How to hack a 1 bedroom apartment

How much space do you need?

A 1 bedder is approx 60m square including balcony. For you to stay at home alot then the apartment would have to appear spacious. The increase to a two bedder is approx~170k more which is potentially 5 years of savings.

After watching small living. The following ideas pop into my head.

Have furniture with lots of air. Eg a glass table so the weight of the table top doesn’t make the space claustrophobic. Something like this. Bonus as well if the table is round.

Here we can see the square table with solid top visually distracts from the amount of space we have

Another apartment with a round and clear table top. If we picture a solid top, it would make the place look smaller

Clear all the uncessary clutter

This is pretty self explanatory. Remove items that can break your sight lines. This will create the illusion of space. Also having clutter means things don’t accumulate in your small space.

Not necessary to see the items on the table top (toaster, etc). The microwave and oven should be hidden as well

Take things off the ground

Where possible add those features that would sit on the ground, move them to the wall. This includes lights, bed headboard and TV. It frees up the space around the ground and introduces a vertical element to the space. Also add paintings to add the the vertical availability of the space.

Floating headboard allows creates vertical interest and provides extra storage space without taking any ground

Limit colours and patterns

This is basic design for me. Stick to a few colours and patterns because everything will blend in wheel. You can try to mix alot of things, but that just gets harder with more thing. There is not enough space to constantly change the environment.

Look at all the clutter, visually the space feels smaller but this is a 82sqm apartment

Get everything in the same colour

Small rooms are hemmed by the four walls, they dissappear if the entire room is the same colour; floor, wall and ceiling.

Everything is white. and also the walls add space with the horixontal lines from the panelling.

Sheets that are visually distracting and a inconvenient located drawer makes this room look small even though it is 3.3 x 3.6m

This bedroom 3.3 x 4.3m (lengthwise) looks alot bigger). Painting at the top with a tall plant to provide vertical

Have the furniture reach the ceiling

No wasted space above the kitchen cabinets. They may be harder to reach, but all you need is a small step ladder

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