How to increase your living space on a limited budget?

With the cost of housing rising, homeowners around the world are looking for ways to make their living space appear larger than it actually is. Whether it’s large windows, other visual tricks, or a clever choice of furniture, it’s surprisingly easy to make your living room look bigger than it actually is by applying a few simple strategies.
These four techniques are great ways to make even a cramped city apartment look open, comfortable and spacious.

1. Use mirrors to your advantage

Mirrors are a great tool to “enlarge” a small living room. When you scan a room, it’s the light that makes it look big and spacious. A neatly placed mirror can reflect light and make your room appear larger than it actually is.
Try placing mirrors on the walls perpendicular to the light source. This will prevent glare from making your living room uncomfortably bright while spreading a lot of light into the room and increasing its apparent size.

Light paint and smart furniture are keys to expanding a small living space.

2. Opening external walls with windows

Windows are key to spacious living spaces, and adding large windows to a room is the best way to increase its noticeable size. If your living room has small windows, consider replacing them with larger floor-to-ceiling models.
With large windows, your living room will be filled with light, allowing your eye to go from one surface to another without being interrupted by shadows. So even a narrow and uncomfortable living room looks surprisingly spacious and spacious.

Paint the walls and ceiling a light color.

Here’s an interesting optical trick: When your ceiling and walls are the same color, your eyes have a hard time seeing where one ends and the other begins. So your ceiling looks higher, the walls are taller and your living room is bigger.
The greater the color difference between the ceiling and the walls – a black ceiling and white walls, for example – the lower the ceiling will appear. Choose a color that makes your room appear larger – white, cream, light blue, and even light pink or gray.

4. Choose modestly sized furniture.

Furniture that is too large for your living room can make even the largest of spaces feel cramped. Instead of choosing an L-shaped three-seat sofa, choose a piece of furniture that’s closer to the “too small” end than to the “too big” end.
This is especially true of dining room furniture. A large dining table can take up a lot of space, which makes it inappropriate in very narrow rooms. To save space, choose a smaller table, or even a kitchen table.