Decorating a small bedroom can feel like playing Tetris, only harder! It takes great sacrifice to figure out where you’ll fit your bed without blocking the door!
If you’ve ever found yourself elbow-deep in throw pillows, wondering if your room is conspiring against you, you’re not alone.
Small bedrooms are like that friend who insists they’re low maintenance but somehow they end up being the highest maintenance of them all!
The good news is though: tiny space doesn’t mean tiny style! With these tricks up your sleeve, you’ll be able to turn a cave into a cozy retreat!
Whether you’re battling a room that’s more of a ”shoebox” or simply trying to fit your whole life into 100 square feet, these ideas will make it feel like 300 square feet!
1. Use Your Bedside Table as a Vanity
When it comes to small bedrooms, you always need to think about different solutions and use things in ways they were never meant to be used!
Turn your nightstands into a vanity with a nice mirror above it!
2. Smart Storage Solutions
Invest in quality storage solutions in all the awkward spaces of your small bedroom! Above the bed, under the bed, anywhere you can really!
3. Create Curves
Small bedrooms can be quite dull and boring if you strictly prioritize functionality, but that doesn’t have to be the case!
This stunning bedroom features a slanted roof, which gives the room visual interest and the bed fits extremely well underneath with an intriguing headboard!
4. Don’t Use a Nightstand
Nightstands can take up quite a bit of floor space and that’s not what we’re looking for here!
Opt for alternative solutions like small shelves, ledges, and even office desks which you can use as a work space as well!
5. Use the Wall Height
In small rooms, people often forget that they can look up! Go for a bunk bed and place an ottoman on top and a desk underneath!
This will give you plenty of work space and sleeping space all in one!
6. Throw Away the Clutter
Small rooms clutter up fast, so it’s important to keep your room clean and clutter-free! Throw away anything you don’t need anymore and enjoy your serene small bedroom!
7. Rearrange Your Bedroom
Sometimes it isn’t the bedroom’s fault that it’s small, but yours. The way we arrange our furniture can seriously impact the flow of the space and its size!
Maybe the bed can’t stay in the middle of the room and it needs to be pushed into the wall!
8. Opt for a Sofa Bed
Another way you can save a ton of space is a sofa bed or even a pull-out! It’s a bed by night and a sofa by day!
9. Canopy Bed
A canopy bed won’t exactly work in all small bedrooms, it will even make them seem smaller! However, if the bed is the only thing you can fit into the room, then why not make it a feature?
A canopy bed will serve this purpose the best, especially if you get beautiful curtains!
10. Put Your Dresser to Work
Again, a small bedroom will make you use your furniture in many different ways! This dresser serves its original purpose, along with being a nightstand and a vanity!
11. Make Use of Built-Ins
Built-ins will be your best friends in small bedrooms! Pre-made furniture will never be able to perfectly fill all of those awkward nooks and crannies and you’ll be left with unused space!
Invest in built-ins and you’ll gain a ton more space!
12. Wall-to-Wall
We often want to have larger beds, because they’re more comfortable to sleep in, but smaller rooms rarely allow for bigger beds!
If you just can’t let it go, however, don’t be afraid to go wall-to-wall. With a nice ledge above the bed or even a multipurpose bed frame, you’ll be golden!
13. Keep the Symmetry
Try not to make your small bedroom wonky with shapes, because it can appear even smaller! Keep the symmetry with artwork, nightstands, and the bed!
14. Cool Work Zone
Most of us don’t have the luxury of an office, so our workspace is in the bedroom! Create a nice, multipurpose work zone, with plenty of overhead storage!
15. Paint It Bright
If you don’t want your small bedroom to appear smaller, avoid dark colors. Paint your bedroom walls a bright color and opt for lighter-colored furniture!
16. Give the Illusion of Space
There are plenty of ways to trick the eye and make you think your room is bigger than it actually is! One of those ways is floor-to-ceiling mirrors!
Instead of a regular closet door, go for mirror doors! This way you give your wardrobe another function, where it can act as a vanity as well!