Decorating small spaces can feel like an impossible puzzle. You want to fit as much in as possible, but the room mustn't feel cramped. You want it to be filled with personality, but it can't look chaotic and cluttered. But it's possible to have a small space that's as stylish (or perhaps even more so) as their sprawling counterparts. Whether you’re starting out in a studio apartment or choosing to live a more minimalist existence, you don’t need to sacrifice style, these tips will make your home spacious and stylish. Although it comes with its own set of challenges, with a little planning, even the most cramped-up space can become functional, it isn’t impossible.

Tonal Treatment:   
Even though it’s more regularly used to create a room of neutrals and whites, tonal decorating shouldn’t be limited to a beige colour palette. It's important to remember that a single colour space doesn’t mean just sticking to a muted scheme, you can create a vibrant and interesting room using various tones of blue for instance.To ensure the colours you choose have a similar undertone use a pure colour swatch. When held next to this, warm or cold undertones will be come apparent.

Focus on Lighting:
Small spaces can often end up feeling dark due to small or non-existent windows. Make up for the lack of natural light by adding plenty of light sources in every room, from the kitchen to the bedroom. Combine striking ceiling fixtures—either a pretty pendant or elegant flush mount, depending on your ceiling height—with sconces or table lamps for a cozy and bright atmosphere. Getting the balance right between lighting types, sources and styles can be tricky, especially in a small living room. Lighting helps create the atmosphere in a living room. It’s the space where a multitude of activities take place from entertaining friends and bingeing on box sets to reading – so you need a carefully considered lighting plan that facilitates all of those things.

Opt for Lucite:  
Floating Lucite tables are light and airy and don’t weigh down the space. Lucite furniture has a lot of advantages:

• First of all, it is perfect for small rooms because they seem to disappear and are absolutely lightweight, which is essential for a tiny space – bulky furniture clutter such rooms.
• Second, the unique feeling of lightness and tranquil is what acrylic furniture brings.
• Third, such furniture creates a modern and glam feeling in any room. now let’s have a look at some ideas and ways to style such furniture
  

Mirrors:  
Mirrors are a small space’s best friends. Use them within a gallery wall or on a wall adjacent to a window to make the space seem larger and brighter. A strategically placed mirror on the wall can create a sense of expanse by reflecting light and can compensate for the lack of a window. In this living room, a long, large mirror on the wall creates the illusion of more space and reflects the view too.

• Fake a Room's Length : The back wall is entirely covered by a mirror—giving the impression of infinity in the space. The patterned runner extends all the way to the edge of the mirror, enhancing the continuity effect.
• Shift the Focus Elsewhere : The repetition of black frames will blur the lines of the mirror’s edges, making the reflection just another beautiful piece of artwork to look at. By the same token, it’ll be harder to figure out where the mirror starts and the room begins, resulting in a larger-looking space.
• Opt for a Round Mirror : The round mirror makes the greatest impact, and it is no stranger to the practice, having styled dozens of high-end real estate projects with these statement-making pieces. In fact, the round mirror is one of the firm's signature design tricks
• Go Big or Go Home : The round mirror also works well to break up rectangular shapes, like in this hallway, where a console shelf is flanked by bookcases. The items on the console are reflected in the mirror, creating a layered effect. When it comes to choosing a round mirror, bigger is usually better, as it will reflect more light and space.
• Trick the Eye With Pattern : A mirror—making the bathroom look twice as large and visually lengthening the whole apartment. To achieve this, choose a patterned tile to act as a trompe l’œil. This is a great trick to accentuate architectural features.
• Only Reflect Beautiful Things : If it’s positioned effectively in the room, it’ll appear as though there are two chandeliers, effectively doubling your investment. The most important rule to live by when decorating with mirrors is to ensure that what it’s reflecting is pleasant to look at. In other words, don’t let it reflect clutter, an unsightly TV, or a bad view.
• Build a Wall of Mirrors : Large wall-to-wall mirrors are excellent to achieve this effect. This also works well to maximize natural light in a small space that might otherwise feel a little dark.
• Use a Mirror as a Backsplash : This trick works fantastically in small galley kitchens, where they can make a space look twice as big.

Display artwork above eye level:
Hang a gallery wall of paintings and other framed pieces as high as possible to give the illusion of a tall ceiling. If you have a good eye for interior design, feel free to throw caution to the wind and hang your artworks wherever you damn well please (as long as it’s not above the TV!).
However, if you’re new to the art world or you’ve always found other things to do than understand the art of home decor then knowing how to hang pictures is a skill worth learning. Whether you’re moving into your first home, revamping an existing home or simply purchasing a new art piece, these tips will serve you well now and into the future.

Choosing the Right furniture:
With city living heavily trending over the past two decades, there are plenty of brilliant furniture makers intuitive enough to bring your small apartment ideas into reality with beautiful furnishings designed for tiny homes.
And when it comes to interior design ideas for small house, there’s plenty to chose from, just be sure to approach your project with a keen understanding of design styles so everything appears to work harmoniously together, rather than come off as random.

Play with Scale:
Scale and proportion in interior design do refer to different things. “Scale” tends to refer to how an item relates to the size of the room or to something else – like you! “Proportion” often refers to the shape of an item and how it relates to other things in the room. For example, if you have a square table but place a rectangle dish in the middle of it, the dish probably won’t look right because it won’t be the correct proportion for the table.

Choose the Right Rug:
A rug is the one item you do not want to skimp on, size-wise.A tiny rug will make the room feel equally small. Pick a floor covering that is large enough so most of the furniture will sit on it or go wall-to-wall. A boldly patterned rug can serve as the defining feature of a living area, but because it has so much impact, it’s a choice that requires courage. Deciding whether to go with a graphic statement rug or something more understated comes down to personal preference, as well as your overall design vision and where your home is.

Big Windows:
Home decor in this modern era is indeed a challenging task as one needs to be modern with the designs taking into consideration sustainability and comfort. Large windows, be it in the bedroom or living room, plays important roles in giving the home a modern and comfy touch. There are no doubts about the advantages of the small window but large windows come with its own set of advantages. Large windows are capable of connecting your home with the outside world and the beauty of nature. You can go for large windows framed with wood, metal, or vinyl. Feeling too enclosed In compact and small bedrooms the walls seem to close in – giving an almost claustrophobic feeling. Floor-to-ceiling windows help to visually connect the inside and outside, and give an illusion of a bigger area. They also let in natural light and allow ventilation, which adds to the sense of openness.

Go Green
Going green is not a difficult task to do for nature’s sake and can be done by choosing sustainable architecture. It includes selecting sustainable site design, conservation of water by maximizing the use of renewable water, use of efficient lights to save electricity, maximum use of recycled materials, eco-friendly paints and wall materials etc. It is basically possible when energy consultants, architecture, electrical, plumbing, site engineer works as a team and every aspect of green building is discussed and executed.