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Small Spaces
Explainer Do legs make a small room feel bigger? Lift the furniture and see Furniture on legs lets you see the floor continue underneath, and designers often use that to make a small room feel lighter. It changes… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool Will your door hit the furniture? Swing it and see A door that opens into a room sweeps a quarter circle on the floor as wide as the door leaf, and furniture that fits on a plan can still… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool Which shelf height is easy to reach? Drag the shelf and see Not every shelf is equally easy to reach. The golden zone between your waist and shoulders is best for things you use every day, heavy… 5 min Small Spaces
Explainer How deep should a bookcase be? Pull the shelf out and see A bookcase takes a strip of floor as deep as it is. Most books need far less than the shelf they sit on, so a slimmer case can give a small… 5 min Plants & Balcony
Tool Will a bistro set fit your balcony? Drag it and see A balcony can look big enough for a bistro set and still be too narrow to sit at it, because every chair needs room to slide back. Enter… 5 min Small Spaces
Tool How wide should a walkway be? Drag the furniture and see A room can have plenty of floor and still feel cramped when one gap, between the sofa and the wall, say, is too narrow to walk through… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool How do you zone a one-room home? Drag the furniture and see In a studio or one-room rental, the bed, sofa and desk all share one floor, so nothing feels like it has its own place. The fix is zoning… 3 min Small Spaces
Explainer Do mirrors really make a small room bigger? Slide one and see A mirror does not add floor space, it adds a picture of it, and it can carry daylight into a dim corner. Where you put it decides which of… 4 min Small Spaces
Guide Rearrange before you buy: a small living room floor-plan sandbox Most cramped living rooms are not too small; their furniture is just in the wrong places. Moving it costs nothing, works in a rental, and… 4 min
Explainer Do legs make a small room feel bigger? Lift the furniture and see Furniture on legs lets you see the floor continue underneath, and designers often use that to make a small room feel lighter. It changes… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool Will your door hit the furniture? Swing it and see A door that opens into a room sweeps a quarter circle on the floor as wide as the door leaf, and furniture that fits on a plan can still… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool Which shelf height is easy to reach? Drag the shelf and see Not every shelf is equally easy to reach. The golden zone between your waist and shoulders is best for things you use every day, heavy… 5 min Small Spaces
Explainer How deep should a bookcase be? Pull the shelf out and see A bookcase takes a strip of floor as deep as it is. Most books need far less than the shelf they sit on, so a slimmer case can give a small… 5 min Plants & Balcony
Tool Will a bistro set fit your balcony? Drag it and see A balcony can look big enough for a bistro set and still be too narrow to sit at it, because every chair needs room to slide back. Enter… 5 min Small Spaces
Tool How wide should a walkway be? Drag the furniture and see A room can have plenty of floor and still feel cramped when one gap, between the sofa and the wall, say, is too narrow to walk through… 4 min Small Spaces
Tool How do you zone a one-room home? Drag the furniture and see In a studio or one-room rental, the bed, sofa and desk all share one floor, so nothing feels like it has its own place. The fix is zoning… 3 min Small Spaces
Explainer Do mirrors really make a small room bigger? Slide one and see A mirror does not add floor space, it adds a picture of it, and it can carry daylight into a dim corner. Where you put it decides which of… 4 min Small Spaces
Guide Rearrange before you buy: a small living room floor-plan sandbox Most cramped living rooms are not too small; their furniture is just in the wrong places. Moving it costs nothing, works in a rental, and… 4 min