7 Decorating Mistakes That Make a Small Room Look Smaller (and How to Fix Them)
7 Decorating Mistakes That Make a Small Room Look Smaller (and How to Fix Them) A small room does not have to feel small. Two rooms with the same square footage can feel completely different, and the difference is almost never the size of the room. It is the decorating choices inside it. A sofa that is one size too big, curtains hung a few inches too low, or a rug that stops short of the furniture can quietly shrink a room that had plenty of potential, and most of us make at least one of these decorating mistakes in a small room without ever realizing it. The good news is that every mistake below has a fix, and most of the fixes cost little or nothing. You do not need to knock down a wall or buy all new furniture to make a small room look bigger. You need to spot the habit that is working against you and change it. Work through the seven mistakes one at a time, starting with whichever one sounds most familiar. One honest note: the photos in this article are generic room shots, not ...