You’ve landed at the right place if you want small living room ideas to make it feel bigger. However, there are design techniques to make any room appear considerably larger than it is, no matter how small. It’s just clever stylistic and layout problem-solving; it’s not magic. We Mehraaz group is here with a few tips that create a cosy, fashionable retreat for you and your family in your modest living room.

Small Living room ideas:

1. Use Acrylic Furniture:

Use acrylic and lucite furniture in tight areas that begin to appear disorganized visually. Due to their transparency, you may rely on them to blend into the background. One excellent example is the waterfall coffee table in Ashley Whittaker’s little living space.

2. Upholster the Walls:

Apply plenty of soft materials to your walls to create a warm atmosphere. A playful armchair, a room-spanning rug, a fabric-covered ottoman, a sectional sofa in blue velvet, and upholstered walls. This space by Nick Olsen is all the convincing we need.

3. Keep It Cozy:

Leaning into the smallness of the space makes it feel genuinely cosy and inviting. Keep seating close together and intimate, and As Tamsin Johnson accomplished in this instance, stack a single textile with neutral-coloured rugs. Use your walls for anything else, such as task lighting and vibrant art.

4. Think Outside the Box:

Leanne Ford Interiors‘ eclectic and organic designs demand unusual seating combinations and unusual pieces of furniture. Instead of coffee tables, two little stools have been painted white to create a softer, more unified, and more distinctive design. A swing is suspended from the low ceiling.

5. Separate Zones With Area Rugs:

In this Peter Frank-designed studio apartment, area rugs divide the various areas. There is also a tonne of accent seating on the deck, which, when not in use, keeps it away from the walkways.

6. DIY a Barn Door:

City apartments offer a whole new meaning to the word “small.” However, a designer, Shari Francis, has many strategies to circumvent constrained floorplans.

• To increase seclusion and create separate areas for different activities, divide an alcoved bedroom from the adjacent living room with a sliding barn door.
• If you want to maintain a passage clean, a smaller sofa is preferable to a large one that takes up the entire space. Additionally, asymmetry is stylish.

7. Layer Coffee Tables:

So while a set of nesting tables would be too little for your space, a huge, unwieldy coffee table would also be inappropriate. For a sleek Scandinavian aesthetic, layer two slim coffee tables, like the company Fantastic Frank did in this instance.

8. Play With Scale:

Make sure to use a limited place to make a big impact. Clutter is different from carefully chosen collections or striking design details. We adore the way the extravagant, formal chandelier creates contrast and intrigue in this modest living room created by Leanne Ford Interiors.

9. Build Banquettes:

Take inspiration from this chic little nook created by Romanek Design Studio if you’re trying to turn a small bonus space into a living room. You are immediately transported to a speakeasy or a European train car when seated in a banquette. If you have a vintage game on your coffee table, bonus points.

10. Stick to a Tight Color Story:

As previously stated, a tiny space allows you to be creative with colour. To avoid having your living room appear disorganized while still adding lovely pastels or vibrant brights, stick to a limited colour scheme. Additionally acceptable is combining patterns, particularly when done as skillfully as this bright space designed by Ellen Kavanaugh.

11. Float Your Furniture:

Defy the desire to position every piece of furniture against a wall. Making space behind the furniture gives the impression that the room is wider than it is. This Leanne Ford-designed room’s Chesterfield sofa and an antique stool go well together.

12. Hang a Chair:

Swing chairs are a lot of fun and are now popular in design. They can save lives in a tiny living room or a more vital family area. Instead of taking up much floor space like a traditional armchair, you can add seating. We don’t need any more persuading; this mod aesthetic in a Hecker Guthrie-designed setting suffices.

13. Shrink Your Sofa:

Designer Ann Pyne’s New York City apartment’s living area is infused with individuality by a tiny red sofa. There is also plenty of seating thanks to a leopard print stool and complementary pale yellow armchairs.

14. Make It Multi-Purpose:

The only solution when there needs more room is to get inventive and make things multifunctional. If you need more space for a separate living room, family area, and home office, integrate each idea into one room. Leanne Ford’s living room and office show that any room, regardless of shape or size, can look amazing with the appropriate arrangement and furnishings.

15. Build Shelving:

Use ottomans instead of a traditional coffee table to use your space better. You can top them with a tray to hold flowers and books or use them as extra seating. Then when it’s family time, they become footrests. These red leather ottomans in a small family room designed by Redmond Aldrich strike that perfect balance between formal and casual.