9 Tips and Tricks to Make Your Small Bedroom Look Bigger

If given a choice, most of us would love to live in a bigger house, with bigger rooms. But if you live in a city, most apartment complexes have small rooms.

These rooms are usually functional and have very little aesthetic value. Even in the suburbs, a person may not be able to live in a bigger house with bigger rooms due to budget constraints.    

If you have been wondering how to make your small bedroom look bigger, then you can decorate it in a way that it not only looks beautiful but also bigger than it really is.

Read on to find out more.  

Light Shade for the Walls

Light colours reflect light while dark colours absorb light and make the room look even smaller. So, while painting your bedroom, choose a light colour, preferably white.

And if you don’t have any qualms about it, then you can paint the ceiling white as well. The room will not only look pretty but it will also look bigger.

Avoid Furniture

When it comes to tips and tricks to make a small bedroom look bigger, this is the most basic thing you can do. Avoid having too much furniture in the room.

Forget about having lumpy chairs or tables, it would do good to not even have a solid bed in the room. You can simply place your mattress on the floor.        

Not having a giant bed at eye level would make your bedroom look bigger. If you must have a bed, you can have one with a thin metal frame rather than a bulky wooden one.                

Transparent Furniture

Some of you might want a little more furniture in the bedroom along with having a bed. People who study in their room might need a table and a chair to sit on and study.

If you must have these pieces of furniture in your bedroom, you can get some transparent furniture.

There are great options for see-through plastic chairs and glass tables that would make your room look not only beautiful but also bigger in size.

Furniture with Legs

Whether you decide to have only a bed or other furniture in your bedroom, interior decorators suggest that you should have furniture with legs.

This way, a part of the floor beneath the piece of furniture would be visible to you and create the illusion of the room being bigger.    

Mirrors

A bedroom should have a good mirror so that you can get ready and check yourself before you head out for the day.

However, a small bedroom might need more than one mirror as it helps in reflection of light and making the room look bigger.    

If you don’t want to have more than one mirror in your bedroom, then place the sole mirror in front of a window.

This way, plenty of natural light will get reflected across the room.        

Built-in Storage

While trying to figure out how to make a very small bedroom look bigger, this one’s an easy tip. It is also something that is followed by many people living in small houses.

Have built-in storage wherever possible. If you have a broad window, you can have a window seat made that accommodates storage.    

If you feel like you must have a headboard for your bed, get one that has built-in storage.          

Long Curtains

When you’re trying to choose curtains for the windows, select long floor to ceiling curtains.

Doing this would make the walls look taller, and hence, bigger. Also, don’t use heavy and dark-coloured material for the curtains.

Instead, get sheer curtains made out of thin materials in a shade that is closest to the colour of the walls.

This way, more light gets in, without obstructing your view of the outside, making the bedroom look bigger.      

Simple Bedding

Having bedsheets, pillows and cushions in dark colours and heavy patterns would make the room look smaller.

So, as much as you can, when it comes to the bedding, use light colours. Be it different shades of white or pastel hues.

Keeping the bedding in-sync with the wall colour also helps in making the room look bigger than it really is.          

Less is More

It’s already been established that there should not be too many pieces of furniture in the room if you want to make your bedroom look bigger.

This less is more policy applies to other things that are used in decorating a room as well.

If you must have photographs on the wall, or other decorative wall hangings, make sure that you don’t have more than two pieces.

Having too many things on the walls would make the room look smaller.

It is also important that you don’t have too many things displayed on a table. It has the same effect on the overall look of the room.

And make sure that you keep your bedroom tidy. Even a little bit of clutter can make the room look smaller.