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5 brilliant hacks to make any small room look much larger

Rajat Singhi, founder and creative director of Address Home, lists out six tips that you should keep in mind while rearranging your home to make it look spacious.

Updated on: Jun 1, 2016, 10:47:15 IST
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In this day an age, where property prices are flying sky-high, it is really difficult to get a big space that also fits in with your budget. So, you end up with a small house with rooms. But fret not because there are so many ways you can make any small room look large.

Rajat Singhi, founder and creative director of Address Home, lists out six tips that you should keep in mind while rearranging your home to make it look spacious. (Pinterest)
Rajat Singhi, founder and creative director of Address Home, lists out six tips that you should keep in mind while rearranging your home to make it look spacious. (Pinterest)

Pick the right colour scheme, play with mirrors and blend the shades to make the tiny space look larger, says an expert.

Rajat Singhi, founder and creative director of Address Home, lists out six tips that you should keep in mind while rearranging your home to make it look spacious.

Clever colouring

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The choice of colours for the walls, drapes and furnishings play the biggest role in transforming the entire look of the room. Darker shades are good to use for a big rooms not a small room.

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Mirror miracle

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A number of mirrors or even smaller ones do give the illusion of a bigger space.

Blend the shades

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Do not have the same colour in each and every room. You can blend in a few shades, for example, a pale blue wall with a pink drape and furnishing results for a pleasant colour scheme that goes well with every season.

Read: Leather furniture can add vibrance to your home decor

Choose wood wisely

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Having furniture and wooden panels in white and off-white too will make a room look bigger as compared to dark wooden panels and furniture.

Luminous lighting

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Make sure that your home gets ample of natural light which will make it look bigger instantly. However, it is not necessary that each home is blessed with natural light and big windows, so for that you can create that effect by using fixtures that set the same mood.

Say no to clutter

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It is very important that you do not clutter your space, rather keep it really tidy and neat so that appears to be bigger.

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