Showing posts with label Small. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small. Show all posts
Friday, April 4, 2014

Small Swedish Apartment and Smart Design

Here’s another example that still proves that having a small apartment doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get everything you need. This is a smart design of a small Swedish apartment; the apartment literally provides its resident with everything; nothing’s forgotten or missed out. Another thing that is really taken care of is the decorative side; things aren’t piled up in the apartment in a messy way. A high decorative taste is seen through the design, and practical furniture is used to supply all necessary stuff without occupying much space. The first thing to notice about this apartment, which is essential and smart, is that the color white was used on all of the walls. White walls are necessary in small apartments because they make the overall look bright and give an illusional feeling that the place is wide. First off, the living area includes a beautiful L-shaped sofa that comes in a solid color and some printed pillows are thrown on it to give a colorful look. A printed rug, a portrait, and a small table with a flower vase on it are put to complete the look of a small living room. A wall shelving unit is present taking the whole height of the wall which is really smart. These shelves provide a lot of space for storage. You can store a large number of books, or other stuff in there.










Secondly, an open kitchen is found in this apartment, and it is installed in a practical way that provides all what you might need out of a kitchen. Glossy white wall and base cabinets are installed on one wall, and a black countertop is placed above the base cabinets. You’ll find an electric cooker built-in the base cabinets, and a cooker hood is found just above it built-in the wall cabinets. You can also see a white sink placed at a distance from the cooker. An eye catching backsplash is used with a beautiful pattern of leaves, trees, and flowers that add much color. A refrigerator is placed against the cabinets in an amazing silver color hue, and a small dining set is found in front of it consisting of a small white table and two red chairs which give a pop look and match with the red flowers placed in a vase over the dining table. A splendid idea used in this area is the presence of a wall covered with rocks that really reflect a beautiful scene. A closet rod and a shelf over it are placed beside the kitchen to hang and store clothes in a way that doesn’t occupy much space.








The height of this apartment is utilized by making a loft area where a bed and an LCD TV are added so that this loft becomes the sleeping area. This loft area can be reached through beautiful wood ladders that are also used smartly for storage. A small bathroom is found facing the ladders. The bathroom includes a sink, a toilet, and a shower. A black bathroom cupboard is placed under the sink making a color contrast with the white walls, and various wall hooks are put to hang towels, clothes, etc. Grey ceramic tiles where used in flooring, and on a small part of the wall beside the shower, which gives a decorative look. Parquet flooring is used to reflect a chic look in the apartment. Plants are used in different places to add a decorative touch. Finally, you can really see that this design provides the resident’s whole needs in a really decorative way.


Saturday, March 29, 2014

5 Space-Saver Furniture Ideas for Small Interiors

Not all of us live in spacious apartments or luxury villas, in fact, with nowadays compact city apartments and small studios, the need for practical furniture and smart space solutions is becoming stronger than before. To optimize the space of your small interior, you must look for space-saver furniture; those are the functional pieces of furniture that serve in multi-functions or solve the problem of a small space. Discover 5 clever space-saver furniture ideas that can inspire you with creative solutions to maximize your small apartment interior while keeping on the decorative look. In a studio or a teen bedroom, a mezzanine bed can save a considerable space by freeing the floor space. You can install a sofa or a desk under the bed to increase the functionality of the room. Also, the raised bed helps to keep some privacy when everything is done in the same room.
What if the bed can also be used for storage? This is now possible thanks to the practical drawers in which you can store linens & blankets under the bed while protecting them from dust. For your books, think of a headboard that takes the form of a mini library with built-in shelving for discreet storage. In the bathroom, it is sometimes necessary to use some tricks in order to equip it with everything you need. Choose high bathroom furniture that takes all the vertical space of the wall leaving the floor open, and also consider installing cupboards above the washing machine to keep all cleaning products invisible for a clean and organized look.
In your dining room, you do not always need a large table! So, for a table that fits your needs, go for an extendable table with a large integrated extension. By this, the table takes only little space when not in use and can still receive a good number of persons when necessary. When the apartment’s interior space is limited, it is always smart to think of furniture that has two functions. For example, you can choose a seating that contains a chest, and you may also benefit from additional storage through furniture that has another purpose; now you can find poufs and ottomans as well as benches with a nice space inside of them to maximize your storage space.




Friday, March 28, 2014

Great Small Living Room Designs By Colin & Justin

A great collection of small living room designs by Colin & Justin. Colin & Justin are Scottish interior designers and television presenters.
At present we’re working on new ideas in Canada where we recently bought a downtown Toronto penthouse. We’re also getting used to being back in Britain after our exploits on ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ and have just completed 24 episodes of ‘The Sixty Minute Makeover’, also for ITV. The premise? Three rooms transformed in precisely one hour. Sounds crazy, perhaps, but it’s all in the choreography and of course careful pre planning! It’s a wonderful show with which we’re proud to be associated.




Gold accents are perfect with pink.  the Hicks inspired wallpaper is a joy and a perfect compliment to that gorgeous wall hung gel firepalace.

 Dolly dimple, pure and simple. Hey; minimum input, MAXIMUM visual return. Painting the stone chimney breast provided immediate relief while the addition of mustard walls elicited a calm, relaxed feel.  We simplified furnishings by specifying a creamy white sofa and slipper chairs, then detailed the entire scheme with black accessories. We hung Ikea LACK shelves in the regular manner but chopped another into sections to form upstands. For us, it is all about looking at standard kit with keener eyes. A faux zebra rug and a graphic monochrome blind became perfect finishing details. And so it came to pass that another flatlining room breathed once more…


Wallpapering in mid tone golden beige added atmosphere and the rest oif the transformation came via detailing woodwork in black and by thickening cornice by adding a small timber inlay and then painting it all white. Sometimes the biggest transformations come with the smallest spend! Curtaining and cushion covers were hooked out from a consignment store and cost a grand total of $80!!! Not a bad piece of work, eh, all things considered!




Purple, while potentially a very dominant colour, is beautifully restrained by the addition of white.
A-Efendy Colin, Designs, great, Living, Small
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Interior Vivid Small Bedroom Designs

Since most of the people now only afford buying small apartments, they face the fact that they have a small bedroom. If that’s just your case, never worry about it as we’re going to show you how to make the perfect bedroom out of this small space. No matter what the size of your bedroom is, you still need to make it comfortable and pleasing. If you really want to seize the space of your bedroom, and want it to be lively, then this post will totally inspire you with vivid bedroom designs that are full of colors to make the perfect bedroom even if the space is small. Since you don’t have much space, then you have to pay attention to everything you add in the room because every little thing counts, you have to try as much as possible to add what’s necessary, and be creative and decorative.

Matching colors will make your room trendy, and having light and bright colors is a must to widen the space of your room. Making the walls of your room in a bold color along with using white furniture will make the room seem spacious and will give a soft and vivid style. On the other hand, adding patterned wallpaper or patterned floor tiles will make the room very eye catching and will take the attention away from the paucity of space. Choose practical furniture that allows you to store all your bedroom stuff without taking much space like getting a bed with underneath drawers to store all what you want. Many colors can look great in your small bedroom, choose your favorite colors and create a nice ambiance to make the perfect room. For more ideas and inspirations, visit decoist













Monday, March 24, 2014

Small Colorful Apartment by Anna Marinenko

Small colorful apartment designed by Anna Marinenko. Beautiful combination of red and chartreuse color. The idea is to make a colorful and bright interior, but do not overdo it with colors, and do not get in the end white interior with small spots of color, although it is also very nice, but too simple. I hope I was able to find a middle ground.