How to Maximise Space in a Tiny Bedroom?

Your bedroom is not just a place where you sleep, but also your own personal sanctuary. It is a space to relax, recover, and escape the world of stress by sleeping peacefully, curling up with a good book, or simply unwinding away from the worries of the world before facing them again the next day.

If you live in a city and have a small bedroom, you’re not alone. Due to urbanisation, many people who live in cities and towns have compact homes. However, with some clever design tricks, they can make the space appear bigger. After all, perception is the key to happiness.

How to Make a Small Room Look Bigger: Tips & Tricks?

Depending on the stage of construction or renovation and the budget assigned to it, it is possible to make a smaller room look larger and spacier than

1. Use white or neutral wall colours

   Richard Meier, an American architect, once rightly said, “White is the most wonderful colour because within it you can see all the colours of the rainbow.” It’s no secret that white walls make a room look larger, especially if the space has an abundance of natural light. There is a bit of science behind it: saturated palettes absorb light, making the room feel more constricting.

   Instead, shades of white work wonderfully in creating a warming effect without surrendering their ability to reflect light. Other lighter shades that you can use for painting your walls include pastel colours, light grey, dusty blue and sage green work.

2. Install sliding windows

   Sliding windows can make a room look bigger, flooding your home with natural light and offering an unobstructed view of the outside. When it comes to choosing the material for sliding windows, we suggest selecting window frames made of aluminium. As aluminium is inherently strong, window frames made from the alloy can be slim yet durable, which means you get less frame, more glass and more natural light.

   When it comes to durability, high-quality aluminium windows can even withstand cyclonic winds while making outside noise disappear to a large extent with the help of specialised sound proofing treatments, vast views with large openings due to the ability to have slimmer low maintenance aluminium frames which are more energy efficient thus reducing your energy consumption and therefore the bill.

   For instance, Eternia windows from Hindalco, Aditya Birla Group, are made from Duranium™. Hindalco, one of the largest aluminium manufacturers in India, has invented Duranium™ specially for Eternia windows.

   They are tested to protect your house against:

   • Heavy rainfall leakages
   • Noise disturbances
   • Cyclonic winds
   • Erosive pollution

   Check Eternia’s patented performance WiWA (Wind, Water, Air) certification system for more details on the durability of your windows.

3. Choose space-saving furniture

   It is undeniable that with small bedrooms, the less the furniture, the bigger it will look. You can buy beds with built-in storage beneath or sofa-cum-beds. This goes for all furniture pieces in the bedroom. Choose folding desks and chairs and store them when you aren’t using them.

4. Hang your curtains high

   This trick never fails. Hanging your curtains well above the window rod will always make a small room feel more spacious. You can choose single-shade curtains rather than patterned curtains, which can make a room appear smaller. Also, you can hang lighter shades of curtains, as they make a small bedroom feel even brighter and airier.

5. Add an illusion with mirrors

   Introducing tall mirrors is a solution to make tiny spaces appear larger, since they can expand the sense of visual space. They create an illuminating effect to make the space appear more open and airy. If there is a dark corner in your bedroom, try placing an oversized mirror. This will add dimension to the space.

6. Add a minimalist touch

   A bedroom looks visually bigger than what it actually is if it is organised and clutter-free. Remove any extra furniture or decorative pieces to prevent overcrowding in the bedroom. However, minimalism doesn’t need to be cold or impersonal. Instead, it means filling your home with what matters most to you and your family.

7. Install muted flooring

   Neutral colour floor tiles add an element of brightness to the bedroom. Although wooden flooring and carpet tiles are tempting, they impart a visually heavy look, which is a strict no-no in small bedrooms.

8. Use wall sconces instead of floor lamps

   When there is less space, every inch becomes valuable. If you want to decorate your bedroom with artificial lighting, place wall sconces instead of floor lamps, as it will save you some extra surface area.

Conclusion

In India, as homes are shrinking in size to accommodate the growing population, while real estate prices are touching the moon, if you do not have the budget for a bigger home, or wish to renovate your current home to make it more psychologically conducive to your current lifestyle and boost happiness, following the above tips and tricks can help you blur the reality between indoor and outdoor with the help of the right window, increase floor space, and make the space feel wider than it is with the help of mirrors.