7 Ways To Make Your Room Look Bigger

7 Ways To Make Your Room Look Bigger

7个方法让小空间变大

Do you feel uncomfortable and cramped with your small space? Let’s find some simple solutions that you can use to maximize space and make your home feel inviting.

在狭小空间是否感觉很拥挤及无舒适感？来看看用什么方法来布置家居使得它看起来比原来的还大。

Use Windows

善用窗口

Windows can be a strong tool in visually enlarging a small room because your eyes move beyond the wall to the outdoor view and embraces it as part of your living space. Take advantage of this liberating effect by leaving windows bare, or dress windows with draperies that match the colour of the walls to eliminate boundaries.

窗户能在视觉上使得小空间变大，因为我们的视线能从墙壁延伸到户外景观。你可以利用漂亮的风景来让窗户保持干净整洁或让窗帘搭配与墙壁临近的颜色，以减轻区别感及延伸墙壁颜色使其有宽大的错觉感。

Floor and Ceiling

地板与天花板

Cover the floor tiles with brilliant light that makes the room seem brighter and spacious. The same applies to the ceiling, use a white or a light colour in order to open up the space. Your room will look more spacious if all the walls, floor ceiling and use light colours.

采用浅色系的地板能让空间变得更明亮及广阔。这同样适用于天花板上，使用白色或浅色的天花板能开拓空间。如果所有墙壁、地板和天花板都采用浅色系的颜色，你的家居就会看起来很大。

Open the Way

广阔空间

With furniture and accessories blocking the view into a room and out to the open spaces, a room will look cramped. By moving furniture out and away from walkways, you’ll open up the space and make it feel more spacious. If you can see the floor, the room will look bigger.

家具如果太多而挡着视线，那么房间就会变得很局促。尽量避免摆置家具在走廊上，能使得空间变得大一些。地板看得越多，空间看起来更大。

Colours

运用颜色

Try to give up very bright and contrasting colours. To create the impression of a larger room is using the light colour scheme. The most suitable colours are pastel or white. In a cold colour like blue, it increases the space, while warm colour like orange and red rather reduces space.

舍弃对比色，要使得空间看起来比较阔，要好好地使用浅色。最适合的颜色为柔和的白色，冷色调如蓝色能放大空间，温暖色如橙色及红色却会缩小空间。

Mirrors

镜子

Hang a large mirror with a decorative frame or prop it against a wall to create the illusion of depth in a small room. Even small mirrors expand the sense of space by reflecting views and light but an oversize mirror has a dramatic effect because it reflects a large chunk of the room.

挂一面漂亮的大镜子或镶在墙壁里的镜子能创造深度的幻觉。在一个空间里，即使是小镜子也能扩大空间；但是一面超大的镜子却有明显的效果，因为它反映了整个房间的空间。

Let in The Light

让空间亮起来

Any room will look bigger if it’s well-lit, either by natural light or artificial lighting. In a small space if is good to have built-in light, hidden spotlight or natural sunlight.

如果光线充足，空间自然而然变得广阔，无论是通过太阳自然光照进或是人工照明。在狭小的空间，安置一个良好的照明灯、聚光灯或自然阳光照入。

See-through space

透明感

By using materials that you can see through, anything beyond will appear further away. For a tiny bathroom, get rid of an opaque glass shower enclosure and substituted it with a clear, frameless one. The room will look more spacious.

通过使用透明材料，你可以看到更远更阔。在狭小浴室里，弃用传统的玻璃浴房门，采用一个透视及无框的塑料门，相同尺寸但是空间感在视觉上却增加好多倍。

By: Pek Yeng & Asikin

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