How to fill an empty space

Is there a spot in your home that you look at and often think what a waste of space it is? Or maybe your home sweet home is filled to the brim and there’s no space for your growing business!

Sometimes all it takes is a little imagination and creativity to recreate an empty space (or an un-used space) in your home. Inspiration for your new project can come from so many different places, it’s just knowing where to look that will help you get started.

There’s plenty of great ideas, so here are a few to get your brain ticking on what amazing new ideas you could use to transform your home.

Strategically place tall potted plants
Fill vertical height in rooms with tall ceilings or fill bare, lonely corners with potted trees.

Paint two-tone walls
While tall potted plants are great for drawing the eye up and accentuating high ceilings, sometimes we crave the opposite effect. Painting colour on your walls only part of the way up creates a cosier feeling, tricking the eye into thinking the ceilings are lower than they are.

Swap your coffee tables for oversized ottomans
Large seating arrangements can feel a bit empty if there is too much distance between the sofa and coffee table. Choosing a big upholstered ottoman instead of a traditional coffee table will close that gap and add softness at the same time.

Use a daybed as a room divider
In a really large living room, you may wish to create two full seating areas. Mark the separation while keeping the flow between the two zones with furniture you can easily see over: a daybed, bench, or chaise is a good option.

Define zones with a console table
Another option for sectioning off parts of a large living room is floating your sofa in the middle of the room and placing a console table behind it.

Comfortably fill a large space with an L-shaped sectional
Large, modern spaces are especially suited to accommodate a great big L-shaped sofa. This piece screams comfort!

Fill dead wall space rather than letting it go bare
In a large space, it is nearly always best to pull furniture off the walls, creating cosy arrangements closer to the centre of the space. The trouble is, this can leave a great deal of wall space bare — don’t let it go to waste!

Use occasional chairs
Another great use of surplus wall space is for housing a few extra chairs. A console table between a pair of chairs with a large mirror or artwork above always looks smart, and you can pull the chairs in closer when hosting a large group.

Create an intimate spot for two within a larger room
Don’t forget to think about how you want to use the space. Especially with large living rooms that are well suited to entertaining large groups, it can be easy to overlook the fact that we are not always hosting parties!

So next time you’re look at that horrible, boring space and wondering what to do, jump on the net, flip through a home styling magazine or look at friend’s house for some inspiration and get started! And you never know…it might just spark a new passion!

Source: www.newtonrealestate.com.au

Griffith Real Estate
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