is not originally large, thus creating many visual dead corners and "corridors". This not only wastes area, but also blocks light and sight lines.
Mastering the "space interactive" layout method can instantly make your home appear 10 square meters larger. First choose an open design, such as a living room with dining room and an open kitchen. If you really need functional partitions, replace the brick walls with glass partitions! Whether it is clear glass or frosted glass, it can ensure the independence of the space without blocking light and sight lines. This is a very useful tool for expanding the size of a small apartment.
Construction and Furniture: A Few Small Decisions Save Big Trouble
When renovating, be sure not to demolish walls in a hurry, especially load-bearing walls, air ducts and flues. These are the skeleton of the house. Demolition and modification are not only dangerous, but also affect the safety performance of the entire building. The first principle of decorating a small apartment is "light decoration, heavy decoration". If you can't do any construction, try not to do any construction. Spend the budget on beautiful furniture and soft furnishings at the back. This can not only save a considerable amount of demolition and reconstruction costs, but also make it more flexible and environmentally friendly.
When purchasing furniture, be sure not to be greedy for too much. A large corner leather sofa was moved to the home, and the living room immediately ran out of space to stay. Furniture must definitely follow the principle of "better small than large". Before going to a furniture store, measure the dimensions and make drawings at home. Choose furniture with thin legs and tall feet to make the floor space more transparent. The storage function of furniture also needs to be carefully considered, such as choosing a bed with drawers, narrow and tall chests, and making full use of vertical space.
After all, let’s talk about the two extreme situations of lighting. One is installing too many spotlights, which accumulates a lot of heat, which not only poses safety risks but also wastes electricity. The other is installing only one main light makes the space look monotonous and boring. Remember, small apartments are not suitable for that kind of gorgeous chandelier, which will affect the space. It is more economical and wise to divide the room into different parts. It is more economical and wise to adopt a clear primary and secondary lighting method, and use the surrounding lights to create a dispersed lighting effect, making the light and shadow of the room more layered and making it appear more spacious than the actual situation. The home created in this way is a smart small home that truly saves money, saves worry and is suitable for living.
