And yet, we need to live in them. How can we make the most of our tiny rooms and the limited amount of furniture we can put in them? We can do that by making our rooms and furniture multifunctional!
Combine your bed and sofa. Not all homes are big enough for both a sofa and a bed, two of most space-consuming pieces of furniture in a house. So how about getting a sofa bed, so that your sofa can be your bed?
Or here’s a more novel idea: make your bed your sofa. A standard twin bed with a low headrest and the right cover, pushed against the wall, with a few large, thick throw pillows serving as a backrest – it can be a pretty good sofa, an interesting conversation piece, and it also means you won’t have to sleep on a too-narrow sofa-width bed.
Make your furniture your storage bins. Coffee tables, side tables, armchairs, beds – all of these could hold compartments underneath them. So choose the ones that do.
Make your storage bins your furniture. Your armoire can also be your computer table. Or find those foldable cloth-covered boxes that could be used as stools. Have a nice island with cabinets under it in your kitchen? Clear the top, throw on a tablecloth if you wish, add chairs around, and use it as your dining table.
Use your vertical space. The person who invented the double-deck bed had the right idea: use the top space. Now, if you have a roommate, you may still want two beds – but why not have both beds high up, leaving the bottom space for other furniture such as, perhaps, study desks or closets for hanging clothes? In fact, if you keep a breakfast tray in bed with you, that tray could very well function as your study desk. You could also nail some horizontal boards onto or beside your headboard, forming a convenient shelf for your books, night lamp, alarm clock, and other things you would normally put on a bedside table instead.
Or here’s a more novel idea: make your bed your sofa. A standard twin bed with a low headrest and the right cover, pushed against the wall, with a few large, thick throw pillows serving as a backrest – it can be a pretty good sofa, an interesting conversation piece, and it also means you won’t have to sleep on a too-narrow sofa-width bed.
Make your furniture your storage bins. Coffee tables, side tables, armchairs, beds – all of these could hold compartments underneath them. So choose the ones that do.
Make your storage bins your furniture. Your armoire can also be your computer table. Or find those foldable cloth-covered boxes that could be used as stools. Have a nice island with cabinets under it in your kitchen? Clear the top, throw on a tablecloth if you wish, add chairs around, and use it as your dining table.
Use your vertical space. The person who invented the double-deck bed had the right idea: use the top space. Now, if you have a roommate, you may still want two beds – but why not have both beds high up, leaving the bottom space for other furniture such as, perhaps, study desks or closets for hanging clothes? In fact, if you keep a breakfast tray in bed with you, that tray could very well function as your study desk. You could also nail some horizontal boards onto or beside your headboard, forming a convenient shelf for your books, night lamp, alarm clock, and other things you would normally put on a bedside table instead.
