Most of the people you know are having trouble finding space when they move into their smaller-built condos and townhouses. Ideas abound with space-saving solutions in the home-improvement industry, but unfortunately, you're having the opposite problem - not being able to fill up space in your new, but older, larger, bargain-bought home. The answer is simpler than you might expect - you simply do everything the opposite of how the space-savers are doing it. You keep your junk, use large furniture and fill your walls with art, not shelves and innovative storage devices (though they are cool, we have to admit).
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Work big to small
No matter whether you're moving into a large or small place, always start by moving the large items in first. In your case, don't put everything against the sides of the room. Divide the large area by creating a living room within the living room. Put your television against a wall (you'll want to hide those messy wires) and arrange your couches and chairs around it like a rectangular-shaped fort, with your coffee table in the middle. Behind the couch or to the sides (depending on your available dimensions, which will change from house to house), set up an area for another kind of activity such as a children's play rug, a painting corner, a tea-party table, and so on.
If your entire 'living' space (i.e. everything but the bed chambers and bathrooms) is basically one wide-open area, proceed to also set up your dining table in an area adjacent to the couches. In another corner, set up a mini-office with a desk and computer, and perhaps some bookshelves. Any blank spots you see leftover can be filled with decorative oriental-style chests, foyer chairs, coat hangers and so on. These can usually be found at second-hand stores or independent furniture retailers. Often discount stores or big box retailers will also carry items like these at reasonable prices, often to our surprise.
Once the big stuff is in place, the fun begins
Get out all your old photo frames, photos, artwork, gadgets and flower pots. Cover your walls and shelves with, well, junk - junk that looks good though. Try to colour coordinate as much as you can. For example, if your furniture is mostly made of a dark wood finish, keep your frames either black, burgundy or brown, and throw in a little splash of vivid colour here and there (like yellow). A lime-green would not work in this case. Lighter colours that are permissible to accent the dark are lavender, beige and off-white. Navy blue could work for one item, but it would be risky. The point is to keep the colour theme consistent. If you go too far off with a lot of things in the same room the result will be messy-looking and it really will look like you've just got a lot of junk.
Things you might not have that you should invest in for your space-filling project
Get a large clock. Clocks can do more than tell time, they can also 'style' your home with a certain mood, either taking you back to history or moving you to the future in the split second it takes for you to glance it's way.
Mount a guitar to an empty space on the wall. Guitars are usually made of different styles of wood and can give your home that 'homey' feeling, as though someone really lives there and conducts their life there. Old guitars can be bought cheap. If you don't play, don't worry about the model or if the strings are broken or not, all you care about is the shell.
Order a photo blanket. These are fun, and timeless ways of storing memories. Photo print shops may offer these at a hefty price, but they can be worth the investment to give your space that 'personal' touch. Again, make it 'yours'. A large space can seem empty and solitaire, but photos of people who live there, in the most unexpected places, will give it that 'homey' boost. If a photo blanket is far beyond your budget, consider getting a machine-made quilt as a substitute. Quilts have a reputation for being 'made with love' and can say a lot without words, like a photo.
Baskets are another old-time favourite that will likely never go out of style. Use them as a nesting place for your magazines, as laundry baskets, as paper trash bins and even as drawers if they can fit in shelf spaces. Like quilts, baskets just 'feel' handmade, even if they're not, and give off a sense of being cared for (enough so that someone would go through all the trouble of weaving one for you!). Baskets will surely help wave off that empty feeling of being in a large space.
Black Friday OmniMount Tria 2 Shelf Wall System, Black 2011 Deals
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Black Friday OmniMount Tria 2 Shelf Wall System, Black Feature
- Hanging shelf system looks great with wall-mounted televisions
- Two adjustable 6mm tempered glass shelves
- Integrated cable management hides wires
- Paintable and trimable cover
- Compatible with Tria 1 hanging shelf system
- Color: Black with black glass and Platinum with clear glass
- Mounting: Single-stud
- Two fully adjustable shelves at 1" increments
- Two tempered glass shelves support up to 30 lbs. (13.6 kg) each
Black Friday OmniMount Tria 2 Shelf Wall System, Black Overview
Tria 2 is a 2-shelf do-it-yourself solution that allows you to neatly organize components right under your flat panel without the need to run the connections through your wall. Tria 2 is designed with covers that easily snap on to the spine to route and hide wires. The Tria Series wall shelf systems offer hassle-free shelving and cable management solutions suitable for any environment and can be used with or without a flat panel. User-friendly features like adjustable shelves and paintable, trimmable covers make them customizable for any application.SAVE NOW on Black Friday offers below!
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