Living in a small house can be difficult, especially if you have a large family. It becomes increasingly difficult if you are living in a rental apartment. Also, with the kind of lifestyle we have today, "space" is a crucial thing. Adjusting furniture and accessories without making the house look cluttered can become a challenge. However, this need not be the case. Done the right way, a small space can be made to look large! Smart organization of furniture and things used to decorate the apartment can make it look considerably spacious. Some tips you can use to make your rental apartment look big are:

Flexible Furniture

Having furniture that can be moved around the house can help you create space in the house. This kind of movable furniture is handy especially when you move into an unfurnished rental apartment. You can arrange the furniture as you like. It also looks different and stylish each time you change the placement of the furniture. You can have furniture that can serve multiple purposes. For instance, a sofa set can be pulled out to make a bed or a trendy side table that can also be used as a coffee table. This way you will use lesser furniture in the house making it look more spacious. Also, low seating furniture can create a feeling of more space.

Paints

Always use bright and light colors in your house. They create an illusion of open and airy spaces. Dark and deep colors can make the house look small and glum since they absorb light. If ceiling has moldings or decorative borders, paint them white or any other natural tone. This way the ceiling can look much higher. Another trick is to use stripes! To make your room longer or larger just paint your room in vertical or horizontal stripes. Use of pastel shades can also brighten it up. While painting your house, don’t forget your floor. The colour of the floor can also enhance the sense of space. Try and have a single color on the floor in the entire house. Paint the floor border that meets the walls with the same shade.

Lighting

The lighting that is used in the apartment can make a house look big or small. Usually, in a rented apartment, light fixtures are already present. However, if your landlord permits you, you can change these fixtures to other bright lights that can help you make the house look spacious. Where and how these lights are placed in the apartment also makes a difference. Lights that are hung and mounted on the walls will help to make the house bigger than table lights or lights kept on the floor as they take up more space. Use techniques like backlights and sliding panels to borrow light from one end of the brightly lit room to the darker side of another room. Use light reflecting wallpapers. Optimize natural light by keeping the windows unblocked.

Upholstery

The color and material of the upholstery used in the house also makes a lot of difference to how big or small a house can look. Like the color of the walls, the upholstery like curtains, cushion covers, bedspreads, etc., should also be bright. Go for lighter and thinner material as it will allow light to pass through the room. Use sheer curtains instead of deep and dark colored curtains. Select airy and light fabrics and bed spreads of neutral shades.

Storage

When you are looking for apartments on rent, you generally do not think of storage space. Most rented apartments do not have sufficient storage facilities. This can cause too much clutter later making your apartment look messy and small. How you store things in your house can make a lot of difference in space. Hence try to have closed storage spaces wherever possible in the apartment. This will reduce the clutter and make it look spacious. Also try and use smart furniture that can also be used for storing. For example, a bed with drawers can be used to store things; a cupboard can be built into the wall, a TV table with cabinets can also be used to stack things up. This will save the extra space that would have otherwise been taken by a stand-alone cupboard and make the room look spacious.

Mirrors

Mirrors can give the feeling of a big room. Big and tall mirrors give a room-enlarging effect. Place these mirrors cleverly. You can have lovely custom cut mirrors, beautiful carved mirrors as per your choice. When the space and light is reflected in these mirrors you get a feeling of depth. These mirrors can be placed on side tables, cabinets or in the hallway. You can have glass top center tables and window panels as well.

Everyone likes to live in spacious houses and apartments. If for any reason, you do not live in a big enough space, then you can always work towards making it spacious. Following these tips can help you make your rental apartment look big and spacious.