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If possible, remove as many doors as possible or use pocket doors to increase the sense of space

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Consider adding a floor to ceiling and wall to wall bookcase. This trick will create an impressive focal point and visually expand space by pushing the walls and ceiling out.

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Using smaller prints or plain color fabrics and rugs will create a single, unified effect and visually expand the room

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Using cool colors will make the walls to visually recede

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Link adjacent spaces with the same color and flooring. Keeping to one color makes rooms look bigger

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If you have large windows with beautiful views bring outside colors to your room to unify outside world with inside and expand the look of the space.

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When adding draperies to the room, keeping them in the same color as walls will help avoid contrast to the space.

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different light sources, draws your eye all around the space and expands the sense of size.

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Tall pieces of furniture in the far corners of a room draw your eye back and make the room look bigger, especially if the furniture is light-colored, like these white armoires (click photo to see full view).

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Mirrored furniture and framed mirrors reflect light and space — use them to your advantage in a small room.

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Skip the skirts on upholstered furniture. Incorporate leggy pieces and glass or Lucite tables.

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Remove your area rugs and scatter rugs. Unbroken floor space always makes a room appear larger

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Keep areas beneath furniture free and clear to make the area feel bigger.

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The main thing to remember is that the more floor space you can see, the bigger the room will appear.

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