Make A small House Feel BIG!

Small houses needn’t look—or be small. Here are a few tricks for squeezing the most out
of every square foot.

• Use corner windows to capture those spectacular views. A solid corner confines a
room. Opening up the corners with windows will make the room feel much larger.
Drape them with exciting window treatments to enhance the room.

• Lowering your window sills will enable you to gain more light into the room.
Although you will need to double check on local codes first to find out the sill
height at which tempered glass is required.

• Limit your hallways. Halls are a lazy way of organizing rooms, and they eat up a
tremendous amount of living space especially in a small house. Consider opening
up a hallway or two and you will be surprised at the difference it makes.

• Offer one semiformal dining area. Combine tiny breakfast nooks and
claustrophobic dining rooms into a single large eating space that is separate
enough from the kitchen to feel special.

• Low walls will define rooms without closing them in. Your eye will be able to see
beyond, giving it a much more open feeling.

• Use open stairs whenever possible. Enclosing stair halls and solid rail walls will
chop up the sight lines. Using open pickets will extend them.

• Install see-through cabinets between the kitchen and dining area to give it that
open look.

• Use flooring materials for continuity. Switching abruptly from tile to hardwood to
carpet chops up the house visually.

 

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