The Closet Placement Rule Hilary Farr Follows To Make A Small Bedroom Feel Larger
Turning a small room into a personal oasis can be challenging as one may have to choose between having select items in the room or living in a cramped and cluttered area. Different design hacks can create the illusion of more space, and Hilary Farr has one that can completely transform your tiny bedroom. Known for her HGTV show "Love It or List It," Farr helps a family of four open up their 100-year-old home in season one of her new show "Tough Love."
Older homes especially tend to have much more closed-off and compartmentalized spaces. While Farr is not necessarily adding onto the house, she can make the smaller primary bedroom feel larger by moving the closet's placement. The closet in question was previously on a green wall and located in an isolated corner; Farr instead places it along the room's main wall and has the wall and double doors painted white. "I can't actually make your bedroom bigger, but if we can relocate the closet, the room will feel way more spacious," Farr told her clients (via Realtor.com). "You'll have loads of storage for clothing you really desperately need."
Small bedroom space-saving hacks
Making a small room feel larger comes down to not only furniture placement and space-saving hacks but also the amount of use you get from a room. In the "Love It or List It" episode "Hilary Loves It or Lists It," Farr ventures through her own house and brainstorms how to transform it into a more productive and fitting home for herself. She settles on the idea of cutting down the three bedrooms to just two, making one into a more extensive suite and the other into guest chambers that also doubles as an office. If a guest room is only reserved for guests, especially in a smaller home, you suddenly lose out on a large portion of space whenever you are not hosting friends and family. Instead, create multifunctional rooms by buying a pull-out sofa for the office but turning it into a comfortable bed when your guests arrive.
Sizable windows that open the room up to lots of natural light can make an area feel more spacious as well. Lighter color palettes can have the same effect, along with a priority on vertical lines. Vertical furniture placement and designs enhance a room's ability to feel longer and the ceilings higher, while horizontal lines will give a broader feeling. Other space-saving tricks to consider would be utilizing wall space and saving floor footage with things like floating shelves, sconce lighting, and even a loft bed that can become a desk or reading nook underneath.