12 Tricks To Make A Small Bedroom Look & Feel Larger

Your bedroom should be a place of peace and tranquility, your place of rest. And even though there are plenty of reasons to embrace smaller-sized spaces, it’s quite useful to know some tips and tricks on how you can make a small bedroom feel larger than it is.

Sometimes it can be hard to feel like that when your bedroom is on the smaller side. It might feel like a box with a bed in it!

Here are some tips and tricks you can use to make your small bedroom look and feel a bit larger than it actually is…

How To Make A Small Bedroom Look Bigger

1. Minimal Furniture

This might sound obvious but the less furniture you have in your room the better. Your bedroom can turn into a room for multiple purposes. Find another place for your home office. This isn’t always possible but if you can do so. No chair is needed if there isn’t space. Stick to what a bedroom is meant for. Sleep.

Get a good size bed that doesn’t take up the whole of the room. If the bedroom is that small you might have to decide between one other piece of furniture. Decide if you need both a dresser and wardrobe. You might only have space for one nightstand. That’s ok!

2. Multi-Functional Furniture

With having only the necessary furniture for your bedroom it’s important that the furniture you do have has other features. Mainly storage. Think of the best way you can utilize the maximum space out of your bedroom.

This bed has been moved over to the corner making the bedroom seem bigger. The bed is ultra-functional as it’s also got storage under the bed.

The bed area has cleverly been transformed into a cozy sleeping nook, sectioned off with just some sheer curtains as a bedroom divider. A really stylish use of bedroom space!

3. Keep It Clutter Free

Keep the floor clear and the room just generally tidy. The more clutter about the bedroom the smaller it’s going to feel.

There’s a big difference between clutter and styling when it comes to home decor. If the items don’t have a storage place in your room they don’t belong in your room. Move less used and non-essential items to a different room. Anything you’re not attached to, give it away or throw it away if it’s past repair.

An organized bedroom makes a huge difference in how you feel when you go to bed and when you wake up.

4. Off The Floor

Choosing furniture that is on legs and off the floor helps expand the floor space. Which gives the illusion of a bigger room. A floating nightstand will give you plenty of extra room. The more of the floor you can see the bigger the space feels.

5. Colour Charts

Lighter colours will make the bedroom seem larger. It’s better if you paint your bedroom all one colour, this then blurs the lines between the ceiling and walls.

Also, contrasting colours have the same effect, believe it or not. Using a darker colour helps create an illusion of depth. So, it really depends on your preference for the colour of your bedroom.

6. Wall Space

With limited floor space, it makes sense to utilize the wall area. Putting up bookshelves or ledges to place decor on. Instead of buying a bed with a headboard you can fit a headboard to the wall. Desk lamps can be swapped out for easy wall sconces for bedside lights.

Using your vertical space is a great way to highlight other areas of your bedroom. And by using the wall space it draws the eye towards the ceiling, making your bedroom feel bigger.

7. Ceiling Space

Another area you can make use of is the ceiling. Fitting wall sconces may be a bit of extra work. Especially if you’re renting. You can use small plug-in pendant lights ceiling lights which will free up floor and wall space. All you need is a ceiling hook to hang the light from.

8. Windows

Whatever colour you decide to paint the room stick to the same tone for your windows. You can go a shade lighter or darker but it will blend in with the walls.

I think blinds are a great idea. It’s the least interfering and has a clean look. Sheer drapes have a more cozy and elegant feel and are lightweight and will blend in with whatever colour scheme you’ve chosen for your bedroom. For this option go for full length curtains to create more height.

Sheers also allow for natural light to filter through, giving you some privacy in the day but still maximizing the daylight in your room, making it feel larger.

9. Mirrors

Mirrors will help make your bedroom look bigger. For maximum natural light hang the mirror opposite the window to bounce the light around and make the most of the natural light.

Floor length mirrors are my favourite as they’re larger and a great focal decor piece for the room. Mirrored furniture items such as a nightstand will help the room seem larger too.

10. Large Artwork

One large piece of artwork that is well-placed will make a big difference even in a small bedroom. Just because your bedroom is small doesn’t mean you have to go with small frames. A nice piece of artwork that hangs above your bed or chest of drawers is a perfect focal point for a bedroom.

11. Ceiling Light

A good ceiling light for your bedroom will draw your eye towards the ceiling. You don’t want your light to be too small or it just gets lost in the space. Your ceiling light needs to be high enough so you have plenty of room underneath. You can go a little lower if your light is above your bed.

If you choose a flush mount fixture you can afford for it to be a little bigger as it’s not interfering with the space below.

12. Rug Placement

An area rug under your bed is another designer trick to make a bedroom look bigger. The tendency for a small space is to choose a smaller rug, but that doesn’t do the space any justice. A larger rug (in proportion to the bed and nightstands) that lays towards the end of the bed will make your room feel wider.

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