How to make your living room bigger

10/19/2018

Your living room is the room you use most frequently in your home; its versatility allows you to create and define specific areas to dedicate to different activities, depending on the time of day. Space is a fundamental element, essential for the design and it must be exploited in the best way possible.

Furthermore, the choice of furniture, colours, doors and windows will contribute to the optical illusion of a visually bigger space. But be careful: if you make errors, you could get the opposite result.

Cristiano Castaldi IDW Italia
Cristiano Castaldi

Interior Designer since 1985

CEO & Founder, Italian Design in the World

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