Clever Ideas to Maximize Space in Studio Apartments

Clever Ideas to Maximize Space in Studio Apartments

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, February 25, 2015


Increase in young professionals in metro cities has witnessed a surge in demand of studio apartments or small multi storey units. Single working professionals are showcasing the interest towards investing in studio apartments as they are looking for a hassle free standard of living with comfort and abundance of amenities within their budget.  The factors that contributed to rise in number of studio apartments are many such as small size, affordability and easy maintenance.

Usually, the Bangalore studio apartment comes with living room, bedroom, and dining area, wardrobes with attached bath room and kitchen with partial space. Newly married couples, small families and IT professionals who live in studio apartments often find many difficulties to compromise on living, storage space and style decision. A small space does not mean that stuffing all the things in a single place, it needs a planned approach to make a better use of available space. Here are a few ideas for maximizing the space in studio apartments.

Renounce collecting furniture: Declutter the heavy furniture’s, aesthetic elements and fallow things that occupy more space in small space. If the utilities become priority in a small space, no one can feel comfortable in living space.

Storage: To attain enough storage in a limited space makes use of wall space for storage option. Get multifunctional furniture as many you can which helps to save on limited floor space. Prefer foldable dining table which can also be used as study or dressing table and futon bed that can double up as a sofa. Opt for sleek and small sized furniture which does not consume more space and easy to move from one place to another, such as bean bag, makeshift coffee table and many others.

Make your wall work for you: Highlighting the wall is one of the best ways to instill a space in small units mainly in a studio apartment with style as it offers plenty of style without making use of floor space.

Traffic flow: Purchasing right furniture for your home is not only enough to attain a new style to your Studio apartments, placing furniture also matters. Place the things in an appropriate place; it should serve a dual purpose. For example, install a new book shelf offering ample storage space, planters and other shelves containing some artefacts connecting the bed area and the kitchen area as a divider. The shelf will serve as a divider and storage option. To separate one place to another, just place a quick rug or hang in a swing. Create a focal point in the space is another good way.

Install a round table in the middle room of a studio apartment which transforms your work place and it can perform three jobs such as visual segue between living room and bedroom, dining table and a second desk in a work setting.

Painting: In studio apartments we can’t go with different colors, keep the central color scheme, it mean paint one of the wall bright and rest of the home neutral. You could also play around some arts, wallpapers or designs; it will highlight one of the walls. To add more color to your space you can concentrate on textures like pink cushion covers, madhubani motifs, and forest green draperies of your furnishings to attain a new look to your studio apartment.

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