If you are looking for small living room ideas, take inspiration from our gallery of beautiful small space designs to unlock the potential of your compact living room.
When you are redecorating, one of the easiest ways to make a small living room feel more spacious is to inject soft, pastel shades into your design scheme to keep the room warm and inviting. Check out our ideas for living room colour schemes for more inspiration.
A bulky sofa can eat up living room space quickly, so if you have an especially tiny room, ask yourself if you could manage with an equally comfy but far less invasive `snuggler` or `loveseat`. Otherwise known as a 1.5 seater, it can easily accommodate a parent and child – or a cuddly couple.
This room also employs another neat trick that`s genius for small rooms that back onto gardens – a botanical decorating scheme. `Pretty florals are perfect for blurring the lines between indoors and outdoors,` says our Senior Features Editor Stephanie Durrant. Creating this visual link will draw the eye outside and again make the rom feel bigger.
It`s the oldest trick in the book, but it really does work. You can instantly create the illusion of space by simply adding more mirrors. All the better still, like above, opt for an over-sized mirror to cover an entire wall. The mirror will create the illusion of space by reflecting back light and of course the interior decor – doubling up your interior space. Try keeping the colour palette light and aid to aid the overall effect.
Free up floor space, from storage units, by creating your own media centre that takes up minimal space. A wall-mounted TV is always going to be the better option for small living rooms. Fix an MDF panel to the wall and mount your TV screen and floating shelves on it, one above and one below if needed. The space saving shelves will allow for storage without taking up too much needed space.
The area underneath the bottom shelf allows for extra storage for items such as slim drawer units or drum storage stools.