Maximizing: Making the Most of a Small Space
A room that is lacking square footage can often mean that it is lacking functionality. This may mean that the room does not allow enough storage and workspace to serve it purpose, it does not have a good work flow which makes using it a pain, and maybe a lack of natural lighting or sufficient artificial lighting makes the space feel dark and dreary.
Here are a few ways that hiring an interior designer to plan your next project can help maximize your current space to live up to its full potential:
Creative Storage Solutions: Your current storage situation may not be the best and most that the space allows. There may be ways to add additional storage, or even just replacing your current storage with something that is constructed differently may allow additional square inches of storage space. Every inch counts and adds up quickly in a small room. There could be potential ways to even recess storage into walls, or take on additional square feet from adjacent rooms that would be of more value in the space you are working on.
Work Flow: By playing with the floorplan of the room, interior designers come up with solutions to create the best plan that allows the end user to work as intended in the space. This is especially true in kitchen design. Keeping the end users functionality and aesthetic goals in mind, designers work within the constraints of the space to create the best layout which incorporates the maximum amount of storage and countertop surface, and allows users proper walking/standing space. Particularly in small kitchens, this can sometimes feel like a big puzzle where everything has to find it’s exact right spot to make it all work.
Sufficient Lighting: Utilizing any natural light that flows into the space, plus adding in versatile artificial lighting makes all the difference in how the end user both feels and functions in the room. Using the proper window treatments that allows natural light in, which will automatically brighten the end users mood, while allowing privacy when needed is key to comfort. Adding in adjustable artificial lighting in the proper locations allows task locations to be properly lit and appropriate ambient lighting during evening hours.
