'You have to solve the issue first and then apply your taste when you have the solution you need,' continues Ruth, who suggests building a bank of references about how to work with a chimney breast or bay window in a small space, for example, and rather than discounting something for its style, instead look past that at the tricks used to maximise space. MAY WE SUGGEST: Design ideas for built-in furniture It's not something you immediately think of, so you need to take time to look at all those possibilities.' That way, the corner unit is used but in an effective way, so there is no dead space. A good example is a small Paris flat by Marianne Evennou, who installed a washing machine into a corner cupboard in the kitchen, but the door is in the hallway. See things not as they look at first but in raw volumes and where you can access things from – look beyond it as it is now and be ambitious about what’s possible and where you might be able to add storage or make what you have more practical. 'It's something Beata Heuman does so well, building little shelves on top of radiators, or you can consider the inside walls of a window or the inside edge of a dividing wall and sides of a chimney breast and see if there’s something you can use them for, like a little shelf all the way up the chimney breast, a shelf and cupboard underneath a windowsill, or little shelves along the inside edge of a thick wall. 'Look at all the different surfaces in the room and think about using spaces that you don’t often notice,' says Ruth. Instead, consider, for example, a wall-mounted basin and towel rail and bedside tables that are built into a headboard. In compact bathrooms and bedrooms in particular, Ruth's advice is to keep as much off the floor as possible as a clear floor creates the idea of space. You may lose a few centimetres of floor space to create a panel behind a built-in bed but you gain space when you’re using it and have a bedside table built in, rather than one taking up floor space'. With this kind of approach – of which there are many stylish examples in the gallery below – Ruth advises you have to 'lose space to gain space. MAY WE SUGGEST: Christmas decoration ideas For example, make a dining nook with banquette seating (with storage underneath) that goes the width of a room, or build a box bed into the length of the room, making space for niches and cupboards.' You might think this would cause the room to feel smaller, but as everything will then have a set place, it achieves the opposite effect and keeps it organised at the same time. Instead, think about using built-in furniture to fit everything in properly. 'Furniture floats more in a small room, because any gap between it and the wall is awkward and small. 'Eliminate awkward gaps with purposeful joinery,' she advises as a first step. MAY WE SUGGEST: Small living room ideas to copy How do you design a small room? Luckily, our Decoration Editor Ruth Sleightholme is full of knowledge for small room ideas, having worked on spaces of all shapes and sizes over her career to date. Granted, a small room does require more thought in the decoration than bigger rooms tend to and finding the right solution for the space can take a little know-how and a lot of research to find that you may not have considered before. Today, let's walk you through some of the possibilities in this ideabook featuring beautiful environment friendly little houses that can be built on a low budget.There is something about small room ideas that tends to send people into a panic. For instance, young couples that make simple modern houses will need more space when their children arrive. While building low budget houses, which are not large, it’s advisable to think ahead so that it can be expanded slightly later. It is also useful for couples, whose children have flown the nest, who want to live a smaller home that is sufficient for two. This article is specifically aimed at young people or couples who want to establish their independence and move away from living with the family. So if you are looking for ideas about how to build a small house the houses represented here can help you. The advantage of building a home is that you can design it according to your requirements, but you need to make everything fit into the space that you have. You’ll be faced with uncertainty, whether you should buy an apartment or build a small home. Instead, the limited budget makes you look at condominiums to verify how much a small unit would cost. The cost of constructing a house sometimes makes you put on hold your plans of building your own home.
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